Entire VM restore fails with 'An error occurred while taking a snapshot: Error.'

Challenge Entire VM Restore fails with: An error occurred while taking a snapshot: Error. Cause This can occur when a workingDir entry in the VMX causes the VM to attempt to direct snapshots to a different datastore that is not present in the site where the restore is taking place. Solution To...

"Virtual machine has ‘X’ megabytes of memory which is larger than the maximum ‘X’ megabytes supported by the datastore.”

Challenge Error "Virtual-machine-has-X-megabytes-of-memory-which-is-larger-than-the-maximum-X-megabytes-supported-by-the-datastore" can occur with Other OS FLR, Instant Recovery, or SureBackup. Cause Assuming the VeeamBackup datastore is present and not being used the first troubleshooting step f...

Storage I/O Control (SIOC) and Veeam

Challenge Veeam will cause additional IOPS on the datastore of the source VM and a target VM, in a replication job potentially impacting other VMs in the same datastore. In some cases this may cause the performance of other neighboring VMs on the same datastore to decrease during this heavy I/O...

Gzip Memory Bomb Denial Of Service

This module generates and hosts a 10MB single-round gzip file that decompresses to 10GB. Many applications will not implement a length limit check and will eat up all memory and eventually die. This can also be used to kill systems that download/parse content from a user-provided URL...

Empty Folder(s) in Datastore after Replication job runs

Challenge When a replication job is ran, an empty folder is created in one of the datastores listed as the . Cause The cause of this behavior is Veeam getting pointed to write to one datastore, while the replica VM itself is on a different datastore. When the job is pointed to a different locatio...

Veeam Management Pack v6 Required Ports and Permissions

Solution Required Permissions Connection to Virtual Servers VI Object | Required Permissions ---|--- vCenter, ESXi Host | Read-Only1 Host.CIM.CIM Interaction2 Datastore.Browse Datastore3 Datastore.Configure Datastore3 Datastore Cluster.Browse Datastore Cluster3 1 Minimum required permission over...

Tips for DAG Exchange Backup and Replication in vSphere

vSphere Snapshot Improvements This article was initially written when vSphere 5 snapshot operations were known and expected to cause small amounts of I/O stun to a VM's guest OS. Improvements in the latter vSphere versions, including significant changes to snapshot operation methodology in vSpher...

Unable to Mount VPower NFS Specified Key Name or Identifier Already Exists

Challenge During a Veeam vPower NFS-based operation SureBackup, Instant Recovery, Instant Disk Recovery, or Other-OS FLR, the following errors may occur: Unable to mount vPower NFS volume :/VeeamBackup. Fault "AlreadyExistsFault", Error The specified key, name, or identifier already exists. Unabl...

VM Loses Connection During Snapshot Removal

Challenge During the snapshot removal step of a Veeam Backup & Replication task, the source vSphere VM loses connectivity temporarily. Cause Veeam does not remove the snapshot itself; Veeam sends an API call to the vSphere environment to have the action performed. The snapshot removal process...

Unable to collect files information from datastore in a timely manner due to high vCenter server load

Challenge Veeam ONE Reporter collects data from datastores using the SearchDatastoreSubFoldersTask tasks, which are pre-defined by vSphere. During that process, if a datastore becomes unavailable or experiences performance issues, Veeam ONE Reporter may be unable to complete data collection tasks...

RazorCMS 1.2.1 STABLE - Arbitrary File Upload

Exploit Title: RazorCMS /datastore/webshell.php...

RazorCMS 1.2.1 STABLE Shell Upload

Exploit Title: RazorCMS /datastore/webshell.php...

RazorCMS 1.2.1 STABLE - Arbitrary File Upload

RazorCMS 1.2.1 STABLE - Arbitrary File Upload Exploit Title: RazorCMS /datastore/webshell.php...

Razor CMS 1.2 File Disclosure

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Razor CMS v1.2 <= Multiple File Disclosure Vulnerabilites

Exploit for php platform in category web applications 1-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=0 0 1 1 /' \ /'\ /\ \ /'\ 0 0 /, \ /\/\ \ \ \ \ ,/\ /\ \ 1 1 //\ \ /' \ /\ //\ Exploit database separated by exploit 0 0 // type local, remote, DoS, etc. 1 1 1 0 +...

How to Restore Individual Files When FLR Fails

Purpose This article documents an alternate method to restore individual files when the File Level Restore fails or the filesystem is incompatible with the Guest OS File Recovery functionality of Veeam Backup & Replication. Solution Alternative Method for VMware Virtual Machines If the data you a...

Object reference not set to an instance of an object exception on Checking free space on source datastore

Job fails right away with error "Checking free space on source datastore. Object reference not set to an instance of an object."...

fault.RestrictedVersion.summary

Challenge Getting an error when running a SureBackup job: Unable to mount vPower NFS volume fault.RestrictedVersion.summary Failed to connect backup datastore to the ESX host "hostname".\n Unable to mount vPower NFS volume BACKUP1:/VeeamBackupBACKUP1. Backup1: fault.RestrictedVersion.summary\n...

How to Test Manually Mounting the Veeam vPower NFS Datastore

Purpose This article documents manually mounting the vPower NFS Datastore using the vSphere Web Client. The steps of this article are only intended as a troubleshooting step to help investigate and isolate an issue with vPower NFS-based restores failing. Solution This article's solution is split...

SureBackup Performance Considerations

Purpose This article provides advice and information on understanding and improving SureBackup performance. Solution SureBackup Performance Considerations The Repository where the backup files are stored, and the Mount Server used by that Repository, should be in the same data center as the ESXi...