How to Troubleshoot Virtual Delivery Agent (VDA) Registration Issues

Cloud Admins: Run the Cloud Health Check InstructionsandInstallationSelect Cloud Health Check from the dropdown OnPrem Admins: Run the Citrix Scout Health Introduction to Citrix Scout After running the CHC or Scout depending on your environment begin troubleshooting common root causes: 1. Check V...

Windows Antivirus Exclusions Enumeration

This module will enumerate the file, directory, process and extension-based exclusions from supported AV products, which currently includes Microsoft Defender, Microsoft Security Essentials/Antimalware, and Symantec Endpoint Protection. This module requires Metasploit:...

Antivirus Exclusions for Veeam ONE

Purpose This article documents antivirus exclusions that may be created to reduce the impact that antivirus software has on the functionality of Veeam ONE. These antivirus exclusions may be applied to the Windows built-in antivirus or third-party antivirus software. Note: Antivirus will not alway...

Antivirus Exclusions for Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows

Purpose This article documents antivirus exclusions that may be created to reduce the impact that antivirus software has on the functionality of Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows. These antivirus exclusions may be applied to the Windows built-in antivirus or third-party antivirus software. Note:...

Failover of replica using Re-IP causes Windows crash (the “blue screen” error) on the Veeam Backup server.

Challenge During the failover of a replica that was configured to use Re-IP, a Windows "blue screen" error occurs on the Veeam Backup Server. Cause When performing the Re-IP process the Veeam Backup & Replication software mounts the replica's VMDK using VDK to modify registry entries within the...

Surebackup with the Domain Controller role enabled causes Windows crash (the “blue screen” error) on the Veeam Backup server.

Challenge During a SureBackup or SureReplica job that processes a VM that has been configured to use the Domain Controller role, a Windows "blue screen" error occurs on the Veeam Backup Server. Cause Veeam Backup & Replication software mounts the VM's VMDK using VDK which can cause some anti-viru...

Antivirus Exclusions for Veeam Backup & Replication

Veeam Threat Hunter service Exclusions When upgrading to Veeam Backup & Replication 12.3, the installer's Configuration Check will display a warning advising: The new Veeam Threat Hunter service scanning process might be interrupted by existing antivirus software on mount hosts. Please read KB199...

Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows: Service suddenly stopped working.

Challenge While running Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows VAW, the Control Panel displays the error: Services suddenly stopped working. Cause The Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows Control Panel has lost contact with the Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows service on the local machine. Possible caus...

The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process

Antivirus Interference Antivirus software can cause access issues similar to those documented in this article. Such interference often occurs when security software detects a Veeam process attempting to access a file and simultaneously locks the file for inspection, coinciding with the Veeam...

Unable to mount disk: unsupported disk type

Challenge When attempting to perform a Guest Files Windows Restore the operation fails with the following error: Unable to mount disk: unsupported disk type Solution It is critical that the Microsoft Windows File Recovery page in the user guide is reviewed to confirm restore compatibility. There...

Drive Letters Missing From Backup Browser During Windows Guest File Level Restore

Challenge When performing a Windows FLR. the drive letters listed in the Backup Browser do not reflect those of the original server. Cause This occurs when the drive containing the Guest OS registry hives was not included in the backup process. The registry hive is used to map disk IDs to drive...

Excluded VM Disk is Still Snapshotted

Article Applicability This article is Veeam Backup & Replication version agnostic as it relates to the behavior of snapshots and checkpoints within the hypervisor environment. Challenge Disks of a VM being backed up by Veeam Backup & Replication are snapshotted even though they were excluded from...

McAfee VirusScan Enterprise Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (Windows)

This host is installed with McAfee VirusScan Enterprise and is prone to privilege escalation vulnerability. OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: gbmcafeevseprivescvulnwin.nasl 6104 2017-05-11 09:03:48Z teissa $ McAfee VirusScan Enterprise Privilege Escalation Vulnerability Windows Authors: Arun Kallav...

RPC function call failed. The RPC server is unavailable. w/ Application-Aware Processing

Challenge A Backup or Replication job utilizing Application-Aware Processing fails with the error: RPC error:The RPC server is unavailable. Code: 1722 Cause Possible causes include, organized from most common to rarest: The ports that Veeam Backup & Replication is attempting to use are blocked by...

Barracuda Networks Launches Bug Bounty Program for Security Products

Barracuda Networks announced on Tuesday that it will pay over $3,100 to anyone who can hack into its security products. This bug bounty program is the first of its kind from a pure-play security vendor. “This initiative reflects our commitment to our customers and the security community at large,...

Earn Rewards for Finding Security Flaws in Gmail, YouTube, and More

Google is on the hunt for hackers to find security vulnerabilities in popular web applications like Gmail, Blogger, and YouTube. The tech giant is offering rewards starting at $500 per bug. For vulnerabilities that are "severe or unusually clever," the payout can reach up to $3,133.70...

CVE-2007-6200

Unspecified vulnerability in rsync before 3.0.0pre6, when running a writable rsync daemon, allows remote attackers to bypass exclude, excludefrom, and filter and read or write hidden files via 1 symlink, 2 partial-dir, 3 backup-dir, and unspecified 4 dest options...

Code injection

McAfee VirusScan for Mac Virex before 7.7 patch 1 has weak permissions 0666 for /Library/Application Support/Virex/VShieldExclude.txt, which allows local users to reconfigure Virex to skip scanning of arbitrary files...

slocate security update

CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2005:346 An updated slocate package that fixes a denial of service and various bugs is available. This update has been rated as having low security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. Slocate is a security-enhanced version of locate. Like locate,...

Not (Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server 2008 R2) Foundation Editions

Needed for partner teams and/or updates that should be excluded from offering to WS2008 foundation. By default, all normal Security Updates/GDR’s will be offered to WS08 foundation unless specifically ‘opted out’ via WUTAM...