Changes to eDirectory May Not Appear in File Level Restore for OES 2023 and later

Challenge When performing a Linux File Level Restore, using a helper appliance, to restore the database for eDirectory on OES 2023 and higher, the most recent state of the database found within the restore point lacks changes made just before the backup job ran. Cause This happens because the...

How to Deploy FLR Relay Proxy

Deprecated Feature The FLR Relay Proxy feature described in this article was deprecated in Veeam Backup for AWS 7. In deployments where the feature was enabled before upgrading to Veeam Backup for AWS 7, the FLR Relay tab will still appear in the options. However, for Veeam Backup for AWS 7...

"Failed to detach SCSI lun" errors in vSphere after finishing Instant Recovery or File-level restore from storage snapshots

Challenge You might see "Failed to detach SCSI lun" errors in vSphere during the unexport phase when restoring items file-level restore from storage snapshot or doing an Instant Recovery from storage snapshot because of certain VMware behaviour. Both types of the restores include a step when...

File-Level Restore - FUSE mount is not supported on kernel versions 4.0.0-4.1.33

This issue is related to a known kernel bug and affects any version of Veeam Agent for Linux. Challenge When performing guest file recovery from a backup of a machine running Linux Kernel versions 4.0.0 through 4.1.33, the restore fails to mount with the error: FUSE mount is not supported on kern...

File Name Is Changed During FLR to a Non-original Location

This article describes a known issue with the file level restore feature in Veeam Backup and Replication and Veeam Backup for Microsoft Windows...

Windows FLR fails with "Failed to create or open file [C:\Windows\system32\config\systemprofile\"

Challenge When attempting to perform a Guest OS File Level Restore from a Windows Filesystem the mount Backup Browser displays the error: The system cannot find the path specified. Failed to create or open file C:\Windows\system32\config\systemprofile...\veeamflr-.flat. Agent failed to process...

Windows File Level Restore hangs on "Starting restore session"

Challenge Windows File Level Restore hangs on "Starting restore session" for abnormally long period of time while free disk space on drive C:\ keeps decreasing dramatically on the machine where the Veeam Backup & Replication Console is launched. You may that find the following location of the cac...

multi-OS restore fails on Hyper-V 2008R2

To restore individual files and folders from file systems other than Microsoft Windows, you can use the multi-OS File-Level Restore wizard. To restore files from VM guest OS, Veeam Backup & Replic...

Instant Recovery or Multi-OS File Level Recovery fails when the VM has Flex-SE disk

Challenge Even if there is at least one manually created SEsparse Flex-SE disk attached to the VM in backup you will experience the following issues: A File Level Restore from Other OS session fails with the error: Failed to mount restore point PowerOn failed, vmRef 'vm-', hostRef 'host-' File...

Guest Files Restore Missing Drive Using Storage Spaces

Veeam Explorer Appliancation Item Restores Some Application Item Restores use Guest Files Restore on the backend to mount the VM's Guest OS disks and access their contents to perform the application item restore. If the files needed to perform the application item restore are located on a Storage...

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...

File Level restore of a Linux VM cannot be transferred to a Windows Network Share

Challenge After launching a File Level Restore other os of a Linux server, and trying to copy a file to a Windows hosted share, the copy fails with "Access Denied". Cause Due to file permissions in Linux, the files cannot be copied to a Windows hosted share. A Linux SMB share will work with the...

Windows Native File Level Restore Total Amount of Disks Limit

Limitations of quantity of disks for Windows and Multi-OS file level restore...

Error "A hard drive is missing" when performing file restore of VM

Challenge The version of Veeam Backup & Replication you are on likely does not support the Windows drive type. Cause In older versions of Veeam Backup & Replication, we were unable to perform File Level Recoveries on drives with the GPT type or marked as Dynamic with a spanned volumes. If you are...

Re-IP fails on Windows 2003/2008 servers.

Article Applicability The issue discussed in this article is strictly related to the use of VMXNET3 network adapters with the following vSphere VM guest operating systems: Windows 7 Windows 7 SP1 Server 2008 R2 Server 2008 R2 SP1 Challenge When you perform failover for a Win2008R2 server with a...

Access is denied during Windows File Level Restore

Challenge Customer receives the below error when attempting to restore a file through Windows File Level Restore: Cause The currently logged in user does not have sufficient permissions to access the file that is being restored. Solution There are two ways to resolve this issue. First, log out, a...

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...

How to log in to the Linux Helper Appliance

Purpose This article documents how to login to the Linux appliance used by Veeam Backup & Replication. This is not a common need, but may be neccesary for troubleshooting or advanced configuration. Linux appliances are used by Veeam Backup & Replication for several purposes: In Surebackup, the...

Windows File Level Restore causes Windows crash (the “blue screen” error) on the Veeam Backup server.

Challenge During File Level Restore, the Windows "blue screen" error occurs on the Veeam Backup Server. You cannot restore any guest OS files and Veeam Backup server crashes. Cause When restoring files with Windows File Level Restore from a backup or a replica, the Veeam Backup server crashes wit...