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...

How to manually remove restore points from a VMware Replica

Purpose This article documents how to remove restore points from a Veeam Backup & Replication replica in a vSphere environment. The replica must be in a state where: the latest run was successful the job is not currently running failover is not currently active. Solution Remove old restore points...

Veeam Explorer for Microsoft SQL Server displays no content

Challenge When performing a SQL Item Restore, Veeam Explorer for Microsoft SQL Server launches successfully, but no content is displayed. The following is an example of what should be seen when the restore is working properly: Cause The account used to perform Application-Aware Image Processing f...

WordPress Plugin / Joomla! Component XCloner - Multiple Vulnerabilities

Title: XCloner Wordpress/Joomla! backup Plugin v3.1.1 Wordpress v3.5.1 Joomla! Vulnerabilities Author: Larry W. Cashdollar, @larry0 Date: 10/17/2014 Download: https://wordpress.org/plugins/xcloner-backup-and-restore/ Download:...

CVE-2014-7228

Akeeba Restore restore.php, as used in Joomla! 2.5.4 through 2.5.25, 3.x through 3.2.5, and 3.3.0 through 3.3.4; Akeeba Backup for Joomla! Professional 3.0.0 through 4.0.2; Backup Professional for WordPress 1.0.b1 through 1.1.3; Solo 1.0.b1 through 1.1.2; Admin Tools Core and Professional 2.0.0...

Code injection

Akeeba Restore restore.php, as used in Joomla! 2.5.4 through 2.5.25, 3.x through 3.2.5, and 3.3.0 through 3.3.4; Akeeba Backup for Joomla! Professional 3.0.0 through 4.0.2; Backup Professional for WordPress 1.0.b1 through 1.1.3; Solo 1.0.b1 through 1.1.2; Admin Tools Core and Professional 2.0.0...

CVE-2014-7228

Akeeba Restore restore.php, as used in Joomla! 2.5.4 through 2.5.25, 3.x through 3.2.5, and 3.3.0 through 3.3.4; Akeeba Backup for Joomla! Professional 3.0.0 through 4.0.2; Backup Professional for WordPress 1.0.b1 through 1.1.3; Solo 1.0.b1 through 1.1.2; Admin Tools Core and Professional 2.0.0...

CVE-2014-7228

CVE-2014-7228 affects multiple Joomla! related products (notably Akeeba Kickstart/Restore components and related tools) where, during backup or archive update cleansing, parameters are not removed from $_GET/$_POST and are later accessed via getQueryParam. This allows a remote attacker to bypass ...

Veeam doesn't clean up temporary datastore in vSphere after restore from NetApp storage snapshot

Challenge After completing one of the restore options available for NetApp storage snapshot, you may notice that the temporary datastore under the name "snap--" is still mounted on the ESXi hosts with inactive status. See the screenshot below for an example: After a manual rescan of the storage...

XCloner - Backup and Restore < 3.1.2 - Multiple Vulnerabilities (RCE & LFI)

The Backup, Restore and Migrate WordPress Sites With the XCloner Plugin WordPress plugin was affected by a Backup and Restore 3.1.2 - Multiple Vulnerabilities RCE & LFI security vulnerability...

Veeam Explorer for Exchange (VEX) Restore Failure - HTTP Error 501 – Load Balancer

Challenge The following KB is only relevant if a Load Balancer is being used. When attempting to use the "Restore to " function the restore fails with "HTTP Error 501". The following will be found in the logs: Item restore failed: The request failed with HTTP status 501: Invalid Request. Error:...

Tape configuration restore

Challenge Due to architecture limitations, configuration backups created with Veeam Backup & Replication 7.0 did not capture database records that were responsible for displaying VMs processed with jobs in the Veeam Backup & Replication console. These limitations applied to all types of jobs,...

Reverse Incremental – Animation of Method and Retention

Purpose This article is intended to document how Reversed Incremental works, and how its retention is enforced. Reverse Incremental Backup Method For information regarding this Backup Method please review the user guide. Reverse Incremental Restore Point Creation The following is an animation...

Forward Incremental – Animation of Method and Retention

Purpose This article is intended to document how Forward Incremental works, and how its retention is enforced. Solution There are two distinct methods of Forward Incremental: Forever Forward Incremental Forward Incremental with Periodic Fulls Forever Forward Incremental For more information...

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...

CVE-2014-5640

The CVE-2014-5640 entry concerns the Android app CM Backup -Restore,Cloud,Photo (com.ijinshan.kbackup) version 1.1.0.135, which fails to verify X.509 certificates when connecting to SSL servers. This allows MITM attackers to spoof servers and access sensitive information via a crafted certificate...

CVE-2013-6335

The Backup-Archive client in IBM Tivoli Storage Manager TSM for Space Management 5.x and 6.x before 6.2.5.3, 6.3.x before 6.3.2, 6.4.x before 6.4.2, and 7.1.x before 7.1.0.3 on Linux and AIX, and 5.x and 6.x before 6.1.5.6 on Solaris and HP-UX, does not preserve file permissions across backup and...

How to restore vCenter Server without a vCenter Server

Challenge The vCenter Server is not available and the vCenter Server VM needs to be restored. Solution To restore the vCenter Server, you will need to add one of the individual ESXi hosts to Veeam Backup & Replication, allowing you to target that host directly to restore the vCenter VM. Possible...

XCloner - Backup and Restore < 3.1.1 - Multiple Actions CSRF

The Backup, Restore and Migrate WordPress Sites With the XCloner Plugin WordPress plugin was affected by a Backup and Restore 3.1.1 - Multiple Actions CSRF security vulnerability...

Failed to load jet library

Challenge The following error occurs when attempting to perform a restore using Veeam Explorer for Exchange: "Failed to load jet library from C:\ProgramData\Veeam\Backup\ExchangeExplorer\ESE\V15\ese.dll" Solution To solve, upgrade to Internet Explorer 10+ as it contains the necessary Windows file...