VSS Errors Related to the 'NTDS' VSS Writer

Challenge This article discusses an error that occurs due to VSS and Veeam's Guest Processing technique for Domain Controllers. It is relevant to all backup jobs for both virtual and physical Domain Controllers. A job processing a Domain Controller with Application-Aware Processing fails with one...

MS12-070: Description of the security update for SQL Server 2012 QFE: October 9, 2012

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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...

SpiceWorks 6.0.00993 - Multiple Script Injection Vulnerabilities

SpiceWorks 6.0.00993 - Multiple Script Injection Vulnerabilities !-- Title: Spiceworks 6.0.00993 Multiple Script Injection Vulnerabilities Vendor: Spiceworks Inc. Product web page: http://www.spiceworks.com Affected version: 6.0.00993 and 6.0.00966 Summary: The Spiceworks IT Desktop delivers near...

ManageEngine OpUtils 6.0 - Persistent Cross-Site Scripting

ManageEngine OpUtils 6.0 - Persistent Cross-Site Scripting Author: loneferret of Offensive Security Product: ManageEngine OpUtils Version: 6 Vendor Site: http://www.manageengine.com Software Download: http://www.manageengine.com/products/oputils/download.html Software Description:...

ManageEngine OpUtils 6.0 - Persistent Cross-Site Scripting

Author: loneferret of Offensive Security Product: ManageEngine OpUtils Version: 6 Vendor Site: http://www.manageengine.com Software Download: http://www.manageengine.com/products/oputils/download.html Software Description: http://www.manageengine.com/products/oputils/oputils.html The toolset can ...

No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it

Article Applicability This article specifically concerns a communication issue between Veeam Management Pack for Microsoft System Center components. The core error message, "No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it" is a generic error that occurs anytime a...

How to troubleshoot CIM hardware monitoring

Challenge The CIM API allows Veeam products to receive up-to-date information without requesting hardware refreshes, but this requires a separate connection, and if that connection cannot be made, the hardware data will be collected as it was in earlier versions, and request periodic hardware...

Veeam Management Pack for Microsoft System Center "Failed to Login" or "Cannot Complete Login" troubleshooting

Purpose The following errors occur: Login failed or Cannot complete login You may see the following event in the Veeam Management Pack for Microsoft System Center logs or receive a similar notification: ERROR IMon Quering IP or VC Name failed: Veeam.LicenseServer.LsException: Soap login to 'IP or...

sos security, bug fix, and enhancement update

2.2-29.0.1.el6 - Direct traceroute to linux.oracle.com John Haxby orabug 11713272 - Disable --upload option as it will not work with Oracle support - Check oraclelinux-release instead of redhat-release to get OS version John Haxby bug 11681869 - Remove RH ftp URL and support email - add...

Failed Accessing Windows Event Log

Challenge SCOM reports a Warning: "Failed Accessing Windows Event Log...". and in the State Change Events description you can find: "The Windows Event Log Provider was unable to open the nworksEventLog event log on computer 'nodexxx' for reading. The provider will retry opening the log every 30...

Direct-SAN Transport mode – Requirements and Troubleshooting

Purpose This article documents how to set up Direct SAN Access for use with Veeam Backup & Replication. The Direct SAN access transport mode is recommended for VMs whose disks are located on shared VMFS SAN LUNs that are connected to ESXi hosts over FC, FCoE, iSCSI, and on shared SAS storage. In...

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...

nworks UI cannot be displayed, error "Cannot load scripts-main.js"

This article provides troubleshooting tips for the error "Cannot load scripts/main.js" within nworks UI...

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...

Troubleshooting Exchange AIR

Challenge You are not able to proceed through AIR wizard to perform application item recovery. You are not able to restore individual mailbox items. Cause vLab is misconfigured or you do not have sufficient permissions. Solution To address the issue, follow the steps below: 1. Make sure vLab is...

VSSControl: -2147467259 Backup job failed. Cannot collect writers metadata. VSS asynchronous operation is not completed. Operation: [Gather metadata]. Code: [0x80042318].

Challenge A backup job fails with the following error: VSSControl: -2147467259 Backup job failed. Cannot collect writers metadata. VSS asynchronous operation is not completed. Operation: Gather metadata. Code: 0x80042318. Copy Cause The Volume Shadow Copy service within the machine being backed u...

How to Start a SureBackup Job in Troubleshooting Mode

Purpose This article documents how to start an individual VM that has failed SureBackup validation in "Troubleshooting mode." Solution Troubleshooting Mode causes the selected VM in the SureBackup job to be powered on and remains on, despite possible test failures. This can be very useful for...

Wireshark 1.4.9 & Wireshark 1.6.2 updated version released

Wireshark 1.4.9 & Wireshark 1.6.2 updated version released Wireshark is the world's most popular network protocol analyzer. It is used for troubleshooting, analysis, development, and education. The following bugs have been fixed: configure ignores partially LDFLAGS. Bug 5607 Build fails when it...

NFC connectivity troubleshooting steps

Challenge A job fails with an error related to NFC Network File Copy connectivity. For example: Error: NFC storage connection is unavailable. Failed to create NFC download stream. Failed to create NFC upload stream. Cause The cause of most NFC errors fall into 4 primary categories: DNS The proxy ...