The LocalSystem account cannot be changed during the Update installation process

Challenge The Update installation cannot be performed because it requires the LocalSystem password to continue and it does not provide an option to change an existing account in the installation Wizard. Cause Veeam ONE Monitor Server service is running under the LocalSystem account which cannot b...

"Length cannot be less than zero" error during the Update installation

Challenge The Update for Veeam ONE fails during the installation with the error message "Length cannot be less than zero". Cause User Principal Name or UPN user@domain is currently unsupported with Veeam ONE. User Logon Name or ULN domain\user is the only supported username format for the product...

How to deploy Veeam Service Provider Console Communication Agent in Unattended Mode

Challenge Some deployment scenarios may require that the Veeam Service Provider Console Communication Agent is deployed via Windows PowerShell in the silent mode. Solution Run Windows PowerShell as administrator and execute following command with correct values for Tenant's username in VACTENANT=...

Microsoft Azure Government Cloud support

Challenge Direct Restore to Azure functionality does not support Microsoft Azure Government Cloud. Cause Microsoft Azure Government Cloud requires a different Azure environment configuration that Veeam Backup & Replication 9.5 Update 3 does not implement out of the box. Solution Please perform...

Keyexchange error on Linux managed server after updating the kernel

Challenge Steps to correct Keyexchange errors on newly updated Linux managed server Cause Veeam SSH client caches both the Key and the encryption method. If the Linux kernel depreciates an encryption method when the kernel updates, connections to the managed server may fail with error such as...

Veeam Availability Console Cumulative Patch 1376

Challenge Veeam Availability Console Cumulative Patch 1376 Cause Please confirm you are running version 2.0.1.1319 or later prior to installing this cumulative hotfix 1376. You can check this under Windows Programs and features. After upgrading, your build will be version 2.0.1.1376. As a result ...

Unexpected file removal from datastore after failed NEA deployment

Challenge After a failed attempt to deploy NEA for tenants on the provider's side, all files from the datastore root folder including VM files are deleted. Cause This issue is caused by using only the " " space symbol for the NEA name and the deployment has failed. Veeam tries to detect failed NE...

vCenter tags collection/assignment using PowerCLI tool

Challenge In some cases, Veeam ONE cannot collect or assign vCenter tags properly on vCenter 5.x versions. You can identify the issue by the following error messages in the Veeam ONE Reporter log files: Failed to execute SOAP command "CInvSvcCreateCategory". Inventory Service was not created. Can...

Release Notes for Veeam ONE 9.5 Update 3

Challenge Release Notes for Veeam ONE 9.5 Update 3 Cause Please confirm you are running Veeam ONE 9.5 prior to installing this update. You can check this under Help | About in Veeam ONE Monitor Client , the build number should be 9.5.0.3201 or 9.5.0.3254. After upgrading, your version build will ...

Release Notes for Veeam Backup & Replication 9.5 Update 3

More Recent Version Available Please find the latest version of Veeam Backup & Replication here: Veeam Downloads - Latest Version Challenge Release Notes for Veeam Backup & Replication 9.5 Update 3 Cause Please confirm you are running version 9.5.0.580, 9.5.0.711, 9.5.0.802, 9.5.0.823, 9.5.0.1038...

VMware Cloud on AWS - Support, Considerations, and Limitations

Challenge VMware Cloud on AWS is an integrated cloud offering developed by AWS and VMware. It requires specific preparation to enable Veeam Backup & Replication to function with it. Apart from the preparation process and the limitations mentioned at the end of this article, you can interact with...

Veeam Availability Console Migration FAQ

This is a FAQ page for Veeam Availability Console migration...

How to enable storage-specific API logging

Need to collect storage-specific API logging by Veeam Customer Support request...

How to Change Veeam Service Provider Console Website Port

Purpose This article documents how to change the port used by the Veeam Service Provider Console Portal. Solution Note: The Veeam Service Provider Console software was previously known as Veeam Availability Console. The old name is still used in some locations for backward compatibility, in...

Repository Unavailable to Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows Installed on a Veeam Backup and Replication Server

Challenge The behavior described here can be observed in the following configuration: - multiple installations of Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows VAW are targeted at a Veeam Backup and Replication VBR repository within the same domain; - all VAW-processed computers are added to an AD computer...

Restoring GPT Disk to Incompatible Legacy BIOS System

Challenge After selecting a restore point during the bare metal restore configuration, the following message pops up: OS disk in backup uses GPT disk. This may cause boot issues on BIOS systems. If this is ignored and the restore process completes, the following may happen when the restored machi...

How to Collect Logs for Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows

Purpose This article explains how to collect the logs required for a Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows support case. Solution Quick Start Automated Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows Log Collection If the Windows machines where Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows is installed has an internet...

Failed to import Veeam Cloud Connect certificate after Veeam Availability Console server migration

Challenge After migrating your Veeam Availability Console VAC installation to a new server and adding an existing Veeam Cloud Connect VCC server, the following certificate error may be observed: Failed to import certificate from the Veeam Cloud Connect server. See debug logs for more information...

Unable to install VAC management agent on Cloud Connect server after VAC migration

Challenge After migrating your Veeam Availability Console VAC installation to a new server, the following error message pops up when trying to add an existing Veeam Cloud Connect VCC server that was managed by the previous installation: Failed to install management agent on the Cloud Connect serv...

General Security Guidelines for Veeam Self-Service Backup Portal

Security Considerations The security advice in this article is provided as a courtesy and is not intended to replace the advice of a professional security consultant. The advice in this article has been tested with the assumption that the machine operating Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager and/or...