Release Notes for Veeam Management Pack 8.0 Update 4

Challenge Release Notes for Veeam Management Pack 8.0 Update 4. Cause Please confirm you are running Veeam Management Pack 8.0 prior to installing this update. You can check this in Operations Manager console under Administration | Management Packs, the build number should be 8.0.0.2218 or later...

Scale-Out Backup Repository Free Space Calculation

Challenge Jobs running to a Scale-Out Backup Repository report "No scale-out repository extents have sufficient disk space to store the backup file, " even though some of the extents have adequate free space. Cause At the beginning of a job, if no other jobs are running, Veeam Backup & Replicatio...

Release Notes for Veeam Backup & Replication 9.5 Update 2

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 2 Cause Please confirm you are running version 9.5.0.580, 9.5.0.711, 9.5.0.802, or 9.5.0.823 prior to...

Veeam Explorer for SQL (VESQL): Unable to pass current account's context to the mount server

Challenge When attempting to restore a database using Veeam Explorer for Microsoft SQL Server with the "Use current account" option, the following error occurs: Access is denied: unable to pass current account's context to the mount server, please supply credentials and try again. Cause Veeam...

Veeam ONE 9.5 compatibility with Veeam Cloud Connect 9.5 Update 2

Challenge Veeam ONE needs to support Veeam Cloud Connect 9.5 Update 2 monitoring. There is a fix that has to be deployed on the Veeam ONE server monitoring the Cloud Connect server of the service provider Cause There are new types of data implemented with the release of Veeam Cloud Connect 9.5...

Failed logon event generated by Veeam ONE on Windows computers

Challenge Repeated audit events for failed logon with bad username or password occur on Hyper V hosts and in Veeam Backup & Replication environment. The events appear to be initiated by Veeam ONE service account. Cause The behavior is described in this Microsoft KB article. Solution Behavior by...

Orphaned Snapshot Alarm - Change Suppression Settings

Challenge Correct over frequent triggering of Snapshot alarm Cause Depending on environment and when data is pulled alarm can trigger at non specified interval. Solution Within Monitor, go to the Alarm Management tab, and locate the 'Orphaned VM Backup Snapshot' alarm I just search 'orphaned in t...

Unable to Connect to Veeam ONE DB During Update Installation

This article describes prerequisites for establishing connection to the Veeam ONE database...

'Events data collection failure' Issue

Challenge Veeam ONE raises Events data collection failure against Veeam Backup & Replication or Hyper-V server. Cause Permissions, UAC configuration, and firewall settings need to be configured. Solution Troubleshooting Checks Verify that the account used to connect to Veeam Backup & Replication ...

"Backup performance data collection failure"

Challenge Veeam ONE raises the Backup performance data collection failure alarm. Example 1 - Performance data cannot be collected from the repository associated with Veeam Backup & Replication. Example 2 - Performance data cannot be collected from a Hyper-V host managed by Veeam Backup &...

Advanced Optimization of Veeam Backup & Replication Configuration for VMware VSAN

Article Applicability This article is intended to provide additional information beyond the basic advice found in the Veeam Backup & Replication User Guide: Virtual Appliance Mode for VMs on VSAN. Purpose This article provides additional advice for optimizing Veeam Backup & Replication...

Veeam ONE and Automation Services

Challenge The suggestions below leverage the functionality of Veeam ONE in order to automate some administration tasks. Cause To be able to use the steps below, make sure you are using Veeam Availability Suite 8 or newer version. Solution VM with no backup 1. Create VM backup alarm in Veeam ONE...

Backup Copy Seeding and Mapping for Cloud Connect

Objective This article documents how to seed a Backup Copy job for use with a Cloud Repository from a Veeam Cloud Service Provider. Solution Critical Notes Starting with Veeam Backup & Replication v10, there are now two different backup copy modes: Immediate copy and Periodic copy. The mode used ...

Failed to start service ‘VeeamDeploySvc’ - The system cannot find the file specified.

Challenge When attempting to add, edit, or rescan a Windows or Hyper-V server, or rescan a Protection Group that contains a Windows machine, the following error occurs: The system cannot find the file specified. Failed to start service 'VeeamDeploySvc'. Host: ''. --tr:Error code: 0x00000002 Faile...

Full VM restore to a new Datacenter cause deletion of production VM if the name of recovered VM will match production VM name

Challenge Production VM will be deleted without warning if following conditions are met: 1. Full VM restore to vCenter Datacenter, different from original VM Datacenter, VM was running under. 2. Name of recovering VM coincide with existing VM in production. Cause Based on VmWare architecture, it...

Failed to load module [veeamsnap] | Failed to load module [blksnap]

Challenge A Veeam Agent for Linux backup job fails with either of the following errors: Failed to load module veeamsnap with parameters zerosnapdata=1 debuglogging=0 The number of parameters listed in the error may vary depending on Veeam Agent for Linux version. Failed to load module blksnap Cau...

Error 1053: The service did not respond to the start or control request in a timely fashion.

Challenge A Veeam-related service fails to start with the following error: Error 1053: The service did not respond to the start or control request in a timely fashion. Cause This error is a generic Windows service error and could be caused by a variety reasons, some of which are discussed in the...

Packet Capture Use Examples

Intended Audience This article is not intended as a guide to using tshark or tcpdump. Links to the manuals for those products can be found in theMore Information section of this article. This article intends to provide customers with examples of the capture methods used by Veeam Support. There is...

Version string portion was too short or too long

The article describes additional Veeam ONE database configuration required after deploying it manually...

Veeam ONE Database Calculator for Virtual Infrastructure and Veeam Backup & Replication Monitoring

New Interactive Calculator An updated interactive calculator is now available to replace the legacy Excel file included with this article. Veeam ONE Calculator Solution Summary This Veeam ONE database sizing calculator will help estimate the database size required to retain one year of historical...