Repeated snapshot consolidation requests on VM by Snapshot Hunter

Article Applicability This article specifically applies to a situation where a VM was created using a third-party VDI, fast-provisioning application, or PowerCLI with the -LinkedClone parameter. Challenge Shortly after a backup or replication job runs, multiple Consolidate Snapshot operations are...

Veeam Backup & Replication add-on for Kaseya compatibility with Veeam Backup & Replication 9.x

The Kaseya plug-in for Veeam Backup & Replication was discontinued in 2019 and is no longer available nor supported by Veeam. Challenge Veeam Backup & Replication add-on for Kaseya needs to support Veeam Backup & Replication 9.x monitoring. Cause The names of Veeam Backup & Replication services...

How to Force Enterprise Manager Login to Use Form-Based Authentication

Article Applicability This article applies to Veeam Backup & Replication 12.x and older, as in those versions, the default was for Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager to utilize a Windows Authentication pop-up key="useWindowsAuth" value="true". Starting in Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager v13, the...

Veeam Management Pack 8.0 for System Center Update 1 Release Notes

Challenge Release Notes for Veeam Management Pack 8.0 for System Center Update 1. 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...

Jobs fail with “Error: Invalid product version” after upgrade to Veeam Backup & Replication v9

Challenge After upgrading to Veeam Backup & Replication v9, all jobs fail with "Error: Invalid product version." Cause During the upgrade process the new v9 license file was not installed. Solution Install the new v9 license file that can be acquired from the support portal. The following link wi...

Veeam Backup & Replication 9.0 Day 0 Update

Challenge This update is provided to enable upgrading existing installations of Veeam Backup & Replication 9.0 partner preview build 9.0.0.773 to generally available version of Veeam Backup & Replication 9.0 build 9.0.0.902. This update addresses a number of issues reported by our partners on the...

Unable to exclude files from snapshot: Shadow Copy Optimization Writer timed out

Challenge A Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows backup job configured to operate in file-level backup mode with an entire volume selected and individual folders excluded, may fail with the error shown below. Unable to exclude files from snapshot: Shadow Copy Optimization Writer timed out. Cause The...

Collection of historical performance data fails after upgrading to vSphere 5.5 Update 3

Challenge After update to vCenter 5.5 U3 historical performance collection fails with error "Unable to collect performance. A specified parameter was not correct. querySpec.size". Cause With vCenter 5.5 Update 3 VMware has limited the size of query in order to protect the vCenter database more...

Veeam Backup & Replication VeeamVixProxy Component Vulnerability

Veeam Backup & Replication B&R is a suite of software from Veeam Switzerland that leverages virtualization, storage and cloud technologies for data recovery and backup. A security vulnerability exists in the VeeamVixProxy component in Veeam B&R versions prior to 8.0 update 3. A local attacker cou...

CVE-2015-5742

VeeamVixProxy in Veeam Backup & Replication B&R before 8.0 update 3 stores local administrator credentials in log files with world-readable permissions, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading the files...

CVE-2015-5742

Summary of CVE-2015-5742 : In Veeam Backup & Replication, the VeeamVixProxy component stored Local Administrator credentials in log files with world-readable permissions, enabling a local user to read sensitive data from logs. Affected versions are Veeam B&R prior to 8.0 Update 3. The issue arise...

CVE-2015-5742

VeeamVixProxy in Veeam Backup & Replication B&R before 8.0 update 3 stores local administrator credentials in log files with world-readable permissions, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading the files...

PT-2015-7061 · Veeam · Veeam Backup & Replication

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Veeam Backup & Replication versions prior to 8.0 update 3 Description: The issue allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading log files with world-readable permissions, where local administrator credentials are stored. This i...

Veeam Backup & Replication Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Veeam Backup & Replication Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability Name Sensitive Data Exposure in Veem Backup Systems Affected Veeam Backup & Replication B&R v6, v6.5, v7, v8 Severity High 7.9/10 Impact CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:L Vendor http://www.veeam.com/ Advisory...

Veeam Backup & Replication information disclosure

Password disclosure in the logfiles...

Veeam Backup And Replication 6 / 7 / 8 Privilege Escalation

Veeam Backup & Replication Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability Name Sensitive Data Exposure in Veem Backup Systems Affected Veeam Backup & Replication B&R v6, v6.5, v7, v8 Severity High 7.9/10 Impact CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:L Vendor http://www.veeam.com/ Advisory...

Backup to DataDomain over DDboost hangs

You are using DDBoost connection to a DataDomain device.Backup to the DataDomain device starts to hang.In the log of Veeam agent that is writing the data to the device you can see agent crash dump is...

Release Notes for Veeam Backup & Replication 8.0 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 8.0 Update 3 Cause Please confirm you are running version 8.0.0.807, 8.0.0.817, 8.0.0.831, 8.0.0.917, 8.0.0.2018...

Remote execution of a PowerShell script fails when the VeeamBackup SQL database is on a remote SQL Server.

Challenge When using a PowerShell script that is intended to remotely execute a command upon the Veeam server, it may fail if the SQL instance that Veeam Backup & Replication is configured to use is on a different server. This KB article applies only if the following two statements are true. 1. A...

Hyper-V crash consistent Backups/Replicas due to McAfee mfehidk driver

Challenge If McAfee FS minifilter MFEHIDK driver is loaded into Windows kernel, then it doesn't allow any other driver to load at lower altitudes, it only allows other drivers to load at higher altitudes, supposedly because of proactive defense logic of McAfee Antivirus. Therefore Veeam CBT drive...