Release Information for Veeam Backup & Replication 7 Patch 3

More Recent Version Available Please find the latest version of Veeam Backup & Replication here: Veeam Downloads - Latest Version Challenge Veeam Backup & Replication Patch 3 Release Notes Cause Please confirm you are running version 7.0.0.690, 7.0.0.715, 7.0.0.764, 7.0.0.771 or 7.0.0.833 prior t...

Users and Roles: Account Setup and Permissions

Documentation Review the following documentation for more information: Veeam Backup & Replication Console - Roles and Users Veeam Backup & Replication Console - Permissions Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager - Accounts, Roles, and Delegated Restore Permissions If this KB article did not resolve your...

How to reinstall vSphere Web Client plug-in for Veeam Backup & Replication

Article Applicability This article is regarding the Local vSphere Client Plug-in only. Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager offers the following configurations of the vSphere Client plug-in: Local vSphere Client Plug-in -- For vSphere Client 7.0.0.x or earlier, the plug-in is installed locally on the...

Incorrect values in the properties of objects in SCOM console

Challenge The collection of performance and events works fine, but during investigation of CPU/RAM properties of Hosts, Virtual Machines etc. unexpected values are revealed. For example ESXi host has 345.9 GB of RAM, but the SCOM property field contains 3459 GB. Cause SCOM processes these values...

Web Client Plug-in error: “invalid Single Sign-On token”

Challenge When a new user of the vSphere web client attempts to access the Veeam Web Client Plug-in, they encounter the following error: Server error: Failed to login to Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager. Login failed due to invalid Single Sign-On token Cause To successfully obtain statistics from...

Error: Object reference not set to an instance of an object after manually deleting a replica VM

Challenge You receive an error after manually deleting a replica VM. Cause The replication job is still mapped to the previous replica VM. An error is produced when Veeam attempts to access the invalid object. Solution Unchecking the Low Connection Bandwidth Enable replica seeding checkbox does n...

Storage I/O Control (SIOC) and Veeam

Challenge Veeam will cause additional IOPS on the datastore of the source VM and a target VM, in a replication job potentially impacting other VMs in the same datastore. In some cases this may cause the performance of other neighboring VMs on the same datastore to decrease during this heavy I/O...

Hyper-V backup job fails to create shadow copy with default shadow storage limit

Challenge Backup or replication of a Hyper-V VM fails. In the Windows event logs on the Hyper-V host server, there is an error with ID 8193 from source VSS: Volume Shadow Copy Service error: Unexpected error calling routine Cannot find anymore diff area candidates for volume...

Installation Fails with Patched Database

Article Applicability The issue documented on this KB is only relevant to Veeam Backup & Replication versions prior to v10. Starting with v10, a different error occurs for the same reason and is documented on KB4204. Challenge When installing Veeam Backup & Replication, selecting an existing...

Veeam ONE v7 R2 update

Challenge Release Notes for Veeam ONE v7 R2 update Cause Please confirm you are running version 7.0.0.876 prior to installing this update. You can check this under Help | About in Veeam ONE Monitor Client. After upgrading, your build will be version 7.0.0.919. This update should be applied to...

Tape library and drives are shown as separate devices

Challenge Tape library and drives are shown as separate devices in console or loading tape into TapeDrive0 moves the tape into TapeDrive1 etc. Shown here, the Tape Library has no Tape Drive listed Shown here, the Tape Drive is separate from the Tape Library. Cause The tape library is not reportin...

Unexpected Latency Values Shown in Veeam MP

Challenge Veeam MP alerts about unreasonably high values for highest latency on VMs see screenshot below: Cause The same latency values can be observed in VI Client performance charts under disk/real-time during snapshot deletion. The values may also be negative. Solution This is a known behavior...

Missing Data in SCOM Top Dashboards

Challenge While Veeam Collector works fine, and performance data are showing up in SCOM performance views, the Top dashboards are empty. Top Clusters Top Datastores Top Hosts Top Virtual Machines Cause The Top dashboards are populated with data from the Data Warehouse database, unlike the...

Unexpected Highest Latency Values Shown in Veeam ONE

Challenge Veeam ONE indicates unreasonably high values for highest latency on VMs see screenshot below: Cause The same latency values can be observed in VI Client performance charts under disk/real-time during snapshot deletion. The values may also be negative. Solution This is a known behavior o...

How to Collect Logs for Veeam Backup & Replication

Purpose This article documents how to collect logs from Veeam Backup & Replication and additional information to include when submitting a Veeam Support case for technical assistance. Additional Logging Veeam Backup & Replication interoperates with other Veeam products. Please refer to the...

Veeam Backup & Replication event set for Kaseya

The Kaseya plug-in for Veeam Backup & Replication was discontinued in 2019 and is no longer available nor supported by Veeam. Challenge Monitoring Veeam Backup & Replication activity through Kaseya. Solution To monitor Veeam Backup & Replication please confirm you are running version 9.0. You can...

Release Information for Veeam Backup & Replication 7 R2 Update

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 7.0 R2а update Cause Please confirm you are running version 7.0.0.690, 7.0.0.715 or 7.0.0.764 prior to installin...

IBM Tape Library Not Listed in Device Manager under “Medium Changers”

Challenge IBM System Storage Tape Library does not appear under the heading Medium Changers in the Device Manager, preventing it from working with Veeam Backup & Replication. Cause The issue occurs when the Library Mode is set to Sequential within the IBM System Storage Tape Library configuration...

vCenter Connection Failover Requirements for SCOM Action Account

Challenge Although everything is set up according to the vCenter Connection Failover manual, the script fails. As a result, the following event appears in the Operations Manager Event Log on Veeam Virtualizations Extension Server VES with id: 995. vCenterFailover.ps1 : Error: Cannot open...

WAN Accelerator Fails to Install

Challenge When creating a new WAN Accelerator or reconfiguring an existing WAN Accelerator, the installation of the WAN Accelerator package fails with the error: Error Installing package WAN Accelerator Error: Error 1920.Service Veeam WAN Accelerator Service VeeamWANSvc failed to start. Verify...