Patch 1 Release Notes for Veeam Backup & Replication 6.5

More Recent Version Available Please find the latest version of Veeam Backup & Replication here: Veeam Downloads - Latest Version Challenge These are the issues resolved by the Patch 1 for Veeam Backup version 6.5.0.109. All patches are cumulative so each below fix is contained in this patch. Cau...

Dashboards fail with errors in Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2012

Challenge The Resource Pool dashboard, Virtual Applications dashboard, Resource Pool State and Virtual Application State views fail with the following error when accessed in Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2012: An item with the same key has already been added Cause This is a known...

Patch 1 Release Notes for Veeam ONE 6.5.0.676

Challenge Patch 1 for Veeam ONE 6.5.0.676 resolves a number of issues described in this article. All patches are cumulative, which means that this patch includes all fixes listed below. Cause Prior to applying this patch, make sure you are running Veeam ONE version 6.5.0.676. You can check this...

Buttons Disappear on Chinese localized servers in Veeam Backup & Replication object properties

Challenge On Chinese localized servers, buttons will not appear on standard DPI, but will show up instead once the DPI is increased to large. Solution To resolve, use Medium DPI 120 - 125% as opposed to Normal Small DPI 96 - 100%, or change the registry font settings. Note that editing the regist...

Unable to Mount VPower NFS Specified Key Name or Identifier Already Exists

Challenge During a Veeam vPower NFS-based operation SureBackup, Instant Recovery, Instant Disk Recovery, or Other-OS FLR, the following errors may occur: Unable to mount vPower NFS volume :/VeeamBackup. Fault "AlreadyExistsFault", Error The specified key, name, or identifier already exists. Unabl...

Monitoring vSphere 5.1 and 5.5 with Veeam MP/SPI 5.7

Challenge If you connect to vCenter Server 5.1 or 5.5, Veeam MP/SPI 5.7 will not collect some data, including hardware sensor metrics and vCenter-specific events and properties that were introduced by VMware since VMware vSphere 4.0. vCenter events and properties that were introduced before VMwar...

Installing package Transport Error: Error 1935.An error occurred during the installation of assembly component

Challenge When Veeam Backup & Replication attempts to install the Veeam Transport package VeeamTransport.msiC:\Program Files\Veeam\Backup and Replication\Backup\Packages\VeeamTransport.msi the package fails to install, and the following errors may be displayed in the UI: Installing package...

Veeam Explorer for Microsoft Exchange: Could not establish trust relationship for the SSL/TLS secure channel

Challenge When restoring items with Veeam Explorer for Microsoft Exchange or sending them as attachments, the following error occurs: The request failed. The underlying connection was closed: could not establish trust relationship for the SSL/TLS secure channel Cause There are two possible causes...

Upgrade to version 6.5 fails with the "Unable to connect to SQL Server" error

Challenge When upgrading to Veeam Backup & Replication version 6.5 you receive the error: "Unable to connect to SQL Server servername=:Login failed for user", even though the dbowner account is used. You also experience one of the following symptoms: You receive repeated logon windows You receive...

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...

"VM MAC address conflict" and "VM instance UUID conflict" alarms

Challenge During replication jobs, Veeam ONE triggers the VM MAC address conflict and VM instance UUID conflict alarms. Cause These alarms occur when Veeam ONE detects the following events within the vSphere Environment: VmStaticMacConflictEvent VmMacConflictEvent VmInstanceUuidConflictEvent Thes...

Cannot open database requested by login. The login failed

Challenge When you try to access Veeam ONE Web UI, the following error occurs: Cannot open database requested by login. The login failed. Cause Veeam ONE Web UI configuration is missing information on the account used for SQL authentication. Solution To modify configuration settings, follow the...

Time difference between Veeam Monitor server and ESX host is too large.

Challenge When attempting to add a vCenter Server or a standalone host with a different time zone, the operation may fail with the error: Failed to connect to "". Time difference between Veeam Monitor server and ESX host is too large. Make sure that NTP is enabled on ESX host and try again. Cause...

VSS Timeout when backing up Exchange VM

Article Applicability This article was initially created for Veeam Backup & Replication 6.1. While the article remains technically accurate regarding the behavior of Microsoft VSS and Veeam's interactions with VSS, the issue discussed rarely occurs thanks to the improvements made in Veeam Backup ...

Failed to parse "-quiescedsnap"

Challenge After you upgrade to VMware vSphere 4.1 Update 3, a new line is added to virtual machine configuration files .vmx. The line makes the VM configuration files invalid. As a result, Veeam Backup & Replication jobs fail. Solution The issue has been resolved in build 6.1.0.205. For details,...

Patch 1 Release Notes for Veeam Backup & Replication 6.1.0.181

More Recent Version Available Please find the latest version of Veeam Backup & Replication here: Veeam Downloads - Latest Version Challenge These are the issues resolved by the Patch 1 for Veeam Backup version 6.1.0.181. All patches are cumulative so each below fix is contained in this patch. Cau...

Veeam ONE Monitor performance data collection times out

Challenge You are facing the following configuration issue: Veeam ONE Monitor performance graphs show the No Data Available message. Cause VeeamDCS.log file contains the following errors: ​Collecting thread has failed to initialize The operation has timed out and will be stopped Collecting thread...

Virtual Infrastructure topology is not available in SCOM console

Challenge Despite the OmTopology.xml being created in the Collector installation folder the Veeam views in SCOM are empty, and the OperationsManager logs on the Collector server contain events 999 with the following message: Error Loading XML document C:\Program Files\Veeam\Veeam Virtualization...

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 Generate an SFTP Account for a Support Case

Purpose While working with Veeam Support, you may be asked to provide log files. The primary method for attaching logs to a case is by adding logs via the My Account portal. An alternate method is to upload logs via STFP. To do so, you must first generate an SFTP account associated with the suppo...