Incorrect performance values for some datastores on the Disk I/O chart

Challenge Incorrect performance values on the Disk I/O chart for some datastores. Cause When the same LUN is shared by multiple datastores, the Disk I/O chart for these datastores will show an overall activity for the LUN, rather than an activity for a specific datastore. Solution This is an...

Hyperlinks in SSRS-based reports do not work

Challenge Some hyperlinks in SSRS-based reports expire in 20 minutes version 6.0-10.0. NOTE: In Veeam ONE Reporter v11 the timeout is 12 hours. Cause The behavior is caused by Microsoft SSRS implementation specifics. Solution This behavior is by Microsoft SSRS design. More Information If you have...

Unable to use VMR files from an earlier Veeam Reporter version

Challenge VMR files from earlier versions of Veeam Reporter are not supported. Cause VMR files from earlier versions of Veeam Reporter are not compatible with the сurrent version of Veeam ONE. Solution Create new VMR files. More Information If you have any questions or problems, contact Veeam...

Cluster does not appear in nworks Enterprise Manager Web UI due to unsupported naming

Challenge When a name of a cluster contains unsupported characters, the following error can occur in the Enterprise Manager log server.txt file: INFO IMon Error: System.ArgumentException: An item with the same key has already been added. at System.ThrowHelper.ThrowArgumentExceptionExceptionResour...

How to Change Veeam Report Viewer Default VMR Storage Location

Purpose This article documents how to change the default path that Veeam Report Viewer uses to store VMR files. Solution The per-user configuration settings for Veeam Report Viewer are contained within the user.config file for the process. The path to the user.config varies between deployments an...

The specified transports are not available

Challenge The SAN or Virtual Appliance mode intermittently fails with the error: Error: Client error: The specified transports are not available. Available transports: nbd. Specified transports: san. VMDK path: Datastore VMname/VMName.vmdk. The following entries can be seen in the VeeamAgent log:...

Infinite Reboot Loop After Upgrade to Veeam Backup & Replication version 6.1

Challenge If Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager is installed on the same server as Veeam Backup and Replication, and Veeam Backup and Replication is upgraded to version 6.1 without upgrading Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager, you will get an error about the Veeam Backup Catalog Data service. Upon...

Re-IP issues: Win2008R2 with VMXNET 3 Adapter

Article Applicability The issue discussed in this article is strictly related to the use of VMXNET3 network adapters with the following vSphere VM guest operating systems: Windows 7 Windows 7 SP1 Server 2008 R2 Server 2008 R2 SP1 Challenge When you perform failover for a Win2008R2 server with a...

How to change default historical data collection period for Veeam ONE Server

Purpose By default, Veeam ONE Server collects historical performance data from a newly added virtual server for the last 3 months only. In some cases it is necessary to collect data for more than 3 months. Solution To change the default historical performance data collection period for Veeam ONE...

Restoring Deleted Alarms

Purpose All alarms configured in Veeam ONE were deleted by mistake, and you need to get them back. Solution The steps below will restore all alarms that were ever configured in Veeam ONE and then deleted. 1. Execute the following SQL script against the Veeam ONE database: UPDATE monitor.Alarm SET...

Unknown network: not VMNetwork neither DVS

Challenge After you install or upgrade to Veeam Backup & Replication v6, some replication jobs fail with the following error: Unknown network: not VMNetwork neither DVS The issue persists if the job is created from scratch. Cause The error typically occurs because the source .vmx file contains a...

Performance Charts for vSphere Environment Display "No data available"

Challenge Veeam ONE Client shows the "No data available" message on performance charts for different metrics: Cause Here are the most common reasons for missing data on the performance charts: The Veeam ONE service account does not have Write access to the "PerfСache" folder. The account used by...

High CPU Utilization for Veeam ONE SQL Database

Challenge When using the included Microsoft SQL Server Express Edition instance to host the Veeam ONE database, a portion of the total CPU cores available to the system have a disproportionality high CPU utilization. Cause This behavior is caused by the "Maximum compute capacity used by a single...

Building SAN path is taking a long time

Challenge The path discovery and mount process can take a while to populate the correct path to the VMDKs. 16.05.2012 18:28:09 Info AP Client output: VixDiskLib: Trying to open disk Datastore VMName/VMName.vmdk using mode san.\n 16.05.2012 18:34:41 Info AP Client output: DISKLIB-LINK : Opened...

Naming requirement for correct functioning of the "Guest to Agent Relationship" feature

Challenge To make the VM and OpsMgr Agent integration work properly, it is necessary that VMs discovered by the VMGUEST contains OpsMgr Agent discovery have an identical display name and NETBIOS name. Cause If the VMware display name is different from the NETBIOS name, the VM will have two source...

Disabling Collection of Historical Performance Data

How to disable collection of historical performance data and use Veeam ONE Monitor for real-time monitoring only...

How to Migrate the Veeam ONE Database

Article Applicability This article is specifically about relocating the Veeam ONE database to a different Microsoft SQL Server Instance and the Veeam ONE deployment remaining on the same machine. For information about relocating the Veeam ONE deployment, review: KB1801: How to Migrate Veeam ONE...

Exported Report From Veeam ONE Contains Nonfunctional Hyperlinks

Challenge The embedded links in exported Veeam ONE reports are inactive. Cause Embedded links are inactive in all report formats exported directly via Veeam ONE. When SSRS is integrated with Veeam ONE, additional report formats are available, some of which contain active embedded links. Solution...

Could not connect to Veeam ONE Monitoring Server specified in Settings > Client Settings.

Challenge After launching the Veeam ONE Client, a pop-up appears with the message: Could not connect to Veeam ONE Monitoring Server specified in Settings Client Settings. Cause This occurs when the Veeam ONE Client cannot connect to the Veeam ONE Monitoring Server specified during the launch of t...

Veeam Management Pack for Microsoft System Center Collector Error: "Proxy Authentication Required"

Challenge Despite there being no internet proxy between the collector and the monitored targets, and connection to the monitored targets is stable i.e., the Test Connection utility shows "Success", the following problems occur: No data is displayed in the Operations Manager console. The log shows...