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Nutanix Mine with Veeam - Foundation VM OS Upgrade
End-of-Life Product Nutanix Mine with Veeam reached End-of-Life on 2026-04-30. As of this date, all support services for this product are unavailable. For more information, see the Nutanix EOL Announcement Bulletin - Nutanix Mine, released 2025-04-30. Challenge The Foundation VM of Nutanix Mine...
How to configure registry settings for Microsoft Azure Data Box device
Reference Article This article is referenced by the Veeam Backup & Replication User Guide. Adding Azure Data Box Storage: Before You Begin Before you add Microsoft Azure Data Box to the Veeam Backup & Replication backup infrastructure, create the following registry key on Veeam Backup Server: Key...
Failed to call RPC function: Error code: 0x80131500
Challenge Backup of Remote Desktop Server VMs with Application-Aware Processing may fail with an Unknown error, error code 0x80131500. You will see error messages similar to: "Failed to call RPC function 'Vss.GetSqlInfoForLastSnapshot2': Error code: 0x80131500. Failed to invoke func...
Notification Emails From Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 Are Sent in an Unexpected Language
Challenge Email notifications sent by Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 unexpectedly contain Chinese characters. Cause The issue is caused by an encoding conflict. By default, Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 uses UTF-16 character encoding, and the problem appears under the following circumstances: Us...
Can't delete replica when it is being processed.
Challenge Replication job fails with error: Can't delete replica when it is being processed. Cause If a replication job failed before the replica VM is fully created, the job may fail attempting to delete the VM as part of an undo operation on the failed run. Solution This issue can generally be...
Unable to Delete Credentials
Challenge When attempting to delete credentials from the credentials manager, a message box states: Unable to delete credentials because they are currently in use. See details for more info. Cause You cannot delete a record that is already used for any component in the backup infrastructure...
Windows VSS Writers and Corresponding Service Names
Purpose This article documents VSS Writers and their corresponding Windows services. For more information, reference Microsoft's In-Box VSS Writers article. Solution VSS Writer Name | Service Name | Service Display Name ---|---|--- ASR Writer | VSS | Volume Shadow Copy BITS Writer | BITS |...
How to Use Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) Tester [WBEMTest] to Test WMI Connectivity
Purpose This article documents how to use Windows Management Instrumentation WMI Tester WBEMTest to test connectivity, which can assist in troubleshooting and isolating WMI-related issues with Veeam products. Solution Opening Windows Management Instrumentation WMI Tester 1. Open a Run prompt. Pre...
"Failed to lock file" NFS Repository with Datadomain Storage
Challenge A task for attempting to send backups to a Datadomain NFS share that is either added directly as an NFS Repository or mounted to a Linux intermediary server as a Linux repository fails with the error: Processing Error: Input/output error Failed to lock file /mnt/path/to/backup.vbk. Fail...
"Specified user does not have permissions to add backup server"
Challenge When attempting to add a Veeam Backup & Replication server to Veeam ONE, the following error occurs: Specified user does not have permissions to add backup server Cause This error occurs when the account used by Veeam ONE to connect to the Veeam Backup & Replication server either does n...
Release Information for Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 8.3
More Recent Version Available Please find the latest version of Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 here: Veeam Downloads - Latest Version Build Numbers and Versions of Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 Requirements This release can be used to: upgrade an existing v7, v8, v8.1, or v8.2 deployment of Veea...
Granular sudo Permissions Required for Management of Linux-base Tape Server
Purpose This article provides an example of a granular 'sudo' configuration for the Linux account that Veeam Backup & Replication will use when managing a Linux-based Tape Server. Solution The Linux user account used by Veeam Backup & Replication to connect to the Linux-based Tape Server use the...
Veeam Cloud Service Provider Case Administrator FAQ
Intended Audience This article contains information that is relevant to Veeam Cloud Service Providers. If you are not a Veeam Cloud Service Provider, please review the following: KB2211: My Account Portal - Role Management FAQ Case Administrator Assignment Restrictions Attempting to assign a case...
After updating Veeam Backup & Replication, Mine repository fails to update
End-of-Life Product Nutanix Mine with Veeam reached End-of-Life on 2026-04-30. As of this date, all support services for this product are unavailable. For more information, see the Nutanix EOL Announcement Bulletin - Nutanix Mine, released 2025-04-30. Challenge After installing an update to Veeam...
Release notes for Veeam Backup & Replication 10a Cumulative Patch P20210609
More Recent Version Available Please find the latest version of Veeam Backup & Replication here: Veeam Downloads - Latest Version This 10a release may only upgrade to 11a or higher. The build of Veeam Backup & Replication 10a P20210609 listed in this article is only compatible with upgrading to...
Release Notes for Veeam Backup & Replication 11 Cumulative Patches
More Recent Version Available Please find the latest version of Veeam Backup & Replication here: Veeam Downloads - Latest Version Requirements Please confirm that you are running V11 GA build 11.0.0.837 of any earlier patch level prior to installing this update. You can check this under Help |...
“For security reasons DTD is prohibited in this XML document” error in Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365
Challenge Interactions with either SharePoint Online or OneDrive for Business within Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 fail with either of the following errors: For security reasons DTD is prohibited in this XML document Copy Identity Client Runtime Library IDCRL could not look up the realm...
How to Migrate Veeam Service Provider Console to a New Server
The article describes how to move Veeam Availability Console installation and its database to a new server...
Installer Error: "This installation cannot be updated automatically." or "Unable to proceed with the setup"
Challenge When attempting to update Veeam software, the following error occurs: This installation cannot be updated automatically. Please contact Veeam customer support for assistance with manual update. Alternatively, the following error occurs: An error has occurred: Unable to proceed with the...
Procedure to split Veeam Backup & Replication Server and Veeam Cloud Connect Server
In the situation where the same Veeam Server is used to serve both Backup and Replication services, and Veeam Cloud Connect, Veeam is requiring service providers to split these two services into two d...
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...
An application-specific permission settings prevent COM Server application from running locally
The nworks discovery is not working and topology is not created. User does not get ‘SVDISC’ messages, but they get the following message instead: "The application-specific permission settings do not grant Local Launch permission for the COM Server application with CLSID and APPID to the user NT...
External Client App (ECA) for Veeam Data Cloud — Adapting to New Salesforce Security Requirements
Support Statement Summary of Changes to Salesforce Security Protocols Salesforce has introduced new security protocols for third-party applications accessing Salesforce organizations. This change affects all third-party products that integrate with Salesforce, requiring those vendors to transitio...
Restore to oVirt KVM VM Post-Restore Recommended Actions
Purpose This article documents recommended post-restore actions that should be taken after restoring VMs, physical machines, and cloud machines to the oVirt KVM hypervisor. Solution Starting in the oVirt KVM Plug-In included with Veeam Backup & Replication 12.3, a feature has been added that allo...
Release Information for Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 8 Cumulative Patches
More Recent Version Available Please find the latest version of Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 here: Veeam Downloads - Latest Version Requirements This Cumulative Patch can be used to: update manually from a previous Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 8 release to the latest Cumulative Patch. upgrade...
How to Collect Logs for Veeam Plug-in for IBM Db2
Purpose This article documents how to collect the diagnostic information needed for a support case involving the Veeam Plug-in for IBM Db2. Solution 1. Collect diagnostic information as documented in the five sections below. 2. Combine the data into a single .zip file. 3. Attach the zip file to t...
Backup Fails With the Error “PKCS12 (PFX)”
Challenge A backup job fails with the error: PKCS12 PFX without a supplied password has exceeded maximum allowed iterations. See https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2233907 for more information The issue may also manifest as a backup job being stuck in the queued state. In this specific case,...
Impact of Microsoft EWS Deprecation on Microsoft Teams backup
Challenge Due to a recent change deprecating an earlier API EWS, backups of Microsoft Teams may complete with a "Success" status, while no new channel posts were backed up. Solution As it was announced before, Microsoft is deprecating the ability for EWS APIs to access the TeamsMessagesData folde...
Quantum DXi Storage With Firmware 3.x Does Not Work with Veeam Backup & Replication 12
Challenge When attempting to add Quantum DXi storage with firmware 3.x to Veeam Backup & Replication, the following error is shown: Failed to StartAgent: Failed to construct ClientAgentProtocol. If the Quantum DXi storage was added to Veeam Backup & Replication prior to upgrading to Veeam Backup ...
How to Create a Salesforce Connected App to Connect Veeam Backup for Salesforce to Salesforce.com
This article was designed to compliment the Veeam Backup for Salesforce User Guide Deployment Performing Initial Configuration Step 5. Create Connected App Purpose This article documents how to create a Connected App in Salesforce to integrate with Veeam Backup for Salesforce via Salesforce API. ...
"Failed to import signatures" - Veeam Intelligent Diagnostic Signatures Update Failure
Challenge Attempting to update Veeam Intelligent Diagnostics signatures fails, and a pop-up appears with the message: Failed to import signatures Cause This issue occurs due to recent certificate changes that affected the Veeam Intelligent Diagnostics signature update process. Solution Option 1:...
How to Manually Update Veeam Backup Agent Deployment Packages on Veeam Service Provider Console Server
When the Veeam Service Provider Console server does not have internet access it is unable to download the latest deployment packages for Veeam Backup Agents i.e., Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows, Veeam Agent for Linux, Veeam Agent for Mac from the Veeam Installation Server...
VSPC 5 fails to collect Monthly License Usage Report from VBR v11a
Article Applicability The issue described in this article is specific to Veeam Service Provider Console v5 without Patch 4 installed. Challenge Monthly License Usage Report cannot be collected from Veeam Backup & Replication servers running version 11a. Cause The license usage data generated by...
Palo Alto Cortex XDR causes Veeam Agent SQL LocalDB to crash
Challenge The Cortex XDR agent Traps agent by Palo Alto Networks is installed on a server or a workstation. The following error message appears during the backup process. Error Microsoft SQL server hosting the configuration database is currently unavailable. Possible reasons are heavy load,...
Veeam ONE XML External Entity Processing vulnerabilities
Challenge XML External Entity Processing vulnerabilities in Veeam ONE Reporter make possible to read arbitrary files without authentication. Severity : critical CVSS v3 score : 7.5 Cause Veeam ONE Reporter uses XML files for importing and exporting report templates. A remote attacker may send...
Preferred Network Rule for Hyper-V Host Not Using IP Specified
Challenge Backup network traffic does not use the NICs associated with IPs configured within the preferred network rules for a Microsoft Hyper-V Host. Cause This can occur because, by default, Veeam Backup & Replication stores only the IP addresses for Hyper-V hosts that DNS provides. Solution To...
Additional Information on “Cost Estimation” in Veeam Backup for AWS
Related User Guide Page This KB article provides additional information to the following pages: Creating EC2 Backup Policies Step 9. Review Estimated Cost Creating RDS Backup Policies Step 9. Review Estimated Cost Challenge Cost Estimation provides the administrator feedback on estimates of AWS...
Veeam Backup & Replication 9.5 U4 Day 0 Update [U4 RTM to U4 GA]
Challenge This "Day 0" update is intended only for environments where Veeam Backup & Replication U4 RTM 9.5.4.2399 is installed. If you are trying to update Veeam Backup & Replication and running a version older than 9.5.4.2399, download the most recent Update ISO directly Veeam website. This...
Unable to Connect Veeam Service Provider Console to Veeam Cloud Connect Server Using a Local Account
Challenge Attempting to connect a Veeam Cloud Connect server through the VSPC web UI using a local account fails with the following error message: Failed to connect to the server. Specified user is invalid or does not have enough permissions on the server. Copy Cause The remote connection was...
How to Change Where SQL Transaction Log Backups Are Temporarily Stored on SQL Server
Purpose This article documents how to change the location where SQL transaction log backups are temporarily stored on a SQL server before being transferred to the repository. This article is relevant to the following parent-job types where SQL Transaction Log Backup can be used as a child-job:...
All Credentials and Backup Encryption Keys Become Invalid if Veeam Backup and Replication Is Manually Migrated to Another Machine
Challenge All credentials and backup encryption keys become unusable after manually migrating Veeam Backup and Replication software to a different machine. The term "manual migration," in this case, refers to the process of installing Veeam Backup & Replication on a new system and directing it 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...
Windows FLR fails with "Failed to create or open file [C:\Windows\system32\config\systemprofile\"
Challenge When attempting to perform a Guest OS File Level Restore from a Windows Filesystem the mount Backup Browser displays the error: The system cannot find the path specified. Failed to create or open file C:\Windows\system32\config\systemprofile...\veeamflr-.flat. Agent failed to process...
Unable to View Connection String for Veeam Reporter and Veeam Business View Websites in IIS Manager
Challenge When trying to view connection strings for Veeam Reporter and Veeam Business View websites in IIS manager, the following error messages pop up: Cause Veeam ONE encrypts these configuration settings. Solution This behavior is the product design. More Information If you have any questions...
Veeam Backup & Replication Upgrade Paths
Tenants of Veeam Cloud Service Providers If your Veeam Backup & Replication installation is connected to a Veeam Cloud Service Provider, contact your Service Provider before upgrading to ensure that the intended upgrade will not break compatibility. A tenant cannot be on a newer version of Veeam...
How to install a standalone Veeam Report Viewer
Purpose You need to install a standalone Veeam Report Viewer to view offline reports. Solution There are several options to install Veeam Report Viewer: Veeam ONE ISO file : You can start Veeam Report Viewer setup from the ISO file: VeeamONE10.0.0.750.iso\Redistr\ReportViewer.msi. Veeam ONE...
How to Collect Logs from Veeam Appliance Installer
Purpose This article documents how to collect logs from the installer for the Software Appliances included with Veeam Backup & Replication 13 Veeam Software Appliance, Veeam Infrastructure Appliance, and Veeam Hardened Repository Appliance. This procedure may be required if an installation-relate...
Hyper-V SureBackup Task Failure: "VM was created with the later version of Hyper-V than the one installed on host"
Challenge A task within a SureBackup job for a Hyper-V environment fails with the error: Error: VM was created with the later version of Hyper-V than the one installed on host Cause This error occurs when the Virtual Lab in use by the SureBackup job is located on a host that is running a version ...
Linux Hardened Repository Unable to Update Immutability or Remove Restore Points due to SGID
Article Applicability The errors in this article may occur for other reasons, this article is specifically relevant to a situation in which these errors occur because the folder where the backup files are stored has an SGID Set-Group ID configured. Example: backupsvc@rhel9$ ls -l total 1 drwxr-s...