Backup to Tape Job to the HPE LTO tape drives fails with "Tape error: '1117'" after upgrade to Veeam Backup & Replication 9.5 Update 4b

Challenge Backup and other operations to HPE LTO tape drives may constantly fail after installation of Veeam Backup & Replication 9.5 Update 4b 9.5.4.2866. Veeam fails to connect to the tape drive and returns the following errors: 18.07.2019 15:49:24 Warning TapeDrive alert: The tape drive has a...

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...

ERROR_NO_DEVICE_ID is thrown while trying to load a driver using Veeam Agent Recovery Media

Challenge When performing a Bare Metal Recovery, storage or network devices are not visible in the system, and when attempting to load device drivers, the following error occurs: Failed to install driver from INF file Failed to install driver. Error code: ERRORNODEVICEID Solution Verify Correct...

Damaged unpacked_data.txt File Causes Veeam Guest Catalog Service to Not Start

Article Applicability There are many reasons why the Veeam Guest Catalog Service may fail to start, and this KB Article is relevant only when the error shown in the Challenge section is found within the Svc.VeeamCatalog.log file. Challenge The Veeam Guest Catalog Service fails to start and the...

Backing Up Hyper-V Guest Cluster Based on VHD Set

Challenge VHD Set is a new shared Virtual Disk model for guest clusters in Windows Server 2016 and later. VHD Set files can be included in application-consistent checkpoints and backed up, but there are some limitations. Cause Please make sure the following requirements are met: Each guest VM...

Recovery Media based on Windows 1709 fails to connect to SMB1 shares

Challenge When booting with Recovery Media which is based on Microsoft Windows 10 Fall Creators Update or Microsoft Windows Server 1709, a connection attempt to CIFS shares fails with: You can't connect to the file share because it's not secure. This share requires the obsolete SMB1 protocol, whi...

HotAdd Error: Failed to allocate SCSI target ID

Challenge A VMware VM Backup job utilizing Virtual Appliance HotAdd Transport Mode fails when attempting to attach disks to the proxy with the error: Error: Agent: Failed to process method HotAdd.AttachDisks: Failed to open VDDK disk DATASTORE vmname/diskfile.vmdk is read-only mode - true Logon...

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...

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...

Release Notes for Veeam Backup & Replication 9.0 Update 1

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 9.0 Update 1 Cause Please confirm you are running version 9.0.0.902 prior to installing this update. You can che...

How to exclude MS SQL Databases from SQL Log backup

Challenge It is necessary to exclude specific databases on one or more Microsoft SQL Server instances from Veeam SQL Transaction Log backup processing. Solution The following registry value is used to exclude databases from SQL Transaction Log backup. The exclusion will take effect during the nex...

Veeam Cloud Connect - Compiling Provider/Tenant Logs for Support Cases

Veeam Service Provider Console 8 New Feature Starting in Veeam Service Provider Console 8, it is now possible for Service Providers to create a support case from within the Veeam Service Provider Console console. This new feature also includes automatic log collection during case creation. Purpos...

Restoring Encrypted Databases with Veeam Explorer for Microsoft SQL Server

Challenge Restoring an encrypted database with Veeam Explorer for Microsoft SQL Server fails with one of the following errors: Cannot find server certificate with thumbprint '' Transparent Data Encryption is not available in the edition of this SQL Server instance. You are unable to check "Perfor...

Veeam ONE Fails to Collect Performance Data from a Hyper-V Host

Challenge Veeam ONE fails to collect performance data from one or multiple Hyper-V hosts despite being able to collect infrastructure and topology data. This issue may occur with or without an alarm being triggered. When an alarm is triggered, it will display the message: Performance data...

How to Restore Individual Files When FLR Fails

Purpose This article documents an alternate method to restore individual files when the File Level Restore fails or the filesystem is incompatible with the Guest OS File Recovery functionality of Veeam Backup & Replication. Solution Alternative Method for VMware Virtual Machines If the data you a...

"The given key was not present in the dictionary" error while opening nworks UI

"The given key was not present in the dictionary" error while opening nworks UI...

Domain Controller starts up in Safe Mode

Challenge After restoring a Domain Controller, it appears to get stuck in safe mode. Cause When restoring a Domain Controller from a backup, the DC will enter Directory Services Restore Mode DSRM during the first boot. It should reboot on its own into a non-authoritative state after a short time...

Create VSS processing exclusion for vCenter Database

Article Applicability This article is only relevant to environments still using a Windows-based vCenter vSphere 6.7 and older with the vCenter database hosted on a Microsoft SQL Instance. Per VMware's Blog: Reminder: vSphere 6.5/6.7 End of General Support The End of General Support for vSphere 6....

Outbound Public IP Addresses Used by Veeam Data Cloud

Purpose This article lists the outbound public IP addresses that Veeam Data Cloud uses when connecting from the cloud to infrastructure that a customer hosts and controls, for example a Microsoft Azure Key Vault used for BYOK encryption. These addresses are not used for inbound connections made t...

Preserving Restored InterSystems IRIS Data Before Removing a Storage System

Article Applicability This article expands on the following note from Epic EHR System Protection Restoring from Storage Snapshot in the Veeam Backup & Replication User Guide: Before you start the restore wizard, create an auxiliary host for the LUN mount in the storage system interface, using any...

List of Security Fixes and Improvements in Veeam Service Provider Console

Purpose This article describes all security-related fixes and improvements introduced in each release or update of Veeam Service Provider Console. This article aims to provide our customers' security and compliance teams with detailed information on security improvements between releases to help...

New Search Experience for Veeam Data Cloud for Microsoft 365

Purpose We are excited to announce the initial rollout of our new search feature, designed to significantly improve the speed and efficiency of your search experience. Below are the details and important limitations to be aware of during this phased rollout. What's New Faster Search Experience Ou...

Kasten Prometheus Export via remote_write

Purpose Kasten now supports exporting metrics from the embedded Prometheus to external backends using Prometheus's remotewrite capability. This feature supports the collection, aggregation, and visualization of cluster and multi-cluster metrics in monitoring tools like Grafana Cloud and Datadog...

Release Information for Veeam ONE 13 Patch 1

Veeam ONE 13 Releases 13.0.2.6723 2026-05-27 What's New New Features and Improvements Suspicious Incremental Backup Size Alarm -- Extended Platform Support The Suspicious Incremental Backup Size alarm now covers all platforms supported in Veeam ONE v13, including Proxmox VE, oVirt KVM Oracle Linu...

Search Best Practices in Veeam Data Cloud for Microsoft 365

New Search Experience for Veeam Data Cloud for Microsoft 365 We are excited to announce the initial rollout of our new search feature, designed to significantly improve the speed and efficiency of your search experience. The new search supports deleted item recovery and restore point search witho...

How to register Veeam Data Cloud Vault in Veeam Backup for Microsoft Azure

Article Applicability This article is specifically for Veeam Backup for Microsoft Azure v8. With the release ofVeeam Backup for Microsoft Azure v8.1, the process for adding Veeam Data Cloud Vault as a repository has been fully integrated. Purpose This article documents the procedure for registeri...

Backup of Powered-Off VM in Proxmox Fails When HA Status is Stopped

Challenge The backup of a powered-off VM within a Proxmox environment where High Availability HA is enabled but the HA status is Stopped , fails with the error: Failed to perform backup: Failed to connect the NBD server to the hypervisor host. Cause The job fails because the High Availability HA...

Veeam Product Upgrade Guides

Upgrade Guides This article provides a list with links to the upgrade guides available within each product's user guide. Veeam Data Platform Veeam Backup & Replication Veeam ONE Veeam Recovery Orchestrator Veeam Plug-ins for Enterprise Applications Veeam Plug-in for SAP HANA Veeam Plug-in for...

Proxmox VE Compatibility with Veeam Backup Server OS Server 2012 and 2012 R2

Article Applicability This article is relevant only when the machine where Veeam Backup & Replication is installed uses either Server 2012 or Server 2012 R2. Challenge After adding Proxmox VE PVE hosts to Veeam Backup & Replication, the workers are deployed, but the testing phase fails with the...

How to Migrate Veeam Backup for Salesforce off CentOS

Purpose This article documents how to migrate a Veeam Backup for Salesforce VBSF deployment from a machine running CentOS 7 to a machine running a supported Linux distro. Starting in Veeam Backup for Salesforce version 3, CentOS will no longer be supported as a distro for the deployment of Veeam...

How to Patch Veeam Kasten for Kubernetes CR used by Red Hat Marketplace Operator

Purpose This article provides an easy way to patch the Veeam Kasten for Kubernetes operand and make changes to the Veeam Kasten for Kubernetes configuration in an operator-based installation. Solution Veeam Kasten for Kubernetes is available for installation in an OCP cluster through either helm...

How to Configure Veeam Kasten for Kubernetes Dashboard to Use a New Certificate

Purpose This article documents how to troubleshoot and replace the certificate used by the Veeam Kasten for Kubernetes Dashboard. Scenario Example The Veeam Kasten for Kubernetes Dashboard becomes inaccessible due to an expired certificate, resulting in an HTTP ERROR 401 , indicating a lack of...

How to Override Volume storageClass During Export

Purpose This article documents how to configure a Veeam Kasten for Kubernetes export parameter to specify the storageClass that is created and used during exports. Solution The ExporterStorageClassName parameter can be used for namespaces that have PersistentVolumeClaims PVCs using a single...

Veeam Data Cloud Authentication Error

Challenge On or after May 18th 2024, attempting to login to the Veeam Data Cloud VDC console using a previously functioning bookmark or outdated hyperlink may result in login errors, such as: Veeam Data Cloud encountered an error retrieving the user profile. Please try again and contact support i...

Veeam Data Cloud for Microsoft 365 Release Information and Build Numbers

These release notes apply to the original Veeam Data Cloud for Microsoft 365 platform, which is now in maintenance mode. Maintenance and stability updates will continue to be delivered, but no new features are planned. As a result, the release notes in this article will no longer be updated...

VMware Cloud Director 10.5 Partial Compatibility Patch

Intended Audience This hotfix is intended for customers who upgraded to VMware Cloud Director 10.5 and found that backup operations were impacted. Customers who have not yet upgraded to VMware Cloud Director 10.5 are advised to wait for full Cloud Director 10.5 support, which will be available in...

FC-Only Nimble Array Snapshot Failures in Veeam Backup & Replication P20230718

Challenge When using Veeam Backup & Replication 12 P20230718, rescan, backup, and restore operations may fail when the Nimble array is configured to only use Fibre Channel FC protocol. The request could not be understood by the server. Unexpected argument 'multiinitiator'. Solution A private fix ...

SureBackup VM Power On fails with: "Failed to extend swap file" or "Error: Insufficient resources."

Challenge A SureBackup job, for a VMware environment, fails during the VM Power On step with either of the following errors: Error: Module 'MonitorLoop' power on failed. Module 'MonitorLoop' power on failed. Failed to extend swap file...

VM Disks Support for oVirt Incremental Backup

Challenge A backup job for an Oracle Linux Virtualization Manager and Red Hat Virtualization VM could not enable incremental backup support. One of the following warnings may occur: Unable to enable ovirt incremental backups for disk '':. Full scan backups will be performed. Please see KBxxxxx fo...

Patching of Veeam Recovery Media fails with "ISO: FATAL ERROR:write_file: failed to create file /tmp/veeam/livecd-..., because Too many open files"

Challenge The patching of the Veeam Recovery Media fails with the error: ISO: FATAL ERROR:writefile: failed to create file /tmp/veeam/livecd-..., because Too many open files Cause Veeam Agent reaches the limit of concurrently opened files during the ISO image unpacking that is performed by means ...

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,...

General HCI Storage & Veeam CDP support status

Veeam CDP supports the following HCI Storage systems: HPE dHCI HPE Simplivity NetApp HCI Cisco HyperFlex requirements see KB4093 Nutanix AOS with VMware vSphere If this KB article did not resolve your issue or you need further assistance with Veeam software, please create a Veeam Support Case. To...

File to tape job significantly slows down due to garbage collection operations

Challenge A file to tape job significantly slows down after some time of processing. The source disks and the Veeam database are under a low load, CPU is not overloaded either. Available RAM on the Veeam server is around 10% or lower. Cause When available RAM on the Veeam server reaches a certain...

ESXi firewall changes required to process a Veeam backup from storage snapshot with Cisco HyperFlex IOvisor

Challenge To process a Veeam backup from storage snapshot with Cisco HyperFlex IOvisor, adjustments may have to be to the ESXi firewall settings. The process outlined below applies to all HyperFlex clusters running HX Data Platform 3.0 or later. Solution Before you add the HyperFlex Cluster into...

ReFS Known Issues, Considerations, and Limitations

Known Issues Memory Management Issues Server 2016 and older Windows repositories using ReFS on Server 2016 without the September 2018 updates or older OS versions are known to have issues during backup job retention enforcement, which manifests as: The repository server becomes unresponsive or...

Your service provider has implemented backup files protection against deletion by an insider for this cloud repository.

Intended Audience Keep in mind that the structure and message of this article are written assuming the reader is a Veeam Cloud Service Provider. Challenge A tenant's backup copy job with GFS disabled displays the following warning when targeting a Cloud Repository provided by a Veeam Cloud Servic...

Veeam ONE installation fails with "Couldn't create crypto provider" message

Challenge Veeam ONE installation fails with "Couldn't create crypto provider" message. Cause One of the known issues with Microsoft update 3000850 as per this MS KB article is the following: Opening Credential Manager fails with error 0x80090345", that also affects creating the crypto provider...

PowerShell Script Execution Troubleshooting Advice

Veeam Support Scope Per Veeam Support Policy: Custom script troubleshooting is not supported. What's in Scope: Confirming that the Veeam task executed the script. Assisting with Veeam PowerShell cmdlets not functioning as intended or documented. What's Out of Scope: Troubleshooting why a custom...

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...

Failed to load jet library

Challenge The following error occurs when attempting to perform a restore using Veeam Explorer for Exchange: "Failed to load jet library from C:\ProgramData\Veeam\Backup\ExchangeExplorer\ESE\V15\ese.dll" Solution To solve, upgrade to Internet Explorer 10+ as it contains the necessary Windows file...