Veeam Kasten for Kubernetes - vSphere Block Mode Exports Failure With Error 14009

Challenge During vSphere block mode export, in certain situations, it might be observed that the folders/objects get created in the storage bucket. However, the export job remains stuck, and the following error message is seen in the debug logs: "Open virtual disk file failed. The error code is...

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 Configure AWS Application Loadbalancer (ALB) for Veeam Kasten for Kubernetes

Purpose This article provides an example of configuring AWS Application Loadbalancer ALB for accessing the Veeam Kasten for Kubernetes UI. Note: This documentation assumes that the ALB ingress controller has already been installed and configured. Solution What is an ALB An Application Load Balanc...

Troubleshooting '401 - Unauthorized' or 'x509' Errors When Accessing the Veeam Kasten for Kubernetes Dashboard

Challenge When attempting to access the Veeam Kasten for Kubernetes dashboard the following error occurs despite using the cacertconfigmap.name helm value: 401 - Unauthorized This issue may also manifest as errors related to x509 in the gateway pod or auth-svc pod logs: x509: certificate signed b...

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May 18th 2024, attempting to login to the Veeam Data Cloud VDC console using a previously functioning bookmark or outdated hyperlink may result in login errors, such as: Veeam Data Cloud encountered an error retrieving the user profile.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

Release Information for Veeam Backup for Google Cloud 5 Patches

Requirements Please confirm that you are running version Veeam Backup for Google Cloud 5 build 5.0.0.1297 or later before upgrading. You can find the currently installed build number Server version in the About section under Configuration | Support Information | Updates. After installing Veeam...

How to Expand Backup Heatmap Widget From 12 Hours to 24

Article Applicability This article documents changing the Backup Heatmap time scale in the Analytics Dashboard of the Veeam Backup & Replication Console in version 12.1. Please note that the heatmaps in the view are only available if Veeam ONE is integrated with Veeam Backup & Replication. Purpos...

VMXNET3 Drivers Missing From Recovery Media for Server 2022 vSphere VM

Challenge When attempting to perform a Bare Metal Restore on a vSphere VM using Veeam Recovery Media, which was created from a vSphere VM running Server 2022, the network adapter drivers fail to load. This issue persists despite having the 'Include hardware drivers from this computer' option...

Possible Impacts of Removing the Machine Where Veeam Is Installed From a Domain

Purpose This article documents the most common side-effects customers may experience when removing the machine where Veeam Backup & Replication is installed from a domain. Solution Not all of the issues listed below may be experienced. These are all heavily dependent on the configuration of the...

Unable to Add Object Storage With Versioning to Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365

Challenge When adding an Object Storage Repository, the following error occurs: The selected bucket supports blob versioning. Select a bucket with disabled blob versioning. Cause This issue occurs because the cloud storage has Versioning enabled. Starting with Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 v7,...

How To Configure Veeam Plug-in for SAP HANA to Support SAP HANA System Replication

Standalone Mode Plugin Deployment Only The configuration option documented in this article is only compatible with Standalone deployments of the SAP HANA Plugin. Managed deployments are not compatible with these modifications. Veeam Backup & Replication 13 Support for SAP HANA System Replication...

Upgrade to Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 6.0 Fails Due to Invalid Rest Service Certificate

Challenge Attempting to upgrade an existing Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 installation to version 6.0 fails with the error: Failed to install the product An error occurred. See logs for details. Copy Article Applicability This article is relevant when the following error is found in the...

Veeam Backup for Nutanix AHV Proxy Appliance failure to update to v3

Challenge After installing Veeam Backup & Replication 11a 11.0.1.1261, one or more of the following may occur: An AHV Backup Proxy is listed as Unavailable in the Veeam Backup & Replication console. The AHV Backup Proxy's Web Console dashboard lists the backup server as unavailable. Accessing the...

Veeam ONE version 10/10a impact on VMware vSAN

Challenge The API calls used by Veeam ONE version 10/10a to collect vSAN performance data may impact vSAN health and performance in some environments. Solution Upgrade Veeam ONE to version 11 or later. Starting with Veeam ONE v11, a new collection method was implemented to prevent this issue. Vee...

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...

Veeam Explorer for Oracle restore fails with: "You have new mail in /var/spool/mail/root"

Challenge Restoring an Oracle Database to a Linux server using Veeam Explorer for Oracle fails with: Error: Wrong SCP response: 1.scp: /root You have new mail in /var/spool/mail/root/xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxxx: No such file or directory Copy Log Example Uploading file Unix mask: 0766,...

Export report email from Veeam Explorer for Microsoft Exchange is sent in an unexpected language

Challenge Export reports sent by Veeam Explorer for Microsoft Exchange are illegible or unexpectedly contain Chinese characters. Cause The issue is caused by an encoding conflict. By default, Veeam Explorer for Microsoft Exchange uses UTF-16 character encoding, and the issue appears under followi...

How to Configure Bypass Rules for Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 Internet Proxy Setting

Purpose This article describes how to configure a bypass list for the Internet Proxy configured within Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365. Solution How it Works The Internet Proxy Bypass configuration list uses regular expression regex to define which domains Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 should...

Veeam Plug-In for Oracle RMAN Cumulative Patch P20210507

Challenge A backup using the RMAN plug-in fails with the following error: ORA-19511: non RMAN, but media manager or vendor specific failure, error text: Operation is terminated. Copy Cause The failures can happen due to desynchronization between different threads started in different backup...

Release Information for Everpure FlashArray Plug-In for Veeam Backup & Replication

This plug-in leverages the Veeam Universal Storage API, which enables storage OEMs to allow Veeam Backup & Replication integration to the arrays for backup and replication jobs. Requirements Before installing Everpure FlashArray Plug-In v2.2.331, ensure that you are running Veeam Backup &...

Release Notes for Veeam Backup & Replication 10a

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 10a. Cause Please confirm that you are running version 9.5 Update 3 build 9.5.0.1536 or later prior to upgrading...

Release Information for Veeam Agent for Oracle Solaris 2.0

Requirements Upgrade from v1 is not supported, clean installation is required. Upgrade from Veeam Agent for Solaris 2.0 RTM build 2.0.0.123 is possible. Please confirm that you are running version 2.0.0.123 or later prior to upgrading. You can check this using veeamconfig --version in Oracle...

Veeam ONE Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities

Challenge Vulnerabilities in Veeam ONE Agent components residing on Veeam ONE and Veeam Backup & Replication servers allow executing malicious code remotely without authentication. This may lead to gaining control over the target system. Severity : critical CVSS v3 score : 9.8 Cause Veeam ONE Age...

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...

How to Create Custom Backup Policy IAM Role

The Backup Policy IAM role is used to run the following backup operations: Enumerating of the resources.Taking EBS snapshots of selected EC2 instances volumes.Creating volumes from snapshots.Attaching...

Veeam Explorer for Microsoft Exchange Error: "Incompatible Veeam Backup for Office 365 server version"

Challenge When attempting to restore data Veeam Explorer for Microsoft Exchange, Veeam Explorer for Microsoft SharePoint or Veeam Explorer for Microsoft OneDrive for Business, the following error occurs: Incompatible Veeam Backup for Office 365 server version received: X.X.X.XXX, expected:...

Procedure to migrate a Cloud Connect tenant to vCloud Director

Challenge SPs who have vCloud Director deployed in their infrastructure can expose vCloud Director resources as cloud hosts for tenant VM replicas. This article describes a procedure of migrating existing tenants to vCloud Director. Solution On the Tenant side: 1. Delete all Cloud Backup and...

Dell PowerPath - Veeam Agent for Linux Limitations

Challenge If a Linux server has Dell PowerPath devices attached, all the underlying block devices representing the network paths to the server are skipped from processing. This will result in the error "No objects to backup" or PowerPath devices missing from the backup. If non-PowerPath devices a...

Oracle Database Backup Fails With Event ID 44

Challenge Veeam Backup & Replication or Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows jobs with Application-Aware Processing fail to process a Windows guest with Oracle database installed. The following symptoms are observed. The job fails with this or a similar error: Creating VSS snapshot Error: Failed to...

Full VM restore to a new Datacenter cause deletion of production VM if the name of recovered VM will match production VM name

Challenge Production VM will be deleted without warning if following conditions are met: 1. Full VM restore to vCenter Datacenter, different from original VM Datacenter, VM was running under. 2. Name of recovering VM coincide with existing VM in production. Cause Based on VmWare architecture, it...

Dell EqualLogic Group Manager throws an error "Request target not found" after successful backup

Challenge After a successful backup of VMs stored on Dell EqualLogic storage especially when the option Allow processing of multiple VMs with a single volume snapshot is enabled you may receive an error in Group Manager "iSCSI login to target 'X.X.X.X:Y' from initiator 'X:X:X:X::Z' failed for...

Cannot find anymore diff area candidates for volume

Challenge Backup or replication of a Windows OS fails. In the Windows event logs of the machine being backed up, 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...

How to Move Replica Metadata

Purpose This article documents the procedure for moving replica metadata between repositories. While moving the replica metadata is not required when changing which repository a replication job uses, moving the metadata will eliminate the need for a lengthy "calculating disk digest" task after th...

Backup jobs stop working with NetApp SteelStore Cloud Integrated storage after upgrading to Veeam version 9

Challenge Aafter upgrading Veeam Backup & Replication to version 9, backup jobs to a NetApp repository based on a SteelStore host platform fail. The following error message can be seen in the job logs: " Error File not found. File name: \\PathToShare\BackupFolder\JobName.vbm" The NetApp log...

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...

Total VMs Count in Infrastructure Overview Report

Challenge The Infrastructure Overview report shows different values between vCenter Servers Virtual Machines and Storage Number of VMs. Cause Here are the possible causes of such behavior: one VM is linked with more than one datastore; for the "vCenter Servers" templates are not counted; "Storage...

Release Notes for Veeam Backup & Replication 8.0 Update 2b

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 8.0 Update 2b Cause Please confirm you are running version 8.0.0.807, 8.0.0.817, 8.0.0.831, 8.0.0.917, 8.0.0.201...

Windows Repository with Data Deduplication error: "The requested operation could not be completed due to a file system limitation"

Article Applicability The error "The requested operation could not be completed due to a file system limitation " can occur for various reasons. This article highlights one possible cause that may occur when a Windows Repository is backed by an NTFS volume that uses Windows Data Deduplication and...

Tape Jobs fail with I/O errors or (SCSI) Bus resets

Challenge Failures occur during the File to tape or Backup to tape jobs. The jobname.log shows error messages similar to: error: The request could not be performed because of an I/O device error error: Tape fatal error.\nThe I/O bus was reset Cause Depending on the type of connection, controller ...

How To Export Windows Event Logs

Purpose When submitting a support case for technical assistance, it is sometimes necessary to upload relevant Windows event logs in addition to the Veeam logs. Event logs exported using default settings can be missing important information. This article describes three different methods of...

The user has not been granted the requested logon type on this computer

Challenge Although the nWorks service account has local administrator rights and is a member of the nWorks Enterprise Manager Accounts local group, nWorks Collector and Enterprise Manager cannot be installed, because the installer does not accept the specified service account. The following error...

How to Run Scripts With Veeam One Client

Purpose This article provides additional information about running scripts with Veeam ONE Client. Solution Script Configuration Scripts can be configured for the following action types: As an alarm notification action -- select this option if you want to run a custom script when the alarm is...

Patch 3 Release Notes for Veeam Backup & Replication 6.0.0.153

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 3 for Veeam Backup version 6.0.0.153. All patches are cumulative so each below fix is contained in this patch...

Return argument has an invalid type

Challenge Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager fails to collect data from a Veeam Backup server with the following error: Return argument has an invalid type. The following error can be seen in VeeamBES.log: timestamp Info Reporting data were successfully collected from the server server.local timesta...

SureBackup: A connection attempt failed

Challenge Cause Veeam Backup & Replication is not able to connect to the Virtual Lab and grab network settings from the web server. Solution If you assign a proxy appliance an IP address from the same network where the Veeam B&R server is located, Veeam B&R will automatically add a new route to t...

Internet Access From Virtual Lab

Purpose This article documents how to enable machines operating within the Virtual Lab isolated network to access the internet. Solution The function documented in this KB enables the virtual lab proxy appliance to act as an internet proxy. This proxy function only passes web browser traffic. Thi...

VSS issue: Retrieving the COM class factory for component with CLSID failed (80070005)

Veeam service account does not have enough privileges to call a COM server application with specified CLSID. As a result, it is not possible to inject the VSS short-life process into the guest OS...

Build Numbers and Versions of Veeam Plug-In for HPE Morpheus VM Essentials

This KB article lists all versions of the Veeam Plug-in for HPE Morpheus VM Essentials and their respective worker build numbers. Version | Plug-In / Worker Build | Release Date ---|---|--- Veeam Plug-in for HPE Morpheus VM Essentials 1 Releases Veeam Plug-in for HPE Morpheus VM Essentials 1.1...

"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...