Required Package Changes in Solaris 10 and 11.3

Challenge Solaris 10 does not include the CA certificates required for S3 repository connections, nor does it natively provide OpenSSH with modern features. For secure S3 access and SSH communications with the Veeam Software Appliance VSA for Veeam Backup & Replication, you must install both...

How to Back Up ARM Role Assignments with Veeam Backup for Entra ID

Challenge This article documents the additional configuration necessary to enable Veeam Backup for Microsoft Entra ID to back up relationships between protected resources and management groups as part of the backup scope. By default, Veeam Backup for Microsoft Entra ID does not back up...

Release Information for Proxmox Virtual Environment Plug-In v12.1.1.1024

Requirements This update to the Proxmox Virtual Environment Plug-In for Veeam Backup & Replication requires: Veeam Backup & Replication build 12.2.0.334 You can check the build number in the Veeam Backup & Replication Console's Main Menu ≡ under Help About. Proxmox Virtual Environment Plug-In for...

There was a problem validating the profile: Repository not found.

Challenge Repository not found error while adding Veeam Repository in Veeam Kasten for Kubernetes despite verifying the repository in the Veeam Backup & Replication Console. Cause The 'Repository Not found' issue can happen in multiple scenarios. Most of the cases are due to repository Permission...

Report Generation Fails with "lookup prometheus-server-exp: no such host"

Challenge After enabling Veeam Kasten for Kubernetes reports, reports are not generated. When running an on-demand report policy, the following error message is observed within the executor logs: "message":"Post "http://prometheus-server-exp:80/k10/prometheus/api/v1/query": dial tcp: lookup...

What Data Does Veeam Kasten for Kubernetes Include in the Phone Home Reports

Purpose This article documents what data is included in the phone home reports sent by Veeam Kasten for Kubernetes. Solution The data is divided into the following sections Basic Data Infrastructure Data Run Time Data for Billing Purposes Additional Metrics Profiles Artifact Metrics Basic Data...

Veeam Intelligence Updates

Learn more about Veeam Intelligence for Individual Products Veeam Backup & Replication User Guide Veeam Intelligence Veeam ONE User Guide Veeam Intelligence Veeam Service Provider Console Guide for End Users Veeam Intelligence Purpose This article documents new features, enhancements, and fixes...

EFS Backup Policy Fails With "Not authorized to perform DeleteRecoveryPoint"

Challenge An EFS Backup Policy fails with the message: User: arn:aws:sts:::assumed-role/VEEAM-BACKUP-FOR-AWS-IAM-ROLE-NAME/VeeamBackupSession is not authorized to perform: backup:DeleteRecoveryPoint on resource: arn:aws:backup:AWS-REGION::recovery-point: with an explicit deny in a resource-based...

Validator CLI Tool Fails to Process VMs in Per-machine backup with separate metadata files

Challenge When attempting to use the Veeam Backup Validator command-line tool to validate the VMs contained within a job that was using the Per-machine backup with separate metadata files aka True Per-VM backup chain format, the Veeam Backup Validator tool throws the error: Cannot find last point...

Access Denied Error After Migrating Configuration from MFA-Enabled Server

Article Applicability The issue documented in this article is relevant only to Veeam Backup & Replication 12.x. A similar issue occurs with Veeam Backup & Replication 13.x, and is documented in KB4898: Sign-In Error After Migrating Configuration From MFA-Enabled Server. Challenge After performing...

Granular Log Collection Guide for SOBR Capacity/Archive Tier Issues

Purpose This article documents an advanced granular log collection method designed to minimize the log bundle size when submitting Veeam Support cases for issues related to the capacity tier or archive tier of a Scale-Out Backup Repository. The standard method of collecting logs for these cases i...

Mounting SMB Share During AIX Bare Metal Restore Results in Inaccessible Data on Restored Machine

Challenge After mounting a CIFS/SMB mount in the Bare Metal Restore environment, data on some VG aren't accessible in the restored system. Cause This issue occurs because affected VG's major device number in /dev doesn't match information within ODM. Detailed Cause: Before a CIFS/SMB share can be...

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...

Release Information for Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 5d Cumulative Patch KB4222

This patch is superseded by Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 5d Cumulative Patch KB4278 Requirements Please confirm you are running Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 build 5.0.3.1033 prior to installing this Cumulative Patch. You can check this under Help and Support About in the Veeam Backup for...

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,...

Veeam Primary Storage Integration processing overview

Challenge Customers seeking new storage systems may want to consider Veeam's storage integration and special processing and compare systems...

How to Create a Secure IAM Policy for Connection to S3 Object Storage

Purpose This article documents how to create a secure IAM policy to connect to the S3 bucket used as an object storage repository in Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 for storing backup data. Solution The following permissions will allow Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 to access the S3 bucket to save...

Backups of VMs with enabled CBRC option fails when Linux backup proxies are used

Article Applicability This article discusses a limitation specific to Veeam Backup & Replication 10.x. When Linux-based VMware Backup Proxy was introduced in Veeam Backup & Replication 10, it could only use the Virtual Appliance HOTADD transport mode. Starting with Veeam Backup & Replication 11, ...

How to set up multi-factor authentication (MFA) for Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows

Article Applicability This article concerns a feature only available in Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows 5 and older. The option to backup to OneDrive was deprecated in Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows 6. As an alternative, Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows 6 has introduced an Object Storage...

Veeam Availability Console v3 Patch 4 (build 2795)

Challenge Veeam Availability Console v3 Patch 4 build 2795. This update supersedes Veeam Availability Console v3 Patch 3 build 2762. Cause Please confirm you are running version 3.0.0.2647 or later prior to installing this Patch 4. You can check this under Windows Programs and features. After...

Secondary storage backup stops working after NetApp MetroCluster switchover

Challenge After the MetroCluster switchover a backup job with the SnapVault or SnapMirror specified on the Secondary Target tab cannot update these relationships. Cause Unfortunately this is a bug in the OnTap Data Management software. In the event of a switchover Veeam Backup&Replication cannot...

"Failed to detach SCSI lun" errors in vSphere after finishing Instant Recovery or File-level restore from storage snapshots

Challenge You might see "Failed to detach SCSI lun" errors in vSphere during the unexport phase when restoring items file-level restore from storage snapshot or doing an Instant Recovery from storage snapshot because of certain VMware behaviour. Both types of the restores include a step when...

Veeam Marks a Data Tape as a Cleaning Tape

Challenge One or more non-cleaning tape cartridges have become marked as cleaning tapes and may not appear in the Veeam Backup & Replication console. Cause Cause 1: CLN Barcodes Per the LTO barcode standard, a barcode that begins with the prefix CLN is considered a cleaning tape. If for some...

Red Hat Enterprise Linux kernel 2.6.32-754.6.3 is not supported by Veeam Agent for Linux

Challenge Veeam Agent for Linux may cause an operating system crash on machines running Red Hat Enterprise Linux RHEL or its derivatives CentOS, Oracle Linux with Linux kernel version 2.6.32-754.6.3.el6 update RHSA-2018:2846. Cause Veeamsnap, Agent for Linux kernel module is not compatible with...

Veeam Service Provider Console – Compile and Upload Server Logs

Purpose This article provides information about collecting Veeam Service Provider Console logs. Solution The log collection procedure for Veeam Service Provider Console is documented in the User Guide: Downloading Veeam Service Provider Console Logs Tip: Use the Archive button in the top-right of...

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...

Backup jobs using Virtual Appliance (HotAdd) transport mode take longer after installing 9.5 Update 3a

Challenge After installing Veeam Backup & Replication 9.5 Update 3a, the backup duration may be significantly increased for jobs using the Virtual Appliance HodAdd transport mode. Other transport modes NBD/NBDSSL, Direct SAN, Direct NFS are not affected. Cause This is a known issue affecting VMwa...

File-Level Restore - FUSE mount is not supported on kernel versions 4.0.0-4.1.33

This issue is related to a known kernel bug and affects any version of Veeam Agent for Linux. Challenge When performing guest file recovery from a backup of a machine running Linux Kernel versions 4.0.0 through 4.1.33, the restore fails to mount with the error: FUSE mount is not supported on kern...

Failed to open VM attachment

Challenge Veeam ONE generates "Failed to open VM attachment" alarm. Cause Veeam ONE triggers " Failed to open VM attachment" alarm when the following Windows events are registered on the Hyper-V host: 12290 Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-Worker 12290 Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-SynthStor 12290...

vCenter Server Appliance - Backup/Restore Recommendations

Native File-Based Backup and Restore Recommended vCenter Server Appliance Data Integrity Best Practices recommends using the native file-based backup and restore operations to protect the vCenter Server Appliance. Review: VMware vSphere User Guide: Considerations and Limitations for File-Based...

How to Contact Veeam Support Management

Contacting Support Management Veeam prides itself on our phenomenal Support Team and invests heavily in ensuring that the first person you talk to is a highly qualified specialist with the knowledge to investigate and solve your case. We strive to ensure that we continue to provide this level of...

Backup Configuration Is Not Saved After Configuring Backup Job

Challenge After installing Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows and configuring a backup job, the settings are not shown in the Control Panel, and Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows keeps prompting to configure backup settings. Cause The Windows OS was installed with non-English region and culture...

Manual Firewall changes for Veeam Backup from Storage Snapshot with Cisco HyperFlex IOvisor processing

Challenge This article describes making manual firewall changes for Veeam Backup from Storage Snapshot with Cisco HyperFlex IOvisor processing. For details on how to perform these firewall changes using a predefined VMware ESXi extension please review KB2298. HyperFlex Version Specific Article...

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...

Release Notes for Veeam ONE 9.5 Update 1

Challenge Release Notes for Veeam ONE 9.5 Update 1 Cause Please confirm you are running Veeam ONE 9.5 prior to installing this update. You can check this under Help | About in Veeam ONE Monitor Client , the build number should be 9.5.0.xxx. After upgrading, your version build will be 9.5.0.3254...

How to Change Credentials for a Shared Folder in a File to Tape Job

Purpose This article documents how to change credentials used to connect to a UNC path added to a File Backup to Tape job. Solution To add an SMB share to a File Backup to Tape job, the SMB share must be added in the Inventory view under File Shares SMB Shares section. To change which credentials...

SureBackup job fails with "Unnamed VM could not initialize" error

SureBackup job fails with "Unnamed VM could not initialize" errorIn the logs you can see the following error message:19.03.2015 14:38:08 Error Failed to power on virtual machine...

Cannot find a restore point newer than the seed

Challenge The replication job completes with the warning: Cannot find a restore point newer than the seed Cause This warning occurs when the replication job has been: configured to seed from a repository that contains seed backup files that are as current as the backup job that generated them. or...

How to migrate Veeam Backup & Replication or Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager

Veeam Backup & Replication Migration Details regarding Veeam Backup & Replication migration are now fully documented in the product user guide. Please review the following documentation: Migrating Veeam Backup & Replication to Another Server Other Migration Types: Migrating Veeam Backup &...

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...

0x80042327 or Error: VSSControl: -2147212505

Challenge You receive the following error on backup or replication processes during VSS guest processing: 0x80042327 or Error: VSSControl: -2147212505 Solution 0x80042327 translates to the VSS error "VSSEREBOOTREQUIRED". This error is reflecting that the system is pending reboot due to an...

0x80042317 or Error: VSSControl: -2147212521

Challenge A task fails with the following error: Failed to prepare guest for hot backup. Error: VSSControl: -2147212521 Backup job failed. Discovery phase failed. Cannot add volumes to the snapshot set. Cannot add a volume to the snapshot set. Volume name:...

Health Service (Monitoring Host) Handle Count has exceeded the threshold

Challenge The following alerts about handle counts on the collector server are raised: Health Service Monitoring Host Handle Count has exceeded the threshold Health Service Handle Count has exceeded the threshold Cause The monitors raising the mentioned alerts ensure that the "Process\Handle Coun...

Patch 3 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 3 for Veeam Backup version 6.5.0.106 / 6.5.0.109 / 6.5.0.128. This patch is cumulative and contains fixes from Pat...

"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...

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...

Unable to collect files information from datastore in a timely manner due to high vCenter server load

Challenge Veeam ONE Reporter collects data from datastores using the SearchDatastoreSubFoldersTask tasks, which are pre-defined by vSphere. During that process, if a datastore becomes unavailable or experiences performance issues, Veeam ONE Reporter may be unable to complete data collection tasks...

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...

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...

Reverse incremental job scheduling does not work properly

Challenge Reverse incremental job starts ignoring their scheduled settings, and run on the days selected for Synthetic Fulls, even when the check-box is grayed out. Solution To resolve the issue you need to enable forward incremental mode in the job settings and deselect "Enable synthetic fulls"...