Build Numbers and Versions of Veeam Backup for Google Cloud

This KB article lists all versions of Veeam Backup for Google Cloud and their respective build numbers. For more information on deploying the latest version of Veeam Backup for Google Cloud , visit: Veeam Backup for Google Cloud User Guide: Deploying Backup Appliance Veeam Backup for Google Cloud...

Build Numbers and Versions of Veeam Backup for Microsoft Azure

This KB article lists all versions of Veeam Backup for Microsoft Azure and their respective build numbers. For more information on deploying the latest version of Veeam Backup for Microsoft Azure , visit: Veeam Backup for Microsoft Azure User Guide: Deploying Backup Appliance Veeam Backup for...

libdtrace-ctf Required to Install Veeam Agent for Linux on Oracle Linux UEK

Challenge When installing Veeam Agent for Linux on Oracle Linux 6 or 7 with UEK kernel, the veeamsnap package fails to install with the following error: Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: Consult /var/lib/dkms/veeamsnap//build/make.log for more information. The make.log example...

Release Information for NEC Storage M Series 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 NEC Storage M Series Plug-In v1.0.10, ensure that you are running Veeam Backup &...

Veeam Plug-In for Oracle RMAN Cumulative Patch P20211211

Requirements Veeam Plug-In for Oracle RMAN Cumulative Patch P20211211 requires at least Veeam Backup & Replication v11 GA 11.0.0.837. The Veeam Plug-In for Oracle RMAN package on this article is also included with the Veeam Backup & Replication 11a P20211211 installer ISO. It is provided here as ...

Exchange backup fails at "TeamsMessagesData" folder

Challenge Backup of an Exchange mailbox fails with the error: Failed to synchronize item changes in folder: TeamsMessagesData Copy Solution A stop-gap workaround for this error has been included with Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 5d cumulative patch KB4235. This fix will cause the...

Using Object Storage with Veeam Products

Summary Veeam Backup & Replication supports object storage as a destination for long-term data storage. Similarly, Veeam Backup for Office 365 and cloud-specific offerings, such as Veeam Backup for AWS, Veeam Backup for Azure, Veeam Backup for Google Cloud Platform all support object storage. Thi...

Release Information for Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 5d Cumulative Patch KB4235

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 or 5.0.3.1035 prior to installing this Cumulative Patch. You can check this under Help and Support About in Veeam Backu...

Release Information for Veeam Backup for AWS v4

Requirements Please confirm that you are running version Veeam Backup for AWS v3 build 3.0.0.319 or later before upgrading. You can find the currently installed build number Server Version in the About section under Configuration | Support Information. After installing Veeam Backup for AWS v4, yo...

Release Information for HPE XP 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 HPE XP Plug-In v2.2.271, ensure that you are running Veeam Backup & Replication version...

Release Information for Hitachi 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 Hitachi Plug-In v2.2.271, make sure that you are running Veeam Backup & Replication buil...

Monthly License Usage report is not generated when using Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager in the Veeam Cloud Connect infrastructure

This issue is fixed in thePatch 2 Challenge Monthly Licensing Report generation fails with "ReportingJob task error: System.ArgumentException: An item with the same key has already been added. " error if there is Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager in the Veeam Cloud Connect infrastructure. Solution ...

Managed Veeam Backup Agents are offline after Veeam Service Provider Console upgrade

Challenge After upgrading Veeam Service Provider Console, all Veeam Management Agents are listed as offline. Cause This may be caused by an incorrect security certificate configuration, which leads to the disconnection of the management agent on the Veeam Cloud Connect server after the upgrade. S...

"Too many open files" error during SAP on Oracle backup

Challenge The backup job performed by Veeam Plug-in for SAP on Oracle fails with the following error: "Too many open files. Please increase the file descriptor limit. You may refer to the KB 3213 for more information" Cause The "Too many open files" error happens when a process needs to open more...

Release information for Veeam Backup & Replication 11

Requirements IMPORTANT NOTE: If you are using a cloud repository or cloud host powered by Veeam Cloud Connect, please contact your service provider to confirm that you can upgrade to Veeam Backup & Replication 11. Please confirm that you are running version 9.5 Update 4b build 9.5.4.2866 or later...

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...

Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows: How to Setup Exclusion and Inclusion Masks

Resources Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows Standalone: Use Filters to Define File-Level Backup Scope Veeam Agent Management: Using Filters in Backup Jobs for Windows Computers If this KB article did not resolve your issue or you need further assistance with Veeam software, please create a Veeam...

Release Information for Veeam Availability Orchestrator v3

The latest version of Veeam Recovery Orchestrator can be found here: https://www.veeam.com/disaster-recovery-orchestrator-download.html Requirements Please confirm that you are running version 2.0 build 2.0.1.1403 or later prior to upgrading. You can check this in the VAO UI | Administration tab ...

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 configure Veeam Agent with Work or School Account

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...

SharePoint Online and OneDrive for Business Backup Jobs Fail with (403) Forbidden Warning Message

Challenge SharePoint Online or OneDrive for Business backup jobs fail with the following message: Processing site https://site.sharepoint.com/sites/111/subsite finished with warning: Failed to backup item version: //1024/Shared Documents/, version: 1.0, The remote server returned an error: 403...

Backup jobs targeted at Linux backup repository fail after enabling FIPS 140-2 mode on repository server

Challenge After enabling FIPS mode on a Linux repository server, backup jobs fail; log review reveals that Veeam Backup & Replication is unable to make an SSH connection to the repository: 31.08.2019 00:00:00 Warning Failed to create SSH connection to host: '', port: 22, user: '', elevation to...

Incorrect Replica Counters in Monthly Cloud Connect License Usage Report

Challenge Automated monthly license usage reports generated by Veeam Cloud Connect display an unexpected number of replicated VMs and licensed instances. At the same time, Get-VBRCloudTenant -Name "TenantName" PowerShell cmdlet returns proper numbers. Cause Miscalculations are caused by a bug in...

Veeam Backup & Replication upgrade fails with an error "Database version downgrade detected ... Reboot and restart the setup"

Challenge The upgrade to Veeam Backup & Replication U4 fails with "Database version downgrade detected ... Reboot and restart the setup". You may find following error in the C:\ProgramData\Veeam\Setup\Temp\BackupSrvLog.log: Veeam SRV: 31.01.2019 11:39:43: VEEAM Database version has been increment...

Veeam ONE compatibility patch for Veeam Backup & Replication 9.5 Update 4

Challenge After upgrading Veeam Backup & Replication servers to version 9.5 Update 4, Veeam Cloud Connect monitoring and reporting in Veeam ONE 9.5 Update 3 will stop working. Cause This issue is caused by incompatibility of Veeam Backup & Replication 9.5 Update 4 and Veeam ONE 9.5 Update 3. To...

"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 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...

Re-IP rules do not work in Veeam Availability Orchestrator lab test

Challenge In rare cases, when you perform a failover, Re-IP rules are applying correctly, however, when you perform a lab test these rules would not be applied. Solution To resolve that: 1. Make sure that no plans are currently running 2. Open Veeam Availability Orchestrator UI Configuration VAO...

Antivirus Exclusions for Veeam Service Provider Console

Purpose This article documents antivirus exclusions that may be created to reduce the impact that antivirus software has on the functionality of Veeam Service Provider Console. These antivirus exclusions may be applied to the Windows built-in antivirus or third-party antivirus software. Note:...

Quantum storage devices may have a known Linux bug

Challenge To identify if a known linux bug is the cause for errors on a backup repository. Cause You will see a job fail with "unable to mkdir /var/log/sudo-io : File exists", this is caused by a bug in some versions of the sudo application. Solution Some quantum storage device's operating system...

One or More Networks Mapped to the same cloud network

Challenge A Replication job targeting Cloud Hosts completes with the following warning: One or more source networks were possibly mapped onto the same cloud network. Simultaneous partial failovers of VMs residing on those networks may result in issues. Cause This warning is displayed when the...

Expired license for Veeam Agent causes scheduled jobs to fail

Challenge Although the license information screen shows that the license for Veeam Backup & Replication is valid, scheduled jobs are failing with the following error: Error Your trial license has expired Cause If Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows or Veeam Agent for Linux running on a trial licens...

Veeam ONE Import Report Packs

Purpose This article documents how to manually install the Report Packs after manual Veeam ONE database creation KB2312. Solution 1. Mount the Veeam ONE installer ISO 2. Navigate to the \Reporter folder on the Veeam ONE ISO 3. Copy VeeamONE.Reporter.Server.x64.msi to a convenient location on the...

Notification emails are not sent for backup jobs

Notification emails are not sent for backup jobs...

How to Change Veeam ONE Data Collection Mode

Purpose This article documents how to change the Data Collection Mode used by Veeam ONE. Solution Change Data Collection Mode after Installation 1. Open the Veeam ONE Setting Utility. 2. In the Veeam ONE Settings Utility , select Scalability. 3. Choose the desitred Data Collection Mode and click...

Microsoft Exchange logs are not being truncated in Veeam Backup and Replication 9.5

Challenge After upgrade to version 9.5.0.711 Microsoft Exchange logs no longer get truncated. In the Windows Application event logs you might get an error with an event ID 2034. Cause This is a known issue in build 9.5.0.711. If you disable Microsoft SQL logs truncation in Job properties then...

Console Error - Failed to connect to Veeam Backup & Replication Server

Challenge When attempting to connect to the Veeam Backup & Replication server using the console, the connection fails with one of the following errors: Failed to connect to the Veeam Backup & Replication server: No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it :9392 Fail...

Release Notes for Veeam ONE 9.0 Update 1

Challenge Release Notes for Veeam ONE 9.0 Update 1 Cause Please confirm you are running Veeam ONE 9 prior to installing this update. You can check this under Help | About in Veeam ONE Monitor Client, the build number should be 9.0.0.xxx. After upgrading, your version build will be 9.0.0.2088. Thi...

Script execution on Linux target fails with “Permission Denied” even when executed as root.

Challenge When interacting with Linux servers, Veeam Backup & Replication may encounter a "Permission Denied" error during script execution Pre-freeze, post-thaw, and repository data mover agent scripts, even when the account being used is the root user. Cause All script files are uploaded to and...

How to Change the Oracle Archive Log File Location During Application-Aware Backup

Purpose This article explains how to change the Oracle Archive log file location used during Application-Aware Backup. Note: These settings only affect the log file location for Application-Aware Backup operations. Solution Linux-based Oracle Server: In the location where the Veeam agent starts, ...

A proxy VM may become inaccessible during hotadd backup

Challenge 'Hotadd' backup proxy virtual machine becomes inaccessible or powered off with the following possible symptoms: 1. Virtual machine randomly stops responding. 2. When guest operating system fails, there is no BSOD or kernel panic. 3. The vmx process of virtual machine fails or is killed ...

An attempt to access data before the beginning-of-medium marker failed

Challenge During a tape related process in Veeam Backup & Replication the error "An attempt to access data before the beginning-of-medium marker failed" is thrown. Cause The most common cause of this is faulty tape. Solution If there is no content on the tape try erasing it, if the issue persists...

“After this job” (Daisy Chain) behavior change in Veeam Backup & Replication v8

This article documents the behavioral change made to the “After this job” function in Veeam Backup & Replication v8...

Veeam ONE Reporter\Business View installation fails

Challenge Veeam ONE installation\upgrade fails on the Reporter\Business View site deployment step. Cause Antivirus software may prevent applications from making changes to IIS, which is used by Veeam Reporter and Business View components to deploy their sites. Solution Disable antivirus software ...

Veeam Explorer for Microsoft SQL Server displays no content

Challenge When performing a SQL Item Restore, Veeam Explorer for Microsoft SQL Server launches successfully, but no content is displayed. The following is an example of what should be seen when the restore is working properly: Cause The account used to perform Application-Aware Image Processing f...

Reverse Incremental – Animation of Method and Retention

Purpose This article is intended to document how Reversed Incremental works, and how its retention is enforced. Reverse Incremental Backup Method For information regarding this Backup Method please review the user guide. Reverse Incremental Restore Point Creation The following is an animation...

Storage vMotion of Instant Recovery fails with “The method is disabled by ‘’”

Challenge When attempting to migrate an Instant Recovery VM to a production datastore using VMware Storage vMotion, the following error occurs: The method is disabled by 'vm-' Call 'VirtualMachine.Relocate' for object 'vmname' on vCenter Server 'vCenterName' failed. Solution To correct this issue...

How to restore vCenter Server without a vCenter Server

Challenge The vCenter Server is not available and the vCenter Server VM needs to be restored. Solution To restore the vCenter Server, you will need to add one of the individual ESXi hosts to Veeam Backup & Replication, allowing you to target that host directly to restore the vCenter VM. Possible...

Cannot uninstall Veeam MP because Microsoft.SystemCenter.SecureReferenceOverride MP is dependent

Challenge During an attempt to uninstall Veeam Management Pack for Microsoft System Center a message appears stating that Microsoft.SystemCenter.SecureReferenceOverride MP is dependent on Veeam Base Discovery MP: Cause The Microsoft.SystemCenter.SecureReferenceOverride contains information...

SQL Log Files (LDF) Not Smaller After Truncation

Challenge After Veeam Backup & Replication or Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows successfully truncates a SQL Server Database with Application-Aware Processing enabled, the SQL Log File .ldf does not become smaller. Cause This is due to the fact that the LDF file itself is a container, when...