Backup Failing With `Too many snapshots` When Using Longhorn as a Storage Provisioner

Challenge Veeam Kasten for Kubernetes backup action for longhorn volumes fails with the error message: too many snapshots created Cause When integrating with CSI-based volumes, Veeam Kasten for Kubernetes employs VolumeSnapshot resources to create snapshots during backup operations. With Longhorn...

How to Properly Off-Board a Namespace From Veeam Kasten for Kubernetes Backups

Purpose This article documents the procedure to properly off-board a namespace in Veeam Kasten for Kubernetes. Solution 1. Check all restorepointcontents for the policy using the following command: Replace with the actual policy name. kubectl get restorepointcontents -l k10.kasten.io/policyName=...

Backups to DDBoost Repository Fail After Upgrading to VBR 12.1.1

Issue Resolved in Veeam Backup & Replication 12.2 This issue was resolved in Veeam Backup & Replication v12.2. Customers impacted by this issue should upgrade to the latest version of Veeam Backup & Replication. Article Applicability The primary error from failing to load the DD Boost library Err...

Veeam Backup & Replication support for VMware Cloud Director

Purpose This article provides information about compatibility between VMware Cloud Director and Veeam Backup & Replication. Solution The table below provides VMware Cloud Director compatibility information for the most recent version of Veeam Backup & Replication. Older VMware Cloud Director/vClo...

Backup Job Identifies Teams Tabs as Unsupported and Skip Them

Issue A backup job skips Microsoft Teams tabs from processing without displaying any error or warning. Cause Every tab in Microsoft Teams has an Application ID property, which is used by the backup jobs to determine which tabs are supported or unsupported. Due to recent changes, some supported...

Release Information for Veeam Backup for Nutanix AHV 4a

Requirements To upgrade to Veeam Backup for Nutanix AHV 4a, download the installer below and run it on the Veeam Backup & Replication server that manages the AHV Backup Appliances. The Veeam Backup for Nutanix AHV 4a Plug-In must be installed before updating the Nutanix AHV Backup Appliance. You...

How to Restrict Which Azure Subscriptions Are Accessible to an Azure Compute Account

Purpose This article documents how to restrict which subscriptions will be accessible to an Azure Compute account used by Veeam Backup & Replication. Use Case By default, IAM roles are assigned to a newly created Microsoft Entra ID application on all subscriptions visible to the Microsoft Entra I...

Support Statement - Exchange Online Basic Authentication Deprecation

Purpose This article provides information on actions that must be taken to ensure Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 will continue to function after the Basic Authentication Deprecation in Exchange Online. Associated Error Messages The following errors may be shown in Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365...

Build Numbers and Versions of Veeam Agent for Mac

This KB article lists all versions of Veeam Agent for Mac and their respective build numbers. For more information on downloading the latest version of Veeam Agent for Mac , visit: Veeam Agent for Mac -- Current Version Download Page Veeam Agent for Mac -- What's New Current Version Version | Bui...

Veeam API Integration Guide

Purpose This article documents the methods and capabilities of API integration with Veeam's products. API | Description | Reference | Example ---|---|---|--- Integration via PowerShell Veeam Backup & Replication | Full administrative, query, and operational control equivalent to the administrativ...

Last 24 hours -> Running view lists sessions that are actually in stopped state

Challenge Under certain circumstances, the Last 24 hours Running view displays "extra" sessions that are actually in a stopped state. An example where 3 tasks are running, but the "Running" view displays completed stopped tasks. Cause To improve UI responsiveness, some UI data is cached. The issu...

Failed to Verify the Connection to SQL Server

Challenge To back up a database, workers must be able to connect to the source SQL server. In case of consistent backup using a staging server, the workers must connect to the staging server. Connection to the source server is not required as Microsoft Azure performs the copy from the source to t...

Release Information for Veeam ONE v11a

This version has been superseded by Veeam ONE 12. Requirements Make sure you are running Veeam ONE version 9.5 Update 4 build 9.5.4.4566 or later builds before installing this update. You can check this under Help | About in the Veeam ONE Client. After upgrading, your build number will change to...

Veeam Management Pack 9.0 Patch 1 for Microsoft Hyper-V monitoring

This version has been superseded by Veeam Management Pack for Microsoft System Center version 9a. Challenge After upgrading to Veeam Management Pack to version 9.0, Hyper-V hosts disappear partially or entirely from the Hyper-V Servers tab of the Veeam UI. At the same time, Hyper-V infrastructure...

Veeam Disaster Recovery Orchestrator limitations with VMware Cloud Offerings

Overview VMware Cloud Verified offerings exist in various forms. This article highlights specific considerations when working with Veeam Recovery Orchestrator, Veeam Backup & Replication, and Veeam ONE for disaster recovery orchestration purposes. Depending on the vendor-specific VMware solution...

Information about Kasten K10 licensing and Kasten K10 support

Objective This article documents how to retrieve a purchased Kasten K10 license code. Solution How to retrieve a copy of the initial Kasten K10 license code After you purchase a Kasten K10 license code, it is sent to your email. If that license code has been lost or another copy is needed, you mu...

Exchange backup fails after upgrading to Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 v5

Challenge After upgrading Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 to v5, backup of Exchange Online data may fail with " Unauthorized 401" error. The issue affects organizations using Modern authentication and legacy protocols with application secret. Cause Starting v5 Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 has...

The provided client secret keys are expired.

Challenge Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 displays one of the following errors: The provided client secret keys are expired. Copy Error: AADSTS7000222: The provided client secret keys are expired. Visit the Azure Portal to create new keys for your app, or consider using certificate credentials for...

Granular AWS Account Permissions for Connection to and Upgrading of Veeam Backup for AWS Appliance

This article documents the granular permissions needed for connecting to an existing Veeam Backup for AWS appliance...

Release Information for DataCore 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 DataCore Plug-In v1.2.2, ensure that you are running Veeam Backup & Replication 12.3.0.3...

Release Information for Veeam Backup for Nutanix AHV 2.1

This update has been superseded by Veeam Backup for Nutanix AHV 3.0. Requirements Be sure to review the upgrade check list section of the User Guide document closely prior to upgrading as Veeam Backup for Nutanix AHV 2.1 supports integration with Veeam Backup & Replication version 10 and later. Y...

Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 retention policy miscalculation causing data loss

Challenge When you have deployed Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365, use snapshot-based retention and storing data on a Jet Database-based repository then your solution might mistakenly remove restore points of Exchange data that are still valid. This applies to versions 5.0 Day 0 Update and earlier...

Connecting Restored VM Instances to New Networks in Veeam Backup for Google Cloud

Challenge By default, every VM instance in a VPC network has a single default network interface, and you cannot add or remove network interfaces from an existing VM instance. This means that Google Cloud does not allow you to attach the network interface of a VM instance to a different network wh...

Veeam ONE creates or changes local accounts of the "Veeam_*" format at the Veeam ONE server machine

Challenge Veeam ONE creates or changes local accounts of the "Veeam" format on the Veeam ONE server machine. Cause This behavior is a part of the Veeam ONE design. Veeam ONE creates these temporary Windows accounts for login and authentication operations between Veeam ONE components and VMware...

Release Information for Veeam Backup for AWS v2 Patch 1

Requirements You can check your build number under Configuration | Support Information | About | Server version by clicking the gear icon at the top-right corner of the main menu in Veeam Backup for AWS. After installing Veeam Backup for AWS v2 Patch 1, your build version will be 2.0.1.622...

Azure VMware Solution Support — Considerations and Limitations

Challenge Azure VMware Solution AVS is a VMware Cloud Verified offering that requires specific considerations to work with Veeam Backup & Replication. Aside from the listed instructions and limitations below, you can use AVS with Veeam Backup & Replication like you would any other VMware vSphere...

Release Information for Tintri IntelliFlash 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 Tintri IntelliFlash Plug-In v 1.0.86, ensure that you are running Veeam Backup &...

Veeam Backup for Microsoft Azure Recovery/Migration Procedure

This document explains how to recover or migrate Veeam Backup for Microsoft Azure data to new instance.A Veeam Backup for Microsoft Azure instance may fail or get corrupt and requires the data volume...

Backup to NFS repository may hang

Challenge After the backup job starts, some task may hang if all of the following conditions are met: The backup repository type is the NFS repository. A Linux server is selected as a gateway server explicitly or it was selected by the automatic selection from options. NFS v3 is used to access th...

Release Notes for Veeam Backup & Replication 10 Day 0 Update

Challenge This "Day 0" update is intended only for environments where Veeam Backup & Replication 10 RTM 10.0.0.4442 is installed. If you are running Veeam Backup & Replication 10 GA build 10.0.0.4461 or later, this update is not applicable to you, and should be ignored. This update is provided to...

Veeam Backup for AWS Recovery/Migration Procedure

Purpose This article documents how to recover or migrate Veeam Backup for AWS data to a new instance. Solution Recommended Method Starting with Veeam Backup for AWS 5.0, Configuration Backup and Restore is available and is now the simplest way to restore/migrate. Performing Configuration Backup...

Publishing Microsoft SQL Databases: Insufficient Free Space on the Mount Server

Article Applicability The locations and registry values specified in this article are relevant only to Veeam Backup & Replication 9.5 U4. Starting with Veeam Backup & Replication 10, when a SQL Database is Published using Veeam Explorer for Microsoft SQL, the write cache files are stored in the...

Veeam Availability Orchestrator v2 Patch 1 (build 1463)

Challenge This patch fixes the following issue found in VAO 2.0. The presence of backup job objects created by Veeam plug-in backup jobs cause VAO Restore Plans to fail locating valid restore points required for the restore process. The following example shows the issue found in the Readiness Che...

vCloud Director integration doesn't work in Veeam Availability Console 3.0

Challenge When creating a Reseller or a Company you cannot assign vCloud Director resources to it even though vCD has been added to the Cloud Connect server Cause Due to the discovered issue in Veeam Backup & Replication 9.5 Update 4 GA, vCloud objects are not properly collected by Availability...

Adding Server 2019/Hyper-V 2019 to Veeam Fails

Article Applicability This article is specific to an issue with Server 2019/Hyper-V 2019 build 1809 aka "October 2018 Update". If you are seeing the error documented on this KB and the Windows Server is not running Server 2019 build 1809, please review the following articles: "Invalid Credentials...

How to Move Veeam Backup for Nutanix AHV Backup Files

Purpose This article documents how to migrate Veeam Backup for Nutanix AHV backup files to a different Veeam Backup & Replication Repository. Solution Considerations and Limitations This process only works when moving backup files between Repositories of the same Veeam Backup & Replication server...

Certificate expiration date

Challenge The following error message appears when starting Veeam Backup and Replication console: Cause Veeam Backup and Replication self-signed certificate expires 11 months after installation. The certificate is renewed, but Veeam Backup Service still has information about the old one in the...

How to Collect Logs for Veeam Management Pack for Microsoft System Center

Purpose This article documents how to collect logs for Veeam Management Pack for Microsoft System Center. Solution For VMware Infrastructure To investigate issues associated with a VMware Infrastructure, logs should be collected from both Veeam Management Pack for Microsoft System Center and the...

Veeam Service Provider Console – Compile and Upload ConnectWise Manage Plugin Logs

This article covers how to properly compile your Veeam Service Provider Console ConnectWise Manage Plugin logs...

WinRM Service cannot process the Request

Challenge When attempting to add an On-Prem or Hybrid organization to Veeam Backup for Office 365 the following error occurs: The WinRM service cannot process the request because the request needs to be sent to a different machine. Use the redirect information to send the request to a new machine...

How to Enable the Firewall Rules Required by Veeam ONE for Event Collection

Purpose This article describes how to enable the Microsoft Windows Firewall rules that Veeam ONE requires to collect event data from monitored Windows servers, such as Hyper-V hosts and Veeam Backup & Replication servers. Solution Using Windows Defender Firewall with Advanced Security On a server...

Veeam Backup & Replication plug-in missing in vSphere HTML5 Web Client after upgrade to VMware vSphere 6.7

Challenge After installing Veeam 9.5 Update 3a and simultaneous upgrade of vSphere from 6.5 to 6.7 Veeam vSphere Web Client Plugin might stop working for vSphere HTML5 Web Client. However it is still operational in vSphere Flash/Flex Web Client. The issue is only reproducible in case the plugin w...

Veeam Data Privacy Policy

Solution In accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation GDPR introduced on May 25, 2018. If you would like to: Delete your personal information Unsubscribe from marketing communications Get or update your personal information or for any general legal requests and GDPR compliance...

Veeam Availability Orchestrator cannot add vCenter Server or standalone host due to time difference

Challenge When you try to add a VMware vCenter Server or a standalone VMware ESXi with a different time zone, the operation may fail with an error informing that time difference between Veeam Availability Orchestrator and the remote host is too large. Solution To resolve the issue, follow the nex...

Event ID 9782 is thrown after successful backup

Challenge During Exchange 2010 application aware backup with "Copy only" option enabled you notice following events in Application event log on Exchange server: Log Name: Application Source: MSExchangeIS Date: 5/10/2018 5:38:39 PM Event ID: 9782 Task Category: Exchange VSS Writer Level: Error...

Snapshot Summary report Sort by size hotfix

Challenge The "Sort by Size" option does not work in the following reports properly: 1. Virtual Machines. Snapshot Summary Veeam VMware Analysis Reports pack 2. Virtual Machines. Checkpoint Summary Veeam Hyper-V Analysis Reports pack Cause This is a known issue with the sorting function. Solution...

Installing Patch 1376 on Veeam Availability Console Microsoft Marketplace Appliance

Challenge Applying this update to a Veeam Availability Console VAC Azure Appliance fails with: "A newer version of this application is already installed on this computer. If you wish to install this version, please uninstall the newer version first. Click OK to exit the wizard." Cause Azure...

How to collect logs for cases involving Oracle

Challenge An issue with backing up of the Oracle database server and/or removal of Oracle archived logs is suspected. Veeam Technical Support would like to gather information from your servers and databases to investigate this issue. Additional logs must be gathered manually from the guest OS on...

How to Disable Monitoring of Specific Performance Counters in Veeam ONE

Purpose This article demonstrates how to limit the performance counters collected by Veeam ONE. This may be needed in situations where: There is a need to limit the network traffic between the Veeam ONE server and the virtual infrastructure servers. To decrease the Veeam ONE database growth rate...

Long Infrastructure Object Removal

Challenge Sometimes when you remove an infrastructure object vCenter or Hyper-V server from the Veeam ONE Monitor client, the removal process may take longer than expected. Cause Once you click the Remove server button from the infrastructure tree view, it could take some time to remove the data...