Rescan of Cloud Native Machines in Azure Fails After Credentials Change

Challenge After the Azure Storage account is changed, rescan of Cloud Native Agents e.g., Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows , Veeam Agent for Linux fails with the error: Warning Failed to connect to Details: Azure REST API error. HTTP code: 403. Azure error: AuthenticationFailed. Full error:...

Impact of tmux on Veeam Interactions With Linux OS

Purpose This article documents a known incompatibility between Veeam applications that initiate SSH connections to remote Linux machines and those Linux machines being configured to have tmux autorun when users connect. Connection Examples As stated, this issue affects all interactions wherein a...

Veeam Explorer for Microsoft Teams Error: "Tab type is not supported"

Challenge The Tenants of a Service Provider, who has recently upgraded to Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 version 7.0.0.3604 P20230512, may receive the following error when attempting to restore using Veeam Explorer for Microsoft Teams: Tab type is not supported. Cause This error occurs because th...

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...

Features of Veeam Backup & Replication may not function when the Veeam Backup Service is run as a user that is not assigned the "Veeam Backup Administrator" role

Article Applicability This article is specific to a situation in which the Veeam Backup Service is set with a "Log On As" other than Local System. Challenge When the Veeam Backup Service is set to use a specific user as the service's "Log On" account, some features may not function correctly if...

Release Information for Veeam Backup for Nutanix AHV 3.0

This version is superseded by Veeam Backup for Nutanix AHV 3a Requirements Be sure to review the upgrade checklist section of the User Guide document closely before upgrading, as Veeam Backup for Nutanix AHV 3.0 only supports integration with Veeam Backup & Replication version 11a. You can check...

Release Information for Veeam Backup for Microsoft Azure v3

Requirements Please confirm that you are running version Veeam Backup for Microsoft Azure v2 build 2.0.0.303 or later before upgrading. You can find the currently installed build number Server Version in the About section under Configuration | Support Information. After installing, your build...

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 Backup for Microsoft 365 5c cumulative patch KB4187

This update has been superseded by Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 5d. Requirements Please confirm you are running Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 build 5.0.2.22 prior to installing this cumulative patch KB4187. You can check this under Help and Support About in Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365...

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...

Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 5b cumulative patch KB4135

This patch is superseded by Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 5b cumulative patch KB4158 Requirements Please confirm you are running Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 build 5.0.1.179 or 5.0.1.207 prior to installing this cumulative patch KB4135. You can check this under Help and Support About in Veeam...

Veeam Service Provider Console v5 Patch 1

This patch has been superseded by Veeam Service Provider Console v5 Patch 2. Requirements Please confirm you are running version 5.0.0.6726 before installing Patch 1. You can check this by logging in to the backup portal and navigating to the Configuration Support Information tab. After upgrading...

Veeam products may fail to install on Windows 10 version 20H2

Challenge An attempt to install Veeam products may fail with the following error: "Setup failed". This error may affect the following products: Veeam Backup & Replication Veeam Availability Orchestrator Veeam Service Provider Console Veeam ONE Cause If a Microsoft SQL Server is not installed...

Veeam Backup for Google Cloud Recovery/Migration Procedure

Challenge This article explains how to recover Veeam Backup for Google Cloud data in case the backup appliance gets corrupted and requires the data to be moved to a new instance as the data contains important information about restore points, repositories, policies and so on. Solution Recommended...

Release Information for Veeam Backup for AWS v3

Requirements Please confirm that you are running version v2 build 2.0.0.600 or later prior to upgrading. 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...

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...

Additional Information on Cost Estimation in Veeam Backup for Google Cloud

Challenge The cost estimation feature allows you to approximately estimate the costs of Google Cloud resources required to run data protection operations for a backup policy. You can obtain granular information on how much costs running the policy will incur, with an option to export the estimati...

Veeam Support For Azure FIles

This article provides information around Veeam Backup & Replication support for Microsoft Azure Files. Note that it is possible to protect Azure Files natively with Azure Files Policies in Veeam Plug-In for Microsoft Azure. This article specifically discusses using Veeam Backup & Replication in...

Veeam Agent for Oracle Solaris Skips Hidden ZFS Snapshots

Challenge Veeam Agent for Oracle Solaris does not back up hidden ZFS snapshots. Cause Veeam Agent for Oracle Solaris cannot back up hidden ZFS snapshots that are explicitly specified as a source for backup. This is a by-design limitation from Oracle. By default, the .zfs directory is not visible...

Release Information for Veeam ONE 10a

Challenge Release Information for Veeam ONE 10a build 10.0.2.1094. Cause Please make sure you are running version 9.5.0.3801 9.5 Update 3 or later prior to installing this update. You can check this under Windows Programs and Features. After upgrade, your build will be version 10.0.2.1094. Soluti...

How to Deploy FLR Relay Proxy

Deprecated Feature The FLR Relay Proxy feature described in this article was deprecated in Veeam Backup for AWS 7. In deployments where the feature was enabled before upgrading to Veeam Backup for AWS 7, the FLR Relay tab will still appear in the options. However, for Veeam Backup for AWS 7...

How to create IAM Policy

Please refer to: How to create an IAM policy in the AWS Management Console If this KB article did not resolve your issue or you need further assistance with Veeam software, please create a Veeam Support Case. To submit feedback regarding this article, please click this link: Send Article Feedback...

Release Information for Veeam ONE 9.5 Update 4

Challenge Release information for Veeam ONE 9.5 Update 4 Cause Please confirm you are running version 9.0.0.2088, 9.5.0.3201, 9.5.0.3254 or 9.5.0.3801 prior to installing this update. You can check this under Help | About in Veeam ONE console. After upgrading, your build will be version 9.5.4.456...

Tenant's Remote Management status is Unknown

Challenge After installing Update 4 for Veeam Backup & Replication 9.4, a Cloud Connect tenant's Remote Management status is shown as Unknown. Cause This is a minor UI issue in Update 4 that doesn't have any impact on Product functionality, Remote Management should work as usual. Solution The iss...

Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 v2 cumulative patch KB2809

Challenge Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 v2 cumulative patch KB2809. Cause Please confirm you are running Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 version 2.0.0.567 or 2.0.0.594 see KB2765 for more details prior to installing this cumulative patch KB2809. You can check the product version under Help About ...

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...

Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 v2 cumulative patch KB2765

Challenge Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 v2 cumulative patch KB2765 Cause Please confirm you are running Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 version 2.0.0.567 prior to installing this cumulative patch KB2765. You can check this under Help About in Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 console. After upgradin...

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...

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...

The LocalSystem account cannot be changed during the Update installation process

Challenge The Update installation cannot be performed because it requires the LocalSystem password to continue and it does not provide an option to change an existing account in the installation Wizard. Cause Veeam ONE Monitor Server service is running under the LocalSystem account which cannot b...

Unexpected file removal from datastore after failed NEA deployment

Challenge After a failed attempt to deploy NEA for tenants on the provider's side, all files from the datastore root folder including VM files are deleted. Cause This issue is caused by using only the " " space symbol for the NEA name and the deployment has failed. Veeam tries to detect failed NE...

Release Notes for Veeam ONE 9.5 Update 3

Challenge Release Notes for Veeam ONE 9.5 Update 3 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 9.5.0.3201 or 9.5.0.3254. After upgrading, your version build will ...

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...

Update to Microsoft Entra Connect causes SQL VSS issues

Article Applicability This article is specific to environments where the Azure AD Connect or Microsoft Entra Connect package is installed on the machine where Microsoft SQL Server is installed. Challenge You receive the following error during the guest processing: Unable to release guest. Error:...

Veeam Management Pack for System Center integration with OMS

Challenge This KB contains information about the latest version of Veeam Management Pack integration with Microsoft Operations Management Suite. Cause The current version of OMS integration consists of the following components: - Veeam MP OMS Integration Pack MPB file that should be imported in...

Microsoft KB4013429 breaks Hyper-V 2016 Backup

Challenge After installing Microsoft KB4013429 update on a Hyper-V host, Hyper-V backups may fail. Removing the update may cause the host to enter a BSOD loop. Cause The problem appears only if KB4013429 update is installed not on all nodes of a Hyper-V cluster. In more detail, the issue persists...

Connection to Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager Fails After In-Place Upgrade From 2012(R2) to Server 2016/2019

Article Applicability This article documents an issue that is specifically related to in-place OS upgrades from Server 2012 and Server 2012 R2. Challenge After performing an in-place upgrade of the server hosting the Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager database from Server 2012 or 2012 R2 to Server...

Space Requirements for Backup Copy Jobs

Space Requirements for Backup Copy Jobs...

"Use Windows Session Credentials" options does not work for Veeam ONE Reporter and Business View websites

Challenge When using Internet Explorer , Veeam ONE Reporter and Business View websites keep asking for Windows credentials at logon despite enabling the "Use Windows session credentials" option. NOTE: Business View website is not available since version 9.5 Update 4. It was integrated with the...

Failed Load Library During Application Aware Processing of Oracle Running on Linux

Challenge When backing up a Linux VM running Oracle using Application-Aware Processing the following error occurs: Failed load library /u01/oracle/product/12.1.0.2/db1/lib/libclntsh.so. libmql1.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory when performing a backup Solution Confirm...

Topology construction failing due to a NullReferenceException

Challenge Management Pack fails to build the environmental topology. The vmspi.log default location: C:\Program Files\Veeam\Veeam Virtualization Extensions for System Center\Collector\Log contains the following entries: + System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of a...

How to Force Enterprise Manager Login to Use Form-Based Authentication

Article Applicability This article applies to Veeam Backup & Replication 12.x and older, as in those versions, the default was for Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager to utilize a Windows Authentication pop-up key="useWindowsAuth" value="true". Starting in Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager v13, the...

Collection of historical performance data fails after upgrading to vSphere 5.5 Update 3

Challenge After update to vCenter 5.5 U3 historical performance collection fails with error "Unable to collect performance. A specified parameter was not correct. querySpec.size". Cause With vCenter 5.5 Update 3 VMware has limited the size of query in order to protect the vCenter database more...

Best Practices for Microsoft Data Deduplication

Purpose This article documents Best Practices, Limitations, and Considerations relating to the use of storage that has Microsoft Windows Deduplication enabled when storing backup files created and managed by Veeam Backup & Replication. Considerations and Recommendations CRITICAL Veeam strongly...

How to Clone a Job and Map Existing Backups to Clone

Feature License Requirement Consider the following: Starting in Veeam Backup & Replication 12.1 build 12.1.0.2131 , the job cloning functionality is available for all types of licenses. Prior to Veeam Backup & Replication 12.1 build 12.1.0.2131 , the job cloning functionality required an Enterpri...

BEM install fails with “This access control list is not in canonical form and therefore cannot be modified.”

Purpose When attempt to install Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager v8 the following error occurs: " This access control list is not in canonical form and therefore cannot be modified." Solution To resolve this issue the Veeam related keys within the registry must be Reordered. Please follow these...