Veeam ONE Database Partitioning

Purpose This article documents the procedure for implementing database partitioning to improve the performance of Veeam ONE deployments where the database in use was first created using Veeam ONE 9.x or older. Starting with Veeam ONE version 10, all newly deployed Veeam ONE databases are already...

Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 5b cumulative patch KB4124

This patch is superseded by Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 5b cumulative patch KB4158 Requirements Please confirm you are running Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 build 5.0.1.179 prior to installing this cumulative patch KB4124. You can check this under Help and Support About in Veeam Backup for...

How to specify an Azure Active Directory tenant for Azure Cloud Credentials wizard to use

Challenge You are adding a Microsoft Azure account to Veeam Backup & Replication. You need to select the method of importing your Azure Resource Manager subscription, and you want to use an existing Azure Active Directory Account. Also, you have more than one Azure Active Directory tenant...

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...

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 Agent for Oracle Solaris 2.1

The latest version of Veeam Agent for Oracle Solaris can be found here: https://www.veeam.com/oracle-solaris-agent-download.html This update supersedes Veeam Agent for Oracle Solaris 2.0. Requirements Upgrade from v1 is not supported, clean installation is required. Upgrade from Veeam Agent for...

Veeam Support for Azure Stack Edge

Overview Veeam supports using Veeam Agents for Windows and Linux to backup virtual machines running on Azure Stack Edge Compute. Microsoft Azure Stack Edge brings compute and storage to the edge where data is created. Veeam Support for Azure Stack Edge Compute is separate to the support for Azure...

Veeam Agent for Linux - Expired Sectigo RootCA Certificates

Challenge Veeam Agent for Linux connecting to a Cloud Repository with a seemingly valid Cloud certificate fails with "certificate has expired". Cause On May 30th of 2020, Sectigo had an expired Root CA that will not be updated due to the age of the certificate...

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 Backup for Microsoft Azure. This article specifically discusses using Veeam Backup & Replication in...

Support for Nutanix Clusters on AWS

Nutanix Clusters on AWS runs the core Nutanix HCI stack including Nutanix AOS, AHV, and Prism, along with all Nutanix products and services on bare metal EC2 instances on Amazon Web Services AWS. This allows you to migrate or extend applications from private clouds to AWS easily. Nutanix Clusters...

Veeam Support for Azure Stack Hub

Overview Veeam Backup & Replication supports backup and restore of workloads running on Azure Stack Hub using Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows and Veeam Agent for Linux. These can be centrally managed with Veeam Backup & Replication. Restore operations are performed using the Direct Restore to...

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...

Advanced transport modes (HotAdd and SAN) fail over to NBD mode

Challenge Advanced transport modes Virtual Appliance HotAdd or Direct Storage access may not work, failing over to the NBD transport mode instead. If you are seeing error "Cannot use advanced transport modes, failing over to NBD " you should check the HotAdd attacher agent log default location -...

Potential data loss when using Instant VM Recovery

Challenge Performing Instant VM Recovery in VMware vSphere environments may result in data loss when using the quick migration feature to move published VM disks to production storage to finalize the recovery. This issue was identified internally by Veeam quality control in late 2019, and the fix...

Azure VMware Solution by CloudSimple. Considerations and Limitations

Azure VMware Solution by CloudSimple is a vSphere environment running on Microsoft Azure hardware. This environment requires specific preparations to allow Veeam Backup & Replication v.9.5 Update...

Veeam Backup for Office 365 Complete Permissions

This KB is being phased out The content of this article is being transitioned to the Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 User Guide. An up-to-date list of Required Permission is available in the Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 User Guide. Authentication Modes Summary Depending on the Microsoft 365...

License Auto Update fails after applying Update 4

Challenge License Auto Update fails Cause Any licenses obtained prior to U4 are now known as 'Legacy Licenses'. Auto Update functionality cannot migrate a Legacy License to the new Veeam Instance License. The message most likely received is: Error Server message: License key type is not supported...

Hyper-V Backup jobs failing with an error "The system cannot find the file specified" after upgrade to Veeam B&R 9.5 Update 4

Challenge After installing Veeam Backup & Replication 9.5 Update 4, Hyper-V backup without application-aware processing may fail with the error "The system cannot find the file specified". Version Specific Article This article is relevant only to Veeam Backup & Replication 9.5.4.2615. Cause This...

Consistent backup failures after installing vSphere 6.7 U1

Challenge After updating vCenter to 6.7U1, processing of all VMs fails with "Object reference not set to an instance of an object." Cause The issue is triggered by an update to the vSphere API version in vCenter 6.7 U1. Solution The issue affects only Veeam Backup & Replication 9.5 Update 3a...

How to get a Support ID - SEE UPDATED KB LINK BELOW

Challenge When opening a case via the Customer Support Portal, you are prompted to enter a Support ID. Solution Case Creation Requirements To create a Veeam Technical Support case for a given Support ID, you must be designated as either License Administrator or Case Administrator. For more...

Veeam Availability Orchestrator stops collecting vCenter asset information

Challenge There is an issue with the embedded Veeam ONE component of Veeam Availability Orchestrator 1.0 release. The issue results in Veeam ONE not recognizing new VMware vCenter assets approximately 90 days after installation. Cause There is a synchronization issue between Veeam ONE Monitor and...

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...

Adding on-premises SharePoint organization to Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 fails with "Encountered an internal error in the SSL library"

Challenge Adding an on-premises SharePoint organization with the Use SSL parameter enabled fails with the following error: "Connecting to remote server failed with the following error message: The server certificate on the destination computer : has the following errors: Encountered an internal...

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...

Release Notes for Veeam Management Pack 8.0 Update 5

Challenge Release Notes for Veeam Management Pack 8.0 Update 5 Cause Please confirm you are running Veeam Management Pack 8.0 prior to installing this update. You can check this in Operations Manager console under Administration | Management Packs, the build number should be 8.0.0.2218 or later. ...

QuickBackup in vCenter plugin fails on Cisco Hyperflex Snapshot due to pending task

QuickBackup for a VM that resides on Cisco HyperFlex using the Veeam Plugin for vCenter always fails. The following output can be found in the task log:timestamp Info CiscoHXX.X.X...

Keyexchange error on Linux managed server after updating the kernel

Challenge Steps to correct Keyexchange errors on newly updated Linux managed server Cause Veeam SSH client caches both the Key and the encryption method. If the Linux kernel depreciates an encryption method when the kernel updates, connections to the managed server may fail with error such as...

Advanced Optimization of Veeam Backup & Replication Configuration for VMware VSAN

Article Applicability This article is intended to provide additional information beyond the basic advice found in the Veeam Backup & Replication User Guide: Virtual Appliance Mode for VMs on VSAN. Purpose This article provides additional advice for optimizing Veeam Backup & Replication...

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...

Veeam Backup & Replication 9.5 Day 0 Update

Challenge This update is provided to enable upgrading existing installations of Veeam Backup & Replication 9.5 partner preview RTM build 9.5.0.580 to generally available version of Veeam Backup & Replication 9.5 GA build 9.5.0.711. This update addresses a number of issues reported by our partners...

Restore Fails for Database with Consecutive Backslash Characters in File Path

Challenge Veeam Explorer for Microsoft SQL Server reports the error: Inconsistent database metadata. See the log for details. Cause One or more database file paths contained multiple consecutive backslash characters when the SQL server was backed up. Solution Clarifying Issue This issue cannot be...

VMware Instant Recovery Times Out

Challenge Instant VM recovery of a VMware VM fails after at least 30 minutes with the error: Failed to publish VM Cause Veeam Backup & Replication implements timeouts for most operations to protect against hangs. However, even when no process is hung, timeouts may occur due to significant...

Service Provider Licensing

Challenge Starting with Veeam Backup & Replication 9.0 Update 2, there have been several changes to licensing for service providers. Solution Usage reporting Veeam Backup & Replication 9.0 Update 2 introduced usage reporting by the backup server. This is considered a pilot and does not yet replac...

Release Notes for Veeam Management Pack 8.0 Update 2

Challenge Release Notes for Veeam Management Pack 8.0 Update 2. Cause Please confirm you are running Veeam Management Pack 8.0 prior to installing this update. You can check this in Operations Manager console under Administration | Management Packs, the build number should be 8.0.0.2218 or later...

Veeam Cloud Service Provider Per-VM Licensing Exceeded

Challenge Tenant-side Error A Veeam Cloud Service Provider's Tenant receives the error message Service Provider has exceeded the licensed VM count Tenant job-level error: Error: Cannot backup this VM because your service provider has reached licensed VM limit. Service Provider-side Error Veeam...

How to Install Cloud Connect Portal Manually

Cloud Connect Portal is not installed by default during Enterprise Manager upgrade going from version 8.x to 9.x...

Tape media not visible in the GUI

Challenge Tape media that is labelled with barcodes starting with "CLN" or "CLR" is not visible in Veeam Backup & Replication GUI Shell. Cause Tapes with labels starting with "CLN" or "CLR" are automatically detected as cleaning tapes and are hidden in the user interface. This is by design...

Modifying Data Retention Policy in Veeam ONE

Purpose This article documents how to adjust the retention of collected data stored within the Veeam ONE database. Note: When retention is enforced, data within the database is removed, but the actual database file will not become smaller. To cause the Veeam ONE database file to become smaller on...

Possible Issues With Cloud Storages After Restore

Challenge After restoring a machine that was using cloud synchronization software OneDrive, Dropbox, Google Drive, etc., issues are possible when that software attempts synchronization with its service. Those cloud sync solutions may see the restored files as updated changes that need to be...

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...

Adding Linux repository to Veeam hangs on volume discovery and fails silently

When connecting to a Linux repository with Veeam, the connection hangs on the volume discovery step and silently errors out...

Difference Between Typical and Advanced Scalability Modes

Challenge Understanding the difference between Typical and Advanced scalability modes. Cause Depending on the size of the managed virtual environment, you can choose of the following Veeam ONE installation types: Typical -- this type of installation is recommended for small to medium environments...

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...

Direct SAN Restore for thick disk VDDK error: One of the parameters supplied is invalid

Challenge When performing a write operation using Direct-SAN transport mode e.g., Entire VM Restore, VM Hard Disk Restore, or initial run of a replication job the task fails with the error: Unable to execute write operation using advanced transport, failing over to network mode... ERR |VDDK error...

Hyper-V backup or replication job with guest-processing fails after installing Windows Update KB3000853

After installing November roll-up update http://support.microsoft.com/kb/3000853 on 2012 Hyper-V hosts, VSS-enabled backups may be failing in any backup solution. In Veeam you will get "Unable t...

Enterprise Manager Install fails with Patched Database Error

Purpose If the Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager software is moved, or needs to be reinstalled and it was previously patched it errors out with the following error: Cause The SQL database that is being reused contains table entries that mark it as having been used with a newer version the version o...

Throttling Rules Not Being Applied

Challenge A configured Network Throttling rule does not appear to be taking effect. Solution Traffic can only be throttled between backup infrastructure components where the Veeam Data Movers are deployed. These components differ depending on a data protection scenario. For more information, revi...

Veeam Backup File Encryption Support

Challenge There is a need to encrypt the backup files while they are sitting on storage. Solution Starting with Veeam Backup & Replication v8 data encryption is available, more information can be found here: https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/backup/vsphere/dataencryption.html More Information...

Exchange Logs Not Being Truncated

Challenge This KB provides troubleshooting advice for investigating an apparent Exchange log truncation issue. Cause Exchange truncation may not occur for the following reasons: The Backup Job is not configured to trigger truncation. The VSS operation occurring during the job is not notifying the...

Users and Roles: Account Setup and Permissions

Documentation Review the following documentation for more information: Veeam Backup & Replication Console - Roles and Users Veeam Backup & Replication Console - Permissions Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager - Accounts, Roles, and Delegated Restore Permissions If this KB article did not resolve your...