Veeam Intelligent Diagnostics signature UID field

If you are not using Veeam ONE or your Veeam ONE server is not connected and monitoring Veeam Backup & Replication, you will not have a VID to enter during case creation. Simply leave the field blank. Purpose This article provides answers to frequently asked questions about the "Veeam Intelligent...

Veeam Recovery Media creating fails with "This access control list is not in canonical form and therefore cannot be modified" error

Challenge During a Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows backup job the following warning occurs: Collecting recovery media files Details: This access control list is not in canonical form and therefore cannot be modified. Copy The warning may appear in the following cases: Veeam Recovery Media is...

How to Back Up a Windows Failover Cluster with Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows

Solution Information regarding Failover Cluster Support is available in the Veeam Agent Management Guide: Failover Cluster Support How to Protect Failover Clusters If this KB article did not resolve your issue or you need further assistance with Veeam software, please create a Veeam Support Case...

Credentials Test or Job Fails when attempt to use VIX

Challenge When using Veeam Backup & Replication with a VMware environment the following error may be seen when using the Guest Credentials Test or when processing a VM that is in a DMZ or Isolated environment. Failed to prepare guest for hot backup. Error: Failed to connect to guest agent. Errors...

How to Manually Update GPG key on Veeam Appliances

Article Applicability This article is specifically regarding the Veeam Appliances used in conjunction with Veeam Backup & Replication 13. Including the Veeam Software Appliance, Veeam Infrastructure Appliance, and Veeam Hardened Repository deployed from the Veeam Infrastructure Appliance. For...

Upgrading the PostgreSQL Database Engine Software Used by Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365

Support Scope This article is provided as a courtesy to give customers a high-level explanation of how to upgrade the underlying PostgreSQL database engine used to host the Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 configuration database. Per the Veeam Customer Support Policy, section 10: Support for Veeam...

Release Information for Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 7a Cumulative Patches

Requirements This Cumulative Patch can be used to: update manually from a previous Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 7a release to the latest Cumulative Patch. upgrade an existing pre-7a Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 server to Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 7a with the latest Cumulative Patch...

How to Activate Access to Microsoft Graph Teams Export APIs

Preliminary Action This article documents how to configure your app registration to access the Microsoft Graph Export API for Teams, which is necessary to enable Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 6a and newer to protect Teams public channel posts. Once the Teams Protected APIs are accessible and Vee...

SQL Express Maximum Database Size Limitation for Veeam Backup & Replication

Veeam Backup & Replication 12 Feature Starting with Veeam Backup & Replication 12, all new deployments will use PostgreSQL as the default database engine to host the configuration database. PostgreSQL does not have the limitations discussed in this article. Existing deployments upgraded from Veea...

How to Clean up the Credentials Manager in Veeam Backup & Replication

Challenge Over time, duplicate or outdated credentials may be saved in the Credentials Manager of Veeam Backup & Replication. This article documents a process for reviewing and cleaning up the Credentials Manager. Solution No changes to the Credentials Manager account list are saved untilOK is...

Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows deployment fails with “Failed to call RPC function 'PckgCheckSignature'

Challenge When adding a computer to a protection group, the Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows deployment begins and then fails with the following error: Info UploadManager Checking windows package 'C:\ProgramData\Veeam\Agents\VAW\VeeamB&REndpointx64.msi' signature on host 'HOSTNAME' Error Failed ...

Veeam ONE Database Calculator for Virtual Infrastructure and Veeam Backup & Replication Monitoring

New Interactive Calculator An updated interactive calculator is now available to replace the legacy Excel file included with this article. Veeam ONE Calculator Solution Summary This Veeam ONE database sizing calculator will help estimate the database size required to retain one year of historical...

CreateSnapshot failed, the operation is not allowed in the current state

Challenge A task fails for a vSphere Virtual Machine that is being processed by Veeam Backup & Replication with the error: Error: The operation is not allowed in the current state. A related error can be seen in the vSphere Client for the VM: This error may occur during any job in which Veeam...

Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows Vulnerability (CVE-2024-29853)

Veeam Software Security Commitment Veeam® is committed to ensuring its products protect customers from potential risks. As part of that commitment, we operate a Vulnerability Disclosure Program VDP for all Veeam products and perform extensive internal code audits. When a vulnerability is...

Veeam ONE Web Client Page Fails to Load After Updating .NET Runtime Components

Veeam ONE 12.2 and 12.3 .NET Version Requirements Veeam ONE build 12.2 build 12.2.0.4093 and 12.3 build 12.3.0.4670 require and support only .NET 8.0. Note: All three component versions must match. ASP.NET Core Runtime 8.0.x Microsoft ASP.NET Core 8.0.x - Shared Framework x64 .NET Desktop Runtime...

Licensing Requirement Changes in Veeam Recovery Orchestrator 7

Article Applicability The license changes detailed in this article do not affect Veeam Cloud Service Providers due to how rental licenses are generated, operated, and supported. Summary Due to enhanced integrations and architectural changes across the Veeam Data Platform, there are new license...

How To Configure Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 to Use Microsoft Graph Export API for Teams

Purpose This article documents the procedure for enabling Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 to backup Teams public channel posts using the Teams Export APIs.Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 backs up Teams channel messages. For more information on the limitations of Teams chat backup, click here. In...

Could not invoke guest operation error in a job when using vSphere API for Guest OS connection

Challenge When Microsoft User Profile Disks for example, in a Windows RDS farm are used, Veeam Application Aware Image Processing through vSphere API may fail with the following error: Could not invokeguestoperation. Cause When processing Guest OS data through vSphere API, Veeam needs to deploy a...

VMware vCenter Server rescan failed with “Could not create SSL/TLS secure channel” error

Article Applicability This article is relevant only to Veeam Backup & Replication 12.x and older because it is strictly related to an issue that affects Windows OSes that were dropped from support starting in Veeam Backup & Replication 13. This article is related only to issues that occur when...

Deduplication Ratio Does Not Reflect Deduplicating Storage

Challenge In the backup properties, the "Data Size" or "Backup Size" is larger than expected, or the "Deduplication" column in the backup statistics is different from the ratio reported by duplicating storage appliances. Cause Veeam Backup & Replication does not request information from storage...

Guidance for Veeam Data Cloud Customers in Middle East Regions

Summary Veeam is monitoring risks that may affect cloud infrastructure in the Middle East regions, including the UAE, Qatar, and Israel. Customers using Veeam Data Cloud services in these regions should review their data resilience requirements and consider whether additional geographic separatio...

Veeam Recovery Orchestrator Vulnerability (CVE-2024-29855)

Veeam Software Security Commitment Veeam® is committed to ensuring its products protect customers from potential risks. As part of that commitment, we operate a Vulnerability Disclosure Program VDP for all Veeam products and perform extensive internal code audits. When a vulnerability is...

Exchange Backup Fails With: "There is an error in XML document"

Challenge Starting on December 11th, 2023, Exchange backup within Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 fails with the following errors: There is an error in XML document and The specified type was not recognized: name='SharingMessage' Cause Veeam has observed that there have been changes to the structu...

StoreOnce and Veeam Immutability Compatibility

Challenge A backup job that targets an HPE StoreOnce Catalyst repository may display either of the following messages: In Veeam Backup & Replication 12.0, the job will fail and display the error: OSCLTERRIMMUTABLEEPOCHREQUESTEXCEEDSMAXIMUM. Err: -1817 In Veeam Backup & Replication 12.1, the job...

After Enabling MFA, Veeam Backup Server Is Listed as Inaccessible in Veeam Service Provider Console

Challenge After enabling multi-factor authentication MFA in Veeam Backup & Replication or Veeam Cloud Connect, that server may become listed as "inaccessible" within Veeam Service Provider Console yet the Veeam Management Agent for VSPC continues to display a "healthy" status. Cause When MFA is...

Veeam Guest Catalog Service does not start after upgrade

Challenge After a consecutive upgrade of Veeam Backup & Replication and Enterprise Manager to a newer version, VeeamCatalogSvc fails to start if the EM database is located on a remote server. Cause The account that is used to start VeeamCatalogSVC might not have access to the Veeam Enterprise...

List of Security Fixes and Improvements in Veeam Agent for Linux

Purpose This article describes all security-related fixes and improvements introduced in each release or update of Veeam Agent for Linux. The goal of this article is to provide our customers' security and compliance teams with the detailed information on security improvements between releases, in...

Exchange Backup Jobs Warning "Failed to find group owner account"

Challenge Backup jobs with Microsoft Exchange items may result in the warning message shown in both the Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 console and the Veeam.Archiver.Proxy.log file. Processing mailbox $mailboxName completed with warning: Failed to find group owner account This appears in the...

Antivirus Exclusions for Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365

Purpose This article documents antivirus exclusions that may be created to reduce the impact that antivirus software has on the functionality of Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365. These antivirus exclusions may be applied to the Windows built-in antivirus or third-party antivirus software. Note:...

Repository 'Used Space' Value Greater Than 'Capacity'

Challenge A Repository listed under Backup Infrastructure Backup Repositories has a 'Used Space' value that is greater than the 'Capacity' of the storage. Cause This occurs when repositories are backed by storage that has the ability to reduce the space used by restore points, like deduplication...

How to Move Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 to a New Server

Purpose This article documents the procedure for moving resources assigned to a Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 server installation to a new Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 server. At this time, there is no way to export the configuration of Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365. As such,all organizations...

Support Statement — Microsoft 365 Changes to Throttling Enforcement

Support Statement This article documents upcoming changes Microsoft is making to application throttling enforcement in Microsoft 365 environments and its potential impact on customers using Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 and Veeam Data Cloud for Microsoft 365. What's changing? Microsoft has...

How to Collect Logs for Veeam Plug-in for Microsoft SQL Server

Purpose This article explains how to collect the logs required for a support case involving Veeam Plug-in for Microsoft SQL Server. Solution Quick Start Automated Veeam Plug-in for Microsoft SQL Server Log Collection If the Windows machines where Veeam Plug-in for Microsoft SQL Server is installe...

How to Attach Files to a Veeam Support Case

Purpose This article documents how to attach files to a Veeam Support case. Methods Below are the two methods portal or SFTP used to attach files to a support case. Expand a section to learn more. Attach files to the Support case via the My Account portal. 1. Sign In to the My Account portal. 2...

Operation was canceled by user

Challenge Job fails with error message: Error Operation was canceled by user Cause The two main causes of this error are: 1. A backup window has been configured within the job. 2. The user canceled the job. Solution If the issue was caused by a backup window, please reconfigure the backup window...

VSSControl: -2147024784 / 0x80070070: There is not enough space on disk

Challenge A job with Guest Processing enabled fails with either: VSSControl: -2147024784 Backup job failed. Cannot create a shadow copy of the volumes containing writer's data. Cannot prepare the Exchange server data to a subsequent restore operation. Cannot store backup/restore manifest. Serial...

How to reset vSphere Virtual Machine CBT

Purpose This document provides details for resetting the CBT Changed Block Tracking of a vSphere VM. The Veeam Backup & Replication may display the following message: CBT data is invalid, failing over to legacy incremental backup. No action is required, next job run should start using CBT again. ...

Build Numbers and Versions of Veeam ONE

This KB article lists all versions of Veeam ONE and their respective build numbers. For more information on downloading the latest version of Veeam ONE, visit: My Account Portal - Product Downloads Latest Downloads Page Veeam ONE -- What's New PDF Version | Build Number | Release Date | Release...

Helper Appliance Resource Requirements

Purpose This article documents the specific EC2 Instance Type / Azure VM Size that will be used by Veeam Backup & Replication based on the Helper Appliance size selected when adding Amazon S3 or Azure Object Storage. Solution Helper Appliance Sizes The table below documents the actual EC2 Instanc...

Scale-Out Backup Repository Offload task fails with "There is not enough space on the disk"

Article Applicability This KB Article is specific to an issue where a SOBR Offload task fails with an error reporting that "There is not enough space on the disk " and the path specified in the error contains 'VeeamBackupTemp '. Challenge Scale-Out Backup Repository's Offload task fails with erro...

Veeam Recovery Media for Linux OS, Workarounds

This article documents rare issues that may be experienced when using the Veeam Recovery Media for Linux OSs and workarounds for them. Veeam Recovery Media fails to boot from a USB flash drive created with third-party ISO flashing software. Challenge A Linux machine cannot boot the Veeam Recovery...

The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process

Antivirus Interference Antivirus software can cause access issues similar to those documented in this article. Such interference often occurs when security software detects a Veeam process attempting to access a file and simultaneously locks the file for inspection, coinciding with the Veeam...

How to Configure HTTP Proxy for Linux-based Veeam Components

Purpose This article documents how to configure HTTP and HTTPS Proxy settings for Linux-based components, including the Veeam Software Appliance and JeOS-deployed Veeam Infrastructure Appliances, in environments that require a proxy to access the internet. Note: For proxy configuration settings f...

Release History for Veeam ONE version 12

Veeam ONE v12 Releases 12.3.0.4670 2024-12-03 Release Notes What's New Download Veeam ONE 12.3.0.4670 12.2.0.4093 2024-08-28 Release Notes What's New Download Veeam ONE 12.2.0.4093 12.1.0.3208 2023-12-05 Release Notes What's New User Guide Archive Download Veeam ONE 12.1.0.3208 12.0.1.2591...

Minimum supported OS version for Veeam VSS Hardware Provider is Microsoft Server 2012 (64-bit only).

Challenge An attempt to rescan, upgrade, or update the Veeam Backup Server fails with the error: Minimum supported OS version for Veeam VSS Hardware Provider is Microsoft Server 2012 64-bit only. Cause This issue occurs because an entry in the Configuration Database causes the Veeam Backup &...

Backup fails with: "The system cannot find the file specified." or "The device is not ready."

Version Applicability This article does not list specific versions of Veeam products because the underlying issue stems from a problem with the Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Service and is independent of any Veeam product versions. As such, the issue can affect environments regardless of the Veeam...

Agent Backup Job Fails With "Veeam Backup and Replication version is not compatible with Veeam Agent for Windows"

Challenge After upgrading Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows , the backup job fails to run and displays the error message: Error: Managed session has failed: Veeam Backup and Replication version is not compatible with Veeam Agent for Windows. Cause This error occurs when the version of Veeam Agent...

How to Create a Veeam Account

Challenge A Veeam account grants you access to the Veeam My Account Portal, the platform that allows you to perform the following actions: View Veeam licenses Download Veeam products Raise and update support cases Access Veeam technical resources Send sales inquiries and renewals requests Once yo...

SQL VSS writer fails for SQL localdb on Azure AD Connect Sync server.

Challenge Backup or replication jobs with Application Aware Image-Processing enabled may fail on the server hosting Azure AD Connect Sync with an error indicating the SQL writer has failed. After the job has failed, running "Vssadmin list writers" from an administrative command prompt on the Azur...

My Account Portal - Role Management FAQ

Click here for Case Administrator FAQ for Veeam Cloud Service Providers Case Opening Restrictions Only users with the roles of License Administrator or Case Administrator are authorized to submit support cases. Please confirm the identity of the License Administrator associated with your company'...