Veeam Best Practices regarding CVE-2021-36934

Challenge This article documents Veeam's position on Windows Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability CVE-2021-36934. Specifically regarding the listed mitigation steps involving removal of all shadow copies, and the "Impact of workaround" mentioned in the Workarounds section of CVE-2021-36934...

NAS Recycle Bin impact on Veeam Backup & Replication Repositories

Automatic Recycle Bin Exclusion Starting in Veeam Backup & Replication 12, the storage rescan operation will automatically exclude most recycle bin folders from being scanned. This improvement has reduced the occurrence of issues necessitating this KB article. However, some edge cases may exist...

How to Disable Warnings for Veeam Enterprise Plug-Ins

Challenge After upgrading to Veeam Backup & Replication 11a build 11.0.1.1261, Enterprise Plug-in backups display the warning: Backup metadata is not up to date. Please upgrade the backup. Copy Cause Starting with Veeam Backup & Replication 11, a new backup file format is used for Enterprise...

How to Connect to an Object Storage Repository via AWS Privatelink / Direct Connect

Purpose This article documents the configuration of Veeam Backup & Replication for using AWS PrivateLink or AWS Direct Connect. These services enable the following connections without the use of public endpoints: Scale-Out Backup Repository offload to Capacity Tier or Archive Tier Backup to an...

Release Information for Veeam Backup for Google Cloud Platform v2 Patch 1

Requirements Before installing this patch, please confirm that you are running Veeam Backup for Google Cloud Platform v2 build 2.0.0.530. 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 mai...

Veeam Verified: Primary Storage for Continuous Data Protection (CDP) with VMware VVOL

Purpose This article lists storage systems that Veeam has tested for use with VMware VVOL and Veeam's Continuous Data Protection CDP Replication. Tested Alliance Vendor Product Lines Cisco FlashStack based on Pure Storage FlashArray Cisco FlexPod based on NetApp ONTAP Cisco SmarStack based on HPE...

Release Information for Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 5d Cumulative Patch KB4222

This patch is superseded by Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 5d Cumulative Patch KB4278 Requirements Please confirm you are running Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 build 5.0.3.1033 prior to installing this Cumulative Patch. You can check this under Help and Support About in the Veeam Backup for...

Release Information for Veeam Backup for Red Hat Virtualization 1.0

Beta Support Support for this Public Beta release will be provided to all customers with a valid support contract for other Veeam products. Veeam Backup for Red Hat Virtualization , a feature of Veeam Backup & Replication, provides the necessary capabilities to meet your backup targets and servic...

Veeam Service Provider Console v5 Patch 4

More Recent Version Available Please find the latest version of Veeam Service Provider Console here: https://www.veeam.com/service-providers-download.html Requirements Please confirm you are running version 5.0.0.6726 or later before installing Patch 4. You can check this by logging in to the...

VM Disks Support for oVirt Incremental Backup

Challenge A backup job for an Oracle Linux Virtualization Manager and Red Hat Virtualization VM could not enable incremental backup support. One of the following warnings may occur: Unable to enable ovirt incremental backups for disk '':. Full scan backups will be performed. Please see KBxxxxx fo...

Veeam Repair/Reinstall/Update fails with "The following SQL database patches are missed"

Error When Upgrading From 11a P20240304 to version 12.0.x, 12.1.0.x, or 12.1.1.x The error documented on this KB will occur if attempting to upgrade from Veeam Backup & Replication 11a P20240304 to any release of Veeam Backup & Replication v12 less than 12.1.2. As noted on the release page for...

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...

Veeam Cloud Connect Scalability Tweaks

Purpose This article documents advanced settings to optimize Veeam Cloud Connect to handle many connections. Numerous optimizations to the Cloud Connect framework on both the service provider and the tenant sides have been introduced to increase its scalability including the number of concurrent...

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 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 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...

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...

Release Information for Veeam Service Provider Console v6

Requirements Please confirm that you are running version 5 build 5.0.0.6726 or later prior to upgrading. You can check this under Configuration | Support Information in the Veeam Service Provider Console UI. After upgrading, your build number will be 6.0.0.7739. To upgrade from versions of Veeam...

Veeam Explorer for Oracle restore fails with: "You have new mail in /var/spool/mail/root"

Challenge Restoring an Oracle Database to a Linux server using Veeam Explorer for Oracle fails with: Error: Wrong SCP response: 1.scp: /root You have new mail in /var/spool/mail/root/xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxxx: No such file or directory Copy Log Example Uploading file Unix mask: 0766,...

VSPC 5 fails to collect Monthly License Usage Report from VBR v11a

Article Applicability The issue described in this article is specific to Veeam Service Provider Console v5 without Patch 4 installed. Challenge Monthly License Usage Report cannot be collected from Veeam Backup & Replication servers running version 11a. Cause The license usage data generated by...

Release Information for Veeam Backup & Replication 11a

More Recent Version Available Please find the latest version of Veeam Backup & Replication here: Veeam Downloads - Latest Version Requirements Please confirm that you are running version 9.5 Update 4b build 9.5.4.2866 or later before upgrading. You can check this under Help | About in Veeam Backu...

LTO-9 Support Details for Veeam Backup & Replication 11

Challenge When using Veeam Backup & Replication 11 or 11a before P20211211, Tape Backup jobs and other tape-related tasks may fail for up to 15-30 minutes after a new uninitialized LTO-9 tape is loaded into the Tape Drive. Tasks will fail with an error similar to: Failed to inventory tape in Driv...

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...

Rescan fails with "Unable to install backup agent: cannot connect to Error: Known agent have the same bios uuid but different connection point ."

Scenario Specific Article This article documents the solution for specific scenarios. If the scenarios listed in the Cause section do not match your situation, please create a support case. Challenge During the rescan of a Protection Group, the following error occurs: Unable to install backup...

Veeam Primary Storage Integration processing overview

Challenge Customers seeking new storage systems may want to consider Veeam's storage integration and special processing and compare systems...

Release Information for Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 5d

A Cumulative Patch is available for this release: Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 5d Cumulative Patch KB4278 Requirements Please confirm that you are running one of the following versions of Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 before upgrading to 5d: 3.0 build 3.0.0.422 4.0 build 4.0.0.1345 4a builds...

Architecture Guideline for NEC EXPRESSCLUSTER X

Challenge When using NEC EXPRESSCLUSTER X NEC CLUSTERPRO X in Japan Market with Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows or Veeam Backup & Replication, there are specific configuration requirements to ensure successful backup and restores. Solution Please refer to the Software Integration Guide on the N...

Release Information for Dell PowerMax 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 Dell PowerMax Plug-In v1.1.7, ensure that you are running Veeam Backup & Replication...

How to test Exchange Online service connection performance using Microsoft Support and Recovery Assistant

Purpose This article documents how to perform an Exchange Online connection performance test using Microsoft Support and Recovery Assistant tool. Results of this test may help in troubleshooting performance issues during Exchange services backup or restore in Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365...

How to Temporarily Disable Exchange Web Services Throttling

Purpose This article documents how to temporarily disable Exchange Web Services API throttling, potentially improving Exchange backup performance in Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365. Note: Throttling may only be disabled temporarily; this should be sufficient to allow Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365...

Veeam product installer fails with "Failed to execute setup extensions."

Challenge When attempting to install or upgrade a Veeam product, the installer fails with the following error: Failed to execute setup extensions. Cause This issue is related to security software antivirus/antimalware or system hardening on the machine preventing access to or execution of files...

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...

Missing vCenter entries in settings for vCloud Director

Challenge When adding/editing vCloud Director Server in Veeam Backup & Replication the vCenter Servers list is missing vCenter entries. The console log contains the following errors: Error Failed to retrieve VC info Error Failed to parse GUID from string Error Guid should contain 32 digits with 4...

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...

Veeam Install Error - "Selected ... port is not available."

Challenge During the initial installation of Veeam applications, the install wizard has a page where service ports may be specified. When moving to the next page of the install wizard, an error may be displayed regarding a Selected port not being available. Expand each Veeam product name below fo...

Export report email from Veeam Explorer for Microsoft Exchange is sent in an unexpected language

Challenge Export reports sent by Veeam Explorer for Microsoft Exchange are illegible or unexpectedly contain Chinese characters. Cause The issue is caused by an encoding conflict. By default, Veeam Explorer for Microsoft Exchange uses UTF-16 character encoding, and the issue appears under followi...

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...

Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows can't be auto-updated to the latest version on Windows 7, 2008 R2, 2012

Challenge Veeam Agent fails to run auto-update and download the latest version on the following operating systems: Microsoft Windows 7 SP1 Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Cause Veeam Agent utilizes BITS to download the latest versions from...

"Access is Denied." When Using a Local Account to Add a Windows Machine to Veeam Backup & Replication

Article Applicability This article relates to an error that only occurs when Veeam Backup & Replication is deployed on a Windows machine. With the Veeam Software Appliance, to add a Windows machine using credentials, it requires that both the appliance and the Windows machine are added to the sam...

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 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...

Release Information for Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 5c

This update has been superseded by Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 5c cumulative patch KB4187 Requirements Please confirm that you are running one of the following versions of Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 before upgrading to 5c: 3.0 build 3.0.0.422 4.0 build 4.0.0.1345 4a builds 4.0.0.1553,...

Release notes for Veeam Backup & Replication 10a Cumulative Patch P20210609

More Recent Version Available Please find the latest version of Veeam Backup & Replication here: Veeam Downloads - Latest Version This 10a release may only upgrade to 11a or higher. The build of Veeam Backup & Replication 10a P20210609 listed in this article is only compatible with upgrading to...

Release Information for Veeam Backup for Microsoft Azure v2a

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 Microsoft Azure. After installing, your build number will be 2.0.0.337. What's New The new version...

Retention type changes after re-adding an object storage repository

Challenge When a repository extended to object storage that was initially created using PowerShell or REST API is removed from Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 and then added back, the retention type changes to item-level. This change in retention type after such a repository has been re-added may...

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...

How to Configure Bypass Rules for Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 Internet Proxy Setting

Purpose This article describes how to configure a bypass list for the Internet Proxy configured within Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365. Solution How it Works The Internet Proxy Bypass configuration list uses regular expression regex to define which domains Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 should...

Authorization for organizations with modern app-only authentication fails due to expired SSL certificate

Challenge An attempt to authenticate a tenant connection using Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 REST API fails with an invalid/expired certificate error. Cause The SSL certificate for the login.microsoftonline.com site has expired in the local certificate store. Solution To update an expired...

How to split entire organization backup job on per-service basis

Challenge It might be required to create a backup job that would only process a particular Microsoft Office 365 service. This might help to improve backup performance of each service as well as to isolate performance issue to a particular service. Solution This example demonstrates creating a...