VeeamONE Update Failing – The specified path, file name, or both are too long.

Challenge VeeamONE V9.5 Update 1 install fails with the following error: "The specified path, file name, or both are too long. The fully qualified file name must be less than 260 Characters, and the directory name must be less than 248 characters." Cause Conflict with BusinessView component...

How to Troubleshoot "Veeam VMware Collector: VMware connection is unavailable"

Purpose This article documents troubleshooting steps for the Veeam Management Pack for Microsoft System Center Monitor/Alert named: Veeam VMware Collector: VMware connection is unavailable. Solution Ensure the Collectors are connected to the vCenter On the Collector server, confirm that the 'Veea...

Enterprise Plus license is required error on dashboards and reports

Challenge Verify health of Data Warehouse Cause Veeam MP license is synchronized to the Data Warehouse then the reports load this information. If license is invalid in the Data Warehouse due to Synchronization server having issue this error will occur Solution 1. Open SCOM Operations Manager...

Veeam ONE installation fails with "Couldn't create crypto provider" message

Challenge Veeam ONE installation fails with "Couldn't create crypto provider" message. Cause One of the known issues with Microsoft update 3000850 as per this MS KB article is the following: Opening Credential Manager fails with error 0x80090345", that also affects creating the crypto provider...

How to Re-create the configuration database for Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows

Resetting the configuration database will reset all Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows settings, removing existing job settings and related job history. Restore points created before the reset will not be removed and will remain recoverable; however, as their job will have been removed, they will...

Oracle error has occurred. ORA-01031: insufficient privileges

Challenge VSS operations fails for Oracle with: Oracle error has occurred. ORA-01031: insufficient privileges Cause This error is caused by an incorrect configuration for the service account leveraged for VSS operations when processing Oracle databases Solution Review permissions requirements:...

Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows fails to start due to a port conflict

Challenge A Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows backup job ​with the following error message: Error: The remote procedure call failed and did not execute RPC function call failed. Function name: GetSvcVersion. Target machine: xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx Copy Cause This error message relates to a failure to...

vCenter Server Appliance - Backup/Restore Recommendations

Native File-Based Backup and Restore Recommended vCenter Server Appliance Data Integrity Best Practices recommends using the native file-based backup and restore operations to protect the vCenter Server Appliance. Review: VMware vSphere User Guide: Considerations and Limitations for File-Based...

All Credentials and Backup Encryption Keys Become Invalid if Veeam Backup and Replication Is Manually Migrated to Another Machine

Challenge All credentials and backup encryption keys become unusable after manually migrating Veeam Backup and Replication software to a different machine. The term "manual migration," in this case, refers to the process of installing Veeam Backup & Replication on a new system and directing it to...

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:...

Powershell: Cannot connect to backup server because some of its components are out of date

Challenge Connect-VBRServer PowerShell cmdlet fails with the error: Connect-VBRServer : Cannot connect to backup server because some of its components are out of date. Cause This issue occurs when the Veeam Backup & Replication Console files on the remote machine where the command was run do not...

Troubleshooting Certificate and Connection Errors in Cloud Connect

Challenge When adding a Service Provider on the tenant's Veeam Backup & Replication, either of the following errors occurs: Certificate validation failed. Unable to connect to the service provider. Certificate validation failed. Authentication failed because the remote party has closed the...

One or More Networks Mapped to the same cloud network

Challenge A Replication job targeting Cloud Hosts completes with the following warning: One or more source networks were possibly mapped onto the same cloud network. Simultaneous partial failovers of VMs residing on those networks may result in issues. Cause This warning is displayed when the...

How to place Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows backup chain on Veeam backup repository, so backup job continues chain

Purpose This article documents placing a backup chain created by Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows in a Veeam Backup & Replication repository so that when the Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows backup job targets that repository it will continue the existing backup chain. Use Case By default, when...

How to Contact Veeam Support Management

Contacting Support Management Veeam prides itself on our phenomenal Support Team and invests heavily in ensuring that the first person you talk to is a highly qualified specialist with the knowledge to investigate and solve your case. We strive to ensure that we continue to provide this level of...

Expired license for Veeam Agent causes scheduled jobs to fail

Challenge Although the license information screen shows that the license for Veeam Backup & Replication is valid, scheduled jobs are failing with the following error: Error Your trial license has expired Cause If Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows or Veeam Agent for Linux running on a trial licens...

Using standalone Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows with a Microsoft Failover Cluster

Purpose This article documents limitations and considerations for Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows when installed in a Microsoft Failover Cluster. Solution Microsoft Failover Clusters are fully supported by Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows when managed by Veeam Backup & Replication. Veeam Agent...

Sleep mode interrupts the backup job

Challenge If the machine is put to sleep while the backup job is running, the job will fail. Cause If your computer is in standby mode when the backup job is scheduled to start, Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows automatically wakes your computer from sleep. More information can be found here...

Veeam ONE Import Report Packs

Purpose This article documents how to manually install the Report Packs after manual Veeam ONE database creation KB2312. Solution 1. Mount the Veeam ONE installer ISO 2. Navigate to the \Reporter folder on the Veeam ONE ISO 3. Copy VeeamONE.Reporter.Server.x64.msi to a convenient location on the...

How to Manually Recreate the Veeam ONE Database

Purpose This article documents how to manually create a new Veeam ONE database. Solution 1. Follow the steps for Creating Veeam ONE Database with SQL Script in the Veeam ONE User Guide. The link in this step will direct you to the most recent Veeam ONE version's user guide. If you are rebuilding...

Data Warehouse Permission issues

Cause MP Version 8 uses dataset rules to collect host security profiles and snapshots. When a collector is installed on an agent, there is no issue. The data is forwarded to Management Server and written to DW under the DW account. When a collector runs on a Management Server which is our use cas...

No Data or Old Data in Reports

Challenge Reports in Veeam ONE Web Client show no data or old data when generated Cause By default Veeam ONE is configured to run collection task at 3:00 am. Any data which comes after the task completion time will not be available in reports. A failed Reporter collection tasks could cause the...

Enterprise Plus license is required error on dashboards and reports

Cause Veeam MP license is synchronized to the Data Warehouse then reports load this information. If license is invalid in the Data Warehouse due to Synchronization server having issue this error will occur. Solution 1. Open SCOM Operations Manager Console. 2. Select Discovered Inventory 3. Filter...

HotAdd Error: Failed to allocate SCSI target ID

Challenge A VMware VM Backup job utilizing Virtual Appliance HotAdd Transport Mode fails when attempting to attach disks to the proxy with the error: Error: Agent: Failed to process method HotAdd.AttachDisks: Failed to open VDDK disk DATASTORE vmname/diskfile.vmdk is read-only mode - true Logon...

How to Restore from Microsoft Exchange 2007 with Veeam Backup and Replication

Challenge This KB article documents the procedure for restoring Exchange 2007 application items using a Surebackup job with export to PST. Please note that as of April 2017, Microsoft no longer supports Exchange 2007. As such, steps 7 and 8 of this process are no longer supported by Veeam Technic...

Backup Configuration Is Not Saved After Configuring Backup Job

Challenge After installing Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows and configuring a backup job, the settings are not shown in the Control Panel, and Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows keeps prompting to configure backup settings. Cause The Windows OS was installed with non-English region and culture...

Usage of a predefined VMware ESXi extension (VIB) for Veeams Backup from Storage Snapshot with Cisco HyperFlex IOvisor processing

Challenge This article describes the usage of a predefined VMware ESXi extension VIB for Veeams Backup from Storage Snapshot with Cisco HyperFlex IOvisor processing. For details on how to perform these firewall changes manually please review KB2299. HyperFlex Version Specific Article Please follo...

Configuring Cisco HyperFlex Platform Controller for DirectNFS Backups with VMware Snapshots

Related User Guide Page This article provides information about settings that must be changed on the HyperFlex data platform controllers to allow the Direct NFS transport mode to function. For more context, please refer to the Backup from Cisco HyperFlex Snapshots Integration Modes user guide pag...

How to Deploy Veeam Configuration Database in SQL AlwaysOn Availability Group

Multi-subnet SQL AlwaysOn clusters are not supported for hosting the Veeam Backup & Replication or Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager configuration databases. Purpose This article provides information on using a SQL AlwaysOn Availability Group to host the Veeam Backup & Replication and/or Veeam Back...

Unable to set acceptance level of partner due to installed VIBs having a lower acceptance level.

Article Repurposed Before this article's update in 2025, this article contained information about "Creating a VMware ESXi extension VIB for Veeam Backup from Storage Snapshot with Cisco HyperFlex IOvisor processing." Those directions were removed as the VIB extension only needed to be created for...

Manual Firewall changes for Veeam Backup from Storage Snapshot with Cisco HyperFlex IOvisor processing

Challenge This article describes making manual firewall changes for Veeam Backup from Storage Snapshot with Cisco HyperFlex IOvisor processing. For details on how to perform these firewall changes using a predefined VMware ESXi extension please review KB2298. HyperFlex Version Specific Article...

A full backup is created when the RDX cartridge is changed

Challenge When an RDX storage is used as a repository in Veeam Backup & Replication, and a backup job from Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows is targeted at it, a new backup chain will start each time the RDX cartridge is changed. Cause The behavior is by design. More information is available in t...

Importing Veeam ONE Monitor alarms

Challenge You need to import all alarms with their default values into Veeam ONE Monitor. Solution 1. Obtain the full list of alarms for version 9.0 here or for version 9.5 here. 2. Open Veeam ONE Monitor and navigate to the Alarm Management node. 3. Right-click on the container you wish to impor...

One or more bad blocks were detected and skipped

Challenge Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows VAW displays the following warning during the backup: One or more bad blocks were detected and skipped. Copy Cause There are two scenarios under which this warning may occur: 1. The disk of the machine being backed up has bad clusters, as recorded by th...

Release Notes for Veeam Management Pack 8.0 Update 4

Challenge Release Notes for Veeam Management Pack 8.0 Update 4. 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 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...

Scale-Out Backup Repository Free Space Calculation

Challenge Jobs running to a Scale-Out Backup Repository report "No scale-out repository extents have sufficient disk space to store the backup file, " even though some of the extents have adequate free space. Cause At the beginning of a job, if no other jobs are running, Veeam Backup & Replicatio...

Release Notes for Veeam Backup & Replication 9.5 Update 2

More Recent Version Available Please find the latest version of Veeam Backup & Replication here: Veeam Downloads - Latest Version Challenge Release Notes for Veeam Backup & Replication 9.5 Update 2 Cause Please confirm you are running version 9.5.0.580, 9.5.0.711, 9.5.0.802, or 9.5.0.823 prior to...

Veeam Explorer for SQL (VESQL): Unable to pass current account's context to the mount server

Challenge When attempting to restore a database using Veeam Explorer for Microsoft SQL Server with the "Use current account" option, the following error occurs: Access is denied: unable to pass current account's context to the mount server, please supply credentials and try again. Cause Veeam...

Veeam ONE 9.5 compatibility with Veeam Cloud Connect 9.5 Update 2

Challenge Veeam ONE needs to support Veeam Cloud Connect 9.5 Update 2 monitoring. There is a fix that has to be deployed on the Veeam ONE server monitoring the Cloud Connect server of the service provider Cause There are new types of data implemented with the release of Veeam Cloud Connect 9.5...

Creating a backup storage dump

Purpose This article documents how to create a "storage dump" from a Veeam backup file. The storage dump is a human-readable output of the backup file's metadata containing: Backup file parameters FIB files-in-backup hierarchy FIB blocks map Offset / size / compression type of data blocks...

Failed logon event generated by Veeam ONE on Windows computers

Challenge Repeated audit events for failed logon with bad username or password occur on Hyper V hosts and in Veeam Backup & Replication environment. The events appear to be initiated by Veeam ONE service account. Cause The behavior is described in this Microsoft KB article. Solution Behavior by...

"Backup performance data collection failure"

Challenge Veeam ONE raises the Backup performance data collection failure alarm. Example 1 - Performance data cannot be collected from the repository associated with Veeam Backup & Replication. Example 2 - Performance data cannot be collected from a Hyper-V host managed by Veeam Backup &...

Orphaned Snapshot Alarm - Change Suppression Settings

Challenge Correct over frequent triggering of Snapshot alarm Cause Depending on environment and when data is pulled alarm can trigger at non specified interval. Solution Within Monitor, go to the Alarm Management tab, and locate the 'Orphaned VM Backup Snapshot' alarm I just search 'orphaned in t...

Unable to Connect to Veeam ONE DB During Update Installation

This article describes prerequisites for establishing connection to the Veeam ONE database...

'Events data collection failure' Issue

Challenge Veeam ONE raises Events data collection failure against Veeam Backup & Replication or Hyper-V server. Cause Permissions, UAC configuration, and firewall settings need to be configured. Solution Troubleshooting Checks Verify that the account used to connect to Veeam Backup & Replication ...

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...

Veeam ONE and Automation Services

Challenge The suggestions below leverage the functionality of Veeam ONE in order to automate some administration tasks. Cause To be able to use the steps below, make sure you are using Veeam Availability Suite 8 or newer version. Solution VM with no backup 1. Create VM backup alarm in Veeam ONE...

Backup Copy Seeding and Mapping for Cloud Connect

Objective This article documents how to seed a Backup Copy job for use with a Cloud Repository from a Veeam Cloud Service Provider. Solution Critical Notes Starting with Veeam Backup & Replication v10, there are now two different backup copy modes: Immediate copy and Periodic copy. The mode used ...

Failed to start service ‘VeeamDeploySvc’ - The system cannot find the file specified.

Challenge When attempting to add, edit, or rescan a Windows or Hyper-V server, or rescan a Protection Group that contains a Windows machine, the following error occurs: The system cannot find the file specified. Failed to start service 'VeeamDeploySvc'. Host: ''. --tr:Error code: 0x00000002 Faile...