Limitation on number of EDBs mounted in Veeam Explorer for Exchange

Challenge The number of databases that can be mounted in Veeam Explorer for Exchange at a time is currently limited to 15. Solution If the limit has been reached, you will not be able to mount new databases. You can manually remove unnecessary mailbox stores in Veeam Explorer for Exchange and the...

Patch 1 Release Notes for Veeam Backup & Replication 6.5

More Recent Version Available Please find the latest version of Veeam Backup & Replication here: Veeam Downloads - Latest Version Challenge These are the issues resolved by the Patch 1 for Veeam Backup version 6.5.0.109. All patches are cumulative so each below fix is contained in this patch. Cau...

Dashboards fail with errors in Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2012

Challenge The Resource Pool dashboard, Virtual Applications dashboard, Resource Pool State and Virtual Application State views fail with the following error when accessed in Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2012: An item with the same key has already been added Cause This is a known...

Patch 1 Release Notes for Veeam ONE 6.5.0.676

Challenge Patch 1 for Veeam ONE 6.5.0.676 resolves a number of issues described in this article. All patches are cumulative, which means that this patch includes all fixes listed below. Cause Prior to applying this patch, make sure you are running Veeam ONE version 6.5.0.676. You can check this...

VSS Errors Related to the 'NTDS' VSS Writer

Challenge This article discusses an error that occurs due to VSS and Veeam's Guest Processing technique for Domain Controllers. It is relevant to all backup jobs for both virtual and physical Domain Controllers. A job processing a Domain Controller with Application-Aware Processing fails with one...

Buttons Disappear on Chinese localized servers in Veeam Backup & Replication object properties

Challenge On Chinese localized servers, buttons will not appear on standard DPI, but will show up instead once the DPI is increased to large. Solution To resolve, use Medium DPI 120 - 125% as opposed to Normal Small DPI 96 - 100%, or change the registry font settings. Note that editing the regist...

Unable to Mount VPower NFS Specified Key Name or Identifier Already Exists

Challenge During a Veeam vPower NFS-based operation SureBackup, Instant Recovery, Instant Disk Recovery, or Other-OS FLR, the following errors may occur: Unable to mount vPower NFS volume :/VeeamBackup. Fault "AlreadyExistsFault", Error The specified key, name, or identifier already exists. Unabl...

Monitoring vSphere 5.1 and 5.5 with Veeam MP/SPI 5.7

Challenge If you connect to vCenter Server 5.1 or 5.5, Veeam MP/SPI 5.7 will not collect some data, including hardware sensor metrics and vCenter-specific events and properties that were introduced by VMware since VMware vSphere 4.0. vCenter events and properties that were introduced before VMwar...

Installing package Transport Error: Error 1935.An error occurred during the installation of assembly component

Challenge When Veeam Backup & Replication attempts to install the Veeam Transport package VeeamTransport.msiC:\Program Files\Veeam\Backup and Replication\Backup\Packages\VeeamTransport.msi the package fails to install, and the following errors may be displayed in the UI: Installing package...

Veeam Explorer for Microsoft Exchange: Could not establish trust relationship for the SSL/TLS secure channel

Challenge When restoring items with Veeam Explorer for Microsoft Exchange or sending them as attachments, the following error occurs: The request failed. The underlying connection was closed: could not establish trust relationship for the SSL/TLS secure channel Cause There are two possible causes...

Upgrade to version 6.5 fails with the "Unable to connect to SQL Server" error

Challenge When upgrading to Veeam Backup & Replication version 6.5 you receive the error: "Unable to connect to SQL Server servername=:Login failed for user", even though the dbowner account is used. You also experience one of the following symptoms: You receive repeated logon windows You receive...

Jobs missing from Enterprise Manager 6.5

Jobs disappeared from Enterprise Manager after upgrade to version 6.5.0.106...

VM Loses Connection During Snapshot Removal

Challenge During the snapshot removal step of a Veeam Backup & Replication task, the source vSphere VM loses connectivity temporarily. Cause Veeam does not remove the snapshot itself; Veeam sends an API call to the vSphere environment to have the action performed. The snapshot removal process...

The user has not been granted the requested logon type on this computer

Challenge Although the nWorks service account has local administrator rights and is a member of the nWorks Enterprise Manager Accounts local group, nWorks Collector and Enterprise Manager cannot be installed, because the installer does not accept the specified service account. The following error...

Time difference between Veeam Monitor server and ESX host is too large.

Challenge When attempting to add a vCenter Server or a standalone host with a different time zone, the operation may fail with the error: Failed to connect to "". Time difference between Veeam Monitor server and ESX host is too large. Make sure that NTP is enabled on ESX host and try again. Cause...

"VM MAC address conflict" and "VM instance UUID conflict" alarms

Challenge During replication jobs, Veeam ONE triggers the VM MAC address conflict and VM instance UUID conflict alarms. Cause These alarms occur when Veeam ONE detects the following events within the vSphere Environment: VmStaticMacConflictEvent VmMacConflictEvent VmInstanceUuidConflictEvent Thes...

Cannot open database requested by login. The login failed

Challenge When you try to access Veeam ONE Web UI, the following error occurs: Cannot open database requested by login. The login failed. Cause Veeam ONE Web UI configuration is missing information on the account used for SQL authentication. Solution To modify configuration settings, follow the...

VSS Timeout when backing up Exchange VM

Article Applicability This article was initially created for Veeam Backup & Replication 6.1. While the article remains technically accurate regarding the behavior of Microsoft VSS and Veeam's interactions with VSS, the issue discussed rarely occurs thanks to the improvements made in Veeam Backup ...

Failed to parse "-quiescedsnap"

Challenge After you upgrade to VMware vSphere 4.1 Update 3, a new line is added to virtual machine configuration files .vmx. The line makes the VM configuration files invalid. As a result, Veeam Backup & Replication jobs fail. Solution The issue has been resolved in build 6.1.0.205. For details,...

Unknown drive type [ISO]

Challenge After applying patch 1 for 6.1.0.181 you are no longer able to backup or replicate Hyper-V virtual machines, jobs fail with the "Unknown drive type ISO" error. The following entries can be seen in the job log: timestamp Error Failed to parse drive xmlnode. Xml:...

Patch 1 Release Notes for Veeam Backup & Replication 6.1.0.181

More Recent Version Available Please find the latest version of Veeam Backup & Replication here: Veeam Downloads - Latest Version Challenge These are the issues resolved by the Patch 1 for Veeam Backup version 6.1.0.181. All patches are cumulative so each below fix is contained in this patch. Cau...

Veeam ONE Monitor performance data collection times out

Challenge You are facing the following configuration issue: Veeam ONE Monitor performance graphs show the No Data Available message. Cause VeeamDCS.log file contains the following errors: ​Collecting thread has failed to initialize The operation has timed out and will be stopped Collecting thread...

Virtual Infrastructure topology is not available in SCOM console

Challenge Despite the OmTopology.xml being created in the Collector installation folder the Veeam views in SCOM are empty, and the OperationsManager logs on the Collector server contain events 999 with the following message: Error Loading XML document C:\Program Files\Veeam\Veeam Virtualization...

How to Generate an SFTP Account for a Support Case

Purpose While working with Veeam Support, you may be asked to provide log files. The primary method for attaching logs to a case is by adding logs via the My Account portal. An alternate method is to upload logs via STFP. To do so, you must first generate an SFTP account associated with the suppo...

No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it

Article Applicability This article specifically concerns a communication issue between Veeam Management Pack for Microsoft System Center components. The core error message, "No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it" is a generic error that occurs anytime a...

Installing nworks Report Pack for HP Reporter on Windows Server 2008 (64-bit)

Challenge When installing the nworks Report Pack for HP Reporter on Windows 2008 x64, you may get the following error: OpenView Reporter or Reporter Lite not found! while Reporter is actually installed and running. Cause This happens because the nworks installer is unable to locate the registry k...

Incorrect hardware status returned from vCenter 5 when collected through vSphere API

Challenge When nworks uses "Refresh Hardware" calls, hardware status is not updated on vSphere 5 Cause vSphere 5 does not update the hardware status data available through API - this can be verified in vSphere Managed Objects Browser, which shows an outdated status, while the host MOB will show t...

How to troubleshoot CIM hardware monitoring

Challenge The CIM API allows Veeam products to receive up-to-date information without requesting hardware refreshes, but this requires a separate connection, and if that connection cannot be made, the hardware data will be collected as it was in earlier versions, and request periodic hardware...

Quota Violation While Running WMI Queries

Challenge In the Veeam Management Pack for System Center UI, some monitored objects are grey or missing altogether. Standard troubleshooting steps do not help. The SCOM agent log on the Collector server contains the following error: WMI Error: 0x8004106C When you try to use the WBEMTEST utility,...

Monitoring of standalone hosts fails

Challenge No topology is created for standalone ESX/ESXi hosts. nworks logs contain the following errors: 0.0017 EXCOL+ VP120 retrieveHostProperties failed, buildMorList: zero count at nworksCore.Collectors.VimUtil.buildMorListList1 nodes at...

How to install a standalone Veeam Report Viewer

Purpose You need to install a standalone Veeam Report Viewer to view offline reports. Solution There are several options to install Veeam Report Viewer: Veeam ONE ISO file : You can start Veeam Report Viewer setup from the ISO file: VeeamONE10.0.0.750.iso\Redistr\ReportViewer.msi. Veeam ONE...

Veeam Management Pack for Microsoft System Center "Failed to Login" or "Cannot Complete Login" troubleshooting

Purpose The following errors occur: Login failed or Cannot complete login You may see the following event in the Veeam Management Pack for Microsoft System Center logs or receive a similar notification: ERROR IMon Quering IP or VC Name failed: Veeam.LicenseServer.LsException: Soap login to 'IP or...

Unable to collect files information from datastore in a timely manner due to high vCenter server load

Challenge Veeam ONE Reporter collects data from datastores using the SearchDatastoreSubFoldersTask tasks, which are pre-defined by vSphere. During that process, if a datastore becomes unavailable or experiences performance issues, Veeam ONE Reporter may be unable to complete data collection tasks...

Hyperlinks in SSRS-based reports do not work

Challenge Some hyperlinks in SSRS-based reports expire in 20 minutes version 6.0-10.0. NOTE: In Veeam ONE Reporter v11 the timeout is 12 hours. Cause The behavior is caused by Microsoft SSRS implementation specifics. Solution This behavior is by Microsoft SSRS design. More Information If you have...

Incorrect performance values for some datastores on the Disk I/O chart

Challenge Incorrect performance values on the Disk I/O chart for some datastores. Cause When the same LUN is shared by multiple datastores, the Disk I/O chart for these datastores will show an overall activity for the LUN, rather than an activity for a specific datastore. Solution This is an...

Cluster does not appear in nworks Enterprise Manager Web UI due to unsupported naming

Challenge When a name of a cluster contains unsupported characters, the following error can occur in the Enterprise Manager log server.txt file: INFO IMon Error: System.ArgumentException: An item with the same key has already been added. at System.ThrowHelper.ThrowArgumentExceptionExceptionResour...

Unable to use VMR files from an earlier Veeam Reporter version

Challenge VMR files from earlier versions of Veeam Reporter are not supported. Cause VMR files from earlier versions of Veeam Reporter are not compatible with the сurrent version of Veeam ONE. Solution Create new VMR files. More Information If you have any questions or problems, contact Veeam...

How to Change Veeam Report Viewer Default VMR Storage Location

Purpose This article documents how to change the default path that Veeam Report Viewer uses to store VMR files. Solution The per-user configuration settings for Veeam Report Viewer are contained within the user.config file for the process. The path to the user.config varies between deployments an...

The specified transports are not available

Challenge The SAN or Virtual Appliance mode intermittently fails with the error: Error: Client error: The specified transports are not available. Available transports: nbd. Specified transports: san. VMDK path: Datastore VMname/VMName.vmdk. The following entries can be seen in the VeeamAgent log:...

Infinite Reboot Loop After Upgrade to Veeam Backup & Replication version 6.1

Challenge If Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager is installed on the same server as Veeam Backup and Replication, and Veeam Backup and Replication is upgraded to version 6.1 without upgrading Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager, you will get an error about the Veeam Backup Catalog Data service. Upon...

Re-IP issues: Win2008R2 with VMXNET 3 Adapter

Article Applicability The issue discussed in this article is strictly related to the use of VMXNET3 network adapters with the following vSphere VM guest operating systems: Windows 7 Windows 7 SP1 Server 2008 R2 Server 2008 R2 SP1 Challenge When you perform failover for a Win2008R2 server with a...

Re-IP fails on Windows 2003/2008 servers.

Article Applicability The issue discussed in this article is strictly related to the use of VMXNET3 network adapters with the following vSphere VM guest operating systems: Windows 7 Windows 7 SP1 Server 2008 R2 Server 2008 R2 SP1 Challenge When you perform failover for a Win2008R2 server with a...

Unknown network: not VMNetwork neither DVS

Challenge After you install or upgrade to Veeam Backup & Replication v6, some replication jobs fail with the following error: Unknown network: not VMNetwork neither DVS The issue persists if the job is created from scratch. Cause The error typically occurs because the source .vmx file contains a...

High CPU Utilization for Veeam ONE SQL Database

Challenge When using the included Microsoft SQL Server Express Edition instance to host the Veeam ONE database, a portion of the total CPU cores available to the system have a disproportionality high CPU utilization. Cause This behavior is caused by the "Maximum compute capacity used by a single...

Restoring Deleted Alarms

Purpose All alarms configured in Veeam ONE were deleted by mistake, and you need to get them back. Solution The steps below will restore all alarms that were ever configured in Veeam ONE and then deleted. 1. Execute the following SQL script against the Veeam ONE database: UPDATE monitor.Alarm SET...

Performance Charts for vSphere Environment Display "No data available"

Challenge Veeam ONE Client shows the "No data available" message on performance charts for different metrics: Cause Here are the most common reasons for missing data on the performance charts: The Veeam ONE service account does not have Write access to the "PerfСache" folder. The account used by...

How to change default historical data collection period for Veeam ONE Server

Purpose By default, Veeam ONE Server collects historical performance data from a newly added virtual server for the last 3 months only. In some cases it is necessary to collect data for more than 3 months. Solution To change the default historical performance data collection period for Veeam ONE...

"Object reference not set to an instance of an object" error when connecting a VMware vSphere 5 server

Challenge When you connect a VMware vSphere 5 server in the Connected VMware Servers section of the nworks Enterprise Manager Web UI, the following error occurs: Object reference not set to an instance of an object Cause Support of VMware vSphere 5 was introduced in nworks 5.7. Earlier versions o...

Building SAN path is taking a long time

Challenge The path discovery and mount process can take a while to populate the correct path to the VMDKs. 16.05.2012 18:28:09 Info AP Client output: VixDiskLib: Trying to open disk Datastore VMName/VMName.vmdk using mode san.\n 16.05.2012 18:34:41 Info AP Client output: DISKLIB-LINK : Opened...

Disabling Collection of Historical Performance Data

How to disable collection of historical performance data and use Veeam ONE Monitor for real-time monitoring only...