Questions tagged [veeam]
Veeam creates software for virtual machines. Best known for backup and replication of guests within VMware and HyperV infrastructures, they also have monitoring tools for virtual infrastructure in their portfolio.
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Is SMB safer than iSCSI for connection to a NAS?
Recently one of our customers undertook an IT network audit from another (third party) IT audit firm. The results were generally good, although they pointed out that we had used iSCSI client on ...
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How to renew VMware certificate in Veeam
I had to reinstall the vcenter appliance. Since that the Veeam backupjobs fail with the error:
Task failed error: The remote certificate is invalid according to the validation procedure
Presumably ...
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Recovering lost VHDX / VM (deleted by Veeam)
Earlier this week a VM on one of our hypervisors experienced extended downtime (~24 hours) due to some Windows updates going wrong. I ultimately was able to fix the issue, and noticed yesterday that ...
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Anyone using VTL for backups?
I would like to know if VTL is really a valid option nowadays? Is anyone here using it and why actually? Does it have any benefits compared to a regular server stuffed with SATA drives in RAID6/10?
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Linux immutable backup repository deployment architecture best practice?
What are the Linux distributions that are compatible with the Immutable repository?
Can you give me some advice on the best hardware or virtual machine configurations to deploy a large backup ...
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Application\CAPI2 Event 513 - Cryptographic Services failed while processing the OnIdentity() call in the System Writer Object
A team member informed me that one of our Windows Server 2008 (not 2008 R2) based MSSQL Servers had begun to generate CAPI2 Event ID 513 Errors in the Application Event Log:
Application\CAPI2
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Configuring Storage Spaces for NVMe caching of SSDs using powershell
I am installing Server 2019 Core on a Dell server. These are the drives I have:
Get-StoragePool -IsPrimordial $true | Get-PhysicalDisk | Where-Object CanPool -eq $True
DeviceId FriendlyName ...
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VSS does not truncate Exchange 2013 Logs on Server 2012
I have a single exchange 2013 server on Server 2012. It is being backed up by Veeam and Veeam is utilizing VSS in its operations.
The backups are actually working fine, but at the end of backups, ...
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VTL with AWS S3 in Veeam
After implementing the solution based on the following manual - https://www.driftar.ch/2017/06/13/veeam-using-starwind-vtl-with-aws-s3-in-veeam/ and successfully configuring the solution, but the main ...
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CBT Soap Fault from VMWare when runnnig Veeam backup
We frequently see errors like this in our backup jobs:
10/05/2013 12:21:18 :: Cannot use CBT: Soap fault. Error caused by file /vmfs/volumes/781f6afc-ea228458/VDED-CIT-010(Exchange EX01)/VDED-CIT-010(...
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RabbitMQ two node high availability cluster intermittently breaks with Veeam backup jobs
The environment consists of two 2012R2 Virtual Machines running RabbitMQ in high availability (ha-all) on their Queues. I use Veeam to create snapshot backups that are sent offsite as part of the DR ...
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Can Veeam "Copy Job" handle alternating destinations?
We use Veeam 9.5 for backing up an ESX farm.
For the Copy Job we plan to switch over from USB devices to NAS with network share, like:
\\thenas01\VeeamCopy
\\thenas02\VeeamCopy
\\thenas03\VeeamCopy
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How to avoid VMware stunning a client during imaging with Veeam
Recently our MySQL server has been "going away" (ie. the client connection drops out). After weeks of trying different things (like adjusting packet size), we've discovered that it's our Veeam imaging ...
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AWS EC2 Windows server with S3 storage for Veeam backup
I want to create a remote repository for the backup of my local infrastructure.
I'm using Veeam v10.
I think I need a remote machine with a Veeam component installed, then I was wondering if I can ...
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Veeam backup of Domain Controllers
Is it safe to backup and/or replicate a Domain Controller (Win2003 & Win2008) using Veeam Replication & Backup 7?
I am aware of the Application Aware option in Veeam. We can enable, but I can'...
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Cannot login to restored domain controller unless NIC removed
We have four DCs (Windows 2008 R2) running on VMware, backed up with Veeam.
Currently doing some DR testing. If I restore a DC (full VM) from backup (obviously isolated from our production ...
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Restore Legacy Tapes with Veeam
We were previously using VRanger to back up our VMs and then using HP data protector to copy the backups to tape. We have subsequently moved to Veeam, and have decommissioned both VRanger and Data ...
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How to query the dedupe ratios for Exagrid shares?
This information is available in the web management GUI, but I'd like to get this information for use in a Powershell script that will use those values, and I'd prefer to not have to figure out how to ...
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Veeam Hyper-V backup error: Microsoft Hyper-V VSS Writer VSS_WS_FAILED_AT_POST_SNAPSHOT
I have an error from a Veeam Hyper-V backup of a Virtual Machine in a Hyper-V host:
Unable to create snapshot (Microsoft CSV Shadow Copy Provider) (mode: Veeam application-aware processing). Details: ...
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Veeam backup iSCSI drive
We have an ESXi virtual machine currently being backed up using Veeam B&R 6.5.
The virtual server itself has an ISCSI drive attached (Windows iSCSI Initiator), but it is not included within the ...
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Veeam backup of VMware ESXi VM's - is it a snapshot backup?
We run VMWare ESXi 5 and are looking at backup solutions. We found Veeam backup free edition and thought we would try it.
At the start of the backup wizard, there is an option to disable "quiescing ...
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Veeam unexpected "health check" for backup copy job
In Veeam we have a backup copy job for creating offsite backups on usb disks.
Now I see that Veeam performs a health check on the usb disk.
I can't find any possibility to configure health check for ...
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Veeam Marks Data Tape as Cleaning Tape
Today I ran into the issue described on this Veeam Community Forum post. Under specific circumstances, Veeam inadvertently marks a legitimate tape as a cleaning tape, removing it entirely from view in ...
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Veeam | "Failed to check certificate expiration date" after certificate renewal
Since yesterday we receive the message "Failed to check certificate expiration date" on a Veeam server.
The certificate is correct. (Was yesterday renewed!)
(German: issued for, issued by, valid ...
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iSCSI vCenter/Veeam issue
I have a little pickle here that I cannot seem to find a solution for;
As of a few days ago, my backups (VeeamB&R-9.5) started failing with the following error:
Veeam output;
Error: Cannot ...
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Backup Informix databases in AIX with Veeam
My production database is currently on an IBM server with AIX. We use Informix as our database software. We've migrated most of our physical assets to vSphere and back everything up with Veeam. We ...
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Veeam and physical servers
Is it possible to create the backups from physical servers via Veeam software? Any experiences?
I know that the Veeam is good for creating backup from VMs, but how about physical servers?
Cheers.
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Veeam Backup Size Calculation
This is just an informative question about Veeam Backup size. I was setting some backup tasks in Veeam Backup and FastSCP v4.1.1. And while setting I checked the entire backup size of that task and I ...
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Move VMDK files to different datacenter [closed]
I am looking for a possible methods to migrate VMs from vSphere 4.1 to new vSphere 4.1.
What is the best way to do this minimal downtime?
I want to know how to migrate an virtualized active directory ...
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Veeam SQL Server Database Publishing Fail with unexpected error code 3
So we have been experimenting with Veeam Backup & Replication for a while now. We setup a dedicated VM for Veeam Backup Server which performs daily backups of all our infrastructure components. We ...
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VSS snapshots on SMB3 share are "orphaned" and cannot be deleted
"Screenshots in EMC and Windows GUIs"
Server 2012 R2 cluster.
Storage for cluster is EMC VNXe 3200 (SMB3 shares, not ISCSI).
Veeam used for backups.
There are VSS snapshots on the EMC that were ...
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Veeam backup and copy jobs reorganization to resolve out-of-space issue
I have two sites, one hosting the Veeam Management Server, the other hosting a Proxy. Both server have proxy and repository roles, and both are running one job to backup all production VMs of on-site ...
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Veeam Backup failing. Cannot create a shadow copy of the volumes containing writers data
We have a Windows Server 2003 R2 SP2 VMWare VM that is failing Veeam backups with the following error:
Failed to prepare guest for hot backup. Error: VSSControl: 1 Backup job failed. Cannot create a ...
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Veeam Back jobs failing with error: Error: Client error: ChannelError: ConnectionReset
My Veeam Backup was working fine until one day I got this error:
Error: Client error: ChannelError: ConnectionReset
I was having this error for every backup job(new and old) and restore job.
The ...
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Trying to clone old linux machines using to img methods
I found this handy website to show how to clone drives to a img file:
https://www.maketecheasier.com/clone-entire-hard-drive-linux/
What neatish looking option was partimage, so I wanted to get that ...
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Unable to connect to ESXi NFC (902) from one particular LAN segment
I have an issue with Veeam Backup & Replication backups failing because the Veeam proxy servers cannot connect to the ESXi host over port 902 (NFC). The ESX hosts are on VLAN65 and the Veeam ...
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Veeam and Hyper-V - Failed to flush change tracking data. Using full scan incremental run
Windows Server 2012 R2 - Hyper-V.
I have tried already:
reset CBT by using Reset-HvVmChangeTracking command
disabled host CBT than run sc stop VeeamFCT than removed registry key "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\...
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Centos 7x with 3.16 kernel
How do I get a 3.16 kernel? Veeam agent is not letting me backup btrfs with the 3.10, I grabbed 4.4 LT and system won't boot so scrapped that
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esxi6 error 403 when connecting to https://host.tld/
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I have a couple of ESXi6 servers in a LAN on which I can successfully load the page https://host.tld/ in a browser. On one ESXi6 server, which is publicly available on the internet, I get ...
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VEEAM cmdlets not working with powershell variables
Storing the server name in variable from the VEEAM commandlets is not working as the value coming in variable is some other property of the server.
While storing VEEAM Get-VBRServer to a variable in ...
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Error during Veeam SQL log backup: "Failed to flush file buffers"
My company uses Veeam Backup & Replication to make backups of our VMWare-hosted virtual machines. We use Veeam's SQL log backup feature for our MS SQL 2008 R2 server. Our backup repository resides ...
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Verifying Veeam Backups per Server using Powershell
I can use Powershell and the Get-VBRBackup and Get-VBRJob commandlets to get the status of a back up job. But i want to verify an individual server has been backed up in the last 7 days. Is that ...
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Replication with Veeam causes timeouts on large VM's
I have been trying to replicate two of my larger VM's one being Exchange 2003 and once the snapshot begins to commit the server begins to time out. I have updates my ESX hosts from 4.0.0 to 4.1 and ...
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Size on disk smaller than capacity but no free space
We have a Windows 2012 Veeam Server with a volume that we use to store our backups on. The volume has a capacity of 14.9 TB and has data deduplication enabled.
On the volume there are folders for the ...
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Cost reasonable failover architecture between 2 datacenters [closed]
I would like to get your thoughts on an architecture to handle failover between 2 application servers hosting multiple applications (.NET based websites, SQL Server) in Switzerland.
The goal is to ...
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Guest processing skipped (check VMware Tools status)
When doing backups I'm getting the "Guest processing skipped (check VMware Tools status)" warning from Veeam. The backups actually work just fine. How can I disable the warning? It's entirely ...
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2 Hosts 1 Network Drive
I need some guidance with a VMWare project I'm working on. I'll explain what I'm trying to achieve first, then I'll list what I have, and what I've done so far (of course if i went wrong anywhere ...
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Where are Exchange 2010 System Public Folders stored?
I'm attempting to restore items located in System Public Folders>EFORMS REGISTRY>Organization Forms. I'm backing up my Exchange Servers with Veeam B&R. I can see the mailbox databases and PF ...
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Veeam replica timeout
I'm encountering an issue during a Veeam replication job, specifically a "Preparing replica VM Error." The error message indicates: "A connection attempt failed because the remote site ...
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Veeam Data Compression (File-level backup)
I’ve used Veeam Backup & Replication V10 solution; have File-level-backup jobs, Synthetic full backup, local repo, and use Optimal Data Compression.
My issue is, High and Extreme Data Compression ...
