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Iams3leVeeam Legend

Implement 3-2-1 rule with SOBR on Synology and Wasabi

According to @Rick Vanover , the Scale-out Backup Repository (SOBR) is a logical entity that groups several backup repositories called extents. This is a software way to pool storage for backup data management. I have written a detailed guide on my blog “how to Achieve 3-2-1 rule with SOBR on Synology or OOTBI and Wasabi”.We can implement the 3-2-1 backup rule via the SOBR. The 3-2-1 backup rule recommends having three copies of your data, stored on two different types of media, with one copy kept off-site. Here is a great post by Rick below as well.https://www.veeam.com/blog/321-backup-rule.htmlA scale-out backup repository is an architecture that enables you to extend your backup storage by adding multiple repositories. Adding a new extent to an existing scale-out repository is an easy way to extend storage without relocating backup chains.The focus of this article is using Synology DS923+ Appliance. But you can also achieve 3-2-1 with the Object First OOTBI appliance. With the recen

10 days ago

Cassandra FarisProduct Strategy

posted in Blogs and Podcasts

How To Update Veeam Backup for Microsoft Azure v.7

Recently, I’ve been creating videos to help others get started with Veeam Backup for Microsoft Azure. While I was working on the videos, things got meta because I realized I needed to update my own environment. That evening, I sat down to play Sims and needed to run game and mod updates. As I ran those updates, I thought about how I had just gone through a similar process earlier that day at work. So today I want to talk about software updates and share how to update Veeam Backup for Microsoft Azure, part of the Veeam Data Platform. Why Update?Even though I know they’re important, unmanaged software updates can be inconvenient, especially if you’re in the middle of something. As a general piece of advice, schedule software updates when they’re convenient to you rather than letting the software decide for you. Just remember that the longer you push off a software update, the more risks you run. In addition to missing features, outdated software is more likely to have compromised securit

10 days ago

CarySunVeeam Vanguard

posted in Blogs and Podcasts

How to use QNAP as object storage for Veeam Backup and Replication 12.1 with Immutability Backup

QNAP QuObjects application is free and certificated for objects with immutability, which means you can use it as object storage within Veeam for a backup repository that supports their immutability feature.QNAT QuObjects Requirements: 1.Log on to the NAS as an administrator.2.Select App Center. 3.Click the Search icon on the App Center page. 4.Enter QuObjects and select the QuObjects and click Install. 5.Click Open after Installation is completed. 6.Ensure turn on Server Connection on the QuObjects S3 Compatible Object Service page and select User Management. 7.Click Add User on the User Management page. 8.Select a user on the Add an Authorized User page and click Add. 9.Click the Add key icon on the User Management page. 10.Ensure QuObjects creates an access key for the user and select Storage Space. 11.Click Create on the Storage Space page. 12.Enter the storage space name in the Folder Name field on the Create Storage Space page, select the user and click Create. 13.Select the new c

10 days ago

SSimpsonComes here often

posted in Blogs and Podcasts

Veeam Sophos Integration

I recently helped a partner integrate their Veeam solution with Sophos so I thought I would provide some details and information around these processes.Sophos is a global cybersecurity company that provides a range of solutions to protect organizations from various digital threats. Their offerings include:Endpoint Protection: Safeguards individual devices such as computers and smartphones from malware, ransomware, and other threats. Network Security: Includes firewalls and intrusion prevention systems to protect network traffic and prevent unauthorized access. Cloud Security: Protects data and applications in cloud environments from security breaches and data loss. Email Security: Filters and scans email traffic to prevent phishing attacks, spam, and malicious attachments. Unified Threat Management (UTM): Combines multiple security functions into a single appliance or service to simplify security management. Sophos Central: A centralized management platform that provides a unified int

10 days ago

rithy.rtNot a newbie anymore

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Failed to Add Backup Proxy Proxmox VE worker

Hi! anyone can advise me to fix this issue? I got an error while creating a VM worker node in the following message: Failed to get HypervisorNetwork[]. Method 'GET /nodes/pve1/sdn/zones' not implementedMethod 'GET /nodes/pve1/sdn/zones' not implemented

11 days ago

Iams3leVeeam Legend

posted in Blogs and Podcasts

How to Harden your VBR server with AppLocker

AppLocker, on the other hand, relies on static rules that may not adapt well to changing circumstances. You could also leverage the recent introduction in VBR 12.2 to ensue RBAC as shown below.Microsoft AppLocker itself is not a Zero Trust principle, it can be part of a broader security strategy that aligns and achieve Zero Trust principles. AppLocker helps control which applications are allowed to run on Windows devices by defining rules based on file paths, digital signatures, and other criteria.You may want to utilize 3rd oartt tools like TheatLocker and PolicyPak as they come with intuitive dashboards and advanced logging/monitoring capabilities that make it easier to track policy enforcement and application behavior. AppLocker’s monitoring is less robust and may require third-party tools to get comprehensive visibility into policy violations.By using AppLocker, organisations can limit user access to only authorised applications, which aligns with the least privilege access princip

11 days ago

bravo444Comes here often

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Woker faild for Proxmox VE (Failed to connect tothe work core service)

Hello Team,I am trying to setup woker for Proxmox VE. I got follwoing error during testing phase.“Failed to connect to the worker core service. Failed to connect to the backup appliance.”I got some log files, but I am not sure which one I should refer to.Also, it might be “port” issue? I have opened necessary ports for Veaam communications. Thank you so much for your help!

11 days ago

rithy.rtNot a newbie anymore

asked in Discussion Boards

No connection could be made be because the target machine actively refused it 127.0.0.1.

Hi everyone who can help me to adviseI tried to connect my Veeam server, but it could not start; it errors the following message.No connection could be made be because the target machine actively refused it 127.0.0.1. Make sure the backup server you are connecting with is 12.2 version

12 days ago

JohnfliNot a newbie anymore

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Backup Centos from vmware Restore to Hyper-V

I have found pervious items saying that (with Veeam) I should be able to backup a centos machine from vmware, and do an ‘instant recovery’ to hyper V. I have tried a few times, and i must be missing something.First….Veeam 12 Backup and Replication Community EditionWith my testing, I have backed up a couple of Windows SQL machines and Centos machines (not many due to Community Edition)So as part of my last test, I am trying To backup from esxi and restore to Hyper-v. The centos version is 7, and has 2 hard drives.Backs up just fine….I try teh instant restore to Hyper-v….. at first it works great. With the counsol on hyper v, I can log into the machine, and all looks good…...but when the restore finishes, i get either garbage on teh display, or it boots into emergency mode and I can’ do anything other than power cycle it. Any idea?

12 days ago

tarik.yeniseyInfluencer

asked in YARA and Script Library

Veeam Yara Rules - Malware Scan

Hello everyone, First of all, I would like to ask my community because I am not fully familiar with Yara rules. When scanning for Malware Detection with Yara rules, can you see which files have Malware in which locations with Yara Rules? When I do a direct Malware scan, if there is malware, it shows the machine under the malware tab but does not give details. What can I do for more details here Hello everyone,

12 days ago

k00laidITVeeam Vanguard

posted in Blogs and Podcasts

New Blog by me: Intro to AWS S3 Storage Classes

While it’s on my work blog site I’ve written up a primer on AWS S3 storage classes and how they can be used. Please forget the marketing speak but I think there is good, general purpose information here. https://1111systems.com/blog/introduction-to-object-storage-and-aws-s3-storage-classes/

12 days ago

MavMikeVBRExperienced User

asked in Discussion Boards

Veeam and NetApp targets

I am working with a customer to move to Veeam but has to be NetApp targets. I know eseries doesnt dedup etc but maybe FAS storage.If anyone has good experiences please let me know. Need a good level of dedup and maybe writing direct to the storage not via a server. FAS supports iscsi, CIFS etc….thanks

12 days ago

falkobVeeam Vanguard

posted in Blogs and Podcasts

New Blog Post Series - Sizing and Architecting for Object Storage with Veeam - Part 2

Hi all,In this blog series, I’m going to talk about plenty of things around the sizing and architecting for using Object Storage with Veeam Backup & Replication. Each part of this blog series covers different topics and things.The first part of Sizing and Architecting for Object Storage with Veeam covers the following topics:On-premises vs cloud object storage Pro’s and Con’s regarding on-premises and cloub object storage How does Object Lock & Block Generation work with Veeam What is Compliance and Governance Mode ?Feel free to check out the blog post here, as I don’t copy and paste the content here :) https://www.virtualhome.blog/2024/08/27/object-storage-with-veeam-sizing-and-architecting-part-2/

13 days ago

AirlessComes here often

asked in Discussion Boards

Veeaon One Report to show Number of VM Disks Processed

Morning All. We are in the process of adjusting Proxy resources as we go live with our Veeam implementation. What would be really helpful would be to see the number of disks a job processed. I just can’t find the report in Veeam One. Anyone know of such a report or better still where this info is ?ThanksPhil

13 days ago

AirlessComes here often

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Proxy Selection Logic

Hi Guys, here is a good one.We have one job, protecting VMs in 2 different VMWare Virtual Centres. Each VC has its own proxies.VC1 is Netapp NFS datastores and we use Auto selection of transport mode (Direct Storage)VC2 is Dell HCI with iscsi datastores so we can only use Hot Add.The issue is that Veeam doesn’t appear intelligent enough to pick the right proxy for the VM. Its choosing an HCI proxy to protect a 3 tier VM and hence fails to NBD mode.How does the Veeam Proxy selection work ? Surely it can work out the basics and choose a Proxy in the same VC/host as the target VM, and on the same or similar network and not a completely different one.The issue is that if it can’t, we will need to split VMs into different jobs which is far from ideal.ThanksPhil

13 days ago

CragdooVeeam Vanguard

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Does Veeam Backup for M365 support tenants with per device licensing?

I know the Veeam M365 licensing is on a per user basis , e.g. every customer user assigned an M365 license = 1 Veeam Backup for M365 license. But for those customers on per device licensing (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365-apps/licensing-activation/device-based-licensing) , how is this handled? Can’t find anything relevant.

13 days ago

coolsport00Veeam Legend

posted in YARA and Script Library

Change Rate Script?

This is me being a bit lazy, so apologize in advance. Does anyone have a script, or know of a VBR type report which retrieves change rate for VMs in a Backup Job? Obviously I know about VONE, but we don’t use that (maybe I can do a temp 30-day trial install...but would like something a bit quicker and temporary). I’ve run into a situation since last wk where 1 or a few VMs in a job have changed the backup rate significantly since last wk, by almost 10-fold, causing me to run out of space not only on this Job Repo, but my storage array! I’m trying to work through it, but would like to know the culprit(s) to let the app owners know to chill! haha There was a couple app VMs with updates, etc since last wk, so I have an idea a little bit of what’s going on. But, I’d like to pinpoint things a bit better.Thank you Community!

13 days ago

k00laidITVeeam Vanguard

posted in Blogs and Podcasts

Updating VBR to 12.2 via VSPC automation

For those of you that either work for service providers or leverage a VSPC enabled Veeam Cloud Connect one of the options is to leverage VSPC to automate the upgrade of one or more Veeam Backup & Replication to the latest version. This is a great use case for a distributed organizations with multiple VBRs.If you are a end customer you will need to work with your service provider to gain access to VSPC for this process.Once you login navigate to Computers and Backup Servers. Once you select your VBR(s) you can choose Manage Updates\Upgrade Server.In the first step of the wizard I recommend that you keep the default of downloading directly from a Veeam server. Do make sure that any and all servers have at least 3x the ISO size free on the system disk to allow for download and working space. As of VSPC 8.1 Veeam will allow for saving credentials for future upgrade use but at least for this version you still have to actively provide credentials that the management agent can use to int

13 days ago

SteveFComes here often

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Veeam Object Storage Partner Showcase Part 1

Something New!I am creating a new series of blog posts with the goal of highlighting a feature or capability that one of our object storage partners has which can benefit the Veeam community. I will continue to publish new blogs as part of my ongoing Veeam Amazing Object Storage Tips & Techniques, which will focus on non-vendor specific topics. Optimizing OSNEXUS QuantaStor for use with Veeam Storage Class Auto-Tiering Rule:When Veeam Backup & Replication (VBR) v9.5.4 added the S3 compatible object storage backed Capacity Tier to its Scale-Out Backup Repository (SOBR) back in January of 2019, it was the start of my object storage journey within Veeam. During this 5 ½ year journey I have had the opportunity to work with many of our object storage partners and I have witnessed the work they have done to enable their object storage to work more efficiently with VBR and Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 (VB365).One of those object storage partners, OSNEXUS, recently released version

13 days ago

mntbighkerNot a newbie anymore

posted in Discussion Boards

PostgreSQL credentials

Trying to upgrade Veeam from 12.0 to 12.1, and the original installer has left. How would we reset the credentials so we can perform the update? We thought our service account was used but apparently not. All attempts to update have failed so far. Part of the issue is most NASA accounts require PIV card authentication, and I don’t know if that plays well with a Veeam update. The service account is PIV exempt. The current version is pushing an old version of the kmod veeamsnap that won’t work with the current RH kernel. Why don’t we just rebuild the kmod in the fly every time a new kernel arrives like other kmods seem to work? Like CUDA for example.

13 days ago

falkobVeeam Vanguard

posted in Blogs and Podcasts

New Blog Post Series - Sizing and Architecting for Object Storage with Veeam - Part 1

Hi all,In this blog series, I’m going to talk about plenty of things around the sizing and architecting for using Object Storage with Veeam Backup & Replication. Each part of this blog series covers different topics and things.The first part of Sizing and Architecting for Object Storage with Veeam covers the following topics:Calculating your real block size on disk, which helps you with sizing object storage for Capacity or Performance Tier in Veeam General Best Practices when using Veeam & Object StorageFeel free to check out the blog post here, as I don’t copy and paste the content here :) https://www.virtualhome.blog/2024/08/21/sizing-and-architecting-for-object-storage-with-veeam-part-1/ Would love any feedback, comments, and thoughts on this :=)

13 days ago

Iams3leVeeam Legend

posted in Blogs and Podcasts

Upgrade Veeam Backup and Replication to v12.2

We all learnt about the recent update to Veeam Backup and Replication 12.2. A lot of Legends have written excellent pieces and I will kindly let you take a look at one of the articles yourself. Also, @Chris.Childerhose recently also performed an upgrade to the latest version. Kindly take a look at his article as well. Because this topic has been dealt with already, I will proceed with the upgrade steps just to add more colours to Chris’ images :-) Note: Before proceeding with these steps, I recommend taking a look at the upgrade checklist to ensure an error-free upgrade. kindly keep in mind that a reboot is also required for the upgrade To download the Veeam Backup & Replication 12.2 ISO image, kindly navigate to the following URL Upon clicking on Download, you will be redirected to enter your login credentials. Upon download, navigate to the download folder and mount the image.Upon mounting the image, double click on the setup as shown below.On the upgrade screen, click on upg

13 days ago

MavMikeVBRExperienced User

asked in Discussion Boards

Veeam and deduplication/compression ratios for space saving

customer is transitioning (hopefully) from netbackup to Veeam however netbackup appliances are achieving 10:1, 15:1 and even 20:1.Our new targets with Veeam will be NetApp e-series so I’m therefore looking for use cases around Veeams capability to dedup/compress etc. What ratios could we see? Use cases? real life experiences etc.Yes fully understand its all about the data but I’m thinking about typical VMs, maybe some SQL databases etc.Would appreciate your experiences.thanks

13 days ago

regnorVeeam MVP

posted in Blogs and Podcasts

Veeam Backup for Proxmox – Backup & Restore (Part 2)

This is part 2 of the blog series about Veeam Backup for Proxmox, which focuses on backup and restore. Part 1 was about the architecture and setup; in case you’ve missed it, you can find it here: Disclaimer: All information and screenshots in this blog post are based on an early access release. Until the final release changes can and will occur! Restoring/Migrating from VMwareBefore we can start to backup systems running on Proxmox, of course we need to deploy a VM. The first release of Veeam Backup for Proxmox will support cross-platform restore, so I restored an existing Windows Server 2022 system from VMware to Proxmox.The process isn’t much different from other platforms and doesn’t require any special knowledge. In the storage tab, you need to select the destination storage/datastore and define which type of disk (RAW, QCOW2, VMDK) shall be used. After the restore completed, I noticed that the BIOS was set to “SeaBIOS” by default. As Windows Server 2022 required UEFI to boot, I

13 days ago

StabzVeeam Legend

posted in Discussion Boards

Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager do you implement it everytime ?

Hey guys a new question for you !Do you implement Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager in your installation ? VEM is usefull to manage jobs across multiple Veeam backups servers, centrally manage licences or delegate restoration operations through backup portal.But in a small infrastructure I have doubts about its usefulness, it will install additional components like IIS which are potentially vulnerable.In Security Analyzer there is a checkbox "Password loss protection must be enabled", which means that VEM must be installed, but to be honest I never used this feature except one time since I use Veeam.

13 days ago

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