Category: Backup

Backups serve is an insurance for digital assets. It ensures that when original data is compromised or lost, it can be restored from the backup copies.

Strategic breakdown and step by step guide to upgrading to VBR 13.1

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Strategic breakdown and step by step guide to upgrading to VBR 13.1

With the General Availability (GA) of Veeam Data Platform 13.1, Veeam delivers one of its most critical releases to date. In this guide, we shall discuss the “Strategic breakdown and step by step guide to upgrading to VBR 13.1 on a Windows-based deployment”, and explore why upgrading to version 13.1 is essential for your infrastructure”….

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Veeam Oracle RMAN Troubleshooting: Connection Timeout, Broken Pipe and a Stuck RMANPluginManager

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Veeam Oracle RMAN Troubleshooting: Connection Timeout, Broken Pipe and a Stuck RMANPluginManager

Oracle RMAN backups using the Veeam Plug-in for Oracle RMAN involve multiple components working together. When something goes wrong, the problem is not always immediately visible from the Veeam console. In this article, I want to share a real troubleshooting case where Veeam Backup & Replication reported the backup session as Success, while RMAN was…

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Veeam ONE 13.1.0.7034 Upgrade: Complete Pre-flight and Step-by-Step Guide

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Veeam ONE 13.1.0.7034 Upgrade: Complete Pre-flight and Step-by-Step Guide

In this article, we shall discuss the steps to upgrade Veeam ONE to build 13.1.0.7034. Veeam ONE 13.1 expands monitoring coverage, strengthens identity and access controls, improves threat visibility, and modernizes reporting and upgrade operations. Please see how to perform in-place upgrade of Veeam Recovery Orchestrator to version 13.1, Enhanced Proactive Monitoring with Veeam ONE,…

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Upgrading Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager to v13.1 and Applying System Updates

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Upgrading Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager to v13.1 and Applying System Updates

Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager (VBEM) provides centralized management, global data visibility, and Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) across multi-server backup environments. In this guide, we will walk through upgrading Enterprise Manager to version 13.1.1.18 via the web-based Veeam Host Management Console, aand applying underlying OS and security updates. Please see Veeam Enterprise Manager setup and User…

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In-place upgrade of Veeam Recovery Orchestrator to version 13.1

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In-place upgrade of Veeam Recovery Orchestrator to version 13.1

Unlike VBR (Veeam Backup and Replication), Veeam Recovery Orchestrator (VRO) v13 is still Windows-based. Just like Veeam ONE, it does not have a Linux-based VSA (Appliance model). To run VRO, you must install VRO on a standard Microsoft Windows Server. In this article, we shall discuss how to perform an In-place upgrade of Veeam Recovery…

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Fix Veeam Proxmox VE Backup Error: Failed to prepare disk for backup

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Fix Veeam Proxmox VE Backup Error: Failed to prepare disk for backup

In this article, we shall discuss how to “Fix Veeam Proxmox VE Backup Error: Failed to prepare disk for backup”. Please see Google Drive Broken on Windows: Fix and Prevent it from happening again, how to fix Error 202: AMD Software Installer Fails to install Update, and Resolve Veeam ONE “The specified property cannot be…

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Resolve Veeam ONE “The specified property cannot be found” and License Mismatch Errors During upgrade

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Resolve Veeam ONE “The specified property cannot be found” and License Mismatch Errors During upgrade

This article discusses how to resolve Veeam ONE “The specified property cannot be found” and License Mismatch Errors. Veeam Data Platform (VDP) is an end-to-end data recovery platform designed to provide immutable, high-performance backups and direct to object storage at any scale. Please see Azure Virtual Desktop: How to set Up Azure Virtual Desktop Insights…

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Backup, Network | Monitoring

Veeam Agent for Windows deployment failing with Access Denied

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Veeam Agent for Windows deployment failing with Access Denied

In this guide we shall discuss “Veeam Agent for Windows deployment failing with Access Denied”. I would like to share a troubleshooting case that took me a few long days to resolve. I hope this can help someone facing a similar issue in the future. The scenario was a VAW deployment to a customer Windows…

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Restoring a Physical Ubuntu Server to VMware using Veeam Agent and Export as Virtual Disks

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Restoring a Physical Ubuntu Server to VMware using Veeam Agent and Export as Virtual Disks

During a recent recovery scenario, I had to restore a physical Ubuntu server protected by Veeam Agent for Linux and bring it back as a virtual machine in a VMware environment. The initial plan was to use the restore point and perform an Instant Recovery or a direct recovery to the VMware environment. In theory,…

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How to Back Up and Restore Microsoft Entra ID with Veeam Backup & Replication v13

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How to Back Up and Restore Microsoft Entra ID with Veeam Backup & Replication v13

In this article, we shall dicuss “How to Back Up and Restore Microsoft Entra ID with Veeam Backup & Replication v13”. Please see Azure Resource Inventory (ARI) for Engineers: Improving Control and Compliance, and Azure Load Balancer: Configuring for SQL Server Always On Availability Group Listener on Azure Virtual Machines. Microsoft Entra ID is the…

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AWS/Azure/OpenShift, Backup

Veeam Agent for Windows: VSS Error Caused by Old SQL Server References

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Veeam Agent for Windows: VSS Error Caused by Old SQL Server References

In this article, we shall discuss “Veeam Agent for Windows: VSS Error Caused by Old SQL Server References”. During a recent Veeam Agent for Windows deployment project, we found an interesting issue involving VSS, SQL Writer, and old SQL Server references left behind after an incomplete removal or previous intervention. Please see Azure Virtual Desktop:…

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Disaster Recovery Test Checklist: What to Capture Before You Start

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Disaster Recovery Test Checklist: What to Capture Before You Start

This article is a practical checklist of the evidence to capture before you click Restore. A disaster recovery test should not begin with someone clicking Restore. It should begin with evidence. Here is a common way these tests go sideways. The team books a window, restores a VM, watches it boot, and calls the test…

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Backup, Virtualization