VMware vSphere • Re: Change "VeeamBackup_" datastore name
Most „busy“ errors are some open files or references in some VM. I think you checked already, but is there some reference (disk attached to a VM, ISO specified in a VM configuration, etc.) visible?If...
View ArticleVMware vSphere • MoREF ID + SRM/Live Recovery Failover
Wondering if I can get some guidance here. It's not really a break / fix issue so I wasn't sure if I should open a SR (I can if you ask me to)We use VMware's SRM / Live Recovery for DR. If I trigger a...
View ArticleVMware vSphere • Re: MoREF ID + SRM/Live Recovery Failover
Hey @pmichelli When a VM gets a new MoRefID it will break the backups... however in VBR 12.3 we have a MoRefID migration tool. Check out more info here... https://community.veeam.com/blogs-and-p ......
View ArticleVMware vSphere • Re: Is it possible to exclude VM(s) from SureBackup job?
Hello,I'd like to upvote VMs exclusion from SureBackup jobs. I know that this is possible on some level - pick a VM from a list of available VMs. However, there's no possibility to exclude a VM that...
View ArticleVMware vSphere • Re: Pure SafeMode and Veeam HW Snapshot Retention
For Backup from Storage Snapshots, Veeam creates a clone on the FlashArray so it can mount it on the proxy host. You can't just mount a snapshot on another host, you have to create a volume from it...
View ArticleVMware vSphere • Re: SureBackup to different vCenter -> NIC mapping not...
Just to follow up: Problem was solved with help of Veeam support once promoted to the next support level.Customer had chosen the networks to be tested from the target vCenter while initially setting...
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VMware vSphere • Running Veeam (VBR) server on a VM
Hello,Currently our backup is written to the local drive of a Windows server (on a Dell physical machine) and a copy job copies the backup to another local drive (iSCSI drive mount from AWS using...
View ArticleVMware vSphere • Re: Running Veeam (VBR) server on a VM
Hi trackstar, Running Veeam Backup and Replication on a VM is pretty normal, just remember to plan for "all hosts down" emergencies, that is, how will your bring VBR back up if you lose all the hosts?...
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VMware vSphere • Manage Credentials in VBR is somehow not sorted ...
Hi Veeam guys,I have a Feature Request, as this is annoying, when you have several credentials created!The 'Manage Credentials' window in VBR is somehow not sorted correctly. There is some sort of...
View ArticleVMware vSphere • Re: Manage Credentials in VBR is somehow not sorted ...
If I remember right, then the sorting is by username and then by creation date, where the newer creation date is on top. This allows you to select the correct one if you have created the same account...
View ArticleVMware vSphere • When performing storage vMotion on _replica VM, I get...
Case #07565302Hi all,We use VBR 12 to back up our VMware VMs to disk, and to also replicate to a disaster recovery site. The replication job is set to keep 5 restore points for the _replica VMs.At the...
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VMware vSphere • "Baseline" file paths for Malware Scans /...
While this isn't a great solution and I'm sure this feature will be refined over time, I had to do something to stop having alerts every time I do backups/inline malware analysis that sets off our CS...
View ArticleVMware vSphere • Re: When performing storage vMotion on _replica VM, I get...
Hi Mirza, I tried to reproduce on one of my replicas with a few restore points (snapshots) -- initially it flagged for consolidation, but after the next backup run (which ran as normal incremental),...
View ArticleVMware vSphere • Re: Change "VeeamBackup_" datastore name
If you want, you can share the RVTools export via private message and I take a look myself.Thank you very much, I'll let you know if my "boss" will allow me to send that data outside.Statistics:...
View ArticleVMware vSphere • Re: Gateway servers
Hi InFrance, Just to confirm quick, in the job itself, do you see that both the Veeam server (proxy A) and the Windows proxy on site B (proxy B) are both used or does just one proxy get used?Splitting...
View ArticleVMware vSphere • VMware replicas between different ESXi version
I have a host running VMware ESXi 6.7 and another with version 8.x. The production host is the one with the older version, and I need to replicate to the host with the more recent version. Could you...
View ArticleVMware vSphere • Re: VMware replicas between different ESXi version
Hello MassimilianoReplication target has only one requirement.The target host must support the hardware version of the replicated VM. Therefore I don't expect any issues from ESXI 6.7 to ESXI 8. ESXi...
View ArticleVMware vSphere • Re: vmware tools quiescing
This did work. Thank you.Statistics: Posted by jcofin13 — Jan 13, 2025 5:20 pm
View ArticleVMware vSphere • Re: VMware Cloud Director backups based on Metadata/tags
Currently, we do not support metadata as a source for backup in Cloud Director. We are aware of this request, and it is currently listed as one of the enhancements for the next version of our product....
View ArticleVMware vSphere • Tool for migrate socket to VUL
Good afternoon. I wanted to ask the community if there is a tool that allows me to size how many instances need to be licensed for a Veeam that is currently socket-lined and wants to switch to...
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