Server Fault Stack Exchange
Server Fault Stack Exchange

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.

67 questions
7
votes
3 answers

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 Windows Server as a means of connecting to the NAS,…
hazymat
  • 390
  • 1
  • 7
  • 16
6
votes
1 answer

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 Veeam wasn't backing up the VM anymore as part of…
Kevin Jones
  • 61
  • 1
5
votes
1 answer

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 MediaType CanPool…
jftuga
  • 5,572
  • 4
  • 39
  • 50
5
votes
1 answer

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 the certificate was renewed. How can I import it?
NewUser
  • 53
  • 1
  • 1
  • 3
5
votes
2 answers

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 difficulty that I have encountered is with the…
Laucktba
  • 295
  • 2
  • 8
5
votes
0 answers

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 policy. What I am seeing are intermittent…
jkarr505
  • 51
  • 2
5
votes
2 answers

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? Let me explain my curiosity: Our environment…
Net Runner
  • 5,626
  • 11
  • 29
5
votes
1 answer

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 Cryptographic Services failed while processing the…
user62491
5
votes
1 answer

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, exchange logs are not truncated. This also should be…
user2629636
  • 752
  • 5
  • 19
  • 38
5
votes
2 answers

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(Exchange EX01).vmdkDetail: '', endpoint: '' In…
SimonJGreen
  • 3,195
  • 5
  • 30
  • 55
4
votes
1 answer

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 environment) I cannot log in. I receive the error…
Matt
  • 1,883
  • 5
  • 26
  • 39
4
votes
2 answers

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 The NAS will be changed periodically. At a time…
marsh-wiggle
  • 2,075
  • 4
  • 26
  • 44
4
votes
2 answers

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 backups which use the VMWare API to snapshot and…
scipilot
  • 201
  • 2
  • 7
4
votes
2 answers

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't find official documentation saying that that's enough.…
rufo
  • 393
  • 1
  • 3
  • 16
4
votes
1 answer

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 build a EC2 Windows machine with Veeam with S3 as…
Tobia
  • 1,210
  • 8
  • 37
  • 73
1
2 3 4 5