Veeam Backup for Veeam Backup for Microsoft Azure Released
Veeam has released Backup for Microsoft Azure 1.0. See the Datasheet for this product here. See the release notes here.
CBT bug on Revert Snapshot
Veeam has found a new bug in VMware Change Blocking Track (CBT) that can/will corrupt backups. When doing a revert on a snapshot, the CBT “QueryChangedDiskAreas API” will return incorrect data, to the backup solution. VMware has published a KB71155 about the problem and says that this i is working as designed! So the solution/workaround…
Veeam has Released Backup & Replication 9.5 Update 4
Veeam has finally released Backup & Replication 9.5 Update 4. This is a major update, that contains new features, and enhancements. Some of the new features are: Support for VMware vSphere 6.7 Update 1 and Windows Server 2019, including VMware vCloud 9.5 Windows 10 (1809) Hyper-V 2019 Active Directory, Exchange 2019 and SharePoint 2019 Oracle…
VMware vSphere 6.7 Update 1 Released
VMware has released vSphere 6.7 Update 1, before installing make sure that your 3rd part application supports this new version, like image backup, management and other. This version will feature the full function HTML5 client i vCenter. Backup problem: Veeam has found some problems after updating to this version, see this forum thread: https://forums.veeam.com/vmware-vsphere-f24/vsphere-6-7-u1-support-t54673.html Veeam has a KB…
Veeam Backup & Replication 9.5 Update 3a Released
Veeam has released Veeam Backup & Replication 9.5 Update 3a, which has support for VMware vSphere 6.7 and VMware vSphere 6.5 U2 preliminary support. What's new: Platform support VMware vSphere 6.7 support. Includes the new HTML5 version of vSphere Web Client plug-in for Veeam Backup & Replication, and asynchronous NBD/NBDSSL support for improved read performance of network transport…
Veeam Backup & Replication 9.5 update 3 Released.
Veeam has released the much awaited update 3 for Veeam Backup & Replication 9.5. New features Built-in agent management. Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows and Veeam Agent for Linux can now be deployed and managed directly from the Veeam Backup & Replication console, adding support for physical and cloud workloads protection. Maintain complete control of data protection…
Veeam SAN mode Backup failure
I was troubleshooting a strange Veeam backup problem. I could not get Veeam to do SAN mode backup. The installation was. vCenter 6.5 Update 1c ESXi 6.5 update 1 Veeam B&R 9.5 Update 2 Backup server Windows 2012 R2 Backup Proxy server Windows 2016 Subsystem Device Driver Device Specific Module 2.5.0.0 storage IBM Storwize V7000 FC Hyperswap VMFS-6…
Veeam has Released Backup for Microsoft Office 365 1.5
Veeam has released Backup for Microsoft Office 365 1.5. New features and enhancements: Distributed, scalable architecture Enhanced scalability in distributed environments with several Remote Offices/Branch Offices and in service providers infrastructures Backup proxies take the workload off the management server, providing flexible throttling policy settings for performance optimization. Support for multiple repositories Streamlines data backup and…
VMware Appliances and Backup Strategies
VMware has are using a lot of Virtual Appliances to there products, but there are different backup strategies for them. I have compiled a list of some of them here and their options. Supports quiesced snapshot: Most appliances supports this, but not all, always check before usingquisced image backup. vSphere vCenter Appliance 6.0 and 6.5 6.0 : https://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-60 6.5…
Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows 2.0 (Public BETA)
You can now sign up for the Public Beta of the Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows 2.0. System requirements Hardware CPU: x86-64 processor architecture. Memory: 2 GB RAM. Disk Space: 150 MB for product installation. Network: 1 Mbps or faster. High latency and reasonably unstable WAN links are supported. System firmware: BIOS or UEFI. Drive encryption:…