Monitor Veeam in PRTG

Introduction In this tutorial, we will see how to monitor Veeam using PRTG. Having the results of the backups in PRTG makes it possible to centralize the monitoring of the infrastructure in a single console and to reduce notification emails. Prerequisites On the PRTG server, it is necessary to install the Veeam management console, it …

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Veeam: File Recovery from Volume with Deduplication

Windows deduplication issue When you want to restore a file from a volume with deduplication enabled, you get the following error messages: Veeam : Copying data from deduplicated volumes requires that the console is installed on Windows 2012 R2 with data deduplication feature enabled. Windows: Error 0x80070780: The system cannot access the file. Cause To …

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Veeam Backup Office 365 Community Edition (v5): installation and configuration

In this tutorial, I will (re) introduce you to Veeam Backup for Microsoft Office 365 Community Edition (V5). As its name suggests, it is a backup software dedicated to backing up Microsoft Office 365 tenants (Exchange, OneDrive, SharePoint, etc.). The Community Edition is a free edition of Veeam Backup Office 365 that allows you to …

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Veeam: change the location of the logs

Introduction Veeam backup software writes a lot of logs and they are stored by default on drive C at the following location C:\ProgramData\Veeam\Backup. As you can see in the screenshot below, this represents a certain volume, over 4GB, and if the C: \ drive starts to run out of space, it might be worth moving …

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Veeam: Resolving the Volume Problem of Backups on Deduplicated Servers

Symptom On Windows servers with deduplication enabled, at regular intervals the backup size is increased. Below are several screenshots showing the problem: Reason The problem is not with Veeam software, but with deduplication on Windows Server. When configuring deduplication, a memory cleanup job is configured to optimize deduplication, by default this is done every Saturday …

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Veeam ONE: installation and configuration

Overview backup

Veeam ONE is a “free” software package offered by Veeam for virtual infrastructure supervision. Veeam ONE consists of software: Veeam ONE Monitor which allows the supervision of hypervisors (Hyper-V and VMware) and virtual machines. It is also possible Veeam ONE Reporter which allows to generate reports on the virtual environment. 1. Mount the ISO on …

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Update Veeam Backup and Replication

Console Veeam

In this tutorial, we will see how to update the Veeam Backup and Replication backup software. This operation is usually carried out once or twice a year. Schedule the update operation at a time when no job is in progress (Backup, Backup Copy, Replication …). Allow 1 to 2 hours to complete Veeam. The captures …

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Veeam Agent 3 for Windows: Installation and Configuration

Veeam Agent

The Veeam Agent allows physical or virtual computer backup directly from Windows unlike Veeam Backup & Replication which manages the backup of virtual machines from the Hypervisor (VMware, Hyper-V). Version 3 of the agent is available since January 2019 with the following new features: Change of the interface (even more sober). Optimized backup management Supports …

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