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 – extracting a backup with the Export Backup

Select point

With version 9.5u4, a new feature has been added to Veeam which is the Export Backup. The export backup is used to extract (export) files from a backup, a restore point of a virtual machine. This feature can, for example, make it possible to extract from a backup chain a virtual machine that is deleted …

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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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Veeam: Instant Restore with Instant Recovery

Instant recovery en cours....

Veeam’s Instant Recovery feature lets you restart a virtual machine instantly without having to restore the entire storage. Access to the VM file is redirected from the backup files. This feature is available with virtual machine backups and with agents. It is possible to use backups made with Veeam agents to make P2V or V2V. …

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Veeam import a backup repository

In this tutorial, we will see how to import backups into Veeam in case you need to access an old repository or import agent backups made on a network share. Add the repository 1. From the Veeam console, click on BACKUP INFRASTRUCTURE 1 and go on Backup Repositories 2. 2. Right click in the area …

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Veeam : Automatically backup virtual machines on Hyper-V

In this tutorial, I’ll explain how to automatically back up virtual machines (new and existing) with Veeam and Hyper-V. The trick is to use the option to back up the volume in Veeam job sources instead of adding the virtual machines manually to the backup jobs. Prerequisites On Hyper-V servers, you need to organize virtual …

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