Backups serve is an insurance for digital assets. It ensures that when original data is compromised or lost, it can be restored from the backup copies.
Kubernetes backup is important, but a recoverable OpenShift environment also depends on the control plane, storage, networking, identity, object data, and external services. This guide explains how those pieces fit together.
In this guide we shall discuss “Veeam Agent for Windows deployment failing with Access Denied”. I would like to share a troubleshooting case that took me a few long days to resolve. I hope this can help someone facing a similar issue in the future. The scenario was a VAW deployment to a customer Windows…
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During a recent recovery scenario, I had to restore a physical Ubuntu server protected by Veeam Agent for Linux and bring it back as a virtual machine in a VMware environment. The initial plan was to use the restore point and perform an Instant Recovery or a direct recovery to the VMware environment. In theory,…
In this article, we shall dicuss “How to Back Up and Restore Microsoft Entra ID with Veeam Backup & Replication v13”. Please see Azure Resource Inventory (ARI) for Engineers: Improving Control and Compliance, and Azure Load Balancer: Configuring for SQL Server Always On Availability Group Listener on Azure Virtual Machines. Microsoft Entra ID is the…
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In this article, we shall discuss “Veeam Agent for Windows: VSS Error Caused by Old SQL Server References”. During a recent Veeam Agent for Windows deployment project, we found an interesting issue involving VSS, SQL Writer, and old SQL Server references left behind after an incomplete removal or previous intervention. Please see Azure Virtual Desktop:…
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This article is a practical checklist of the evidence to capture before you click Restore. A disaster recovery test should not begin with someone clicking Restore. It should begin with evidence. Here is a common way these tests go sideways. The team books a window, restores a VM, watches it boot, and calls the test…
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The Deployer Service Management Port is a management communication channel used by Veeam to remotely deploy, upgrade, and manage components on protected infrastructure. It is part of the initial handshake process that enables Veeam to install or update services on repository or proxy hosts. In this article, we shall discuss “Failed to Upgrade VIHR Component:…
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In this article, we shall discuss “The Backup Was Safe: The Data Center Was not: A Real-World Lesson About Hidden Data Center Risks and Governance Failures”. When IT professionals discuss availability, business continuity, and data protection, the conversation usually focuses on backup software, immutable storage, disaster recovery plans, and cybersecurity. Please see how to Enable BitLocker…
In this guide, we shall discuss “Enterprise Tape Library Administration: Control Path, Firmware, Media Management and Tape Operations”. Throughout this tape series, I explored installation, troubleshooting, tape cleaning procedures, advanced diagnostics, and real-world operational scenarios involving Veeam tape environments. Please see How to Repair a Corrupt SQL Server Database Without Data Loss, and Azure Application…
In this article, we shall discuss how to Upgrade Veeam ONE to 13.0.2.6723 to Address Security Fixes. Recently we updated Veeam ONE 13 as discussed here “how to upgrade Veeam One from v12 to v13“. Shortly, Veeam released some patches to VBR and Veeam ONE as well as discussed in this KB4858. According to it,…
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Recently we discuss the steps to Update Veeam Backup & Replication to Build 13.0.1.2067. Shortly, Veeam released some patches to fix Vulnerable Veeam Backup & Replication 13.0.1.2067 and Earlier. Therefore, in this guide, we shall update our Veeam Backup and Replciation Server to version 13.0.2.29. Please see How to upgrade Veeam One from v12 to…
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In this article we shall discuss how to upgrade Veeam One from v12 to v13. It will interest you to know that Veeam ONE can be upgraded to version 13 starting from Veeam ONE version 12 (build #12.0.0.2498). This means, Veeam ONE 13 supports automatic in-place upgrade from version 12.0.0.2498 and newer versions to v13….
Veeam Backup & Replication includes a built-in PowerShell extension called the Veeam Backup PowerShell module. This module exposes a full set of cmdlets that allow administrators to automate, configure, and manage most tasks available in the Veeam Backup & Replication graphical user interface. In this guide, we shall discuss “Veeam Backup and Replication: PowerShell must…
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