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Veeam: No Backup Proxy is Able to Process this VM

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KB ID 0001644

Problem

While setting up some new backups, all the virtual machine failed like so;

Unable to allocate processing resources. Error: No backup proxy is able to process this VM due to proxy processing mode restrictions.

Solution

On the face of it this looks like a simple problem, either you backup proxy does not have the capacity, you have too many jobs running at one, or you need to deploy some more backup proxies.

However, I tested this by creating a new job with one ‘problem’ VM in it and made sure no other jobs were running. It failed with the same error. So it’s got nothing to do with lack of resources!

The Actual Problem: Was due to the fact that the backup proxy (a physical machine) had direct fiber access to the storage array, and its backup mode was set to ‘Direct Storage Access’. These new VMs were in a different Datastore/LUN that the Veeam server could not see! So you can either tick ‘Failover to network mode if primary mode fails or is unavailable’

Or a better option would be to present the correct storage LUNS to the Veeam Backup server.

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Update Cisco ASA – Directly from Cisco (via ASDM)

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KB ID 0000636 

Problem

Warning:

Before upgrading/updating the ASA to version 8.3 (or Higher) Check to see if you have the correct amount of RAM in the firewall (“show version” command will tell you). This is VERYIMPORTANT if your ASA was shipped before February 2010. See the link below for more information.

ASA – Memory Error (Post upgrade to version 8.3)

Warning 2:

Be aware, if you are upgrading to an OS of 8.4(2) or newer you can no longer access the device via SSH when using the default username of “pix” you need to enable AAA authentication for SSH, do this before you reboot/reload the firewall or you may lock yourself out.

ASA Enable AAA LOCAL Authentication for SSH

Its been a while since I wrote how to update the ASA by command line, and how to update the ASA from the ASDM. Now you can update the ASA directly from Cisco, providing you have a valid cisco CCO account.

Solution

1. Connect to the the ASDM on the ASA > Tools > Check for ASA/ASDM Updates.

2. Supply your Cisco CCO account information.

3. Next.

4. Decide if you want to update the OS of the ASA or the ASDM, or both.

5. Next.

6. The software will download. (The OS is downloading here), Note: it will get downloaded to the machine that the ASDM is running on first.

7. Then the ASDM software will download.

8. You may find that there is not enough room in flash memory, if so you will see this error. (if it does not error skip to step 11).

9. If you are stuck for room you can delete some items from your flash memory > Tools > File Management.

10. Here you can see I’m deleting and old version of the ASDM. Note you could delete the live version of the ASDM and Operating system if you had no choice (THOUGH DONT REBOOT THE FIREWALL until the new ones have uploaded, or you will be loading the files in in ROMMON mode!)

11. Once all the files have been downloaded to your location, they will be uploaded to the firewalls flash memory.

12. Next.

13. Finish.

Note: What happens now is the following commands are issued in the background automatically; (Note the versions numbers may be different in your case).

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asdm image disk0:/asdm-649.bin
no boot system disk0:/asa843-k8.bin
boot system disk0:/asa844-1-k8.bin
boot system disk0:/asa843-k8.bin

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14. After the firewall reboots, it should come back up with the new OS and ASDM version.

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Installing the BackTrack Linux VMware Virtual Machine

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KB ID 0000631

Problem

I’m fortunate enough that VMware gave me a free copy of VMware Workstation, but there’s nothing to stop you carrying out this procedure with the FREE VMware player.

BackTrack Linux is an operating system that is primarily used for security auditing, and penetration testing. I’m going to be playing with it a bit in the coming weeks, so I thought I’d at least document how to get it running.

Note: There is a bootable CD version available, if you would prefer to use that instead.

Solution

1. Head over to BackTrack and download your virtual machine files.

2. Once downloaded, extract the files to a folder on your computer.

3. Make sure the files have extracted.

4. From within VMware Workstation, File > Open.

5. Navigate to the .vmx file that’s in the files you extracted earlier > Open.

6. After a few seconds you should be able to power on the virtual machine.

7. Always select “I moved it” UNLESS you are going to run more than one, then choose “I Copied it”.

8. The default username is root and the default password is toor. You will then need to execute a startx command to bring up the GUI interface.

9. Job done, enjoy!

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