Veeam: Restore / Migrate a VM to Azure
KB ID 0001511 Problem Veeam is both a great company, and backup and recovery is the best product in its class by a country mile, (yes Zerto is great but it costs a fortune!) With Backup and Recovery 9.5 Update 4. You can recover a VM straight into Azure, (and Azure Stack). Which pretty much means you can use Veeam to Migrate your VMs (or physical machines) from vCenter (or Hyper-V) into Azure/Azure Stack. You need to have a successful...
Veeam Backup Error: Code 1326
KB ID 0001456 Problem Processing {Server-Name} Error: Failed to connect to guest agent. Errors: ‘Cannot connect to the host’s administrative share. Host: [{Server-Name}]. Account: [{Account-Name}]. Win32 error:The user name or password is incorrect. Code: 1326 Cannot connect to the host’s administrative share. Host: [{IP-Address}]. Account: [{Account-Name}]. Win32 error:The user name or password is incorrect. Code:...
Veeam Repository: ReFS with 64 KB Block Popup
KB ID 0001452 Problem When adding a ‘Backup Repository’ to Veeam you may see one of the following; The file system on the specified volume does not support fast cloning. We recommend using ReFS volume formatted with 64 KB cluster size. Proceed anyway? The specified ReFS volume is formatted with 4 KB cluster size. We recommend formatting the volume with 64 KB cluster size. Proceed anyway? Solution Without going into what...
Veeam Backup and Recovery Setup Error – ‘The Setup was unable to install new instance of Microsoft SQL Server’
KB ID 0000726 Problem Seen today while installing Veeam 6.5 Backup and Recovery on Windows Server 2008 R2 The setup was unable to install new instance of Microsoft SQL server. Make sure this server meets minimum system requirements, or try installing it manually. Solution 1. Press Windows Key+R > appwiz.cpl {enter} > Uninstall ALL references to SQL Server and Veeam (Warning: Obviously if the server is using SQL, SQL Express or...
Veeam – “Task Failed Error: No connections could be made because the target machine actively refused it”
KB ID 0000758 Problem Seen when running Veeam Backup and Replication. Error Task Failed Error: No connections could be made because the target machine actively refused it Also when trying to connect to VMware VCenter from the Backup and Replication management console; Error Failed to connect to “Host-name” by SOAP, port 443, user “User-Name”, proxy srv: port:0 Unable to connect to the remote server No...