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Tag: Veeam Backup & Replication

Veeam Backup for Proxmox – Part 4

July 20, 2026

Instant Recovery and Replication are planned to be delivered for Proxmox VE in the next release. In this post, I’ll cover Replication.
Microsoft SQL Server 2025 + Veeam Data Platform = Improved Scalability

November 19, 2025

Hey everyone, Let’s kick this off by highlighting that as of this moment, Microsoft SQL Server 2025 has not yet been validated for the Veeam Data Platform, as it was only made GA yesterday the 18th November 2025, so the information I’m providing here is in preparation for the inevitable support when it’s passed through…
Veeam Backup for Proxmox – Part 3

November 10, 2025

With the release of Veeam Backup & Replication 13.0.1. application-aware processing will be introduced for Proxmox.
Veeam Backup for Proxmox – Part 2

July 26, 2024

In part 2 of this blog series about Veeam Backup for Proxmox, I’ll look at the backup and restore process of Proxmox VMs.
Veeam Backup for Proxmox – Part 1

July 2, 2024

In this blog post I’ll take a look at the architecture and setup of the early access build of Veeam Backup for Proxmox.
Veeam Backup & Replication: v12 Compression Improvements

November 27, 2023

One lesser discussed improvement in Veeam B&R v12 is the compression improvements they’ve made when working at higher compression levels. Full benchmarks and details inside this blog post.
Veeam B&R x Azure Storage: Failed to Copy Blob

November 22, 2023

If you’re using Veeam Backup & Replication and Microsoft Azure Storage and you find yourself with the ‘Failed to Copy Blob’ error, this post just might help!
Veeam B&R – NAS Cache Metadata Movement Gets Stuck

November 13, 2023

Ever had Veeam get stuck when attempting to migrate your NAS Cache repository data? In this post I show you how to gracefully resolve this stuck task, and another way of migrating the data.
Veeam NAS Backup: Invalid Root Item Type

October 25, 2023

NAS Backups and Symlinks don’t have to be enemies, in this blog post I show you how to work around this within Veeam Backup & Replication!
Veeam B&R: Performance Impact of Pending Tasks

August 21, 2023

Tell me if you’ve seen this situation before. You’ve got some servers & applications that need protecting. You create your backup jobs as necessary, there’s different backup jobs for your various application-integration requirements, backup frequencies, and retention requirements, it’s starting to sprawl. Inevitably there’s some job scheduling overlap. Backup jobs are waiting for other backup…