Category: Hyper-V

Creating Veeam Cloud Credential for Microsoft Azure Storage Accounts with Share Key Authentication

This Veeam cloud credential is for a Microsoft Azure Blob Object Storage Account with Share Key authentication connecting to the following sorts of accounts

Creating Microsoft Azure Storage Accounts for Immutable Archive Backup Repositories

Veeam Backup & Replication allows you to prevent data deletion from the archive extent by making it temporarily immutable. It is done to improve security: immutability safeguards your data against loss due to attacks, malware activity, or other malicious actions.

Creating Microsoft Azure Storage Accounts for non-Immutable Archive Backup Repositories

Azure Archive Storage is a low-cost, high-durability cloud storage tier inside Azure Blob Storage specifically built for infrequently accessed data and long-term storage. It is the most cost-effective storage tier for data you do not need to access frequently, making it suitable for backup data you wish to keep for an extended term.

Fix Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager Vulnerability (CVE-2024-40715)

Veeam released the hotfix for the vulnerability in Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager, allowing attackers to bypass the authentication while performing a Man-in-the-Middle (MITM) attack.

How to Upgrade Veeam Backup and Replication Console to v12.2.0.334

To gain remote access to Veeam Backup & Replication v12.2.0.334, you must first upgrade the Veeam Backup & Replication console to v12.2.0.344 on a dedicated machine.

Upgrade Veeam Backup and Replication Console to v12.1.2.172

To gain remote access to Veeam Backup & Replication v12.1.2.172, you must first upgrade the Veeam Backup & Replication console to v12.12.172 on a dedicated machine.

How to upgrade Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager to v12.2.0.334

Veeam released Backup & Replication v12.2.0.334 on August 28, 2024.
Veeam Backup & Replication 12.2 is the newer build of version 12, and the major new features and enhancements were added in Veeam Backup & Replication v12.2.

How to upgrade Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager to v12.1.2.172

Veeam released the Backup & Replication v12.1.2.172 on May 21, 2024.
The vulnerabilities documented in these sections were fixed starting in the 12.1.2.172 build.
Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager (VBEM)
CVE-2024-29849 | Severity: Critical (9.8)
This vulnerability in VBEM allows an unauthenticated attacker to log in to the VBEM web interface as any user.
CVE-2024-29850 | Severity: High (8.8)
This Vulnerability in VBEM allows account takeover via NTLM relay.
CVE-2024-29851 | Severity: High (7.2)
This vulnerability in VBEM allows a high-privileged user to steal the NTLM hash of the VBEM service account if that service account is anything other than the default Local System account.
CVE-2024-29852 | Severity: Low (2.7)
This vulnerability in VBEM allows high-privileged users to read backup session logs.

How to upgrade Veeam Backup and Replication to v12.1.2.172

Veeam released the Backup & Replication v12.1.2.172 on May 21, 2024.
The vulnerabilities documented in these sections were fixed starting in the 12.1.2.172 build.

Migrate Physical Machine to Microsoft Failover Cluster

Let’s walk through the steps to perform a Physical to Virtual machine (P2V) conversion using Veeam Backup and Replication (VBR) to migrate a physical server to a Cluster virtual machine.

Fix VBR 12.1.1 Backup Configuration Warning Failed to connect to Red Hat Virtualization plug-in…

This is a very interesting warning. I migrated many VBR servers, and it’s the first time I’ve encountered this warning.
The detailed warning message is below:
Warning Failed to connect to Red Hat Virtualization plug-in: Failed to login to platform service: The remote certificate is invalid according to the validation procedure.