I was checking the backup as a normal daily task, which I understood a virtual machine can not be backed up, so as you can see, based on the error it seems there is a problem with VSS Writer. To get more information about this error, I logged into virtual machines and checked the Event…
Category: Backup and Replication
Remove configuration is grayed out in Veeam Backup
You may have created a CDP or replication job, but you no longer have access to the replication VM, for example, because your target host and repository are no longer accessible, or, like me, you deleted a CDP policy job, but it didn’t complete, and you try to remove the configuration, but you see that…
Detected an invalid snapshot configuration! – Veeam Backup and Replication
A customer faced the problem that replication of some virtual machines did not work as expected and an eOne customer told me on the phone that some of his virtual machines could not replicate and got a complicated error message, but the rest (about 90) of the virtual machines could replicate successfully. The error was…
Veeam Backup – Hardened Repository
As an IT professional, you have heard about the word Ransomware time and time again and it has become a major concern of all types of organizations, from small to large enterprises. When Colonial Pipeline was hit by ransomware in 2021 and finally forced to pay for ransomware after hours of attempts, it was no…
Zerto Virtual Manager GUI Session Timeout
By default, Zerto Virtual Manager (ZVM) web interface sessions close after 1800 seconds of idle time, requiring the user to log in again to resume using the client. You can change the timeout value by editing the tweaks.json file. Procedure On the computer where the Zerto Virtual Manager is installed, locate the tweaks.json file under this paht “C:\Program Files\Zerto\Zerto Virtual Replication\Gui”…
Replace Zerto Certificate By An ADCS Signed Certificate
After installing and configuring the Zerto Virtual Replication in the previous posts, now it is time to secure the Zerto portal in order to get rid of the red warning in the browser about the default self-signed certificate. In our environment, we utilize our internal CA (Active Directory Certificate Services or Windows PKI) in order…
Zerto Virtual Replication – Reporting
In the latest series of the Zerto configuration series, we will go through how to create and make a report in the Zerto. If you missed the old post of this series, please check the following links. Zerto Virtual Replication – Installation Zerto Virtual Replication – Configuration Zerto Virtual Replication – Failover Zerto Virtual Replication…
Zerto Virtual Replication – Failover
In this post, we will go through the failover test of a virtual machine. If you missed the old post of this series or would like to access the next part of this configuration, please check the following links. Zerto Virtual Replication – Installation Zerto Virtual Replication – Configuration Zerto Virtual Replication – Failover Zerto…
Zerto Virtual Replication – Configuration
In this post, we will go through the configuration of Virtual Replication Appliance (VRA) and Virtual Protection Group (VPG) and some basic configurations of Zerto Virtual Manager. If you missed the first post of this series or you want to access the next part of this configuration, please check the following links. Zerto Virtual Replication…
Zerto Virtual Replication – Installation
During a project, I had to work with Zerto virtual replication for the first time (I have worked with SRM but Zerto never!). It was great and valuable and forced me to write some posts about it. In a series of blog posts, I’m going to take you through the quick and complete guide of…