Veeam Backup & Replication 9.5 Update 4 Release Notes
Veeam Backup & Replication 9.5 Update 4 Release Notes
5 Update 4
Release Notes
This document provides last-minute information about Veeam Backup & Replication 9.5 Update 4, including
system requirements, installation and upgrade procedure, as well as relevant information on technical support,
documentation, online resources and so on.
The release version of Veeam Backup & Replication 9.5 Update 4 is available for download at:
www.veeam.com/backup-replication-download.html starting from January 22, 2019.
See next:
• System Requirements
• Known Issues
• Licensing
• Technical Support
VMware Infrastructure
Platforms
• vSphere
• vCloud Director
• VMware Cloud on AWS
Hosts
• ESXi 6.x (up to 6.7 U1)
• ESXi 5.x
Software
• vCenter Server or vCenter Server Appliance 6.x (up to 6.7 U1)
• vCenter Server or vCenter Server Appliance 5.x
• vCloud Director 9.x (up to 9.5)
• vCloud Director 8.x
OS
• All operating systems supported by VMware vSphere version in use.
• Microsoft VSS integration is supported for Microsoft Windows 2003 and later, except Nano Server (due
to the absence of VSS framework).
Software
Microsoft Infrastructure
Hosts
• Windows Server Hyper-V 2019 (including 1809 SAC release)
• Windows Server Hyper-V 2016 (including SAC releases)
• Windows Server Hyper-V 2012 R2
• Windows Server Hyper-V 2012
• Windows Server Hyper-V 2008 R2 SP1
• Microsoft Hyper-V Server (free hypervisor) is supported
Depending on your Windows Server version, some additional hot fixes not included in the Windows Update
distribution must be installed. Please refer to KB1838 for more information.
Software
• Microsoft PowerShell Engine 2.0 (optional, enables networkless guest processing)
• Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 1807 (optional)
• Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 1801 (optional)
• Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2016 (optional)
• Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012 R2 (optional)
• Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012 SP1 (optional)
• Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 SP1 (optional)
• Pass-through virtual disks and guest disks connected via in-guest FC or iSCSI initiators are skipped from
processing.
OS
• Microsoft VSS integration is supported for Microsoft Windows 2003 and later, except Nano Server (due
to the absence of VSS framework).
• File level restore is supported for the following file systems, including Microsoft Windows LDM dynamic
disks and Linux LVM:
Software
Network: 1 Gbps or faster for on-site backup and replication, and 1 Mbps or faster for off-site backup and
replication. High latency and reasonably unstable WAN links are supported.
OS
Software
• Microsoft SQL Server 2008 through 2017 (2016 SP1 Express is included)
• System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008R2 through 1807 Admin UI (optional, to be able to
register SCVMM server with Backup & Replication infrastructure)
• Microsoft .NET Framework 4.6 (included in the setup)
• Windows Installer 4.5 (included in the setup)
• Microsoft PowerShell 2.0 (included in the setup)
• Firefox, Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge or Microsoft Internet Explorer 11.0 or later
OS
Software
• Microsoft .NET Framework 4.6 (included in the setup)
• Windows Installer 4.5 (included in the setup)
• Microsoft PowerShell 2.0 (included in the setup)
• Firefox, Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge or Microsoft Internet Explorer 11.0 or later
CPU: x86 processor (minimum 2 cores or vCPUs). Using multi-core processors improves data processing
performance, and allows for more tasks to be processed concurrently.
Memory: 2 GB RAM plus 200MB for each concurrent task. Using faster memory improves data processing
performance.
Network: 1 Gbps or faster for on-site backup and replication, and 1 Mbps or faster for off-site backup and
replication. High latency and reasonably unstable WAN links are supported.
OS
For VMware backup proxy server, only 64-bit versions of the following operating systems are supported,
including Core edition:
• Microsoft Windows Server 2019 (including 1809 SAC release)
• Microsoft Windows Server 2016 (including SAC releases)
• Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2
• Microsoft Windows Server 2012
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2
• Microsoft Windows 10
• Microsoft Windows 8.x
• Microsoft Windows 7 SP1
For Hyper-V off-host backup proxy server, the following operating systems are supported, including Core
Edition (Hyper-V role enabled must be enabled on the server):
• Microsoft Windows Server 2019 (including 1809 SAC release)
• Microsoft Windows Server 2016 (including SAC releases)
• Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2
• Microsoft Windows Server 2012
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1
Software
For vSphere 5.5/6.0 backup proxy server running on Microsoft Windows Server 2008 or earlier and vSphere 6.5
backup proxy server running on Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 or earlier:
• Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 SP1 Redistributable Package (x64). Installation package can be downloaded
from https://vee.am/runtime
Network: 1 Gbps or faster for on-site backup and replication, and 1 Mbps or faster for off-site backup and
replication. High latency and reasonably unstable WAN links are supported.
OS
Both 32-bit and 64-bit (recommended) versions of the following operating systems are supported, including
Core edition:
• Microsoft Windows Server 2019 (including 1809 SAC release)
• Microsoft Windows Server 2016 (including SAC releases)
• Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2
• Microsoft Windows Server 2012
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2
• Microsoft Windows 10
• Microsoft Windows 8.x
• Microsoft Windows 7 SP1
• Linux (bash shell, SSH and Perl are required)
Tape Server
Hardware
Disk Space: 300 MB, plus 10GB for temporary data storage for backup and restore operations.
Network: 1 Gbps or faster.
OS
Both 32-bit and 64-bit (recommended) versions of the following operating systems are supported, including
Core edition:
• Microsoft Windows Server 2019 (including 1809 SAC release)
• Microsoft Windows Server 2016 (including SAC releases)
• Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2
• Microsoft Windows Server 2012
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2
• Microsoft Windows 10
• Microsoft Windows 8.x
• Microsoft Windows 7 SP1
CPU: x86-64 processor. Using multi-core processors improves data processing performance, and is highly
recommended on WAN links faster than 10 Mbps.
Target WAN Accelerator requires global cache size as defined by user (fixed amount). Disk space is reserved
immediately upon selecting WAN Accelerators as a target one in any job.
Network: 1 Gbps or faster for on-site backup and replication, and 1 Mbps or faster for off-site backup and
replication. High latency and reasonably unstable WAN links are supported.
TIP:
Global cache is not leveraged by source WAN Accelerators, and so does not need to be allocated and
populated on WAN Accelerators used only as source.
OS
Only 64-bit version of the following operating systems are supported, including Core edition:
• Microsoft Windows Server 2019 (including 1809 SAC release)
• Microsoft Windows Server 2016 (including SAC releases)
• Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2
• Microsoft Windows Server 2012
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2
• Microsoft Windows 10
• Microsoft Windows 8.x
• Microsoft Windows 7 SP1
Server Software
• Microsoft Internet Information Services 7.0 or later
• Microsoft SQL Server 2008 through 2017 (2016 SP1 Express is included)
• Microsoft .NET Framework 4.6 (included in the setup)
• Windows Installer 4.5 (included in the setup)
Client Software
• Firefox, Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge or Microsoft Internet Explorer 11.0 or later
• Microsoft Excel 2003 or later (to view reports exported to Microsoft Excel format).
Tape
LTO3 or later tape libraries (including VTL) and standalone drives are supported. Tape device must be directly
attached to the backup server, to a tape server via SAS, FC or iSCSI interface. Note that VMware does not
support connecting tape libraries to ESXi for VM pass-through.
Drivers
• Tape devices without device-specific, vendor-supplied OEM drivers for Windows installed will appear in
Windows Device Manager as Unknown or Generic and require enabling native SCSI commands mode.
• If multiple driver installation modes are available for your tape device, use the one that allows for
multiple open handles from a host to a drive to exist at the same time. Usually, such drivers are referred
to as “non-exclusive”.
• No other backup server must be interacting with the tape device.
Huawei OceanStor
• NFS, Fibre Channel (FC) or iSCSI connectivity
• Huawei OceanStor V3 and F V3 Series with software version V300R006 and later
• Huawei OceanStor Dorado V3 Series with software version V300R001 and later
• Huawei OceanStor V5 and F V5 Series with software version V500R007 and later
IBM Spectrum Virtualize (IBM Storwize, IBM SVC, Lenovo Storage V series)
• Fibre Channel (FC) or iSCSI connectivity
• Spectrum Virtualize 7.6 or later
NetApp FAS/AFF, FlexArray (V-Series), ONTAP Edge/Select/Cloud VSA and IBM N series (FAS OEM)
• NFS, Fibre Channel (FC) or iSCSI connectivity
• Data ONTAP versions from 8.1 up to 9.4
• 7-mode or cluster-mode
• MetroCluster is supported
• ONTAP features application-aware data management and SVM-DR are not supported.
Software
• Microsoft Outlook 2010 or later (64-bit) for PST exports (optional)
Both 32-bit and 64-bit versions of the following operating systems are supported, according to Oracle Database
version compatibility matrix:
• Microsoft Windows Server 2016
• Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2
• Microsoft Windows Server 2012
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP2
• CentOS 5 or later
• RedHat 5 or later
• Oracle Linux 5 or later
• SUSE Linux Enterprise 12
• SUSE Linux Enterprise 11
Oracle Database
• Oracle 18
• Oracle 12
• Oracle 11
Configuration
• Oracle Automatic Storage Management (optional, requires ASMlib present)
VMware
• Processing of VMs on ESXi 5.0 and 5.1 hosts licensed with VMware Essentials fails with the “The host is
not licensed for this feature” error due to the bug in VMware VDDK 5.5.5, while earlier VDDK 5.5
versions contain known security vulnerabilities. For more information, refer to KB2875.
• Processing of VMs with @ symbol in VM name fails on vCenter Server 5.1 or earlier.
• For populating replica disks during incremental replication passes and failback, Windows 7 and Windows
8 based backup proxy servers support “network” processing mode only. To work around this, install
backup proxy servers on Windows Server OS.
• Virtual backup proxy server cannot be used to backup, replicate or copy itself in virtual appliance (hot
add) mode. Jobs configured to do this will automatically failover to Network processing mode. CBT will
be disabled for proxy VM.
• Virtual backup proxy server must have VMware Tools installed; otherwise it will be considered as not
running, and will never be assigned any tasks.
• VMware vStorage API for Data Protection has some limitation preventing hot add process depending on
VM configuration. For complete list of hot add limitations, refer to KB1054. With the default proxy
settings, should hot add operation fail, the job will failover to the network mode for specific virtual disk.
• Processing of Fault-Tolerant VMs created on vSphere versions prior to vSphere 6 is not supported.
• Hard Disk restore may fail with the “Restore job failed Error: Controller with BusNumber 0 was not
found” error when SCSI controller is missing on the destination VM. To work around this, add SCSI
controller (or SCSI disk) manually first by editing VM virtual hardware settings with vSphere Client.
• Disk mapping functionality is not supported for IDE and SATA disks in the Hard Disk Restore wizard.
• Restore and replication of VMs between different ESX(i) versions requires that VM’s virtual hardware
version is compatible with the target host.
• Restoring VM with non-standard virtual disk layout (such as converted from VMware Workstation or
VMware Server) as thin may fail. To work around this issue, restore these disks as thick.
Hyper-V 2016/2019
• Application-aware processing of VMs with Windows guest OS other than Windows Server 2016 and
Windows 10 fails with the “Failed to take in-guest VSS snapshot COM error: Code: 0x80042308” error.
This is a known Hyper-V 2016 compatibility issue that is fixed by updating Hyper-V integration
components on the affected guests with KB3063109.
• Application-aware processing of Active Directory domain controllers running on guest OS other than
Windows Server 2016 fails with the “Failed to create VM recovery checkpoint” error (32770). To resolve
this issue, make sure the latest Windows Updates are installed for guest OS on the affected VMs.
• Backing up VMs from Hyper-V cluster in rolling upgrade is supported, however RCT will not be
leveraged until the upgrade is completed for all nodes and cluster functional level is upgraded to
Windows Server 2016 or later. Keep in mind that VMs virtual hardware version must be upgraded to
version 8.0 before RCT can be leveraged on the VM.
Hyper-V
• Virtual disks consisting of multiple files (such as from virtual machines originally created on Virtual
Server 2005) are not supported for processing.
• CPU Type SCVMM parameter is not backed up and restored on Hyper-V VMs.
• When replicating from older to newer Hyper-V host version, failback is only supported to the original
location if the original VM still exists.
• Backup of VMs with virtual disks located both on local and shared CSV/SMB storage is not supported
due to Hyper-V limitation.
• Deleting Hyper-V replica from disk does not delete the replica VM from SCVMM.
• Offhost backup from deduplicated volume fails if the Data Deduplication feature is disabled on backup
proxy server.
• Shared VHDX virtual disks can be backed up in crash-consistent mode only.
• SCSI disk exclusions settings are limited to first 16 disks.
• Transaction log backup for Microsoft SQL Cluster running on shared VHDX is not supported due to a
Microsoft limitation (no VSS support for Shared VHDX).
• Restoring a VM into the root folder of SMB share fails. To work around the issue, restore VM into a
subfolder instead.
Agent Management
• All protect computers names must be resolvable into IPv4 address.
• Universal and Domain local groups are not supported as containers for Microsoft Active Directory based
protection groups. Use Global groups instead.
Secure Restore
• Microsoft Windows Defender does not support the option to stop antivirus scan after the first virus has
been found, so the entire volume will always be scanned.
Enterprise Manager
• Pre-selected job notification parameters are not saved when creating a job. To work around this issue,
clear and select the required parameters.
• Reverse DNS lookup on Enterprise Manager server must be functional for setting up self-service
recovery delegation scope.
• The presence of .NET 3.5.1 WCF HTTP Activation Windows component prevents Enterprise Manager
from functioning. To work around the issue, uninstall this component.
SureBackup
• After upgrading to Update 4, SureBackup jobs for Hyper-V VMs will no longer work with Virtual Labs
created prior to the upgrade. To work around this issue, click through Edit Virtual Lab wizard on the
existing Virtual Labs.
• Automatic virtual lab configuration is not supported for networks with non-private network addresses.
• Automatic virtual lab networking configuration process may fail with the “Unable to resolve default
network settings” error. To work around this issue, go back in the wizard and try again.
• Automatic virtual lab networking configuration may fail in some case when DVS are present in virtual
environment. In such cases, use advanced configuration mode to configure virtual lab networking
manually.
• SureBackup job fails on VM with unsupported or excluded virtual disks which were not explicitly set to
be removed from configuration (as a part of disk exclusion settings in the backup job), because test VM
cannot find its disks and is unable to start.
• Automatic physical mode RDM disk exclusion in the backup job may lead to situation when test VM is
able to connect RDM disk, and produce irreversible changes on the disk. To avoid this, always exclude
physical RDM disk from backup job explicitly, selecting the option to remove the excluded disks from
configuration.
• Some antivirus applications are known to cause BSOD on backup repository server when SureBackup job
is started. To prevent this, exclude backup folders from monitoring.
• SureReplica does not support replica restore points created by Veeam Backup & Replication versions 6.5
or earlier.
Tape
• Direct restore from tape is supported from backups created by version 9.0 or later.
• File to Tape job fails building a list of files to process, if catalog contains files with certain Unicode
symbols.
• Backup to Tape job will perform full backup during each run if source forever forward incremental
backup job has retention of less than 3 restore points, or source backup copy job has retention of less
than 4 restore points.
• SQL transaction log backup to tape is not supported.
• If you manage several tape libraries with the same Veeam backup server and use barcodes to identify
tapes in these libraries, all barcodes must be unique across all tape libraries.
• Tapes that have been moved to the Retired pool may cause jobs that used to use them to hang. To work
around the issue, remove or use Protect functionality on the corresponding tapes.
Cisco HyperFlex
• Scenarios where several Cisco HyperFlex systems are registered under different VMware vCenter
Servers are not currently supported. It is recommended to back up VMs of each VMware vCenter Server
instance using a separate Veeam backup server.
NetApp ONTAP
• Infinite volumes are not supported.
• vFiler DR units are not supported, and are automatically hidden by the UI.
• Configurations with VM stored on a non-default vFiler based on qtree (instead of volume) is not
supported.
Globalization
• Non-ASCII characters are not supported in the: product’s installation path; source or destination path of
SSH-enabled file copy operations; VM file and folder names for multi-OS file level recovery to the
original location.
• Some user interface (UI) controls may appear misplaced when non-standard diplay’s DPI setting is set.
To work around the issue, change DPI setting to 100% or 125% using Display settings of the Windows
Control Panel.
PowerShell
• Restores from imported backups residing on a CIFS share are not supported through PowerShell.
Upgrade
• Backup console installed on 64-bit version of Windows Server 2008 will fail to start until latest .NET
Framework 4.6 updates are installed.
• First Hyper-V backup and replication job run after upgrade will not use the changed block tracking
information, and thus may take longer than expected (applies to Windows Server Hyper-V 2008 R2 –
2012 R2).
Upgrade checklist:
1. Are you using Veeam ONE to monitor your backup infrastructure? If yes, upgrade it first. Veeam ONE
supports monitoring of backup servers versions 9.5 and 9.0.
2. Are you running Veeam Backup & Replication 9.0 Update 2 or later? To upgrade from previous versions,
contact Veeam Technical Support.
3. Are you using a subscription license for VMs or Veeam Agents on your backup server? If yes, obtain a
replacement Instance license from the Veeam Customer Portal before upgrading.
4. Are you using a perpetual socket-based license for VMs along with a subscription license for agents on
your backup server? If yes, obtain a merged license with sockets and instances in the same file from the
Veeam Customer Portal before upgrading.
5. Is backup server to be upgraded installed on the supported operating system? If not, you must migrate
the server to the supported OS first, before performing the upgrade. Refer to the Veeam support KB
article KB1803 for more information on how to perform the migration.
6. Is your backup server or Enterprise Manager configuration database hosted on SQL Server 2005? If yes,
you must upgrade the SQL Server to version 2008 or later first. We recommend SQL Server 2014 or
later for performance considerations.
7. Are you using Cloud Connect? If yes, check with your Cloud Connect service provider if they have
already upgraded their system to at least the version you are upgrading to.
8. Ensure there is no active processes, such as any running jobs and restore sessions. We recommend that
you do not stop running jobs and let them complete successfully instead. Disable any periodic and
Backup Copy jobs, so that they do not start during the upgrade.
9. Perform a backup of the corresponding SQL Server configuration databases used by backup and
Enterprise Manager servers, so that you can easily go back to previous version in case of issues with
upgrade. Note that built-in configuration backup functionality does not protect Enterprise Manager
configuration.
10. Are you using Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager? If yes, start the upgrade procedure from this
component. Note that Enterprise Manager 9.5 supports version 9.0 and 8.0 backup servers, so you can
potentially run both old and new product versions side by side.
Please note that immediately after upgrade, backup server performance may be impacted due to configuration
database being optimized by the maintenance job. This can take up to an hour depending on the database size.
The trial license key is sent to you automatically after downloading the product. The trial license is valid for 30
days from that moment, and includes Basic technical support.
Subscription licenses include maintenance plan with Premium support. The perpetual license includes a one-
year maintenance plan with Basic support. To renew or upgrade your maintenance plan, please contact Veeam
Renewals at: [email protected].
To install the new license file to a backup server connected to Enterprise Manager server:
1. Open Configuration > Licensing tab in Enterprise Manager UI, and click Install License.
2. Browse to the license file (.lic) that was sent to you after registration to install the license. To learn
more, see the Licensing section.
3. The provided license file will be automatically propagated and applied to all Veeam Backup servers
connected to this Enterprise Manager server.
To install the new license file to a standalone backup server that is not managed by Enterprise Manager server:
1. Select License from the main menu.
2. Click the Install license button to browse to the license file (.lic) that was sent to you after registration
to install the license. To learn more, see the Licensing section.
To view the product help, press the F1 key or select Help > Online Help from the main menu.
Technical Support
We offer email and phone technical support for customers on maintenance and during the official evaluation
period. For better experience, please provide the following when contacting our technical support:
• Version information for the product and all infrastructure components.
• Error message and/or accurate description of the problem you are having.
• Log files. To export the log files, select Help > Support Information from the main menu, and follow the
wizard to export the relevant set of log files.
To submit your support ticket or obtain additional information please visit www.veeam.com/support.html.
TIP:
Before contacting technical support, consider searching for a resolution on Veeam community forums at
www.veeam.com/forums.
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organization directly. We have qualified technical and customer support staff available 24 hours a day, 7 days a
week who will help you with any inquiry that you may have.
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