Release Information for Veeam Backup & Replication 9.5 Update 4

Please confirm that you are running version 9.0 Update 2 (build 9.0.0.1715) or later prior to installing this update.After upgrading, your build number will be 9.5.4.2615.


Update 4a resolves the following common support issues:

• Certificate verification issues cause the backup console taking to long to open, or failing to open with "Object reference not set to an instance to an object" from backup console or "Could not load file or assembly" error in the log.

• Upgrade to Update 4 fails with the "Database version downgrade detected ... Reboot and restart the setup" error on machines where system time regional format uses a.m. and p.m. (lowercase with dots).

• SureBackup jobs start failing after upgrading to Update 4 due to virtual lab settings incorrectly updated by the configuration upgrade, in case of lack of free disk space in the vPower NFS cache folder.

• On Hyper-V versions prior to 2016, jobs with application-aware processing disabled fail with "The system cannot find the file specified" error.

• Backup of Windows XP SP1 VMs fails with the "Failed to call RPC function Vss.GetFileFromGADir" error.

• Various primary storage integration issues with HPE Nimble, NetApp, IBM and Dell EMC VNX storage.

• Tape support reliability issues, including a number of UI performance issues with tape management functionality.

• HPE StoreOnce Catalyst library memory leak issue (solved by updating the library to version 24.90.0.8).

• VeeamZIP™ operation incorrectly consumes a license for VMs that were previously licensed by regular backup jobs.

https://www.veeam.com/veeam_backup_9_5_whats_new_wn.pdf

Deletion of tasks, events, historical performance data befor upgrading vCSA

Remove tasks, events, and historical performance data befor upgrading vCSA


In some situation it is only possible to select XL configuration when upgrading vCSA from 6.0 to 6.5. Remove tasks, events and historical performance data to freeup space in Postgres db. 

https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/2110031

/opt/vmware/vpostgres/current/bin/psql -U postgres -v TaskMaxAgeInDays=10 -v EventMaxAgeInDays=10 -v StatMaxAgeInDays=10 -d VCDB -t -q -f /tmp/2110031_Postgres_task_event_stat.sql


In example , 10 days.

Change / Connect to a different database

Connect to a different database on the same or another Microsoft SQL Server instance.

%PROGRAMFILES%\Veeam\Backup and Replication\Backup 
Veeam.Backup.DBConfig.exe

If the database does not exist, it will be created on the selected server.

It can take several minutes before it is finished, so be patient :)

How To Remove Expired Trial Licenses

Your Veeam Agent for Windows trial license has expired 

Your Veeam Agent for Linux trial license has expired. 

Licenses has been removed succesfuly by running the following commands.

Veeam.Backup.Manager.exe -removelicense vaw

Veeam.Backup.Manager.exe -removelicense val

Lenovo VMware Update Manager (VUM) Repository

Lenovo VMware Update Manager (VUM) Repository is available at: https://vmware.lenovo.com/content

This is a one-stop repository that provides access to Lenovo developed bundles along with device drivers that are part of the Lenovo Customized VMware images. These bundles and associated vibs can be used with VMware applications and tools like VMware Update Manager (VUM), ESXCLI & PowerCLI.
To learn more about these tools, refer to the VMware documentation.
When configuring VMware Update Manager, choose the URL that is appropriate for your systems from the table below. In most cases, selecting the “Latest” location is sufficient and provides accumulative updates for all ESXi versions on all systems:

• https://vmware.lenovo.com/content/latest_index/index.xml (for System x and ThinkSystem)

• https://vmware.lenovo.com/content/latest_thinkserver/index.xml (for ThinkServer)