Welcome to the very first edition of my “Lessi Learned” Newsletter!
Wondering about the title? It is a play on ‘lessons learned’ and my nickname, Lessi.” 🙂
Here you’ll find a mix of news, insights, and random discoveries from the ever-evolving world of Veeam — sprinkled with a few personal takes and tech tidbits I stumble across along the way.
The plan is to publish every two weeks… although, as we all know, “plans” tend to compete with work, family, and the occasional spare-time adventure. Let’s see how that goes — and let’s learn something along the way together!
Newsflash
Halloveeam 2025
Join us on October 30th for an epic showdown between good data and evil code in our cinematic event that blends action, tech, and a good dose of geeky fun.
The Veeam team had a lot of fun creating this mini-movie — and now it’s your turn to enjoy it.
Grab your (virtual) popcorn, secure your seat, and REGISTER today!
Excited? Enjoy a peek behind the scenes!
Veeam Plug-In for SAP HANA
Are you using the Veeam Plug-in for SAP HANA? Then this might be something you don’t want to miss — it’s easy to overlook!
The current version of the plug-in does not support RHEL 9.5.
However, earlier versions — and even RHEL 9.6 — are supported.
You can find the full compatibility details in the Veeam Help Center, as always.
A small version detail, but one that can save you a lot of troubleshooting time.
- Veeam Plug-In for SAP HANA – Standalone Mode – System Requirements for x64 Linux
- Veeam Plug-In for SAP HANA – Standalone Mode – System Requirements for Linux on Power
- Veeam Plug-In for SAP HANA – Managed Mode – System Requirements
Hypervisor Support
Anton Gostev recently shared some exciting updates on LinkedIn.
Veeam is rolling out support for new hypervisors, and the first results are already here! Support for Scale Computing SC//HyperCore is now live, while the XCP-ng integration has reached public beta—interestingly, it also seems to work with XenServer.
Support for Scale Computing SC//HyperCore is now live, while the XCP-ng integration has reached public beta—interestingly, it also seems to work with XenServer.
Interested? Check out the XCP-ng public beta here: https://lnkd.in/dfCVaC3Q
But there is more! According to Anton, the HPE VM Essentials integration is already in progress!
Patch your systems!
Keeping your environment up to date is crucial. Here are the key updates from the past few days:
Lessons learned
My lessons learned this week:
take care if you use S3-compatible repositories for Unstructured Data and Entra ID Log backup jobs (whether primary, secondary, or archive).
Starting with v12.3.1, S3-compatible repositories are created by default with the “Create new buckets automatically” option enabled. Sounds convenient, right? Well, not for these special workloads, because Multi-Bucket repositories are not supported.
The solution is simple but crucial:
if you plan to use an S3-compatible repository for Unstructured Data or Entra ID Log backups, make sure to disable the “Create new buckets automatically” option when creating the repository. Once it’s set, you can’t change it—otherwise, that repository simply won’t work for these jobs.
Lesson learned: defaults are great… until they aren’t 😉
Feature of the day
In this issue, I’d like to highlight one of my favorite — and often overlooked — features in Veeam Data Cloud for M365: Mass Mailbox Restore.
When restoring a large number of mailboxes, data volume and restore times can quickly become challenging.
This feature provides a simple but powerful optimization: it restores the newest items first.
By activating Mass Mailbox Restore in the Advanced Settings, you can define how far back “recent” should reach — for example, restore only the last three days of emails first.
This allows users to resume work quickly, while older data is restored in the background.
A small checkbox, a big impact.
Thanks for reading
Congrats, you made it to the end! 🎉
Got feedback or something you want to see in the next edition? Leave a comment, write me on X (@lessi001) or connect at LinkedIn.