Welcome back to the Veeam Vault, where we dive deep into the latest and greatest updates from Veeam. It’s been a while since our last edition, but with some important releases over the past few weeks and months, it’s time to open up the Vault once again! In this edition, we’ll cover the latest updates for Veeam Backup & Replication 9.5 Update 4b, Veeam ONE Update 4a, as well as some supportability announcements.

Let’s start with the big one – Veeam Backup & Replication 9.5 Update 4b. This update was released in July and brings a number of important fixes to common support issues, as well as platform supportability milestones. If you haven’t moved onto 4b yet, it’s worth getting there as soon as possible. You’ll need to be on at least 9.0 Update 2 (build 9.0.0.1715) or later prior to installing this update. After a successful upgrade, your build number will be 9.5.4.2866.

Next up is Veeam ONE 9.5 Update 4a, which was released in early September. This update brings similar platform supportability to Backup & Replication as well as a number of fixes. You can find all the details in the VeeamKB.

Update 4b is a cumulative update, meaning it includes all enhancements delivered as part of Update 4a. There are also a number of fixes specifically for Veeam Cloud & Service Providers that offer Cloud Connect services. For the full change log, please see this topic on the private VCSP forum.

Moving on to Veeam Availability Console v3 (build 2762), we’ve just released Update 3, which contains a number of important fixes and enhancements. The VeeamKB lists out all the resolved issues, but here are the main ones:

* A bug found in the stored procedure that generates automated monthly license usage reports for Cloud Connect Replication VMs, which displays an unexpected number of replicated VMs and licensed instances. This has been throwing off some VCSP license usage reporting. If VCSPs were using the PowerShell command Get-VBRCloudTenant -Name “TenantName”, the correct information is returned.

* An issue where the Availability Console web interface would sometimes fail to load, resulting in a blank page being displayed.

* A problem where the console would occasionally freeze or become unresponsive during backup or replication operations.

To fix these issues, we recommend updating all VAC installations as soon as possible. As a reminder, don’t forget to ensure you have a backup of the VAC server before applying the update. You can find more information on how to update VAC in the VeeamKB.

Finally, we have a number of platform supportability announcements to share. At VMworld 2019, we announced that we now have a patch available that allows us to support restores into NSX-T for VMware Cloud on AWS SDDCs environments. This also means that NSX-T is supported on all vSphere environments. The patch will be baked into the next major release of Backup & Replication.

Additionally, we’re excited to announce that the Dell EMC SC storage plug-in is now available for VCSPs who leverage SCs in their Service Provider platforms. This allows for a performance advantage by offloading data transfer of backup and replication jobs to the storage layer, introducing a fast and efficient way to allow the Veeam backup proxy to move data to a Veeam backup repository.

And that’s it for this edition of the Veeam Vault! We hope you found these updates and announcements helpful and informative. As always, we appreciate your feedback and look forward to hearing from you in the comments below. Until next time, stay tuned for more exciting news and updates from Veeam!