Now you’re less likely to miss what’s been brewing in our knowledge base with this weekly digest
This article documents antivirus exclusions that may be created to reduce the impact that antivirus software has on the functionality of Veeam Backup & Replication. These antivirus exclusions may be applied to the Windows built-in antivirus or third-party antivirus software.
Note: Antivirus will not always cause Veeam Backup & Replication functions to fail; antivirus software may also negatively impact performance.
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Veeam\Veeam Backup Catalog\
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Veeam\Veeam NFS\
If either Application-Aware Processing or Guest File System Indexing are enabled, the following folders will be used:
On SQL Servers, when SQL Server Transaction Log Backup is enabled, the following folder will be used:
When restoring files to the original machine or a different machine, the following folders are used:
Due to the high variability in how each Security solution operates and may be configured, some Linux Administrators may find that no exclusions are needed. Yet others may find that their security policies may necessitate specific exclusions. With that in mind, we strongly encourage Linux administrators to review their security software's logging closely when issues occur and adjust rules/policies accordingly.
Veeam Support has observed that the most common issues occur when Antivirus has been configured to tightly secure the /tmp/ directory, which in turn causes conflicts with Veeam's use of the path /tmp/Veeam/ . For example, a Veeam Agent for Linux backup job may display the error "POSIX: Failed to open file [/dev/veeamimage1]." This error can be misleading at first as the path shown in the error does not appear related to /tmp/Veeam/, but in fact,/dev/veeamimage is symlinked to /tmp/Veeam/{guid}/
Below is a preliminary list of folders and executables that Veeam Support has identified:
Your feedback has been received and will be reviewed.
Please try again later.
Please try select less.
This form is only for KB Feedback/Suggestions, if you need help with the software open a support case
Your feedback has been received and will be reviewed.