0x80004005 Unspecified error while restoring an Exchange mailbox to a PST file
While using Veeam Backup & Replication 9.5 to export an Exchange mailbox to a PST file I encountered the following error: Unspecified error 0x80004005 Description: Unspecified error (Source: MAPIInitialize) Office 2013 64bit is installed on the server as required and…
New Veeam replication job fails with error: The operation is not allowed in the current state.
I have created a new replication job in Veeam Backup & Replication 9.5 (update 4) that is set to run after another job (to store an off-site replica of a web server at the DR site). The initial backup job…

Veeam Backup & Replication – exclude SQL databases from application-aware processing
There are some SQL databases in our environment that have log shipping enabled. When the Veeam backup job runs, with application-aware processing enabled, it truncates the logs which upsets the log shipping. I have been asked by our DBA if…
Veeam Backup & Replication – Cannot use tape Tape 1: unknown media (possibly in use by another application)
One of my tape jobs in Veeam Backup & Replication has failed with the following error: Cannot use tape Tape 1: unknown media (possibly in use by another application) The tape in the drive was previously used by Symantec BackupExec. …

Veeam Backup & Replication job failed with warning – vmdk size changed
Yesterday I increased the size of a disk on a VM and today the backup job failed with a warning: Disk [DataStore1] Server1/Server1.vmdk size changed. Changed block tracking is disabled. This was because I didn’t rescan the vCenter server within…