Managing What You Backup Through the Portal with Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365
Most of the time, a full organization backup fits the needs of most users. However, there are times when you need to select specific mailboxes and groups to back up. Through the backup portal, selecting exactly what you need is made easy. First, it may help to check what you are currently backing up. If […]
(401) Unauthorized – Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 Errors
Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 provides support for backing up SharePoint Online sites, but currently does not support Microsoft Loop SharePoint sites. If you are attempting to backup a Microsoft Loop SharePoint site, you may receive the “(401) Unauthorized” error. In this case, your best course of action is to exclude the Microsoft Loop site […]
Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 may not backup OneNote notebooks larger than 2 GB
If you use Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 to back up your data, you should be aware that it may not be able to backup OneNote notebooks that are larger than 2 GB. This can be a problem if you have important information stored in your OneNote notebooks that needs to be backed up. Here […]
Veeam for Microsoft 365 “Item may have a virus reported by the virus scanner plug-in” warning
Veeam will report when an “Item may have a virus reported by the virus scanner plug-in.” This warning is caused when Veeam for M365 attempts to backup an item that the built-in Microsoft 365 virus protection has flagged as possibly being infected. If you were to attempt to download the file that is reporting the […]
Veeam for Microsoft 365 “User ‘USERNAME’ does not have a valid Microsoft 365 license with SharePoint plan enabled” Warning
If a user is set to back up a SharePoint but doesn’t have a SharePoint plan, you’ll start seeing warnings pop up in your Veeam for Microsoft 365 backups. There are two options for resolving the “User ‘USERNAME’ does not have a valid Microsoft 365 license with SharePoint plan enabled” warning. Option 1: Contact Microsoft […]
Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 “Failed to find group owner account” error and how to resolve it
The “Failed to find group owner account” error occurs when a Microsoft 365 group does not have an assigned owner. To fix this error, you can follow these steps: Additional information can be found in the Veeam Article KB3105 Source: https://www.managecast.com/veeam-m365-failed-to-find-group-owner-account-error-and-how-to-resolve-it/
What are the Veeam M365 OneDrive was not found/ Personal site was not found warnings and how to resolve or exclude?
Veeam will only backup user OneDrive and Personal site’s only when they have an assigned license. Veeam will present a warning if the Microsoft account does not have a OneDrive or Personal site enabled. You can exclude the Site/OneDrive in Veeam with the following steps depending on how you have set up your backups: 1. […]
Veeam for Microsoft 365: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
Recently, we have seen an increase in the number of jobs failing with the error message: Object reference not set to an instance of an object. Typically, when a large number of jobs start failing with the same error messages it indicates a backend change from Microsoft is the cause. We’ve opened a Veeam support case […]
Veeam M365 “Cannot change web part export mode to ‘All’, because custom scripting is disabled for site” Warnings
When setting up your Veeam for Microsoft 365 backups, you may select to backup WebParts. If Custom Scripts are not enabled, you will likely run into the warning “Cannot change web part export mode to ‘All’, because custom scripting is disabled for site.” By default, both the “Allow users to run custom script on personal […]
Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 SharePoint “The remote server returned an error: (429)”
The nuisance error, “The remote server returned an error: (429)” in Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 indicates that you have exceeded the request rate limit imposed by Microsoft. This occurs when too many requests are made to Microsoft within a specific time frame. We commonly see this during the initial Veeam for M365 backup and […]