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Problems after hardware change

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Hi, I've had VEB running successfully for a few weeks (and also at home!).
Recently I have had a complete change of hardware, by imaging my old HD onto a new system (plus some tweaks).
Also, around the same time the repository I was using (which is a Veeam Server repository, on a Windows 2012 R2 server which is a Veeam proxy) crashed.
So I am trying to start from scratch again, starting a new chain of restore points on a new repository. However, even though I've done the configuration on VEB it continues to fail. I have even uninstalled and reinstalled a brand new copy of VEB, but it seems as though it might still be remembering the old backups?
Or might it be a permissions problem? I can't find any helpful errors, either on the Veeam server or on my PC which might help indicate what's going wrong.
Is there an easy way to start again from scratch?
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Re: Problems after hardware change

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Hello Bob,
Is there any particular error you get while backing up to the said repository is running?
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No - I can't find any errors anywhere. On the VEB screen it just shows 'Backup is in progress 0%' for a minute or so, and then 'Waiting for the next retry'.
Is there a log tucked away in a folder somewhere that I can look at?
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Bob,
You can open a case via Endpoint’s Control Panel > Support: once the case is created we automatically get a portion of logs loaded to support team.
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Thanks - done that.
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Bob,
Can you post the case ID here so the techs can follow along.

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Of course - 01016065
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Just to update the thread - according to our support engineer, the original issue was caused by connectivity/firewall problems as the target or host machine actively refused connection and VEB couldn't transfer backup data to the repository.
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Sorry this has been on hold - it is the start of our academic year and there has been too much other stuff going on.
The repository is not a windows share, so I'm not sure how my PC can talk to it, except using the Veeam transport protocols.
There are no firewalls in place - we don't use them for internal facing servers or clients.
There is MS Endpoint Protection on both, but I don't suspect this.
Since B&R can use this repository fine, I'm puzzled to see how my PC cannot.
Permission is set on our B&R server rather than on the Repository server.
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Bob, thanks for getting back. As far as I see your ticket is going to be closed due to no response after the follow-up email. It would be helpful if you could inform your support engineer that connectivity is fine to the repository.
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I copied text both to support and Forum . .
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Re: Problems after hardware change

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Bob,
While the support team is still investigating, may ask if the backup to very same repository but set as Shared folder destination works instead? Thanks
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It isn't at the moment a shared folder, but I could create a share on the server and try a CIFS connection?
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Yes, the reason why I am asking – to be precise that VBR is not involved.
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Further info.
I have now looked more closely at our B&R server, which shows that the backups were going fine to this server Server35V up until the date when my HD was cloned onto a new HD in a new box. I can still see all the previous restore points, and can go in to restore from them. They are all in Backups/Disk (imported) rather than in backups/disk which is where I expected them to be?
I'm still guessing that there was a change in the HD GUID or something??
I am tempted to remove these from backups, to (perhaps) force another full backup?
I am reluctant to change to fileshare backups, now I am convinced that it was working to this respository until a few weeks ago.
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Re: Problems after hardware change

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Support suggested a few tweaks (including registry) to really clear out all the old junk and force a new start. It is now working fine.
Many thanks for suggestions on the forum, and especially to support for this help for what is, after all, a free product!
One happy customer.
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Re: Problems after hardware change

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Support team keeps on rocking. I’ll share your feedback with the team – they’ll be happy to hear! Thank you Bob!
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