vTPM NBD vs. direct SAN

[Max_IT]

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Hi,
This relates to vTPM / which forces encryption / which then prevents Veeam being able to use storage snapshots and in our case 25GbE access to the san. We are now pulling these backups over the vmware management network (1GbE)

We are struggling now we have moved some large (5TB database servers) to Server 2022. 2022 and W11 both require a vTPM(OS requirement) issued from VC. This has blown out our backups to no end with the nightly (synthetic full) now taking about 8 hours (up from 15 mins on the non encrypted 2012) and an active full being close to 15 hours (up from 58mins on 2012) .

Does Veeam have a solution for this longer term as this is going to get more and more unmanageable as we move to VMs that require vTPM.

[HannesK]

Hello,
and welcome to the forums.

Only HotAdd and NBD are supported with encrypted VMs. That's a VMware requirement and we cannot work around that.

Best regards,
Hannes
PS: I have a Windows 2022 without vTPM in my lab.

[Origin 2000]

Windows 2022 doesnt need a vTPM.