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veeam backup copy failed "secondary destination is currently unavailable" for hours

A secondary destination unavailable for hours is a target-side outage or a severed path, and the copy job will keep failing until it clears: check the target repository or cloud connect service state, the WAN or network path between sites, and whether the target is in a maintenance mode or out of space. Use when a Vee…

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veeam restore failed "stopped by job error: failed to open disk for read"

Failed to open disk for read during a restore means the backup file's disk image cannot be read at the repository or through the mount path: check the restore point's health with a backup file validation, confirm the repository is online with free space for the restore working files, and verify no other job has the ba…

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SQL Server backup failed "operating system error 5 access is denied" writing to share

Operating system error 5 is the SQL Server service account being denied on the share: the account that runs SQL Server, not your interactive account, needs write access to both the share permissions and the underlying folder permissions. Use when a SQL Server backup job writing to a UNC network share. Not for a share …

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Velero restore failed "pod volume backup failed: snapshot is in failed state"

The pod volume snapshot underneath the restore is in a failed state, so the namespace metadata restores but the volume data cannot: inspect the pod volume backup objects for the failed snapshot, read the uploader's error for that volume, and fix its cause, commonly a full repository, a locked snapshot, or a node that …

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Velero backup failed "backup storage location is unavailable" error

The backup storage location is unavailable means Velero cannot use the object store it points at: check the location's phase and the underlying bucket's reachability and credentials from the cluster, including whether the bucket was moved, the credentials rotated, or the provider plugin's configuration drifted. Use wh…

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Nakivo restore failed "failed to create target VM: datastore is inaccessible"

The target datastore being inaccessible at restore time is a host-side storage condition: check the datastore's state on the target host in the hypervisor, whether it is mounted, its free space, and whether a storage event, a lost LUN or an NFS outage, made it vanish after the job was configured. Use when a Nakivo res…

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Google Backup and DR backup failed "appliance is not reachable" error for VMware VM

The management console cannot reach the backup and DR appliance, so every job for its VMs fails at the same door: check the appliance's power and service state, its network path to the console and to the hosts, and whether a certificate or version change broke the connection after an update. Use when a Google Backup a…

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Azure Backup failed "extension installation failed with code 0x80070005" for VM snapshot

Error 0x80070005 is access denied inside the guest: the Azure VM agent cannot install or run the backup extension because of in-guest permissions, a locked-down extension path, or security software blocking the extension's binaries. Use when an Azure Backup job protecting an Azure VM with the snapshot extension. Not f…

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AWS Backup restore failed "invalid parameter value for member account" error

The member account parameter the restore passes is being rejected because the restore is running from the wrong account context or targeting an account that has not accepted the shared setup: restores of shared or copied recovery points must be executed with the correct account relationship, and the recovery point's v…

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AWS Backup job failed "backup vault does not exist" error in cross-account copy

The destination vault name in the copy rule does not exist in the destination account, or the copy is looking in the wrong region: vaults are per account and per region, so a copy rule written before the vault was created, or pointing at a vault deleted later, fails every job with this error. Use when an AWS Backup pl…

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Cohesity restore failed "failed to register VM with the hypervisor" error

Registration is where the restored VM meets the hypervisor's rules: check the target host or cluster, datastore space and permissions, and name collisions with an existing VM of the same name. Use when a Cohesity recovery restoring a VM to its hypervisor. Not for a restore whose data copy itself failed earlier, where …

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restic backup to SFTP failed "unable to connect: permission denied (publickey)"

Permission denied publickey means the SFTP server refused the key the restic process offers: confirm which key file the backup's user context loads, that the matching public key is in the server account's authorised keys, and that file permissions on the key and the server-side file satisfy the SSH server's strict che…

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Rubrik backup job failed "snapshot creation failed for virtual machine" error

Snapshot creation failing for a VM is a hypervisor-side conversation first: check the VM's snapshot state in vSphere, free space on its datastore, and whether a stale snapshot or a locked disk from an earlier job is blocking a new one. Use when a Rubrik protection job backing up VMware virtual machines. Not for a VM w…

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Commvault IntelliSnap backup failed "snapshot creation failed: array is offline"

The array is offline from IntelliSnap's point of view, which usually means the array's management state, the snapshot engine's view of it, or the connectivity between the MediaAgent and the array: check the array's status in the Commvault array management view, refresh the array's credentials and connectivity, and con…

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