If Microsoft Exchange must be kept frozen for a longer period than the allowed one, Veeam Backup & Replication automatically fails over to the persistent VSS snapshot mechanism. To overcome this limitation, Veeam Backup & Replication uses the persistent VSS snapshots technology for backup of Microsoft Exchange VMs. The VSS processing timeout is a common problem for highly transactional applications such as Microsoft Exchange. Outlook 2016 for Mac uses a SQLite database in the /Users/username/Library/Group Containers/UBF8T346G9.Office/Outlook/Outlook 15 Profiles folder. If the Microsoft VSS writer keeps application data frozen longer than this period, a VSS processing timeout occurs, and Veeam Backup & Replication fails to create a transaction-consistent backup of the VM. Find a Veeam Accredited Service Partnerįor Microsoft SQL, Exchange, Active Directory and SharePoint, Veeam Backup & Replication™ creates application-consistent, image-level backups by leveraging VSS, ensuring successful recovery of business-critical applications and services and allowing for application-specific restore scenarios.Īccording to Microsoft limitations, applications cannot be kept frozen longer than for 60 seconds (20 seconds for Microsoft Exchange).Alliance Partner Integrations & Qualifications.Veeam Backup & Replication Community Edition.
