Challenge
If, between the runs of a backup policy for a VM, a virtual disk is removed and added back to that same VM, data blocks belonging to that disk may be deleted from the backups during the retention process. This can lead to a data loss scenario.
Impacted Product Versions:
Veeam Backup for AWS — 6.0.0.335 | 6.1.0.25
Veeam Backup for Microsoft Azure — 5.0.0.579 | 5.1.0.63
Veeam Backup for Google Cloud — 4.0.0.1072
Solution
To address this issue, Veeam has released updated appliances which are available via the Veeam Updater component.
It is advised to install this update immediately.
This issue was resolved starting with the following build numbers:
Veeam Backup for AWS — 6.0.2.3 | 6.1.2.3
Veeam Backup for Microsoft Azure — 5.0.0.607 | 5.1.0.75
Veeam Backup for Google Cloud — 4.0.0.1080
If the AWS Plug-In for Veeam Backup & Replication is installed on the Veeam Backup Server, please also install the latest version of the plug-in. The Plug-In build number associated with this resolution is:
AWS Plug-In for Veeam Backup & Replication 12.2.6.5
