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A Restore to Amazon EC2 fails with the error: Failed to validate machine <name>: Cannot find a suitable image for restored machine.
The default list of Windows Images that Veeam Backup & Replication attempts to reference contains images that were recently removed from AWS.
To resolve this issue in Veeam Backup & Replication versions 11/11a/12, create the following registry value on the Veeam Backup Server: Key Location: HKLM\SOFTWARE\Veeam\Veeam Backup and ReplicationValue Name: AmazonDefaultWindowsImageValue Type: Multi-String Value (REG_MULTI_SZ)Value Data: <see code block below> Tip: Hover over the code block and click the copy button in the top-right corner.
Example of correct registry value configuration:
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