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Veeam | kb4529
OneDrive backup job fails with "Download request retry timeout exceeded"
Last update date:
2/16/2024
Affected products:
Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365
Affected releases:
7.0
Fixed releases:
No fixed releases provided.
Description:
Challenge
OneDrive backup jobs may fail while processing a OneNote file with the error: Failed to backup item: %path%, Download request retry timeout exceeded.
Cause
Changes to the Microsoft 365 backend may result in some OneNote notebooks becoming unavailable for download, which impacts the request Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 uses to back up OneNote notebooks. It was preliminarily confirmed by Microsoft that a root cause has been identified and will be remediated in a future release. We anticipate updating this knowledge base article in Q2, 2024, to reflect these changes.
Solution
An intermediary solution to skip these affected files has been included in the latest Cumulative Patch for: Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 7 - Cumulative Patch 7.0.0.4901 (P20240123) Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 7a - Cumulative Patch 7.1.0.1501 (P20240123)
More Information
Disable Warnings (Optional) With the latest cumulative patch installed, the job will perform retries for the affected OneNote items, and warnings will be logged in the job status. The following instructions may be implemented to hide the warnings and disable the retries for items affected by the issue described in this KB.Note: This will disable retries for OneNote notebooks affected by this specific issue — other issues that require a retry will trigger a retry as expected. On the Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 server and each proxy server, perform the following: Stop the Veeam Backup Proxy for Microsoft 365 Service service. Edit the Proxy.xml file located here: C:\ProgramData\Veeam\Backup365\Proxy.xml With the Proxy.xml file, add the following line under the <Archiver> section:
