Challenge
Backup Job for a physical server using Veeam Agent for Windows displays the following warning:Collecting recovery media files Details: This access control list is not in canonical form and therefore cannot be modified.
Solution
To resolve this issue a modification must be performed within the registry of the Windows OS being backed up by Veeam Agent for Windows.
- Open Registry Editor (Run: regedit)
- Navigate to HKLM\SOFTWARE\Veeam\Veeam Endpoint Backup\
- Add a New>String Value
- Name it RecoveryImageTempPath
- Set the value data to be C:\Temp
- Restart the Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows service (PowerShell: Restart-Service -Name VeeamEndpointBackupSvc )