Couldn’t agree a key exchange algorithm (available: ecdh-sha2-nistp256,ecdh-sha2-nistp384,ecdh-sha2-nistp521, diffie-hellman-group16-sha512,diffie-hellman-group18-sha512,)

Situation; When using Putty to access VMware ESX1 v7, you may receive this message: Couldn’t agree a key exchange algorithm (available: ecdh-sha2-nistp256,ecdh-sha2-nistp384,ecdh-sha2-nistp521, diffie-hellman-group16-sha512,diffie-hellman-group18-sha512,).

Resolution: The old version putty Couldn’t agree a key exchange algorithm. To resolve this issue, download PuTTy to a version to 0.65 or later from http://www.putty.org/.

Veeam: [Failed] Backup Configuration Job – Error Moving configuration backup to repository

Situation: The client uses Veeam to backup their Hyper-V MV. They get this message: [Failed] Backup Configuration Job – Error Moving configuration backup to repository.

Resolution: Scheduling Configuration Backups and enable Encryption by following these steps.

  1. From the main menu, click on Configuration Backup.
2. Make sure that the Enable configuration backup to the following repository and Encrypt configuration backup are checked.

3. Make sure the user has permissions to access the Backup repository.

4. Click Backup now to test it.

5. It could be the connection issue. In one case, the client schedule to save backup configuration file at 10 AM. This is busy time. They fix the problem by change the schedule to 6:30 PM. 

 

Veeam: [Failed] Backup Configuration Job – Encryption is disabled, credentials will not be included in the backup

Situation: The client uses Veeam to backup their Hyper-V MV. They get this message: [Failed] Backup Configuration Job -Encryption is disabled, credentials will not be included in the backup.

Resolution: Scheduling Configuration Backups and enable Encryption by following these steps.

  1. From the main menu, click on Configuration Backup.
2. Make sure that the Enable configuration backup to the following repository and Encrypt configuration backup are checked.

3. Make sure the user has permissions to access the Backup repository.

4. Click Backup now to test it.