Windows 11 update breaks Veeam recovery, causes connection errors

Microsoft and Veeam are investigating a known issue that triggers connection errors on Windows 11 24H2 systems when restoring from Veeam Recovery Media. These recovery problems affect users trying to restore data from media created on devices running Windows 11 24H2 (build 26100.3194) or higher. While the root cause behind the issue is unknown, Veeam says that the most likely cause is a change within the KB5051987 Windows 11 24H2 February update. On impacted systems, the Veeam Agent for Windows will display network connection failures when attempting to restore files from a Veeam Backup & Replication backup server or an SMB network share. "Connection problems. Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation. Failed to establish connection: no valid IP addresses were found. Unable to establish authenticated dient-server connection. A call to SSPI failed, see inner exception. The Local Security Authority cannot be contacted," the error says when trying to recover data from a ... Read full article.