Last week, Patch 1 was released for Veeam Service Provider Console v4 which brings the build to 4.0.0.4911. Contained in this patch is a number of enhancements and resolved issue that cover monitoring and reporting, licenses, server fixes, agent fixes and there are also a number of resolved issues relating to both included RESTful API versions […] Read More
Improving the Upgrade and Patching Experience with Veeam
In todays application centric world, upgrading software has almost become a non-event. We have gotten used to instant upgrades that just work without having to think twice or worry about something going wrong. Though it must be said that no upgrade is without risk, it’s clear that customers now demand the ability to be be […] Read More
Quick Post – Backup & Replication v10 Certified for vSAN 7 Data Protection
VMware still represents a strong focus for the foundation of our core platform supportability. VMware workloads are still easily the most protected workloads by Veeam Backup & Replication. In addition to that, we have also always been aligned with VMware vSAN, having offered deep backup awareness since the release of Backup & Replication 9.5. We […] Read More
v11 VeeamON Enhancements In Focus
During the VeeamON 2020 Technical Session we previewed new features and enhancements across our platform. I posted a quick review covering the platform updates around Backup for AWS, Backup for Microsoft Office 365 and Availability Orchestrator. In that review I touched on the Backup & Replication features and enhancements but didn’t go into any great […] Read More
VeeamON 2020 – My Top 5 On Demand Sessions… Available Now!
VeeamON has come and gone for another year but for those that might not have been able to virtually attend last week, the VeeamON Virtual Online Platform will be up and running for some time yet. This means you can still catch all of the sessions On Demand as well as the General and Technical […] Read More
HashiConf Digital – Top Session Picks
HashiConf Digital gets underway shortly and will offer three days of technical sessions and workshops attracting an estimated 6000 attendees from around the world and is open to all. My faith in virtual conferences was restored last week with a well executed VeeamON conference, so i’m looking forward to attending a few sessions virtually to […] Read More
VeeamON 2020 – Technical Session Recap and Product Announcements
This morning the VeeamON 2020 Technical Session was held, and while we where not able to be physically presenting this from a main stage at The Aria in Las Vegas, Danny Allan and Anton Gostev where able to deliver ninety minutes of technology goodness which was watched by many thousands of people online. This year […] Read More
Quick Fix – VCSA Low DB Storage Space Warning
I had a situation earlier this week where the VMware SDK/API service was being reported as offline. I was triggered by some failed backup jobs which made me check to see what could be causing the problem. Logging into the VCSA Management UI, I was presented with the following warning in the Health Status. File […] Read More
Quick and Easy Hosting with Amazon Lightsail
I’ve written before about how AWS offers complex simplicity when it comes to its plethora of service offerings. Without some education, the average user isn’t going to be able to login, create an instance and have an application configured without some prior knowledge. There is a lot of implied learning of AWS’s console and service […] Read More
First Thoughts – VMware Cloud Director Service
One of the early benefits of being part fo the vExpert Cloud Provider subprogram, was that we where given a chance to get a first look and use of Cloud Director Service. This is basically hosted vCloud Director for VMware Cloud on AWS. These days we are dropping the little v from VMware Cloud Director […] Read More