I’m currently on the first leg over from Perth to San Fransisco where I’ll head down to Silicon Valley to present at Cloud Field Day 5. This will be my first Tech Field Day event which some may find surprising given my involvement in and around the virtualisation community prior to joining Veeam. I often […] Read More
Quick Fix: Upgrading to vCloud Director 9.7 fails During Database Script Updates
While looking to upgrade one of my vCloud Director instances I came across an error during the database upgrade process which is the second step of updating vCloud Director from version to version. I must admit, it the eight to nine years of using vCloud Director, this was the first time that had an error […] Read More
Update 4 for Service Providers – Targeting vCloud Director with Cloud Connect Replication
When Veeam Backup & Replication 9.5 Update 4 went Generally Available in late January I posted a What’s in it for Service Providers blog. In that post I briefly outlined all the new features and enhancements in Update 4 as it related to our Veeam Cloud and Service Providers. As mentioned each new major feature […] Read More
Quick Fix – Incompatible Veeam Backup for Office 365 Server Version
This week Veeam dropped version 3.0 of Backup for Microsoft Office 365, which represents another significant update to the SaaS backup platform and builds on the previous 2.0 and 1.5 releases. For a quick look at some of the highlights, head to my fellow Technologist, Niels Engelen blog post for an overview. Like many out […] Read More
Quick Post – vCloud Director 9.5.0.3 Released as Critical Update
Late last week, on the same day as vCloud Director 9.7 was released to GA, an update was also released for vCloud Director 9.5.x which has been marked are critical. Specifically it relates to a vulnerability in previous vCloud Director 9.5.x with identifier CVE-2019-5523. Ironically this threat targets the new Tenant and Provider Portals. VMware […] Read More
VCSP Important Notice: 9.5 Update 4a Is Out with Fixes and Platform Supportability
Yesterday Update 4a for Veeam Backup & Replication 9.5 (Build 9.5.4.2753) was made available for download to all Veeam customers and partners. This build updates the GA code and is a cumulative hotfixes rollup that resolves a number of issues from the initial release. There is also enhanced platform support, most significantly initial readiness for […] Read More
Top vBlog 2018: Thoughts, Notable Representation and Thanks
Last week the Top vBlog for 2018 where announced based on votes cast late last year on content delivered in 2017. Similar to last year Eric Siebert continued the new voting mechanisms that delivers a more palatable outcome for all who where involved. The mix of public votes and points based on number of posts […] Read More
Quick Post – vCloud Director 9.5.0.2 Released
While we wait for the upcoming release of vCloud Director 9.7 next month (after the covers where torn off the next release in a blog post last week by the vCloud Team), VMware have released a new build (9.5.0.2 Build 12810511) of vCloud Director 9.5 that contains a number of resolved issues and is a […] Read More
Update 4 for Service Providers – Extending Backup Repositories to Object Storage with Cloud Tier
When Veeam Backup & Replication 9.5 Update 4 went Generally Available in late January I posted a What’s in it for Service Providers blog. In that post I briefly outlined all the new features and enhancements in Update 4 as it related to our Veeam Cloud and Service Providers. As mentioned each new major feature […] Read More
First Look – Runecast Adding Support for VMware HCL
Two years ago at the 2017 Sydney and Melbourne UserCons, I spent time with a couple of the founders of Runecast, Stanimir Markov and Ched Smokovic and got to know a little more about their real time analytics platform for VMware based infrastructure. Fast forward to today and Runecast have continued to build on the their initial […] Read More