Earlier this week Update 3a (Build 9.5.1922) for Veeam Backup & Replication was made generally available. This release doesn’t contain any major new features or enhancements but does add support for a number of key platforms. Importantly for our Cloud and Service Providers Update 3a extends our support for vSphere vSphere 6.7, vSphere 6.5 Update […] Read More
Adding Let’s Encrypt SSL Certificate to vCloud Director Keystore
For the longest time the configuring of vCloud Director’s SSL certificate keystore has been the thing that makes vCD admins shudder. There are lots of posts on the process…some good…some not so good. I even have a post from way back in 2012 about fronting vCD with a Citrix NetScaler and if I am honest, I […] Read More
Quick Tip: Let’s Encrypt ACME Powershell Ownership Challenge Can’t see Challenge Data
I’m currently going through the process of acquiring a new Let’s Encrypt free SSL Certificate against a new domain I registered. For a great overview of what Let’s Encrypt is and what is can do for you, head over to Luca Dell’Oca’s blog here. I was following Luca’s instructions for getting the new domain authorised […] Read More
Released: vCloud Director 9.1.0.1 – API Tweaks and Resolved Issues
There was a point release of vCloud Director 9.1 (9.1.0.1 Build 8825802) released last week, bringing with it an updated Java Runtime plus new API functions that allow additional configuration of advanced settings for virtual machines. There was also a number of bug fixes from the initial 9.1 release earlier in the year. Some of the […] Read More
Released: Veeam Availability Console Update 1
Today, Veeam Availability Console Update 1 (Build 2.0.2.1750) was released. This update improves on our multi-tenant service provider management and reporting platform that is provided free to VCSPs. VAC acts as a central portal for Veeam Cloud and Service Providers to remotely manage and monitor customer instances of Backup & Replication including the ability to monitor […] Read More
Installing and Managing Veeam Agent for Linux with Backup & Replication
With the release of Update 3 of Veeam Backup & Replication we introduced the ability to manage agent from within the console. This was for both our Windows and Linux agents and aimed to add increased levels of manageability and control when deploying agents in larger enterprise type environments. For an overview of the features […] Read More
vBrownBag TechTalks at VMworld 2018 – The Power to Catapult!
VMworld 2018 is fast approaching and in the last 24 hours, notifications where sent out to those lucky enough to have their session submissions accepted. Having been on the wrong side of that email multiple times I understand the disappointment that comes with not having a session accepted. The great news about VMworld is that […] Read More
Using Terraform to Deploy and Configure a Ready to use Backup Repo into an AWS VPC
A month of so ago I wrote a post on deploying Veeam Powered Network into an AWS VPC as a way to extend the VPC network to a remote site to leverage a Veeam Linux Repository running as an EC2 instance. During the course of deploying that solution I came across a lot of little […] Read More
Quick Look – Backing up AWS Workloads with Cloud Protection Manager from N2WS
Earlier this year Veeam acquired N2WS after announcements last year of a technology partnership at VeeamON 2017. The more I tinker with Cloud Protection Manager the more I understand why we made the acquisition. N2WS was founded in 2012 with their first product shipping in 2013. Purpose built for AWS supporting all types of EC2 […] Read More
Released: NSX-v 6.4.1 New Features and Fixes
Last week VMware released NSX-v 6.4.1 (Build 8599035) that contains a some new features and addresses a number of resolved issues from previous releases. I will go through the new features in more detail below however a key mentions is the fact that vSphere 6.7 is now supported, also meaning the vCloud Director can now […] Read More