With the release of Backup & Replication 9.5 Update 3 we introduced the concept of a Recycle Bin for customers sending offsite cloud backups to VCSPs using Veeam Cloud Connect. This deleted backup protection…or Insider Protection allows the VCSP to enable the deleted backups protection option for specific tenants and looks to add another level […] Read More
9.5 Update 3 Officially Compatible with VMware Cloud on AWS
At VMworld 2017 Veeam was announced as one of only two foundation Data Protection partners for VMware Cloud on AWS. This functionality was dependant on the release of Veeam Backup & Replication 9.5 Update 3 that contained the enhancements for it to interoperate with VMware Cloud on AWS locked down vCenter. This week 9.5 Update […] Read More
2018
Looking back over the past couple of years I haven’t written a forward looking blog post about the year ahead since 2015 and as I sit here working through my notes on the first workday for 2018 I though that for the good of myself, I should have a think about what I want to […] Read More
Top Posts 2017
2017 is done and dusted and looking back on the blog over the last twelve months I’ve not been able to keep the pace up compared to the previous two years in terms of churning out content. In 2017 I managed 90 posts (including this one) which was down on the 124 last year and the 110 […] Read More
A Year of Travel – A Few Interesting Stats
This year was my first full year working for Veeam and my role being global, requires me to travel to locations and events where my team presents content and engages with technical and social communities. We also travel to various Veeam related training and enablement events throughout the year as well as customer and partner […] Read More
Quick Look: Installing Veeam Powered Network Direct from a Linux Repo
Last week, Veeam Powered Network (Veeam PN) was released to GA. As a quick reminder Veeam PN allows administrators to create, configure and connect site-to-site or point-to-site VPN tunnels easily through an intuitive and simple UI all within a couple of clicks. Previously during the RC period there where two options for deployment…The appliance was […] Read More
Quick Look: Veeam Agent for Linux 2.0 – Now With Cloud Connect
Just over a year ago Veeam Agent for Linux version 1.0 was released and for me still represents an important milestone for Veeam. During various presentations over the last twelve months I have talked about the fact that Linux backups haven’t really changed for twenty or so years and that the tried and trusted method […] Read More
Veeam Backup & Replication 9.5 Update 3 – Top New Features
Earlier today we at Veeam released Update 3 for Veeam Backup & Replication 9.5 (Build 9.5.0.1536) and with it comes a couple of very anticipated new features. Back in May at VeeamOn we announced a number of new features that where scheduled to be released as part of the next version of Backup & Replication […] Read More
Homelab : Supermicro 5028D-TNT4 One Year On
It’s been just over a year since I unboxed my Supermicro 5028D-TNT4 and setup my new homelab. A year is a long time in computing so I though I would write up some thoughts on how the server has performed for me and give some feedback on what’s worked and what hasn’t worked with having […] Read More
NSX Bytes – What’s new in NSX-T 2.1
In Feburary of this year VMware released NSX-T 2.0 and with it came a variety of updates that looked to continue to push of NSX-T beyond that of NSX-v while catching up in some areas where the NSX-v was ahead. The NSBU has big plans for NSX beyond vSphere and during the NSX vExpert session we saw […] Read More