Last week I wrote an opinion piece on Infrastructure as Code vs RESTful APIs. In a nutshell, I talked about how leveraging IaC instead of trying to code against APIs directly can be more palatable for IT professionals as it acts as a middle man interpreter between yourself and the infrastructure endpoints. IaC can be […] 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 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
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
Quick Look – New Cloud Credentials Manager in Update 4
With the release of Update 4 for Veeam Backup & Replication 9.5 we further enhanced our overall cloud capabilities by adding a number of new features and enhancements that focus on tenants being able to leverage Veeam Cloud and Service Providers as well as Public Cloud services. With the addition of Cloud Mobility, External Repository […] Read More
VCSP Important Notice: 9.5 Update 4 RTM Is Out…With vCloud Director Replication Support and more!
Today, Veeam has made available to our VCSP partners the RTM of Update 4 for Backup & Replication 9.5 (Build 9.5.4.2399). Update 4 is what we term a breaking update, meaning that if a Cloud Connect tenant upgrades from any previous 9.5 version before VCSPs this will break backup or replication functionality. With that in mind the […] Read More
Top Posts 2018
2018 is done and dusted and looking back on the blog over the last twelve months I’ve not been happy with my output compared to previous years…i’ve found it a little harder to churn out content. Compared to 2017 where I managed 90 posts (including this one) this year I was down to 83. My goal […] Read More
vSphere 6.7 Update 1 – Top New Features and Platform Supportability
Last week VMware released vSphere 6.7 Update 1. While the buzz around this release was less than the previous release it still contains a ton of enhancements for vCenter, ESXi and vSAN. Like 6.7 before it, this is a lot more than a point release and represents a significant upgrade from vSphere 6.7. Looking through […] Read More