Last week the RTM of Veeam Backup & Replication v11 was released. With it also came the RTM of Veeam Service Provider Console v5. I wanted to give a quick overview of the Console v5 release and why it is important for our VCSPs to look at installing or updating from existing versions. As we […] 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
Accessing Linux Volumes with the Veeam Data Integration API
The Data Integration API is one of my favourite features that was released in v10. This isn’t only because it builds on existing technologies contained within Veeam Backup & Replication, but also because of what it represents in terms of the way customers think about previously stagnant backup data sitting in repositories. It’s all about […] Read More
The Reality of Disaster Recovery Planning and Testing
As recent events have shown, outages and disasters are a fact of life in this modern world. Given the number of different platforms that data sits on today, we know that disasters can equally come in many shapes and sizes and lead to data loss and impact business continuity. Because major wide scale disasters occur […] Read More
Released: Veeam Availability Console v3.0 – Reseller, Licensing and Scalability Enhancements!
A couple of weeks ago, Veeam Availability Console v3.0 (3.0.0.2647) was released. With this major update, VAC is now the central Console providing management and monitoring of Veeam Cloud and Service Provider partner offerings. Not only does it build on the previous releases, but also looks to place VAC as a critical component of any […] Read More
First Look – Zenko, Multi-Platform Data Replication and Management
A couple of weeks ago I stumbled upon Zenko via a LinkedIn post. I was interested in what it had to offer and decided to go and have a deeper look. With Veeam launching our vision to be the leader of intelligent data management at VeeamON this year, I have been on the lookout for […] Read More
Released: vSAN 6.7 – HTML5 Goodness, Enhanced Health Checks and More!
VMware has announced the general availability of vSAN 6.7. As vSAN continues to grow, VMware are very buoyant about how it’s performing in the market. With some 10,000 customers at a run rate of over 600 million they claim to lead the HyperConverged market with a 32% market share. From my point of view it’s […] Read More
Veeam Availability Console – What’s in it for Service Providers
Today, the Veeam Availability Console was made GA meaning that after a long wait our new multi-tenant service provider management and reporting platform is available for download. VAC is an significant evolution of the Managed Backup Portal that was released in 2016 and acts as a central portal for Veeam Cloud and Service Providers to […] Read More
VeeamON 2017 Wrap
VeeamON 2017 has come and gone and even though I left New Orleans on Friday afternoon, I just arrived back home…54 hours of travel, transit and delays has meant that my VeeamOFF continued longer than most! What an amazing week it was though for Veeam, our partners and our customers…The announcements that we made over the […] Read More
vSAN 6.6 – What’s In It For Service Providers
Last February when VMware released VSAN 6.2 I stated that “Things had gotten Interesting” with regards to the 6.2 release of vSAN finally marking it’s arrival as a serious player in the Hyper-converged Infrastructure (HCI) market. vSAN was ready to be taken very seriously by VMware’s competitors. Fast forward fourteen months and apart from the fact […] Read More