Last week Veeam held their second VeeamOn Conference in Las Vegas at the Aria Resort and Casino. Before the event kicked off last Sunday I wrote a post on my expectations and session recommendations…glad to report that the week was a success and Veeam certainly know how to organize and execute an event. Before going […] Read More
#VeeamON 2015: Announced: Veeam Endpoint Backup Free…for LINUX!
Today during the VeeamOn Keynote, one of the big announcements was that Veeam would be releasing a new Endpoint Backup product that extends support to Linux based physical (or Virtual) machines. This follows up from last years announcement of the Windows version which has been downloaded approximately 200,000 times since release proving that there is a […] Read More
#VeeamOn 2015: Scale-out Backup Repository Will Be Brilliant for Cloud Service Providers
[UPDATE] – This feature will not be available for Cloud Connect in the initial releases but will be supported in future updates…. Hopefully sooner rather than later! Veeam has been releasing new features for Backup & Replication v9.0 for a while now, but the recent announcement around the Scale-out Backup Repository is probably the most […] Read More
Released: Veeam Backup and Replication 8 Updated 3 – Cloud Connect Updates
Last week Veeam released Update 3 for Backup & Replication 8 taking the build number to 8.0.0.2084 and with the update, Veeam have released a couple new features and enhancements including: Support for Windows 10 as guest virtual machines (VMs), including application-aware processing. Support for vSphere 6.0 Update 1 Improved performance of certain user interface operations, such […] Read More
Veeam Vanguard Program Announcement
After not being able to share for a month or so it’s a honour to announce that I have been selected to be part of the inaugural Veeam Vanguard Program. The Veeam Vanguard Program is a hand-selected list of people of all backgrounds who Veeam feels embraces our brand best in their communities. Some Vanguards are […] Read More
Announced: Veeam 9 Cloud Connect Replication For Service Providers
Last week Veeam announced that version 9 of Backup & Replication will feature a new addition to it’s Cloud Connect product…Replication for Service Providers. The version 8 functionality will be extended to include advanced image-based VM replication. The extended functionality will give service providers the ability to provide clients with RaaS (recovery-as-a-service) in the form of Veeam […] Read More
Updated Feature Review: Veeam 8 – Update 2
When Veeam 8 went GA in November of last year I put together a post where I reviewed the best New Features of the v8 release. Last week Veeam released Patch 2 for version 8 and in going through the release notes it’s much more than a patch and in truth, probably could have been a point release. […] Read More
Quick Post: Veeam 8 Network Priority Setting
Today I went through and upgraded our Veeam Backup and Replication Platform from v7 to v8. Overall the in place upgrade was painless, quick and efficient…however I came across an error when going through test runs of existing jobs that I had not seen in previous Veeam B&R Versions. So after what looks like a […] Read More
January vCenter and ESXi 5.5 Patch Releases: Critical CBT Bug Fixed
VMware released new builds for vCenter and ESXi 5.5 today. The builds contain mostly bug fixes, but I wanted to point out one fix that had affected those who use CBT as part of their VM backup strategy. Veeam users where initially affected by the bug…though Veeam released a work around in subsequent Veeam 8 builds this […] Read More
Veeam 8: Zero Day Patch to Address VMware CBT Bug
Received an email this morning from Veeam letting me know that a zero day patch was available that addresses the CBT Bug mentioned in my previous New Feature Post and highlighted by Luca here: You are receiving this because our records indicate that you have downloaded Veeam Backup & Replication v8 RTM build. VMware disclosed a Changed Block […] Read More