Restoring vCenter with Veeam’s Instant Recovery
I’ve been a long time user of Veeam, and something that sold me on it almost immediately was its Instant Recovery feature. For those of you who are unaware, Instant Recovery allows you to mount a VM...
View ArticleWhere have I been? Starting a community.
December has been an abysmal month for my blogging; this actually marks the first post of the month, and I thought I owed it to at least myself to write up a post as to what has been going on. First...
View ArticleVeeam V9: First Impressions & 3 Awesome Features
After much anticipation, Veeam V9 was released earlier today. Normally I would hold off before installing a new upgrade, however after using Veeam for years now, I know they have some great QA, and in...
View ArticleStep By Step: Creating a Scale-out Backup Repository in Veeam 9
One of the newly introduced features in Veeam Backup & Replication 9 is Scale-out Backup Repositories (SoBR), and frankly I have been waiting to try this out. This is a fantastic solution that will...
View ArticleSave the date: Inaugural Veeam UG Meeting
As I mentioned in a post a little while back, I am super excited to get the Southwest Ontario Veeam User Group (SWOVUG ?) rolling. It has taken some time to coordinate schedules and locations, but we...
View ArticleSWOVUG Registration now open
Just a quick post: registration is now open for the inaugural Southwest Ontario Veeam User Group meeting on Thursday, March 3rd 2016. You can register for the event here:...
View ArticleCatch Me If You Can – Q1 2016 Edition
The past few weeks have been one of the longest stretches without a post on here. I’ve been quite busy with work, family, sickness and community commitments. I wanted to toss out some information on...
View ArticleIt’s a wrap: Toronto VMUG UserCon 2016
Today was the annual Toronto VMUG UserCon. I believe it is the largest VMUG event in the Southern Ontario area. This year I opted to stay over in Toronto last night for two reasons: What is typically a...
View ArticleSouthwest Ontario Veeam User Group Recap
So the first Southwest Ontario Veeam User Group meeting is in the bag. A big thank you to everyone that came out. Also, a big thank you to all the support that I have received from Veeam. In particular...
View ArticleVeeam Repository Best Practices – Part 1
I have been spending some time over the last little bit trying to put together a new repository for my Veeam backups. Finding a simple set of recommendations hasn’t been easy, though, largely due to...
View ArticleVeeam Repository Best Practices – Part 2
In Part 1 of the series I covered off some of the basic hardware recommendations along with best practices for interacting with your storage. In Part 2 we are going to look at using Windows as a...
View ArticleVeeam Repository Best Practices – Part 3
With Part 1 and Part 2 in the bag, it’s time to wrap up this series. In Part 3 we’ll be covering some optimal settings for your backup jobs, as well steps that you should take to protect your...
View ArticleHands On – Veeam for DOS
Veeam has a bit of a history with releasing products or enhancements that once seemed unlikely. Two recent examples that come to mind are support for tape and support for physical machines (both...
View ArticleVeeam Vanguard: Do I get a shield?
I received some very welcome news in my inbox yesterday as I returned from lunch. I was delighted and thrilled to learn that I had been accepted into the Veeam Vanguard program for 2016. So what is the...
View ArticleWhat’s stopping me from Making VMUG Great Again?
Recently there has been some talk on Twitter about ‘Making VMUG Great Again’. Along with that, there have been a couple of great blog posts by Alastair Cooke and Eric Siebert, which I recommend you...
View ArticleSWOVUG, Top vBlog, and some personal reflection
Between work and planning my next Southwest Ontario Veeam User Group (SWOVUG) meeting, blogging has been tough lately. The good news is I have about a dozen notes of varying detail on things that I...
View ArticleSWOVUG – Save the Date: August 18th
I am very excited to announce that the next Southwest Ontario Veeam User Group (SWOVUG) has been booked for August 18th, 2016. Based on the attendance at the last meeting, most of the attendees came...
View ArticleNotes from SWOVUG
After some delays on my end (primarily due to a trip to the UK … not that I am complaining), the second SouthWest Ontario Veeam Users Group is in the books. By all accounts, it was a great success....
View ArticleA Roundup of Veeam’s Next Big Thing
Today Veeam held their ‘Next Big Thing’ event, and it was chock full of information. There was a lot of background and business info to get things going (not uncommon), but the product announcements...
View ArticleVMWorld 2016 Recap
VMWorld 2016 is in the books and now it’s time to decompress. This was my second VMWorld and my first one in Las Vegas, as well as my first time being in Las Vegas. Pros and Cons to SFO vs LAS, but at...
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