Microsoft Windows 2016 introduces many new technologies like storage spaces, containers, and new enhancements/features to virtualization. As a Veeam Solutions Architect, I’m very interested in virtualization, and Windows 2016 Server with Nano server provides a very useful path to virtualization using Hyper-V.
Backups
MS-Exchange & Office 365, Create Mailboxes and Dummy Emails for Testing
I was recently testing a new email backup product that pushed me to a new test requirement. I needed to create a huge number of mailboxes, and then send dummy emails to fill the newly created mailboxes to simulate a production email system.
Luckily, I have been working with Microsoft Exchange for the last 16 years; but in recent years my path diverted from designing, deploying, configuring, and managing MS Exchange environments. Continue reading
MS Dynamics CRM Lab Deployment
I would like to share with you my journey installing Microsoft Dynamics CRM in my lab for testing; and later to work the steps needed to protect the CRM environment using Veeam Backup & Replication.
Thinking about Nimble Storage as your Veeam backup Repository?
Veeam has introduced Veeam Nimble Integration, and I have discussed it previously on this blog. My previous blog entries discussed using Nimble storage as production storage; and today I will discuss why it is beneficial to use Nimble storage as a Veeam backup repository for your mission critical data.
Availability Cost/Risk Analysis
What is the connection between data availability, backup product costs and data risk. How do you ensure your business data are protected while also balancing your data protection budget? Let’s learn about how to balancing your data protection budget against your business data availability.
Your last stop before applying your RPO/RTO
The decisions you make when you are selecting the best solution to protect your mission critical data will determine if you are going to be making your business data safe and secure. But, did you ever ask yourself what service you are protecting? Are these SLAs, Data availabilities, data protection strategies, all looking the same when you are considering the service you want to protect?
Veeam – Nimble Storage Integration early review
In April 2016, Veeam Software announced Nimble Storage Integration. In this post, we will take Veeam Nimble Storage Integration (Beta) for a test flight to demonstrate those announced integration features we heard about. So, let’s get started…
Déjà vu Server/Application HA with Veeam CloudConnect
Is Veeam DRaaS enough to keep your customers connected to your services; even after a server, service or application failure? Is there another way to initiate a failover sequence at anytime without human intervention? Is server and service Disaster Recovery keeping you awake at night?
My Journey to AWS Key Pairs Retrieval
Sometimes we underestimate the importance of some very tiny files, thinking “I will never need these files again.” Have you thought about your AWS Key Pairs files; about how important they are, and what you should do to protect them?
Veeam backup CIFS static Data Archiving
Have your static files and storage space reached a critical point? Is there a cheaper way to archive the data without paying a high price for an archive solution? Or, is there a free way to solve this challenge? Read on to see how you can use your backup tools to solve your archiving challenges?
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