One of the challenging aspects of my job is keeping up with all the cool and innovative products that Veeam R&D introduce every now and then. This blog will introduce you to another exciting product from Veeam. The product is the Veeam Availability Console; and yes, it a console if you just read the title. Continue reading
Following 3-2-1-0 with the Veeam Agents
3-2-1-0: 3 copies of the data, 2 independent media, 1 offsite and 0 errors on recovery. It’s common sense, it doesn’t even need to be said. Veeam has introduced some new and powerful Agents to cover the workloads that sit where Veeam Backup and Replication cannot reach. The thing is that although you can send the agent data to a cloud connect to service provider, by themselves, it is tricky to have the agents cover all of 3-2-1-0. Continue reading
Remotely Administering Windows Server Core
If you are like me, you are getting more and more excited about Microsoft Windows Server 2016; especially the core deployment with HyperV. No doubt then, you are already aware that after the quick and easy installation and configuration of the operating system, everyday Continue reading
Playing Your Business DR Plan With Veeam Availability Orchestrator
In August last year, Veeam Software had just announced the availability platform. The vision was well defined and well communicated to the audience and to the Veeam customers. One of the highlights of the announced platform was the Veeam Availability Orchestrator. Continue reading
MS HyperV 2016 long-waiting feature
I don’t know about you, but for me, I like the concept of “better late than never”. This is another article about “Windows HyperV 2016” from the CloudOasis blog. In this one, I want to address one of HyperV Server’s new features, called Resilient Change Tracking.
Windows 2016 Nano Server Veeamalaized
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.
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.
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