World Backup Day 2024: Being SMART and Predicting Hardware Failures
Hello again! Onto my second post for world backup day, this time looking at the moments leading up to a disaster. In this post we’re going to look at ways to proactively prevent failures. After all, the best backups are the (tested) ones that didn’t need to be used because everything is fine. Let’s kick…
Keep readingWorld Backup Day 2024: SLAs & Exceeding Them!
Hi, for this year’s world backup day I’ll be providing two posts on topics that I believe are important for data protection, this is the first one: SLAs & Exceeding them! So, what is an SLA? An SLA (Service Level Agreement) is typically an accepted standard for a service. In the case of data protection,…
Keep readingChanged Block Tracking bug in ESXi 8.0 U2 – fixed
The changed block tracking bug in VMware ESXi 8.0 U2 is fixed. Read about the details of this bug and what else besides installing the patch needs to be done.
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VMware vCenter Update Manager: Unable to Import ISOs or Upload Patches
After working on a project recently where vCenter’s Update Manager wouldn’t import files, I decided to write up the troubleshooting steps and fix for my particular scenario.
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Google: Egress Fees Waived – The Reality vs The Marketing
Google Cloud Platform has been making news recently with many headlines claiming egress fees have been waived, but *spoiler alert*, they haven’t. In this article I’ve attempted to separate the marketing from the reality to explain how these changes will really impact you.
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