Author: Michael Paul | @MicoolPaul

VMware vCenter Update Manager: Unable to Import ISOs or Upload Patches

March 1, 2024

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.
Google: Egress Fees Waived – The Reality vs The Marketing

January 25, 2024

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.
Veeam & Veeam Supported Products Reaching End of Life in 2024

January 9, 2024

Times change, and software changes with them, until it’s no longer supported. At any point, a patch to an operating system, a .NET framework update, or anything else really, could end up with the software no longer being backed up properly, or not working at all in production. Without valid support there’s no process to…
Veeam Backup & Replication: v12 Compression Improvements

November 27, 2023

One lesser discussed improvement in Veeam B&R v12 is the compression improvements they’ve made when working at higher compression levels. Full benchmarks and details inside this blog post.
Veeam B&R x Azure Storage: Failed to Copy Blob

November 22, 2023

If you’re using Veeam Backup & Replication and Microsoft Azure Storage and you find yourself with the ‘Failed to Copy Blob’ error, this post just might help!
Veeam B&R – NAS Cache Metadata Movement Gets Stuck

November 13, 2023

Ever had Veeam get stuck when attempting to migrate your NAS Cache repository data? In this post I show you how to gracefully resolve this stuck task, and another way of migrating the data.
Veeam NAS Backup: Invalid Root Item Type

October 25, 2023

NAS Backups and Symlinks don’t have to be enemies, in this blog post I show you how to work around this within Veeam Backup & Replication!
Veeam B&R: Performance Impact of Pending Tasks

August 21, 2023

Tell me if you’ve seen this situation before. You’ve got some servers & applications that need protecting. You create your backup jobs as necessary, there’s different backup jobs for your various application-integration requirements, backup frequencies, and retention requirements, it’s starting to sprawl. Inevitably there’s some job scheduling overlap. Backup jobs are waiting for other backup…
OVH Network Security Architecture Considerations

July 31, 2023

OVH is a great way to get a hosted server cheaply, especially one with such strong global backbone connectivity and performance. However, most people don’t seem to know how to properly secure them. I’ve rounded up some key points and concepts in this blog post to help you get started!
How to Actually Increase Powerline Adapter Throughput

July 10, 2023

I’ve been tinkering with my Powerline adapters recently, on a mission to improve the bandwidth available to my office. I’ve been familiar with Powerline adapters for a long time, having started with some of those “up to 85Mbps” devices. Imagine my disappointment when I couldn’t get even 16Mbps through it on my slow ADSL internet…