Category: Security

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 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!
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!
Speeding up Backup/Restore Jobs when Using Preferred Networks

February 7, 2023

When working with Preferred Networks in Veeam, it might be that these preferred networks are only for specific devices and purposes. In such a case you might suffer reduced backup & restore performance after enabling this. If so, this blog post might just help you!
Veeam Supported Products Reaching End of Life in 2023

November 14, 2022

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 for Microsoft Azure: Updating Account Permissions

July 27, 2022

With Veeam Backup for Microsoft Azure v4 being released this week and unlocking new functionality, permissions inevitably require adjusting in scope. In this blog post I show you how to update the necessary permissions.
Veeam Backup for Microsoft Azure: Repository Backup has Failed

July 26, 2022

Having recently secured my Azure configuration a little bit too much, too soon, I broke my backups, in this blog post I get to the bottom of this vague error and what it likely means needs reconfiguring…
Configuring PfSense Dynamic DNS with Azure DNS

July 20, 2022

Does your ISP force you to have a dynamic IP address? Tired of using free Dynamic DNS services that make you revalidate all the time? It’s nice and easy & cheap to use Azure DNS, in this blog post I show you how to integrate Azure DNS with PfSense to keep track of your dynamic…
Securing Veeam Backup for Microsoft Azure: Password/Certificate Auth & Other Hardening Tips

July 18, 2022

Veeam Backup for Microsoft Azure is a brilliant product for protecting Microsoft Azure-based workloads, but there are certainly some configuration changes that could help secure the product better. Especially when this is the application protecting your data. Read on to find out how to secure the Veeam Backup for Microsoft Azure appliance.
Microsoft Exchange Server vNext Delayed – New Details Available

June 3, 2022

In 2020, Microsoft announced the vNext editions of their popular SharePoint, Skype for Business, Project, and Exchange Server applications, due for release in the second half of 2021. However, as of the time of publication, only SharePoint and Project Server Subscription Editions are available. The other products have had their delays greeted with a wall…