Category: Veeam

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…
Data Protection Considerations: Digesting the SQL ConstantCare Report

July 3, 2023

For those of you who don’t spend much time or have much experience with SQL Server, Brent Ozar is a well-known and respected Microsoft SQL consultant. In addition to consultancy and training services, Brent Ozar offers tools such as the First Responder Kit, and a SQL Server monitoring service called SQL ConstantCare. SQL ConstantCare is…
Microsoft 365 – Changing Azure Subscriptions For Metered APIs

June 19, 2023

So you started consuming a metered API, and now your organisation requires you to change the subscription it’s billed to? In this blog post I show you how to update this in only a few steps!
Veeam Backup & Replication – Linux Agent Deployment & Management with Active Directory

June 5, 2023

Linux + Active Directory doesn’t have to be a nightmare, and Veeam Agent Deployment & Management is no exception to this, I show you how easily it works together in this blog post.
Veeam Backup & Replication + Oracle – RMAN Plugin Unexpected Throttling

May 26, 2023

It’s not every day you trip up on a bug instead of misconfiguration, but that’s what happened when I was last deploying Veeam’s Oracle RMAN plug-in. So, in this blog post I decided to write up what my problem was, the troubleshooting steps taken to pin-point the problem, verify, and workaround the problem, and a…
VB365: Protected Teams API Call Process Changes

May 19, 2023

After much backlash, Microsoft have improved the way you request access to Microsoft Teams Protected API Calls.
Veeam & File Shares: Licensing & Feature Comparison

May 18, 2023

It’s easy to backup a file share right? Of course it is! But protecting the data in the most useful way can require a bit of extra consideration. In this blog post I’ve compared the ways Veeam can protect file shares, and any licensing considerations or ‘gotchas’ to be aware of.