Category: Veeam
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The Many Forms of Modern Authentication – An Exchange Server Story
Microsoft recently released Exchange Server 2019 CU13 also known as ‘H1 2023’. This has introduced another method for implementing Modern Authentication, but this comes with design decisions that I’ll explore within this blog post.
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Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365: Immutability & Backup Copies
Hey everyone, Today I want to talk about not one, but two new features in Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 (VB365) v7, these are: Immutability, and Backup Copies. Not only do I want to talk about these two features but, most importantly, how they are related to each other. New VB365 Feature: Backup Copies to…
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Veeam Backup & Replication + Cloned AIX Servers – Clashing UUIDs And Overriding Them
It’s never fun when you discover the way you did something a long time ago is now causing you problems. Disk cloning can be such a scenario, whereby it’s not until an application relies upon a unique property, that the application breaks due to duplication. I encountered this recently with AIX and Veeam’s Agent for…
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Veeam Backup & Replication: NAS ‘Backup Proxies are Offline or Outdated’ incorrect error message
Join me as I troubleshoot an error message unrelated to the actual behaviour, and what the surprising root cause was…
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Speeding up Backup/Restore Jobs when Using Preferred Networks
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!
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Veeam: Storage Snapshots & VMware vSphere Boot from SAN – A Cautionary Tale
Using Veeam’s Storage Snapshot functionality alongside VMware ESXi’s Boot from SAN capabilities can really cause problems. In this blog post I dive into why this can cause issues and the simple fix for them.
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Delaying Windows Feature Updates with Group Policy
It’s not necessary to invest in SCCM, Intune, or fancy RMM tools to get control over your Windows Updates. In this blog post I’ll show you how to use group policy to get a grip on your endpoint update policies.
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Veeam Supported Products Reaching End of Life in 2023
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…
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Veeam Products End of Support Reminder – 2023
It’s that time again to remind everyone that all good things run out of support eventually. The 2023 calendar year has the following products reaching end of support status for the following products.
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VMware vSphere & vSAN 8 General Availability Release Date Revised
With VMware’s release of vSphere & vSAN 8.0 imminent, VMware have made an announcement to amend the timeframe to allow themselves more quality assurance time. Read on to see more about the VMware lifecycle and how you can prepare for vSphere & vSAN 8.0.
Michael Paul | @micoolpaul 