Today I want to talk about backups, and the importance of encrypting them, everywhere. When people think of encrypted backups, the usual first thoughts are around portable backups such as tape and USB or backups outside of your trust domain such as cloud storage. This is a great starting point, and if you’re not currently… Continue reading Data Protection Best Practice: Encrypting Backups
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Windows Server 2022 Released – What to remember before you start upgrading!
Microsoft dropped a surprise on us today by releasing Windows Server 2022 to no fanfare at all. It’s been released today 18th August 2021, it will have mainstream support until the 13th October 2026 and will be considered end of life on the 14th October 2031 (how are we talking about the 2030’s already?!). This… Continue reading Windows Server 2022 Released – What to remember before you start upgrading!
Veeam Backup & Replication Monitoring Feature: Tape Drive Alerts
Hi, Everyday is a school day, and today I found out something really cool that Veeam was doing, that I never knew about because “It Just Works”. I had an alert generated from a customer system today that I had never seen before. Now I’ve seen plenty of alerts for different backup issues, whether they’re… Continue reading Veeam Backup & Replication Monitoring Feature: Tape Drive Alerts
New Blog Series: Cloud Object Storage Deep Dive
Hi, Today I’m excited to finally share my blog series that I’ve been working on for some time, a deep dive into the object storage solutions available from the “big three” public cloud hyperscalers (Azure/AWS/GCP). Part one is available now over at the Veeam Blog and I’ll be updating this post as the other sections… Continue reading New Blog Series: Cloud Object Storage Deep Dive
Veeam Certified Engineer 2021 Exam Released & Reviewed
I was recently made aware that Veeam have released the 2021 edition of the Veeam Certified Engineer (VMCE) exam. If you’ve already got a VMCE 2020 certification, or have taken the VMCE 2020 training course within the past year, (or even been lucky enough to already take a seat on the VMCE 2021 training course)… Continue reading Veeam Certified Engineer 2021 Exam Released & Reviewed
Upcoming Community Engagement: VeeamON 2021 – Wednesday 26th May 2021 3PM GMT
Ready to talk about VeeamON 2021? I am! I’m going to be delivering a session at VeeamON this year, read on to find out all the details!
Veeam – Achieving 3-2-1-1-0 Protection for Cloud Native Workloads
Ensuring you protect your public cloud workloads can require you to adapt your approach, but in this post, we’ll discuss how we can still meet and exceed our 3-2-1-1-0 best practice rule.
Designing Meaningful Recovery Point Objective (RPO) & Recovery Time Objective (RTO) Policies
Today, I’d like to talk about creating and scoping realistic and enforceable RPOs and RTOs for your Business Continuity (BC) and Disaster Recovery (DR) policies and Service Level Agreements (SLAs) within your organization. As every organization will have different requirements the focus of this blog post is on general considerations for shaping your policy. Additionally… Continue reading Designing Meaningful Recovery Point Objective (RPO) & Recovery Time Objective (RTO) Policies
Upcoming Community Engagement: Veeam v11 CrowdChat – 17th March 2021 2PM GMT
Happy Friday everyone! I’m honoured to announce that I’ll be participating in Veeam’s V11 Crowdchat alongside some truly talented members of the community. It’s taking place on the 17th March 2021 at 2pm GMT. Check it out!
New Veeam B&R v11 Features: License and Deployment FAQs
With some veeamazing new features available in the v11 suite of Veeam products, there’s a lot to talk about, but if you’re an existing customer it’s important to know what updates you’re getting for free based on your license!
