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VMUG Advantage 2024 benefits

1 March 2024
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Reading Time: 3 minutes As you know the VMUG membership is completly free as also most of the benefits, including the online resources, local meeting and UserConf events (some events may have a fee depending by the local VMUG, but almost are for free). But, if you want (and note that it’s not mandatory for VMUG membership), you can have more benefits by subscribing to the VMUG Advantage, that is an interesting way to stay on top of your technical skills with discounts on training, certifications, attendance at VMworld and on product licenses.

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Issue with cloned Ubuntu VMs using DHCP configuration

10 February 2024
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Reading Time: 3 minutes After cloning VMs that are running “recent” version of Ubuntu as Guest Operating System (OS) from VM template or a parent VM, the new VMs acquire the same DHCP IP addresses from the DHCP server, no matter if guest customization is applied or not… also if the two VMs have different MAC addressess. And doesn’t matter the type of hypervisor that you are using… but, of course, VMware has documented this issue in this article: Cloned VM acquires the same DHCP IP address towards guest customization process (KB 82229).

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Notes for Veeam Backup with embedded DB deployment

4 February 2024
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Reading Time: 4 minutes With the introduction of Postgre SQL as the “embbeded” database in Veeam Backup & Replication 12, several new deployments now use the default database in the same machine of Veeam Backup Server. I don’t want to consider in this post all the pros and cons of the embedded approach. But it’s fully supported and can can also to an interesting number of protected workload (tested with more than 1000).

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Cannot use YARA rules with Veeam Backup

13 January 2024
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Reading Time: 2 minutes One of the interesting new features of Veeam Backup & Replication is the introduction of YARA (Yet Another Recursive Acronym) rules to scan the VM guest files. As explained in this great blog post, YARA is one of the most effective ways to help identify and classify malware like ransomware. YARA is an open sourced resource that enables cybersecurity teams to search for, detect and alert you to the presence of malware before it can do any damage.

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Veeam job error: “Storage determinant is not defined”

23 July 2023
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Using Veeam Backup & Replication, sometimes you may find a strange failure error in your backup jobs: The job will fail and the related VM is not saved.

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Runecast SecOps 360 Day Virtual Bootcamp

Reading Time: < 1 minute Also this year Runecast will manage its own event focused this time on security aspects. SecOps 360 Day will be a virtual event bringing together senior security specialists and managers to improve collaboration between IT and security teams – on June 22, 2023.

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Don’t miss VeeamON 2023

Reading Time: 2 minutes VeeamON 2023 will start next week in Miami May 22-25. There are two different way to attend it: in person and online. The online way is totally free but is limited to:

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