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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.

Reading Time: 2 minutes One requirement for using CDP replication with Veeam product is Installing I/O Filter on each cluster where the VMs that you plan to protect reside and where replicas will reside (on each ESXi host of the cluster). The CDP I/O Filter are basically a VAIO plugin added using a VIB package. To install the filter on a specific cluster using the Veeam Console just open the Inventory view. In the inventory pane, navigate to the Virtual Infrastructure > VMware vSphere > vCenter Servers > <vCenter Server Name> > <Cluster Name> node and right-click it. In the menu, select Install I/O filter. For more information see the Veeam documentation. […]

Reading Time: 2 minutes Veeam Data Platform is a single platform delivering more advanced data security, recovery and hybrid cloud capabilitie. Basically is just a rebrand with a new suite name of the some existing Veeam products. The Veeam Data Platform, which includes Veeam Backup & Replication (VBR) v12, provides best-in-class secure backup and fast reliable recovery that keeps business running. It brings together the latest features offered from Veeam into a single robust solution that is offered in three enterprise-grade editions for protecting Cloud, Virtual, Physical, SaaS and Kubernetes applications across complex and expanding IT environments and the increasing set of […]

Reading Time: 2 minutes The possibility to backup VCSA using VAMI at file level is very powerfull and could be a good “plan-B” in case the backup at image level is not restorable (it happens in case of file/DB corruptions). But, of course, is not perfect and still in latest version there are some issues, like the VAMI backup retention issue. But can also happen that backup fails with no specific errors.

Reading Time: 2 minutes If you are using Veeam Backup & Replication (but also other backup solution) you can perform both backup and replication with the same tool. But with latest version of vSphere you can probably notice a huge difference between backup and replication speed if you are using NBD transport mode.

Reading Time: < 1 minute Do you need to understand SAN and NAS storage? There are several resources available online, but I would like to suggest a free course by Neil Anderson.

Reading Time: 7 minutes Most of us have a love-hate relationship with our data backup services: we love having a physical copy of our data, all on one hard disk system. But by nature, HDDs are prone to failure, and we end up losing most of our backup data in the process. Thankfully, one great solution is the cloud backup system! After all, it’s cheap, it’s convenient, and most importantly, it’s almost future-safe. Of course, we’re all paranoid about cyber theft and hackers, but if you follow these ten tips you will have absolutely no reason to worry.

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