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VMware/Broadcom kills the Free vSphere Hypervisor

17 February 2024
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Reading Time: 2 minutesThe free edition of VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) is no longer available on the VMware website. Note: on April 2025 the free version is back again! As explained in KB 2107518, on February 16th 2024, VMware announces the End Of General Availability of the Free vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi 7.x and 8.x). As part of the transition of perpetual licensing to new subscription offerings, the VMware vSphere Hypervisor (Free Edition) has been marked as EOGA (End of General Availability).

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Notes for Veeam Backup with embedded DB deployment

5 February 2024
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Reading Time: 4 minutesWith 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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Moving the Veeam Backup Catalog to another drive

4 February 2024
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Reading Time: 5 minutesAs descrived in the previous post (Optimize the consumed space of the Veeam Backup Catalog) the Veeam Backup Catalog is a feature of Veeam Backup & Replication that stands for VM guest OS file indexing. It’s not a server role, but it’s a service of the Veeam Server, for this reason required space must be planned carefully. By default, the indexing data is stored in the VBRCatalog folder (C:\VBRCatalog) on the Backup Server. 

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Optimize the consumed space of the Veeam Backup Catalog

3 February 2024
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Reading Time: 2 minutesVeeam Backup Catalog is a feature of Veeam Backup & Replication that stands for VM guest OS file indexing. Veeam Backup Catalog comprises Veeam Guest Catalog services that run on a backup server and Enterprise Manager server. Veeam Guest Catalog service on backup server works as a local catalog service. It collects index data for backup jobs on this specific backup server and stores this data locally in the Veeam Backup Catalog folder. By default, the indexing data is stored in the VBRCatalog folder on the backup server. Veeam Backup & Replication creates the folder on a volume with the maximum amount […]

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Altaro milestones

1 February 2024
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteFounded in 2009, Altaro has grown rapidly over the years. They develop backup solutions to address the core data protection needs of businesses and organizations worldwide, as well as the IT resellers, VARs, consultants and managed service providers who serve them. Now is part of Hornetsecurity, a leading global provider of next-generation cloud-based security, compliance, backup, and security awareness solutions that help companies and organizations of all sizes around the world.

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Runecast will be acquired by Dynatrace

30 January 2024
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Reading Time: 2 minutesRunecast was founded in 2014 by a team of virtualization professionals with a vision: help IT System Admins get and maintain control of their environments. Today, organizations around the world benefit from our patented solution, Runecast Analyzer, and its predictive and actionable intelligence for increasingly complex hybrid cloud IT environments.‍The Runecast team’s dedication to providing unrivaled customer experience has earned us a five-star Capterra rating from customer reviews. In 2020, Runecast was named a Gartner Cool Vendor and won Computing’s SME awards for Best Place to Work in Digital and Cloud Security Product of the […]

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NAKIVO Backup & Replication v10.11

29 January 2024
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Reading Time: 3 minutesNAKIVO has just released the new v10.11 of its product with enhanced IT monitoring, faster file recovery, expanded storage snapshot integration and Microsoft 365 backup functionality. NAKIVO Backup & Replication v10.11 is available for download. Customers can either update their version of the solution or install the 15-day Free Trial to check how the new features work.

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