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Reading Time: 6 minutes Veeam Backup & Replication 12.2 (build 12.2.0.334) has been recently released and it’s already available for download. But before upgrade to this version, it’s better read carefully the related release notes (and the upgrade notes included!).

Reading Time: 3 minutes Veeam® Software today announced the release of Veeam Data Platform v12.2, broadening support for protecting data on an extensive range of new platforms while continuing to advance end-to-end cybersecurity capabilities. This latest release of Veeam Backup & Replication (build 12.2.0.334) combines the most comprehensive data backup, recovery, and security capabilities with the ability to empower customers to migrate and secure data across new platforms.

Reading Time: 3 minutes During the VMware Explore 2024 in Las Vegas, VMware has introduced the new VMware Cloud Foundation 9 and described some of its features. One of them was Confidential Computing with TDX: a way to provide advanced security by isolating and encrypting workloads, ensuring data integrity and privacy at the hypervisor level. But what is TDX?

Reading Time: 4 minutes IPv4 (Internet Protocol version 4) is a widely used protocol for network communication and is a core component of the TCP/IP stack. But it has some limits, one is the limit in terms of available addresses, expecially if we are talking about public IP. IPv6 (Internet Protocol version 6) was design to resolve all the limitation of IPv4. IPv6 is designated by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) as the successor to IPv4 providing the following benefits:

Reading Time: 2 minutes Microsoft warned customers to patch a critical TCP/IP remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability that impacts all Windows systems (client and server) using IPv6 stack. The vulnerability is identified as CVE-2024-38063 and it’s a 9.8-out-of-10 on the CVSS severity scale. Note that, on Windows systems the IPv6 is enabled by default and, in the past, Microsoft itself has not recommend disabling IPV6: ” We do not recommend that you disable IPv6 or its components, or some Windows components may not function.” (https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/929852)

Reading Time: 2 minutes Like every hardware and software components, before apply a VMware vSphere upgrade or update you have to check all compatibility aspects. One is related to the backup software that can be critical because you may loose the capability to perform backup and/or restore. Of course this apply also to “minor” update, like vSphere 8.0U3. For Veeam Backup & Replication there is a specific Veeam KB (KB 2443) that provides information about compatibility between VMware vSphere and Veeam Backup & Replication. And finally, some weeks after ESXi 8.0.3 become GA, there is an official support for vSphere […]

Reading Time: 7 minutes A meno che venerdì scorso non eravate in vacanza in modalità completamente off-line (beati voi), di sicuro saprete del venerdì nero (informaticamente parlando) che ha letteralmente paralizzato molti servizi informatici in tutto il mondo (ad esempio il settore trasporto, con voli cancellati o in ritardo di molte ore). Il problema, secondo stime di Microsoft, ha interessato 8,5 milioni di computer basati su Windows. Ma Microsoft non centra, se non indirettamente (perchè solo i sistemi Windows sono stati colpiti). Il blocco informatico non è dovuto ad un attacco, ma è bensì stato causato da un problema […]

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