Everyone should have a recovery plan
Everyone should have a recovery plan, but how do you ensure it is reliable. When talking to customers about recovery plans, there are 4 points I like to discuss
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SquaredUp Dashboard server and Veeam VBR V11 REST API
SquaredUp Dashboard server and Veeam VBR V11 REST API – create your own dashboards for free with SquaredUp Dashboard Server
Read moreVMCE v10 – Beta Training
As a member of the Veeam Vanguard program, I was fortunate to be chosen to attend the VMCE v10 Beta[…]
Read moreSo you’re off to VeeamOn 2019?
In a little over 2 weeks time, Veeam will be holding their global Cloud Data Management conference, Veeamon (https://www.veeam.com/veeamon) in[…]
Read moreVeeam Enterprise Manager : Invoke-WebRequest v Invoke-RestMethod
In the past, I have written posts, /2017/07/25/veeam-restful-api-postman/, about using Postman to make RESTful API calls against Veeam Enterprise Manager.[…]
Read moreVeeam Vanguard Summit – Thoughts
Intro October 15th to 18th 2018 saw Veeam assemble members of its Veeam Vanguard program for a technical summit, held[…]
Read moreWorking towards Veeam Vanguard status
At a recent Veeam event, I wore my Veeam Vanguard badge with pride, having been in the fortunate position of[…]
Read moreVMware Fling – DRS Dump Insight H5 Plugin
I was recently reading through fellow vExpert Wouter Kurten‘s “The VMware Labs flings monthly for September 2018” post and one[…]
Read moreBurnout in IT – Coping mechanisms
In my previous post, ‘Burn Out in IT‘ , I went into some details about my recent struggles with burnout[…]
Read moreBurnout in IT
At a recent Veeam User Group UK meeting I presented a session on burnout within IT. The title of my[…]
Read moreVeeam File Browser
As VMware admins we know we can use the web client ‘browse datastore’ functionality to upload/download files to our VMware[…]
Read moreVeeam Weekly Digest – how do I get it? **Updated 1/2/21**
Veeam is one of the rare companies where their upper management actively engages with their tech community. Anton Gostev, Senior[…]
Read moreVMware vExpert 2018
I awoke to the fantastic news on over the weekend that my application for the[…]
Read moreVeeam Vanguard 2018
Earlier this week I received the good news from @RickVanover (thanks, Rick !) that my Veeam Vanguard status had been[…]
Read morePostman Collection for Veeam Availability Console
After reading an excellent article from VMware vSphere Automation REST API Postman Resources and Samples , I wondered if I[…]
Read morePostman – Access token
Many modern RestAPI these days use a token based system and my preferred API tool , Postman, can handle several[…]
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VeeamOn Tour Virtual – 2017
Event On December 5th 2017 Veeam will be hosting a virtual VeeamOn event. The event will show case some[…]
Read moreVMware PowerCLI – install/upgrade
A cornerstone in any VMware admin’s toolkit is Powercli, containing over 600 cmdlets for managing and automating your VMware estates.[…]
Read moreBlogtober Week 1
Well 2017 continues to move at a serious pace, and here we are in October already, with some of the[…]
Read moreVeeam fir Scots
Greeeeeetings ! Aw right troops? Whit uhm gonnae talk aboot tidae is a bit o’ software called Veeam Backup[…]
Read moreUpcoming event – VeeamOn Forum – London 2017
VeeamOn – London 2017 , October 12th Park Plaza Riverbank, London October 12th 2017 sees the VeeamOn forum return to[…]
Read moreVeeam Availability Console API and SquaredUp – API Dashboard
In my 2 previous posts (Post 1, Post2) I went through the process of using Postman and Swagger for running[…]
Read moreVeeam Availability Console – API (Swagger and Postman)
In a previous post I walked through the steps of using Postman to query the RESTful APIs for Veeam Enterprise[…]
Read moreVeeam RESTful API and Postman
Recently I’ve been trying to get to grips with RESTful API on a couple of solutions I use at work,[…]
Read moreVeeam One – Ransomware Monitoring
Between the Wannacry outbreak and the current Petya strain currently doing the rounds, ransomware detection/monitoring is a necessary tool for[…]
Read moreVeeamOn 2017 – New Orleans
As a Veeam Vanguard I was fortunate enough to attend VeeamOn 2017, held in New Orleans at the New Orleans[…]
Read moreVeeam SuperEdit
Problem? If like me, you’re an admin of a large Veeam infrastructure/estate, then there will come a time where you[…]
Read moreVeeam v9.5 – Not just about the headline acts
I’m a little late with my Veeam Backup and Replication v9.5 post, as it was released on 16th November 2016,[…]
Read moreDude where’s my Veeam Powershell??
You may or may not be aware but during the installation of the Veeam Backup and Replication Console, by default[…]
Read moreSCOM+ Veeam MP+ Squared Up = awesome dashboards
In my day to day job I use SCOM, among other tools, as part of our monitoring suite, and let’s[…]
Read moreVeeam Mount Server – Ports 9401 & 6170 ‘gotcha’
In instances where you are running a Remote site, the new Mount Server feature of Veeam Backup and Replication v9[…]
Read more5 Pillars of Veeam
During a recent Veeam UK webinar featuring David Spence (Under the Hood of Veeam Availability Suite V9 – Top Unknown[…]
Read moreVeeam – Re-visit Linux Re-IP
I wrote a blog post back in 2013 , //www.cragdoo.co.uk/veeam-replication-linux-vm-failover/, on how to Re-IP Linux VMs. This week I have[…]
Read moreVeeam – Unable to allocate memory for storage metadata
Problem Recently I was asked by a colleague for some help with an Exchange item restore request from a customer.[…]
Read moreVeeam v9 – Not just about the headline acts
Well the wait is over, Veeam Availability Suite v9 is now GA, with a multitude of new features. Some[…]
Read moreVeeam Information points
You may be a new Veeam user or a long time user, but at some time in your Veeam usage,[…]
Read more2015 – Review events/technologies
As 2016 opens up , I’d like to do a quick review some of events/technologies that have made an impact/difference[…]
Read moreVeeam – Best Practices Book – VMware
As part of my Veeam Vanguard status, I was fortunate enough to receive a copy of ‘Best Practises – Veeam[…]
Read moreVeeamOn 2015 – Day 1
While the main VeeamOn 2015 sessions kicked of today , being a Veeam Vanguard meant I got to spend a[…]
Read moreVeeamOn 2015 – Day 0
My long journey to VeeamOn 2015 started at 03:30am , with a an hours drive to Edinburgh Airport. An hour or[…]
Read moreRaising your online profile – Sharing the knowledge is the *real power
Social media these days can be perceived in a bad light, the common perception is that it is mainly the[…]
Read moreCisco UCS Service Profile map
Info Quick blog post , been wanting to post this image of a Cisco UCS Service Profile map for a[…]
Read moreVMware Fling – ESXi Embedded Host Client
If you’re a VMware admin, then you should already know about the excellent Flings from VMware, https://labs.vmware.com For those not[…]
Read moreTop Tip – Keep it in your Pocket
Recently I was asked to be a guest on the Veeam Community Podcast http://www.veeam.com/podcast.html with Clint Wyckoff (@ClintWyckoff), and during[…]
Read moreNews – Veeam Vanguard
Today I can announce my inclusion in the inaugural Veeam Vanguard program. It is such an incredible, exciting, and totally[…]
Read moreVeeam Cloud Connect – Cloud Gateway failover
During a recent Veeam Cloud Connect POC, I was testing the failover of the Cloud Gateway devices to observe how[…]
Read moreVeeam Cloud Connect – Customer Proxy
While setting up a Veeam Cloud Connect POC, I came across this little gotcha that might catch some customers out.[…]
Read moreVeeam v8 – ‘hidden gem’ – Preferred networks selection
One of the 150+ additional enhancements of Veeam v8 is Preferred networks selection.:- Enables the selection of preferred networks for[…]
Read moreVeeam v8 – It’s not just about the Headline acts.
After months of betas and testing, Veeam recently released their highly anticipated Veeam V8 Availability Suite. Such was the demand for[…]
Read moreAll Change – Storage vMotion, CBT and Veeam
Ran into a puzzling issue recently, that had me scratching my head for a wee while. One of our regular[…]
Read moreVeeam v7 Parallel Processing – post upgrade
Veeam v7 has been out for sometime now, but I have only now managed to get around to starting the[…]
Read moreVeeam Replication : Re-IP Linux VMs
In a series of recent posts (part1, part2 and part3) I discussed the setup of a Veeam replication job to[…]
Read moreVMware vCloud Director Lab gotcha
Last week I took part in a VMware vCloud Director workshop, and during the week the group I was working[…]
Read moreEsxtop to the rescue !!
A request came in to investigate the performance of a 16 GB, 4 vCPU database VM , specifically the CPU[…]
Read moreVeeam Error : Client error: NFC storage connection is unavailable
While implementing Veeam Replication recently (see my posts Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3) , I was searching for[…]
Read moreVeeam Replication to DR site – Part 3: Replication
Previously in Part 1 and Part 2 I went over the design and Veeam configuration respectively. In this final part[…]
Read moreVeeam Replication to DR site – Part 2: Configuration
Part 2 In part 1 I gave a brief overview of the requirements and design, now I’ll go through Veeam[…]
Read moreVeeam Replication to DR site – Part 1 : Design
Intro A recent implementation of an infrastructure had a requirement for replicating, utilising Veeam Replication, 3 Production Linux virtual machines[…]
Read moreVMware vCAC license issue at installation.
Attempting to install a POC for VMware vCloud Automation Center 5.1 (vCAC) and running into an issue when it asks for[…]
Read moreNew home, new beginning, same old me!
Well it’s been a while since I had some sort of blog up and running. I had been toying with[…]
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