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Veeam 6.5 Released!

Posted on October 26, 2012 by Justin Paul | 0 Comments

Personally I have been waiting for this one since VMworld… Mainly because Veeam 6.5 now supports vSphere 5.1, aside from that Veeam 6.5 also has some other new features. Probably the second biggest new feature in 6.5 is the Exchange…

Veeam and Data Domain: A Case Study

Posted on August 1, 2012 by Justin Paul | 29 Comments

This is the story of a customer who recently implemented Veeam and Data Domain; all names have been changed to protect the innocent, etc etc 🙂 Background “BOB’S BAIT AND TACKLE” was running VMware 4.1 on a mostly HP environment,…

Win a Dream Lab from Veeam

Posted on July 31, 2012 by Justin Paul | 0 Comments

If you need some new lab gear you will want to stop by booth 1709 at VMworld this year. Veeam is giving away pretty sweet home lab setup this year, and it looks like all you need to do is…

Veeam Exchange Explorer

Posted on July 19, 2012 by Justin Paul | 3 Comments

Exchange Explorer from Veeam is a product that was just released into public beta; and I must say that it is probably something you are going to want to check out. The idea behind this product is to get rid…

Using Veeam with Data Domain DeDupe Appliances

Posted on July 10, 2012 by Justin Paul | 17 Comments

Veeam is a disk to disk backup solution which makes restore times much faster than tape backups, but one of the drawbacks is the massive amount of disk space required to keep full backup images for long periods of time…

The Missing Manual Part 3: Veeam Application Aware Backups

Posted on April 24, 2012 by Justin Paul | 7 Comments

One thing that I don’t think is stressed enough in the Veeam manual is the “Application-Aware” checkbox that is, by default, not checked. Because Veeam (like most other image level backup software) do not do a true system state backup…

Veeam NFR Keys for VMware and Microsoft Certified Professionals

Posted on January 19, 2012 by Brad Eley | 0 Comments

If you are a VMware vExpert, VMware Certified Professional (VCP), VMware Certified Instructor (VCI) or VMware User Group (VMUG) member, you can get a FREE 2-socket NFR license for Veeam Backup & Replication v6 for your home or work lab.…

Veeam 6 Direct SAN Backups Fail

Posted on January 3, 2012 by Justin Paul | 0 Comments

This is a pretty known issue in the Veeam world, but in case you are looking around for why your Direct from SAN backups are failing and don’t want to call support… If you are doing direct from SAN backups…

Veeam 6 Replication: Just how much better then V5?

Posted on December 26, 2011 by Justin Paul | 5 Comments

With version 6 of Veeam Backup and Replication comes an entirely new architecture on how to set up WAN replication of your virtual machines. Their marketing propaganda claims HUGE improvements in WAN replication speeds because of this change. If you…

Avoiding Disasters with Veeam 6 Replication

Posted on November 30, 2011 by Justin Paul | 25 Comments

Now that Veeam Backup and Replication 6 is out we can start talking about the best way to setup your Disaster Recovery site replication. Because of all of the new things included with Veeam 6 there are a couple ways…