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The Secret Sauce Behind zPlanner

Posted on July 16, 2018 by Justin Paul | 0 Comments

zPlanner is a replication planning tool that analyzes VMware virtual machine storage patterns and helps plan for replication to the public cloud (or other disaster recovery locations). If you want to learn more about what zPlanner is, then check out the first…

zPlanner – Replication Planning Super Tool

Posted on July 14, 2018 by Justin Paul | 0 Comments

What is zPlanner? Project goals As more and more companies make the decision to explore public cloud it has become very important to be able to gather statistical data from those workloads and analyze it for things like change rate,…

Zerto Alert – The default Microsoft SAN Policy may …

Posted on July 13, 2018 by Justin Paul | 0 Comments

Have you seen this SAN Policy alert? If you use Zerto to replicate Microsoft Virtual machines that have multiple hard drives you have probably seen this warning in the GUI. Typically It occurs when you are replicating data to Azure…

My Ubiquiti UniFi Appliance 3.0 – now even more super!

Posted on July 5, 2018 by Justin Paul | 6 Comments

Out with the old My Ubiquiti Unifi 2.0 virtual appliance has gotten quite a few downloads. So I decided to revamp it for 2018. This version is easier to use, comes with the latest UniFi server (as of this post),…

Zerto alerts your way – Sending them to the Windows Application Log

Posted on July 3, 2018 by Justin Paul | 0 Comments

Do you use a monitoring program to watch your Windows Event logs? If you do, and you’re a Zerto user you will love the script I just finished up! Zerto has the ability to send email alerts as well as…

How to Create a UniFi Server on AWS in 6 Easy Steps

Posted on June 20, 2018 by Justin Paul | 0 Comments

If you are looking for an alternative to the Ubiquiti Enterprise Unifi service, hosting your UniFi server on AWS is a great alternative. Plus it’s super easy! If you have a VMware ESXi server I have created a virtual appliance…

Remote Desktop Error: CredSSP encryption oracle remediation

Posted on June 6, 2018 by Justin Paul | 2 Comments

Lately, I’ve been having trouble using Remote Desktop to get into machines in my lab. The error is always the same: What is CredSSP and why it is an issue? (From the Microsoft KB Article) Credential Security Support Provider protocol…

Easy Automation with Zerto REST APIs

Posted on May 22, 2018 by Justin Paul | 0 Comments

Zerto Virtual Replication has a pretty easy to use GUI, with a few clicks you are able to do everything from restore a file to move an entire datacenter. But even a few clicks can be a real pain in a…

Zerto script: Quiesced MongoDB Journal Checkpoints!

Posted on February 13, 2018 by Justin Paul | 0 Comments

Don’t let MongoDB get amnesia, quiesce it! If you are a MongoDB user that also has Zerto Virtual Replication you can now get quiesced Zerto journal checkpoints with a script I published this week over on the Zerto Tech Alliances…

Zerto Tip: Change your PowerShell API credentials

Posted on February 13, 2018 by Justin Paul | 0 Comments

Quick tip for a little extra security with Zerto Let me start by saying that by default unless you have your Windows firewall wide open, no one who doesn’t already have access to your Zerto server can access the PowerShell API.…