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Author: Niels Engelen

Working as a Principal Analyst in Product Management for Veeam Software with an interest in anything virtual and cloud with a strong focus on AWS, Azure and Microsoft 365. He is also a VMware Certified Professional, a Veeam Certified Architect and gained the VMware vExpert award (2012-2022).
Patch 3 for Veeam Backup & Replication 6.5 released

Patch 3 for Veeam Backup & Replication 6.5 released

About a week ago Veeam released a new patch for Veeam Backup & Replication 6.5 (build number: 6.5.0.144). Currently there is no KB page (yet) but you can gain the patch by opening a support case and the patch will be provided using their support FTP. This patch contains no big chances, just some resolved issues. UPDATE: The KB page is now live; http://www.veeam.com/kb1751. General Application-aware image processing may cause Windows Server 2012 Domain Controller to stop booting if virtual…

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VMware releases ESXi and vCenter 5.1 Update 1

VMware releases ESXi and vCenter 5.1 Update 1

VMware has released Update 1 for ESXi and vCenter 5.1 which has some major improvements, bug and security fixes. I am very happy to see that we can now start using Windows Server 2012. What’s new? vCenter Server is now supported on Windows Server 2012 vCenter Server now supports the following databases. Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 SP2 vCenter Server now supports customization of the following guest operating systems: Windows 8 Windows Server 2012 Ubuntu 12.04…

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Veeam announces fifth Backup & Replication v7 feature!

Veeam announces fifth Backup & Replication v7 feature!

Veeam has announced their fifth feature for version 7 on Backup & Replication: Archive to tape! Everyone thinks tape is dead but it seems Veeam received this request a lot so they added a new tool for it. Archive to Tape in Veeam Backup & Replication v7 supports virtual tape libraries (VTLs), tape libraries and standalone drives. Backups to tape gives you the ability to archive Veeam backups produced by specific jobs to tape, or you can choose to archive…

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DELL EqualLogic FS Series Firmware V2.0.6740 released

DELL EqualLogic FS Series Firmware V2.0.6740 released

Today DELL released the new firmware version for their EqualLogic FS Series. This release fixes several bugs and performs a BIOS update BIOS Update for FS7500 controller Nodes Dell recommends that a new BIOS update to be applied to FS7500 controller nodes. BIOS v6.3.0: This cumulative BIOS update is packaged with previously released fixes and also corrects the following issues: Potential Multi-Bit Errors and machine Check Errors resulting from Intel erratum BD123 with C-states enabled, averting possible system hangs at…

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DELL EqualLogic PS Series Firmware V6.0.4 released

DELL EqualLogic PS Series Firmware V6.0.4 released

Today DELL released the new firmware version for their EqualLogic PS Series. This release fixes several bugs. Dell EqualLogic PS Series Firmware v6.0.4 provides some key maintenance fixes for enhanced stability and performance of your Dell EqualLogic SAN. PS Series Firmware Version 6.0.4 improves hard drive monitoring intelligence with an advanced predictive reliability algorithm. This algorithm helps preserve overall system reliability and long-term performance. This enhancement could cause a hard drive to be called out for replacement shortly after the…

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