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Veeam Availability Suite v8 released: what’s in it for you?

Veeam Availability Suite v8 released: what’s in it for you?

The Veeam Availability Suite v8 (Veeam Backup & Replication and Veeam One combined) is finally here. We have been giving hints about features for the past months and these are now available for you to use and improve your environment and increase availability! Veeam Backup & Replication v8 also includes a workaround for the recent found CBT bug in VMware vSphere (KB2090639). Another good reason to use SureBackup! Instead of just listing all the what’s new things I decided to…

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Patch 4 for Veeam Backup & Replication 7 released!

Patch 4 for Veeam Backup & Replication 7 released!

Veeam released the fourth patch for Veeam Backup & Replication 7 (build number: 7.0.0.871). This patch can be obtained via http://www.veeam.com/kb1891.This patch adds support for VMware Virtual SAN (vSAN) and Microsoft SQL 2014! New Features and Enhancements VMware Virtual SAN (VSAN) In addition to adding basic support (as provided by other vendors), the intelligent load-balancing engine was enhanced to account for VSAN specifics. As the result, for each VM the job will pick backup proxy running on VSAN cluster node…

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Book review: Learning Veeam Backup and Replication for VMware vSphere

Book review: Learning Veeam Backup and Replication for VMware vSphere

Christian Mohn wrote a book which will help you get started with Veeam Backup & Replication v7. The book is about 110 pages and contains 5 chapters. Introduction to Veeam Backup & Replication v7 for VMware Configuring Backups Restoring Data Replicating Virtual Machines Other Feature Introduction to Veeam Backup & Replication v7 for VMware This chapter explains the different compononents within a Veeam Backup & Replication infrastructure. It also takes a look on some common backup strategies and terms which…

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Veeam Explorer for Active Directory BETA is now available

Veeam Explorer for Active Directory BETA is now available

Veeam just announced the public beta for Veeam Explorer for Active Directory (VEAD). Veeam is working on the next B&R release (v8) for a while now and even though there is nothing public known about any of the new features this is a first ‘small’ announcement. The Veeam Explorer family is growing once more. Veeam Explorer for Active Directory joins the list! Veeam Explorer for Microsoft Exchange Veeam Explorer for Microsoft Sharepoint Veeam Explorer for Storage Snapshots Veeam is now…

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Sending Veeam One Alarm Notifications using Prowl

Sending Veeam One Alarm Notifications using Prowl

I received a question from a customer last week if it was possible to send “Prowl” notifications or text messages using Veeam One by default. Now by default there is no Prowl or text message option but we support 3 things you can do with an alarm: Send email notification Send SNMP trap Run script It is with the last option “Run script” that we will push the Veeam One alarms using Prowl! What do you need? Veeam One server…

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