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haslundMr. VMCE

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#HomelabWednesday - How to deploy VMware vSphere ESXi nested in a virtual machine

In this week's episode of #HomelabWednesdays, I show you how to deploy two nested ESXi hosts and add them to a cluster in your VMware vCenter.Don’t forget to subscribe to get automatic notifications whenever a new video is released.

2 years ago

haslundMr. VMCE

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#DailyQuiz - #VMCE 2020 Scenario question 40 walkthrough

Today’s #VMCE2020 #DailyQuiz walkthrough is ready. Are you using the SElinux kernel module? Which Linux file systems are you using?Try this question and more at https://rasmushaslund.com/vmce-practice-exam/

2 years ago

haslundMr. VMCE

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Presentation: How to pass your (VMCE) exam

Hi everyone!I recently had the honor of presenting at the Veeam User Group for CZ/SK and think the topic will be of interest to the general Veeam community.The presentation does cover some VMCE related topics, but will provide great advice for anyone studying for any IT certification exam.Hope you enjoy the presentation and any feedback would be very welcome

2 years ago

vNote42Veeam Legend, Veeam Vanguard

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Slow VM snapshot deletion on NFS volumes on ESXi hosts

Because VMware snapshots is always a topic for backups, I want to share my latest experiences with VM-snapshots on NFS. I had to troubleshoot a problem with system time within a VMware vSphere VM. During backup VM freezes for more than 30 seconds. When this happens, system time in VM also stops and resets to current time after the freeze. And this behavior causes massive problems in the application-layer. During troubleshooting we found a very slow VM snapshot deletion on NFS volumes on ESXi hosts.EnvironmentIn this setup, we were running:HPE SimpliVity Hyper-converged infrastructure running in current Version. Notice: SimpliVity uses NFS v3 to present volumes to their hosts. VMware vSphere 6.7 in quite current version. Current Version of Veeam Backup and Replication.SymptomsSlow VM snapshot deletion on NFS volumes on ESXi hosts. Snapshot removal of comparable VMs, running on block storage last about 1-2 seconds. Deletion of a snapshot, hosted on a SimpliVity volumes (NFS v3) lasts at

2 years ago

haslundMr. VMCE

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#DailyQuiz - #VMCE 2020 Scenario question 39 walkthrough

Today’s #VMCE2020 #DailyQuiz walkthrough is ready. What is your use case for staged restore? Which applications are you using it with? Which format of scripts are you using?Try this question and more at https://rasmushaslund.com/vmce-practice-exam/

2 years ago

haslundMr. VMCE

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#DailyQuiz - #VMCE 2020 Scenario question 38 walkthrough

Today’s #VMCE2020 #DailyQuiz walkthrough is ready. Are you using the Secure Restore feature? Which AV vendor are you using? Did you realize you can use other vendors too?Try this question and more at https://rasmushaslund.com/vmce-practice-exam/

1 year ago

haslundMr. VMCE

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#DailyQuiz - #VMCE 2020 Scenario question 37 walkthrough

Today’s #VMCE2020 #DailyQuiz walkthrough is ready. Have you used the Veeam Extract utility? GUI? Command line? Windows or linux? Can it extract from VBK? VRB? VIB? How did you get the files back to your hypervisor environment?Try this question and more at https://rasmushaslund.com/vmce-practice-exam/

2 years ago

vNote42Veeam Legend, Veeam Vanguard

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[PowerShell] Export VBR console job logs

These days I invested the possibility to programmatically export the same job log shown in VBR console (GUI). @JMeixner gave me the missing link. Now I want to share my outcome here.First, select the backup session of the job you want to get the log from. To select the job session run latest, you can do this with a command like this:$BackupSession = Get-VBRBackupSession -Name "Job 1*" | Sort-Object CreationTime | Select-Object -last 1Here the name of the job is actually "Job 1". But -Name is the name of the running job. This means it includes a postfix like "(Incremental)", therefore *. I use -Name because this is much faster than using | where {$_.jobname -eq "Job 1"}When you have the backup session, run this to get the logs for each VM in this job.foreach ($Task in ($BackupSession | Get-VBRTaskSession)) { $Task.logger.getlog().updatedrecords | select @{N="VM"; e={$task.name}}, starttime, status, title | sort starttime} By the way, there is a hidden feature in the VBR console: If

2 years ago

eprietoVeeam Vanguard

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Veeam Agent For Mac 🍎 !!! Part 1

What Can Be Backed Up?User profiles with all content Custom selection File based backup with native APFS snapshots Restore On Client Side Veeam Agent For Mac Supports…back up files and folders save coloured tags restore specific files or the whole ‘Users’ folder schedule backups send backups to VBR / VCC / Local drive (including encryption) provide basic local UI for FLR Snapshot SupportNative APFS snapshot supportAutomatic snapshot mode selection in single jobUsers on APFS backed up with snapshot Users located NAS share backed up without snapshot USB drives backed up without snapshot MAC OS versions will be supported10.13 (High Sierra), 10.14 (Mojave), 10.15 (Catalina) Can I restore files from the VBR console?”Copy to” (Linux & Windows) is possible. No direct restore Deduplication appliances are supported !

2 years ago

vNote42Veeam Legend, Veeam Vanguard

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Veeam Backup for Microsoft Office 365 - Version 5 Released

Veeam released Version 5 of Veeam Backup for Microsoft Office 365 today!https://www.veeam.com/backup-microsoft-office-365-download.html Release notes see here:https://www.veeam.com/veeam_backup_microsoft_office_365_5_0_release_notes_en_rn.pdf

2 years ago

haslundMr. VMCE

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#HomelabWednesday - How to deploy StarWind Virtual SAN: Part 1

In this week's episode of #HomelabWednesdays, I show you how to deploy the free StarWind Virtual SAN that we will be using for shared storage in the home lab.Don’t forget to subscribe to get automatic notifications whenever a new video is released.

2 years ago

haslundMr. VMCE

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#DailyQuiz - #VMCE 2020 Scenario question 36 walkthrough

Today’s #VMCE2020 #DailyQuiz walkthrough is ready. Do you use the on-demand sandbox for patch/update testing? How are you getting your patches/updates inside the isolated virtual lab?Try this question and more at https://rasmushaslund.com/vmce-practice-exam/

2 years ago

haslundMr. VMCE

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#DailyQuiz - #VMCE 2020 Scenario question 35 walkthrough

Today’s #VMCE2020 #DailyQuiz walkthrough is ready. Do you use the on-demand sandbox? How do you keep it running without being interrupted by source jobs starting?Try this question and more at https://rasmushaslund.com/vmce-practice-exam/

2 years ago

eprietoVeeam Vanguard

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VBR v11 🔥 More Linux Improvements 🐧

We keep reviewing what's new in VBR v11 We keep talking about #Linux and this great little feature Linux File Restore Without Helper Appliance You Can: Mount backup to any Linux machine Allows Linux FLR for VMware in AWS or environments without hypervisor Helper appliance still available Agent for AIX, MAC & Solaris also works Notes: No changes for Cloud Connect FLR & Not for FLR from storage snapshot. More Faster Because •Network card changed to VMXNET3•SCSI controller changed to VMware Paravirtual

2 years ago

haslundMr. VMCE

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#DailyQuiz - #VMCE 2020 Scenario question 34 walkthrough

Today’s #VMCE2020 #DailyQuiz walkthrough is ready. What do you do when your application tests fail in a SureBackup job? Did you look into the sequencing? What is a stabilization point?Try this question and more at https://rasmushaslund.com/vmce-practice-exam/

2 years ago

eprietoVeeam Vanguard

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Veeam.Backup.DBConfig.exe Utility 🔥🔧

Veeam.Backup.DBConfig.exe Utility We continue to discover Veeam utilities that we may not know were there and are very useful ...Veeam Backup & Replication comes with the Veeam.Backup.DBConfig.exe utility that allows you to manage connection settings for Veeam Backup & Replication and/or Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager configuration database. Using this utility, you can:Connect to a different database on the same or another Microsoft SQL Server instance. If you specify a database that does not exist yet, it will be created on the selected server. Change authentication method for database connection. Possible methods are Microsoft Windows authentication and Microsoft SQL server authentication. NOTE: The Veeam.Backup.DBConfig.exe utility supports only connection to configuration databases of the current version. Using Veeam.Backup.DBConfig.exe Utility You can launch the Veeam.Backup.DBConfig.exe utility from the Start menu by clicking Configuration Database Con

2 years ago

eprietoVeeam Vanguard

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PART II 👉 Tape 📼 Improvements in VBR v11 🔥

Tape 📼 Improvements VEEAM v11 TAPE VERIFICATION!!! Check for media errors Compliance Verify after migration Sleep at night Restore without restore Performance near drive speed + some time for post-processing All VBR versions supported Audit file to track the corrupted files No scheduler (use PowerShell)

2 years ago

haslundMr. VMCE

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#DailyQuiz - #VMCE 2020 Scenario question 33 walkthrough

Today’s #VMCE2020 #DailyQuiz walkthrough is ready. Are you running SureBackup tests on your production hosts? or did you decide to repurpose older hosts for this? If yes, what happens if there is insufficient CPU or memory on those hosts? What about custom roles? Did you create any? If yes, for which applications?Try this question and more at https://rasmushaslund.com/vmce-practice-exam/

2 years ago

PValsecchiVeeam Vanguard

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Want to make Backup Jobs management easier? ...use Tags!

Veeam Backup & Replication supports and understands vSphere tags allowing the creation of Backup and Replication Jobs by selecting VMs to backup based on Tags.Tags concept was introduced in vSphere 5.5 and basically it is a label you can assign to any object (VMs, storage and so on...) in the vSphere inventory. You can assign a tag to a specific category to better identify a VM type or simply the installed OS.The use of Tags during Jobs configuration is pretty easy to configure. In the configuration wizard click Add button to add objects to backup. Click the tag icon to display VMs and Tags, select the item you want to include in the job then click Add.Using Tags you no longer need to edit a specific Backup or Replication Job to add or remove a VM. A simple click in the Tags panel of the particular VM in vSphere Client does the trick.No Backup tag?... why you should use it? Well, the No Backup Tag can be used to specify which VMs are not included in any backup on purpose. In big en

9 months ago

haslundMr. VMCE

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Tool: Veeam ONE database calculator

If you are using Veeam ONE with MS SQL Express you probably either have a small environment or you just didn’t hit the 10 GB database limitation yet But, how much space will the database then consume?The good news is Veeam offers a Veeam ONE database calculator tool right here: https://www.veeam.com/kb2246It is actually a Excel spreadsheet, but is very easy to use: But wait! Don’t forget to select the correct data collection mode you plan to use at the bottom:In case you are wondering what this is, check out the user guide: https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/one/deployment/typical_choose_collection_mode.html?ver=100 and the table from https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/one/deployment/data_collection_modes.html?ver=100 (partial screenshot):

2 years ago

haslundMr. VMCE

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#DailyQuiz - #VMCE 2020 Scenario question 32 walkthrough

Today’s #VMCE2020 #DailyQuiz walkthrough is ready. How are you testing your applications during SureBackup jobs? Are you familiar with the expected return code from your script?Try this question and more at https://rasmushaslund.com/vmce-practice-exam/

2 years ago

eprietoVeeam Vanguard

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Tape 📼 Improvements in VBR v11 🔥

When I thought the tape was forgotten ... Veeam brings us these improvements that I think are excellents! Tape 📼 Improvements TAPE CLONING !!! Allows us to Migrate from old LTO to newer tapes generations Additional copy for security reasons You can Copy from one drive to other drive via tape server You can Modify database and link old backups with new tapes You can Preserve link for old tapes File parts are detected and prompt for additional tape Note:Veeam can clone all Veeam tapes (B2T, F2T, NDMP), Veeam Can't do it for 3rd party tapes. What you need to know Requires at least two drives Restore selects automatically the needed tape if several copies exist No scheduler (use PowerShell) One media pool still does only allow one LTO generation What do you think of this improvement?

2 years ago

vNote42Veeam Legend, Veeam Vanguard

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Veeam v11 - Hardened Repository - how it behaves

It is always interesting, when thinking of special situations, to ask: What happens, when …Here are the answers to at least a few of these questions - for immutable backups in VBR v11:What happens, when…… removing immutable restore points?Task starts and ends up with errors. No restore point is removed.Warning when trying to remove immutable files… hacker changes date/time on Veeam server to remove files with next backup run?Excellent question! But it will not work! Configured period of time is checked at Linux server, not at Veeam B&R Server! So a job running one year in the future will create new files, it cannot delete old ones.… enabling feature at existing repository, not compatible with hardened repository?Veeam checks if there are backup jobs configured with an incompatible backup chain. If found, error is shown:Error with not compatible backups… changing a backup job writing to immutable repository?When backup chain is changed to an incompatible one, error is shown:… days

10 months ago

vNote42Veeam Legend, Veeam Vanguard

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Veeam v11 - Hardened Repository aka Immutable backups

I spent some time in testing a new great feature in v11: Hardened Repository. Read here about:What is immutability is about Requirements Setup How it works What is immutability is aboutImmutability in this context means, a backup file cannot be changed or deleted without having root access within hosing Linux OS. So, even the backup administrator is not able to delete backups on such a repository.Why is this important? Think about ransomware. This software is that smart these days, it is able to recognize backup systems. It can trigger tasks like deletion of backup files. But when they are immutable, this cannot be done! RequirementsWhat is needed to get immutable backups? First of all: Veeam Backup&Replication v11. This is the first version supporting hardened repositories. Secondly a Linux server hosting repository volumes.What about the filesystem? Veeam is using immutable flag. So every filesystem supporting this flag can be used. These are pretty much all. Veeam supports refli

1 year ago

haslundMr. VMCE

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#HomelabWednesday - How to install the VMware vCenter Server root CA to avoid certificate warnings in your home lab

In this week's episode of #HomelabWednesdays, I show you how to migrate your domain controller and VMware vCenter Server to a new network without issues.Don’t forget to subscribe to get automatic notifications whenever a new video is released.

2 years ago

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