Blogs and Podcasts

I recently had to cover off a very unique use case, making capacity tier data available for restore after being disconnected. After doing I thought I’d share so here’s a little post I wrote:https://www.koolaid.info/maintaining-recoverability-in-veeam-capacity-tier-migrations/

 10. There is a scenario builder9. Tape is now included8. Select from Data Center, SaaS, Public Cloud and Monitoring7. Immutability is included6. Capacity Tier calculations5. Direct to Object storage option4. The UI is fantastic3. Average write rate when doing CDP calculation can be factored in2. This is an official Veeam Calculator1. The restore simulator is back!Anyone who works in the backup space knows the importance of a good backup calculator. Not only will it save you time it could also save money. To take it a step further a Veeam sizing calculator can also help you understand how to size the Veeam environment, that’s way I am excited when I got the news from @Chas letting everyone know that the new Veeam hosted calculators are available.Before I provide an overview of some of the enhancements, I would like to extend a huge thank you to the Veeam team that worked on creating these tools Adam Congdon, David Tosoff and Olivier Rossi as well as Marty Williams provide input around

Hi all, just wanted to get this out there in case you hadn’t seen it, my friend, fellow Vanguard and all around good dude Brad Jervis will be presenting with @Rin and @safiya this Thursday at 10 AM EST on archiving M365 data with Veeam Backup for Microsoft365. If you are concerned about compliance and cost management you should definitely tune in!https://www.linkedin.com/events/7243244346731290624

If you wish to explore the capabilities of Veeam Backup and Replication v11A, then you probably upgrade to this version. Kindly visit the following URL for more of these capabilities/features.Here is a link to the complete guide highlighting on all the needed steps.You may be notified if there is an update of the Veeam Backup and Replication. Upon clicking on this notification, you will be redirected to the following KB (download) link. Note: I will be upgrading from Veeam v11 Build 11.0.0.839 →  11.0.1.1261.I will be downloading the new 11A ISO as shown below. If you are not prompted that an update is available, you can download the latest version of the Veeam Backup and Replication ISO from the following  Veeam Backup & Replication Download page. You will be required to login in order to access the download. Before proceeding to upgrade, ensure all existing jobs are successfully completed. If there are any filed jobs, ensure to re-run them.- Also, ensure there isn't any restore s

Every once in a while, someone asks me to protect an Azure workload that does have the most direct approach available for it in a Veeam product. Today I’ll focus on Azure Key Vault, but I’ll see if I can broaden the scope a bit over time with future posts. Why backup Azure Key VaultAzure Key Vault is used as a source to manage anything from encryption scopes on Azure Storage to allowing customer managed keys for services, storing public/private key pairs, custom secrets, and certificates. Losing Azure Key Vault contents could pose a serious problem, but exporting data out for backup purposes could also create quite some risk – thankfully backup jobs allow data encryption. Soft deleteAzure Key Vault comes with soft delete, allowing recovery of deleted vaults and deleted objects (keys, secrets and certificates). Once an object is deleted the default recovery period is 90 days, unless the object is purged entirely. This should be your first line of defense. BackupAzure Key Vault comes wit

With the recent announcement that Hyper-V is strategic to Microsoft, as the main focus of Server 2025 you can imagine I've spent more time on the topic than usual lately. I normally don’t post on here, but I figured I'd share. To get the basic stuff out of the way, yes you can Instantly Recovery ‘any’ workload to Hyper-V, and it can be automated with PowerShell - it will probably make it easier at scale. And for those new to Hyper-V with Veeam, on-host backup processing is the way to go. Did you know we recently updated the user guide to explain how Veeam selects VM generation upon arrival?Veeam supports Azure Stack HCI too, and it has been on a much faster release cadence, so a lot of the features may have been seen before - but I think the key take away is that, there is significant forward motion for Hyper-V, and a continued path to purchasing perpetual licenses for it.I wish that central management of Hyper-V was addressed a bit differently. For Hyper-V you can still choose between

Hi all,In the first part of our deep-dive evaluation of OOTBI we go deeper into Object Storage and the technology.What is it, what are the benefits, pitfalls,…We also look what’s inside the OOTBI’s box, dismantle it, analyse the components and show you step by step how to configure this optimized device for Veeam under 15 minutes.Read it all here (prepare for a long-read….) Let me know if you like it. We’ll prepare a second article where we look at performance and maintenance.

I was honored to be selected as a delegate last week to Edge Field Day 3 in Santa Clara, CA. While there I presented an Ignite Talk on utilizing Object Storage in your Disaster Recovery strategy. This is the shorter version of this talk that I’ve been giving this year but the only one that’s made its way to YouTube so I thought I’d share. Are you leverage Object today?  

The sequel of part 2 😉And it seems that a part 4 is also needed 🙄 Backup copy job : VBR creates the first time of course a full backup file on the currently attached disk When you swap the disk and if it is empty, it will create a full backup on itIf there is a backup chain on it for this job, it will create a new incremental in the current chain. The latest incremental is the start point of the new incrementalThe retention policy will be applied, so all backup-files that are outdated will be removed from the backup chainBecause I always use a backup copy job in combination with rotated drives as a offline/airgapped solution I always recommend the customer to swap the disks on a weekly basis. Therefore I mostly configure the job with 7 to 10 restore points meaning 1 full and 6 to 9 incrementals.I don’t care about the total wanted restore points, I see the number of restore points per disk. I tell you later why.Normally the disks chosen are having a capacity of +/- 2 times a full back

As a backup professional, I often present alongside partners, addressing key concerns in data protection. One of the most frequent questions I encounter is: How can we determine if there’s an issue with a backup or if it’s infected? This is where I highlight a standout feature of Veeam—Secure Restore—demonstrating its critical role in maintaining data integrity.What is Veeam Secure Restore?Veeam Secure Restore allows organizations to scan restore points using antivirus software and YARA rules before restoring them to the production environment. This proactive approach ensures that data is not only recoverable but also safe from potential threats.Supported OperationsSecure Restore is available for a range of operations, including:Instant Recovery Instant Disk Recovery Virtual Disks Restore Entire VM Restore Restores to Microsoft Azure Restores to Amazon EC2 Restores to Google Compute Engine Disk ExportImportant ConsiderationsPlatform Limitation: Secure Restore is only available for Micr

For ease of administration, I will use Portainer a lightweight Docker Container management solution to administer my Docker environment instead of using the Container Manager on Synology.To proceed with this task, we have to first install the Container Manager on Synology. Launch the Package Center on your Synology NAS, and search for Container Manager. You will have to install it as shown below.Note: When Installed, you can also open it and navigate to the Image tab, select the Prometheus image and click Launch. You will also have to do the same for Grafana. But as I said above, we will be using Portainer as it simplifies Docker management. Next, we will have to create a folder for Portainer. Under the Docker Folder, we will create a directory that will be used to store the configuration and data for Persistent Storage. Here are some guides on how to manage User Permission on Synology with Active Directory [Part 1], and how to configure Synology DS923+ NAS for File Sharing [Part 2].In

I am often tasked with creating storage heavy systems in terms of throughput and I/O.Some of the proprietary video systems create lots of IO and the users require a lot of space.  We all know M.2 NVMe drives are perfect for the task, but what happens when you need larger volumes? Software raid or using Storage Spaces is easy, but the performance penalties are not small. Hardware raid performs much better, but what about when you want to take it to the next level?  I purchased a GRAID SupremeRAID SR-1001 and a LQD4500 (Honey Badger) to do some testing. The SR-1001 is a GPU accelerated raid card, and the LQD4500 is 8 M.2 drives on a PCIe card. You can see after installing the LQD4500, device manager shows it has added 8 Samsung disks to the 3 I already had in the system.    For the first test, I created a 28TB volume using storage spaces with default settings and ran a default test in CrystalDiskMark. Having an idea of the performance you should be expecting can really help you tune thin

 Data Quality C.A.R.E. is a framework that emphasizes essential aspects of data quality, particularly in the context of Machine learning (ML) and Deep Learning (DL).Before we describe the framework, it is important to remember essential concepts.Machine Learning is a subset of Artificial Intelligence (AI) that enables systems to learn from data and improve their performance over time without being explicitly programmed.It is generally effective with smaller datasets and can perform well with a few hundred or thousand samples. It is commonly used for structured data tasks like fraud detection, customer segmentation, and predictive analytics.Deep Learning is a specialized subset of Machine Learning that uses neural networks with many layers (deep neural networks) to model complex patterns in data.It requires large volumes of data to train effectively, often needing millions of samples to avoid overfitting and to capture complex patterns. Deep Learning excels in unstructured data tasks su

Rickatron tells us the story of how to run IT communities: Rickatron’s work of Art  https://objectfirst.com/blog/out-of-the-box-interview-rick-vanover-part-2/

Our Migration Toolkit for Virtualization 🕺 Many have asked me what a migration flow is with our toolkit from the VMware Hypervisor to Openshift Virtualization, in this flowchart I will list each of the steps, how with this Tool we can leave our Virtual Machine ready to be take backup by Kasten🤓 When you run a migration plan, the Migration Controller creates a VirtualMachineImport custom resource (CR) for each source VM. The Virtual Machine Import Controller validates the VirtualMachineImport CR and generates a VirtualMachine CR. The Virtual Machine Import Controller retrieves the VM configuration, including network, storage, and metadata, linked in the VirtualMachineImport CR.

 For each VM disk: The Virtual Machine Import Controller creates a DataVolume CR as a wrapper for a Persistent Volume Claim (PVC) and annotations.

 The Containerized Data Importer (CDI) Controller creates a PVC. The Persistent Volume (PV) is dynamically provisioned by the StorageClass provisioner.

 The CDI

Greetings everyone, for years I have been building scripts, tools, and dashboards regarding Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 restore operations, just to quickly recap all the work over the years: Don’t get me wrong, the experience was amazing, and seeing how many of you, and even beyond the Community, utilised these resources was really overwhelming and satisfactory.But since then, we have been working tirelessly to bring this functionality, and much more regarding the topic, natively to the product.Introducing Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 - Restore Audit (powered by Veeam ONE)Starting with Veeam Backup for Microsoft v8, and Veeam ONE v12.2, this functionality comes natively, and so far at no additional cost as Veeam ONE is free for those with MS365 licensing (just for M365 objects).While building this set of features, the thought process was pretty much having Customers, Enterprises and Service Providers in mind. Use-cases like being able to filter by Organization was the paramo

 Again, Veeam has exceeded expectations and delivered a new release for the Veeam Data Platform with many new features and integrations.This release expands Veeam Backup and Replication platform capabilities significantly. This post will focus on Proxmox VE compatibility, MongoDB support, Nutanix Prism Central integration, and Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB support.The VDP 12.2 for VBR release also delivers other new workload integrations, enabling customers to transition to new platforms with confidence and security, like:IBM Db2: Linux on Power support and SLES 15 SP5 support. SAP HANA plugin: now operates on RHEL 9.4 for SAP HANA. Veeam Agent for Linux: support for the latest Linux distribution versions like SLES 15 SP6 (for x86_64), Debian 12.4, and Fedora 40. VMware Cloud Director 10.6 support and vSphere 8.0 Update 3 support. Amazon Redshift Cluster and Amazon FSx protection. Microsoft Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 protection.The new release brings many other new features and improveme

Mongo DB and VeeamTraditional relational database systems such as Oracle, Microsoft SQL, Postgres are built around the concept of tables of information organized into Rows and Columns. These tables/rows/columns store data in a rigid structure. When a new row is created for a table, it should have all the same fields as other entries in the same table. Some fields in a table can reference information from other tables through foreign keys. There is a Schema to define what fields exist in which table and how tables cross reference each other. Data is entered and retrieved through a Structured Query Language which is similar across each of the different vendors but might have slightly different syntax. Each platform has a unique way to manage scale and improve performance and how storage is managed, as well as implementations of other features like replication and high availability.Relational databases aren’t the only option for storing data. NoSQL databases offer more flexibility in how

In this post I would like to highlight the new support for MongoDB within the Veeam Data Platform 12.2 and in particular within Veeam Backup & Replication.   What is MongoDB?  I expect many of you have come across SQL and maybe heard of the term NoSQL but what does this mean? These are two types of databases amongst many others but the purpose of this section is to discuss and highlight that MongoDB is a NoSQL database. a document-based, database management system (DBMS) that stores and manages data in flexible, JSON-like documents. It's a non-relational database, which means it doesn't use tables and rows like a relational database management system (RDBMS) does.See what they say themselves about their offering - https://www.mongodb.com/company/what-is-mongodb I will also add that MongoDB can be leveraged in many different platforms, It could be in the form of VMs making up your replicaset, it could be their SaaS based version which is called MongoDB Atlas, most of the public clou

The new “Technical Report 4948 NetApp E-Series storage with Veeam Backup & Replication: Reference architecture and best practices” is online!  But let's start from the beginning - how exactly did this happen?While we often use NetApp Ontap systems for primary storage environments, there are other requirements for backup storage.What really matters for backups:- Reliability- Blockstorage to get immutability through the hardened repository- Price/performance per TBFor smaller environments, we like to use rack servers with RAID controllers and internal HDDs.However, as soon as multiple 100 TB are required, the use of rack servers with internal discs is not always optimal, in terms of restore times, RAID expansion, etc.A very common combination for us is therefore a 1U rack server with a SAS or FC card. The E-Series is connected "Direct Attached" to this, this combination then provides a reliable and high-performance repository.I always call the E-Series "a better external RAID control

Do you want to understand in depth how Veeam Instant Recovery works for SQL Server databases?I invite you to watch my latest YouTube video in the "Veeam Back to Basics" series where I revisit Veeam's most iconic technological innovations and the technological fundamentals that have made Veeam renowned and successful for over 16 years. 🏆🥇**AI-Generated Voice**, as I'm not a native English speaker... But, it's me, not an avatar :)In this video, you'll find:A detailed explanation of the technical functioning of Veeam Instant Recovery for SQL DB A demonstration of SQL database restoration using Veeam Instant Recovery Practical tips to optimize its useIf you prefer a quick overview, here's a summary of the key points covered in the video:Why Instant Recovery?Traditionally, restoring a SQL database involved fully extracting the backed-up data, transferring it over the network, then rewriting it to the target SQL server. For large databases, this process could lead to significant downtime.

As we all know Veeam released version 12.2 last week and I was able to get my lab upgraded finally.  Check out my blog post below and I have included a link to my blog site as well.Upgrading to Veeam Data Platform 12.2: What You Need to Know – Just Virtualization (just-virtualization.tech) Upgrading to Veeam Data Platform 12.2: What You Need to KnowThe latest release of Veeam Data Platform, version 12.2, is generally available, bringing many new features and enhancements that promise to elevate your data protection and management capabilities. Whether you’re a seasoned Veeam user or considering an upgrade, here’s a comprehensive look at what Veeam 12.2 offers and how to make the most of it.Key Features and Enhancements1. Expanded Platform Support:   – Proxmox and MongoDB: Veeam 12.2 now supports Proxmox and MongoDB, broadening its compatibility and making it easier to protect data across diverse environments.   – Enhanced Nutanix AHV Support: Improved integration with Nutanix AHV ensur

Buenas noches,Bloqueado "OK" para guardar la modificación o configuración del ProxyLuego de hacer instalado el Veeam ONE en Windows Server 2022 no puedo modificar la configuración del Proxy de Windows (inetcpl.cpl), al dar CLIC en “OK” no lo acepta, así que no me permite asignar el proxy para poder actualizar la huella del Antimalware.Ya revise la políticas locales y no tengo ninguna para las opciones de Internet.Puedo agrégalo de forma manual a nivel de registro de Windows y puedo navegar, pero sin embargo, sigue fallando la actualización de la huella del Antimalware.Por favor, alguien me puede ayudarSaludos y gracias de antemano,--------------------------------Good evening,After installing Veeam ONE on Windows Server 2022 I cannot modify the Windows Proxy settings (inetcpl.cpl), when I click on “OK” it does not accept it, so it does not allow me to assign the proxy to be able to update the Antimalware footprint.I have already checked the local policies and I do not have any for the I

For those using Wasabi as part of their data storage architecture, the following Wasabi knowledge base articles have been updated for 12.2:How do I create a Backup Copy Job in Veeam v12 with Wasabi?How do I create a Backup Job in Veeam v12 to Backup to Wasabi?How do I create a Backup Job in Veeam v12 to backup to Wasabi using a Scale-out Repository?Have a great day!