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Last recap of 2023! @Rick Vanover is on vacation but Madi has two special community recap guests: @Tyler Jurgens  and @coolsport00 , both Legends and Veeam 100 members! We discuss all data backup basics, scripts and Yara rules! The Links: Via ​​​​@JMeixner :Data Backup Basics IV: Understanding Backup Strategies: Full, Incremental, and Differential BackupsVia @keironbell : Automate Veeam Agent Upgrades via VSPCVia @Rick Vanover : YARA and Script Library SupportabilityHow to install a YARA rule with VeeamFeatured YARA rule: Top 10 Ransomware ThreatsVia @SteveHeart :Powershell - VBR Backup Scan - YARA ready Special Department News: VUG AFS: Veeam et la Résilience des données: les nouveautés de la version 12.1New Group: Veeam Hands-on Labs Best, Madi   

What a release! This week, the Veeam Data Platform 23H2 release, which includes version 12.1 of Veeam Backup & Replication and Veeam ONE, has gone generally available! This episode is mostly about that :) You can watch this week’s episode here:The Linksvia @Tyler Jurgens via @Pybarra and be sure to see KB4521:  KB4521: Release Information for Veeam Backup for Nutanix AHV 5 Cumulative Patchesvia @Andanet via @BertrandFR Check out this Cyber-Resilient Data Recovery Strategy whitepaper: Building a Cyber-Resilient Data Recovery Strategy (veeam.com)Congratulations @JMeixner on winning the Blog of the Month!Coming soon in Arizona, a Veeam User Group via @ertelle1 and @allynz Coming soon in Belgium, a Veeam User Group via via @Nico Losschaert and @kristofpoppe Who’s NewWe are happy to welcome +133 new members this week! Thank you @safiya for preparing! The coolest usernames this week are @Notverybright96 (you are here, you are smart!), @euclids_bellybutton, @A bit of a byte and @Neopolis!

What a wild episode! Mid-recording we had a facility power outage (but don’t worry, Rickatron has a backup, and had fun with some royalty-free clips)! We powered through and are happy to bring you this week’s recap:The Linksvia @JMeixner via @James.Janney (WELCOME!)via @kmcdermott (related to this ISO: All-Demo Session & Installable ISO for Veeam Hardened Repository | Veeam Community Resource Hub)Special Department Newsvia @mkevenaar @jos.maliepaard  @Scott and @Chris.Arceneaux Be sure to check out the latest Veeam 100 Show episode via @ertelle1 @allynz and @falkob via @NikolaPejkova → 2024 Veeam Vanguard Program Opens Nominations and RenewalsWho’s NewThank you to @safiya (and enjoy PTO!) for preparing the +96 New Users! The coolest usernames are @Deezed, @gallbee, @Alper and @sigma !Alfred’s pick this week is @GarryPotter  (EPIC!) and there is a badge coming your way! Have a great weekend everyone, we have a special episode planned for next week. 

We are back from the holiday week and have a proper list of content and special department news to share! Rickatron and @Madi.Cristil are happy to bring you this week’s Veeam Community Recap with a 12.1 demo as well of Malware Detection being marked clean. Watch this week’s episode here:The Linksvia ​​​​@coolsport00 via @leduardoserrano via @MicoolPaul Special Department NewsWe have launched a new special group, the Women and Allies in Tech group, check it out!https://community.veeam.com/groups/women-and-allies-in-tech-115via ​​​​@wolff.mateus @BethSouza and @Jean.peres via @Eric Machabert and @Julien Mousqueton via @Madi.Cristil via @JBuff On the Veeam blog: Veeam Innovation Awards Nominations Are Open!Who’s New!Thank you @safiya for processing a huge list of who’s new! We are happy to welcome +165 new users this week. The coolest usernames are @infrastructure, @Yokefellow, @GhostOfAtticus and @flyingcheetah2000!This week’s Alfred’s Pick is @backupissilverrestoreisgold → LOVE THIS! Yo

This week is a special episode, a double episode! With the US Thanksgiving holiday next week, this recap will take the place of both weeks (and sorry for the late post!). You can watch this week’s epsiode here: The Linksvia @Nico Losschaert via @MicoolPaul via @damien commenge via @Geoff Burke via @SteveF Special Department LinksVUG Romania!via @HangTen416 @Chris.Childerhose and @Tyler Jurgens Who’s NewSpecial shout to @safiya for making this week’s Who’s New! We welcomed +111 new members to the community. This week’s coolest usernames are @isteamtiger, @halaMayday, @Boubchmo and @Midax!Alfred’s pick this week is @pillow! Cute! Have a great week everyone!  

This week the Veeam 100 Summit program members gathered in Prague for the annual Veeam 100 Summit! What a great show of community and focus on product information. We had a chance to interview a number of members, both new and previous to the programs, for their takeaways and impressions. Rickatron also got to put in the 12.1 Malware Detection capability as so many are interested in this. Watch this episode below hosted by @Madi.Cristil  and I:Members on this Episode (In order of appearance)Thank you @MatzeB @jos.maliepaard @HunterLAFR  @dips @bradlinch @Tyler Jurgens @Wesley.Martins (note that he gave a shout out to his mother in Brazil!) @HannesK @tsmith and @Cragdoo !

This week El Rickatron and @Madi.Cristil are both being road warriors. Rick is in Arizona and Madalina is in Barcelona. It was fun finding a time that worked to record! We have a full compliment of content to share, Special Department News and Who’s New members to share! Watch this week’s episode here:The Linksvia @Madi.Cristil featuring @anthonyspiteri79 @benyoung and @kristofpoppe via @dario72 via @Michael Melter Special Department NewsUrgent update for Veeam ONE users: Please update Veeam ONE as described in Veeam KB4508 KB4508: CVE-2023-38547 | CVE-2023-38548 | CVE-2023-38549 | CVE-2023-41723 (veeam.com)V12.1 DemoRick almost forgot! This week’s demo is setting up and doing an end-to-end use of the 4 eyes authorization for data destructive tasks.Who’s NewWe are pleased to welcome +191 new members into the Veeam Community. Thank you @safiya for preparing the big list this week. The Coolest Usernames are @backupjockey @FeartheSword @knowhow @kindly  @Jazz and @whutchis!And Alfred’s Pi

This week, @Madi.Cristil is on some well-deserved time off! I’m happy to have @safiya  co-hosting this week’s recap with me! Good thing as we have a very special thing we are adding → Additional demos of the Veeam Data Platform upcoming release! This week’s demo is the YARA Scanning in SureBackup jobs. You can watch this week’s episode here:The linksvia @CarySun via @vAdmin via @dloseke Special Department NewsCheck out Veeam KB2443 for the latest update for VMware vSphere Support 8.0 U2 KB2443: Veeam Backup & Replication support for VMware vSpherevia @CarySun If you are the “BINGE WATCH” type - you can play the VeeamON Resiliency Summit on-demand now: Who’s NewWe are happy to welcome +96 new members this week! This week’s coolest usernames are: @bobsbackups @DaHoove31 @Fries-IT and @djhead This week’s Alfred’s Pick is @harmohits! Congratulations, you have a badge coming your way! Have a great weekend everyone! 

Back at it! Travels and crazy schedules got in the way last week, but @Madi.Cristil and @Rick Vanover were able to get the recap back on track! Overfilling the content, solid block of Special Department news and Who’s New to boot! Watch this week’s episode here:The Linksvia @Nico Losschaert via @dloseke via @Arun Das via @Stabz Special Department Newsvia ​​​​@Madi.Cristil via @berat.cakirca via @DChiavari The VeeamON Resiliency Summit is NEXT WEEK! Be sure to register, and see my post about what goes on behind the scenes: Who’s New!Thank you @safiya for preparing 3 weeks of Who’s New! We welcomed +266 members this week! The coolest usernames are: @Shloop @oldbadger82 @FishingBDA @Veeam-User @SteelTown @giftmax @TDIZZLE @ironster As it has been 3 weeks, there are 3 Alfred’s picks. This again is a first!Congratulations @Backup-Noob  @pathfinder  @BogBeast! Have a great week everyone and we have a special guest host next week! 

This week , Madi has two special community recap guests: @MicoolPaul and @coolsport00  , both Veeam 100 members! They talk field stories, coding, cybersecurity awareness month and VeeamON Resiliency Summit! The Linksvia @Michael Melter SQL log-shipping, but only on certain days - find out howvia @michaelcade  Terminator - A Terminal Emulator on Steroids via @JMousqueton  Introducing a Veeam Backup & Replication Log Anonymization Script  Special Department News via @Madi.Cristil  Blog of the Month September 2023 Winner via @berat.cakirca , @Bulent.Tolu , @Moro  Veeam Türkiye Kullanıcı Grubu via @marcofabbri  October 2023 - Cybersecurity Awareness Month Don't miss out on VeeamON Resiliency Summit!    

This week Rickatron and @Madi.Cristil are up with a solid block of content! Maybe next week Rick can use the right microphone :). And @michaelcade → I threw a challenge your way, write up something on Terminator → what you do is cool! Watch this week’s episode here:The Linksvia @Stabz via @SteveHeart via @Geoff Burke Special Department NewsComing soon is the VeeamON Resiliency Summit this online event will have a sneak peek at some upcoming product capabilities → You don’t want to miss this!via @ertelle1, @tsainami  and @allynz via @Madi.Cristil We are launching the Veeam 100 Show! You don’t want to miss this!The Veeam 100 Show introduction (Friday 29-September): (6) Unlocking the Veeam 100 Show: Discovering the Who, What, and Why | LinkedInFirst full episode with @anthonyspiteri79 and @replicatius: How to leverage existing Veeam object storage backups for Disaster Recovery (Thursday 5-October): (6) How to leverage existing Veeam object storage backups for Disaster Recovery | LinkedIn 

Rickatron and @Madi.Cristil are back this week after some unforeseen circumstances last week. We have a solid set of content, Who’s New and Special Department news!  You can watch this week’s episode here:The Linksvia @Iams3le via @Ahmed Shakran via @Nico Losschaert  Special Department Newsvia @Madi.Cristil via @dloseke  a great overview of the experience: Veeam Legends – A Year in Review - Tech Notes & Dad Jokes (technotesanddadjokes.com) via @Julia F Morgado Veeam is proud to announce that the 2023 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Backup and Recovery Software Solutions has been published! Veeam will provide you a copy to read: 2023 Gartner Magic Quadrant | 7th Time Leader | Veeam Who’s NewThank you @safiya for prearing this week’s new member list! We are happy to welcome +110 new members.  The Coolest Usernames are @Veeamos @shaker @Seearound @Dragonspeed @Marshmallow4000 and @rapcat!This week, Alfred’s pick is @virtualhobbit!  

After an unplanned skippage last week (I think that’s a word!) El Rickatron and @Madi.Cristil are back at it with effectively a double episode! We have four pieces of content to share, a solid stack of Special Department News and a double-dose of Who’s New! Watch this week’s episode here:The Linksvia @coolsport00 via @Geoff Burke via @Cragdoo via @eprieto Special Department Newsvia @jos.maliepaard via @mkevenaar and @JonahMay NEXT WEEKFinally, Veeam published a great video with Microsoft talking about shared responsibility and Microsoft 365 data:Who’s NewWe welcomed nearly +175 new members this week! Thank you @safiya for preparing! Between the ‘double dose’ of Who’s New we had 8 coolest usernames:  @shunny @spy @Grumbarowski @millerman67 @Bmoody @BIMM IT @stooze and @ZadokZeePriest! Alfred’s pick (double this week as we combined the two weeks) goes to: @a unique username and @mrgfriend! Have a great weekend everyone! 

This week @Rick Vanover and @Madi.Cristil are in between trips and have a solid block of content this week focusing on new APIs for Microsoft 365, an interesting way to replicate Veeam repositories and a peek inside the Kubernetes release process. We also have some Special Department news and the Who’s New roundup. Watch this week’s episode here:The Linksvia @Nico Losschaert via @allynz via @Nitish Kumar Special Department Newsvia ​​​​@Madi.Cristil we have a winner, congratulations @Iams3le via @Stabz and @c_glemot I want to relay KB4483 for Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 environments: KB4483: Abnormal Increase in Exchange incremental Data Processed By Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365Who’s NewTha@safiya for prepping this week’s entries! We have +137 new members this week! A solid list of 4 for the coolest usernames: @o'locco (interesting - apostrophe can’t mention → I found a bug!) @HitTheDrum @bestofbeny and @Darkmasterm Alfred’s Pick this week is @4N0NYM0U5 → Love it! A badge coming yo

This week @Rick Vanover is on location at VeeamON Tour events in Latin America. Great energy here for Veeam with our customers and partners! We have a good block of content, Special Department news and the Who’s New for this week. Check out the latest episode:The Linksvia @TomKan via @NemanjaJanicic via @SteveHeart Special Department Newsvia ​​​​@Madi.Cristil via @bjervis and Kevin AllanVMware Cloud Director users: A new KB has been posted: KB4489: VMware Cloud Director 10.5 Compatibility Patch (veeam.com)Who’s NewThank you @safiya for preparing the new member list for this week. We are pleased to welcome +72 members this week! These six are the coolest usernames: @OG1 @DANGAC @soporte @Hitz @packet_loss and @carminati And @Veeamnix → you are Alfred’s pick. You have a badge coming your way! 

This week @Madi.Cristil and Rickatron are at it again. Important topics and content shared this week, so everyone if you haven’t please check out our discussion about product updates. You can watch this week’s episode here:The Linksvia @MicoolPaul via @Tyler Jurgens via @marcofabbri Special Department Newsvia @Rick Vanover Who’s Newvia @safiya we have +82 members this week at the Veeam Community, welcome!The Coolest Usernames are @ClemFandango @City Brewery IT Support  @monalisa09  @PaddyField @bootrec and @ITtechGuy!Alfred’s pick this week is @Thatoneguy → A badge is coming your way! Welcome everyone and have a great weekend! 

For all systems, it is critically important to keep systems up to date. This post is a reminder for all users to refer to KB4420 to ensure Veeam Backup & Replication is up to date.KB4420: Release Information for Veeam Backup & Replication 12 Cumulative PatchesWhy is this being brought up here, now?This is being raised here in the community to remind customers about the availability of the cumulative patches for Veeam Backup & Replication. Recently there has been media stories regarding a Veeam vulnerability that was patched on March 7 of this year, however bad actors have been devising new ways to attempt to activate that vulnerability on unpatched systems. Users have received emails about the update, it’s been covered in the V12 Upgrade Center and there even is a Veeam Intelligent Diagnostics alarm for the update:Veeam has a long-standing commitment to ensuring our products protect customers from any potential risk. As part of this, we run a Vulnerability Disclosure Progra

Happy Friday everyone! This week El Rickatron & @Madi.Cristil are conspiring in normal circumstances to bring you the best content recap this week. Here is this week’s video: The Linksvia ​​​​@michaelcade via @Michael Melter via @regnor Special Department NewsI want everyone to know that KB4420 was updated to have Veeam Backup & Replication v12’s cumulative patch 3. I’ve updated the V12 Upgrade Center:Cybersecurity is clearly a top-of-mind topic here at Veeam. I want to draw everyone’s attention to a great recent Industry Insights stream: Best Practices for Cyber Resiliency with Veeam by @DarthDave, @Viperian and @bradlinch:Who’s NewThank you @safiya for preparing the list of +133 new members to showcase this week! There are 8 names we selected as the coolest usernames! They are: @djwestermann7  @Dolphin @veeamy @leavemealone (sorry had to!) @rhap4boy @TechDadSoCal @TurkTownBlue @DarkMatter. And Alfred’s pick is @ThatsNASt! Have a great week everyone!  

This week @Rick Vanover and I went live for SysAdmin Day! We had two special guests @falkob and @jos.maliepaard to discuss their SysAdmin stories! We also announced the winner of the special edition Blog of the Month! Congratulations @Scott !  

We had a few unplanned circumstances this week - we will not be recording a Veeam Community Recap this week; we’ll be back next week!

This week @Madi.Cristil and El Rickatron are back at it in normal circumstances; however I think the heat is bothering Madalina! Stay cool, Madalina. Watch this week’s recap here: The Linksvia @marco_s via @Luiz Eduardo Serrano via @atinivelli Special Department Newsvia @safiya  → Congratulations on launching the Veeam User Group Egypt with @mhmdadl If you are using the Veeam backup for the public cloud products, maybe do an update per this KB: KB4471: Veeam Backup for Cloud Solutions Potential Data LossAlso, big news from Microsoft Inspire this week. Check out my blog: What you need to know about Microsoft 365, Syntex, and Veeam for 1 more reason to back up Microsoft 365.Who’s NewWe welcomed +47 new members this week!  But we really want to know @Lionel THIERY - why do the French always ALLCAPS the surname?The coolest usernames are: @Beppe00 @Neto @Deep and @SpicyNudle And Alfred’s pick is @clownyboots178 And a big welcome to everyone else! We will have a special SysAdmin Day stream n

This week we have a special edition with @mkevenaar and @JonahMay that are diving into everything about the upcoming  Veeam Community Hackathon  taking place in September ! Plus, @safiya has got us covered with exclusive department updates and surprises for SysAdmin Day this month. Also, a warm welcome to our 60+ new members! The Linksvia @dips Security Fridays #3 – External Attack Surface (Have I left my keys in the door?)via @Geoff Burke Fooling around with Kasten Prometheus Servervia @benyoung Hackathon! Register now for event in September, not to be missed Special Department Newsvia ​​​​@Madi.Cristil Let's dedicate July to all SysAdmins out there! Who’s NewWe are happy to welcome 60 members to the Veeam Community!The coolest usernames this week are @gocyclist , @bigapple23 , @slackhouse and @theMadOne !Alfred’s pick this week is @DragonPhoenix  ! Congratulations everyone and welcome to the Veeam Community. 

This week El Rickatron and @Madi.Cristil are back at it with three pieces of content with Special Department news as well as the Who’s New runup for the week. Watch this week’s episode here:The Linksvia @Nico Losschaert via @patricio.rcm via @olivier.rossi Special Department Newsvia @Madi.Cristil → We have a winner for the Blog of the Month competion!Congratulations @MicoolPaul also via @Madi.Cristil → Be sure to see the updated VeeamON Tour information: via @Rick Vanover → Updated installable .ISO for the Veeam Hardened RepositoryWho’s NewWe are happy to welcome 62 members to the Veeam Community!The coolest usernames this week are @produto, @sweetchris, @TALITO and @Aeternus Alfred’s pick this week is @LemonFridge! Congratulations everyone and welcome to the Veeam Community.