Late last night I received a welcome email congratulating me on my renewal for the second half of 2023 as a member of the Veeam Legends and Veeam 100 program. This means that I'm rounding out my first full year as a Legend, so I thought it appropriate to provide a quick(ish) recap of just what the past year has entailed, as well as what what it coming up for the Veeam 100 members as well as how you can work to join this fantastic community.
Long, long ago (okay, it was 2020) in a galaxy far, far away (otherwise known as a small rural community in centralish Nebraska), there resides a community hospital who shall rename nameless. We, an eastern Nebraska-based MSP, sourced this new client and it’s looking like the beginning of a fabulous relationship.
The Task at Hand, or the problem to solve NOTE: This post was updated at the end on 07 July 2023 to include additional information on where the license consumption is available. As a service provider that is actively growing our BaaS offering, one major source or growth is Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365. Obviously, you need to protect your Microsoft 365 data, and if you are a Microsoft 365 user but aren't backing…
Two weeks ago at VeeamON 2023, Veeam announced that as part of their program to create more diversity in the IT industry, they are inviting up to 150 women to get Veeam certified. The VMCE certification is a great program that dives into the nuts and bolts of Veeam Backup & Replication. The current version now taught is for VBR v12. If you or someone you know is interested in becoming a VMCE, fill out…
So what IS VeeamON? And what can I learn? See what VeeamON 2023 is all about, and why you should attend.
For those service providers out there, Veeam has released a cumulative patch for the Veeam Service Provider Console. There are various features and bug fixed in place. Enhancements include: Enhanced VCSP Pulse Integration Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 Enhancements Companies Health State World Map Widget Enhancements REST API Enhancements You can view the full list here.
For those not aware, Veeam recently released it's second cumulative patch for v12. There's quite a few bug fixes and I suggest checking it out and patching at your first availability. All of the details can be found here.
VeeamOn 2023 will be on May 22nd-25th, and you should come! I'll be there in sunny Miami to see all there is to see, and learn all there is to learn all about Veeam and that their fantastic products have to offer you in the world of data recovery. Actually, it's a lot, and there's not way I can possibly absorb all the content. Need a high level overview of the agenda. Bam! Want to…
For anyone who has deployed the RTM Build 1402 of Veeam Backup & Replication, you'll note that the GA build that went live on Feb 14th is Build 1420. However, when you attempt to upgrade, you'll get the below notification. After a bit of research, Rick Vanover noted in the v12 Upgrade Center in the Community Hub, there is a separate Day 0 patch that has to be applied and you cannot upgrade to 1420…
Received this email from one of our security vendors, Arctic Wolf a couple days ago. Seems like an exceptionally easy way for malware to make it into your network, so I figured I'd share as we've blocked these across the board as well. Not really sure why someone would really need to send OneNote attachments on a regular basis anyway. Summary Arctic Wolf observed a significant increase in the number of malicious files delivered and…