Have you ever wanted to know more about Virtual Machine (VM) backups but didn't know where to start? Whether you have questions around backing up a VM, restoring application data or understanding the ins and outs of a disaster recovery plan; this guide will help you get started. From on-premises, in the cloud or hybrid... find out the best way to protect your VMware VMs and meet your SLAs across your environment. We'll discuss the considerations for a successful backup and recovery, including some tips and tricks for a better virtual machine backup. Read more

In 2017, VMware simplified this choice by announcing a strategic alliance with AWS, offering the ability to run existing VM workloads on a SaaS based platform while also taking advantage of AWS services.

Today you can choose from a plethora of VMware-based public cloud offerings including Google, IBM, Microsoft and Oracle. Whether you prefer Azure VMware Solution (AVS), Google Cloud VMware Engine (GCVE), IBM Cloud for VMware Solutions or Oracle Cloud VMware Solution (OCVS), you can still leverage your investments in on-premises VMware products. Read more

Veeam ONE is specifically famous for its forecasting capabilities. It uses the ability of data gathering from various parts of your infrastructure and then utilizes modern mathematical models for deep analysis. As a result, you get all the details in fully-customizable reports (PDF/XLS/JSON/CSV) or dashboards. There are more than 25 reports targeted to predict the future behavior of an environment based on trends and historical data analysis of the environment. In this blog post, we'll focus only on the seven most valuable for everyday usage for any service provider. Read more

Veeam ONE is the product built for all types of Veeam customers — small or medium businesses, enterprises or service providers — certainly, there is something for everyone. Once the product is deployed, you may find yourself overwhelmed with a countless number of reports, alarms, and dashboards, wondering “which ones are actually useful for my IaaS business?”

In this blog post, I’ll navigate you through the most useful reports to help you get started, and possibly, even find a few hidden gems in the process. Read more

Third-party software that interacts with VMware vCenter must store credentials somewhere. These credentials are the target of attackers as they often provide high privileges on one of the central components of a busines IT infrastructure. This blog post shows how a “least privilege model” implementation with Veeam Backup & Replication can work. Read more

Veeam has always had a strong story with VMware Cloud Director. From releasing the first Self-Service Portal back in v7 of Veeam Backup & Replication through to the ability to have a VCD organization as a Cloud Connect Replication target site, Veeam has always offered value for our cloud and service providers using VCD. In V11, we have taken this a step further with the release of VCD-to-VCD replication and a fully supported HTML5 Tenant UI for deeper self-service. Read more

The Instant Recovery story at Veeam started in the v5 release in 2010, which seems like such a long time ago! Every release since has had some form of enhancement to the capability. Whether it is performance, scalability or new platforms. New platform support included Hyper-V Instant VM Recovery and allowing Agent backups to recover instantly as a VM. V10 also introduced multiple VM Instant VM Recovery alongside significant performance improvements. But Veeam isn’t going to stop there. Read more

We know you’re all excited for the many benefits of Veeam Backup & Replication v11, including the many features and improvements and how this platform continues to expand to protect even more of your critical workloads. The benefits of this V11 release include bulletproof ransomware protection, increased security, Continuous Data Protection (CDP), greater cloud portability and cloud-native backup options in AWS and Microsoft Azure and much, much more. The list is truly impressive and a testament to our R&D team, listening to your feedback and responding with continued innovation that is Simple, Flexible and Reliable. Read more

It is no secret that applications and, by extension the platforms and systems they run on, have become extremely critical to all businesses. The requirement to ensure continuity of Tier One workloads while minimizing any potential data loss has become a high priority for organizations. The potential brand damage to organizations when applications become unavailable, as well as the cost to the business can be significant. Read more