Posts by Rick Vanover

A little over four years ago, Veeam introduced the Scale-out Backup Repository. Since that time, we increased its capabilities most recently with the Veeam Cloud Tier. If you’re not using the Scale-out backup repository, you should be. I’ll explain why. Read more

Veeam has always taken platform support seriously. Whether it’s the latest hypervisor, storage system or a Windows operating system. Both Windows Server and Windows desktop operating systems have very broad support with Veeam, and I recently just did some work around Windows Server 2019 and I am happy to say that Veeam fully supports the newest Microsoft data center operating system. Read more

One of the things I love is how fast we can add storage integrations with the Veeam Universal Storage API. This framework was introduced with Veeam Backup & Replication 9.5 Update 3 and has allowed Veeam and our alliance partners to rapidly add new supported storage systems. Fujitsu Storage ETERNUS DX and AF are the newest systems to be supported with a Veeam plug-in. Read more

Let’s take a look at application-level monitoring in Veeam ONE. This capability is inside of Veeam ONE Monitor, which is my personal favorite “part” of Veeam ONE. I’ve always said with Veeam ONE, “I guarantee that Veeam ONE will tell you something about your environment that you didn't know, but need to fix.” And with application-level monitoring, the story is stronger than ever. Read more

Heatmaps are part of Veeam ONE Reporter and do an outstanding job of giving an at-a-glance view of the backup infrastructure that can help you quickly view if the environment is performing both as expected AND as you designed it. Let’s dig into the new heatmaps. Read more

SAP HANA is one of the most critical enterprise applications out there, and if you have worked with it, you know it likely runs part, if not all, of a business. In Veeam Availability Suite 9.5 Update 4, we are pleased to now have native, certified SAP support for backups and recoveries directly via backint. Read more

What is the right thing to do today to prepare for leveraging Windows Server 2019? I’m convinced there is no single answer on the best way to address these systems; rather the right approach is to identify options that are suitable for each workload. This may also match some questions you may have. Should I move the workload to Azure? How do I safely upgrade my domain functional level? Should I use Azure SQL? Should I take physical Windows Server 2008 R2 systems and virtualize them or move to Azure? Should I migrate to the latest Hyper-V platform? What do I do if I don’t have the source code? These are all indeed natural questions to have now. Read more

The Scale-Out Backup Repository (SOBR) is a very powerful management technology that has been in Veeam Backup & Replication since v9, but I recently had a situation in our lab that made me remember how powerful this technology is, and I thought it appropriate to re-introduce this feature. Read more

Veeam Availability Suite 9.5 Update 3a is now available delivering full platform support for the latest versions of VMware and Microsoft to help organizations reach hyper-availability! Read more

Let's explore how to protect both Microsoft Office 365 and on-premises Exchange and ensure that no mailboxes are omitted from backup between many products during an organization’s migration process with Veeam Backup for Microsoft Office 365. Read more