So much of the discussion about hybrid cloud is focused on moving workloads from data centers to the cloud (typically public cloud, but also managed cloud services). This makes intuitive sense: the cloud offers flexibility and simplicity of services that can be easily scaled up and down as needed. The most compelling reason is that you only pay for what you use. Let’s face it, you can do things in the cloud that you could never imagine doing in a data center. Read more

Need immutability but don’t have the in-house skills to create and manage a Linux-based Veeam hardened repository? The list of solutions that have immutability for Veeam Backup & Replication with Windows-based backup repositories is pretty short. If you want to keep your Veeam Backup & Replication backup storage on MS Windows, and still have immutable backups, consider Pure Storage FlashArray//C for your backup storage.  Read more

With Veeam Backup & Replication version 10, it’s possible to back up NAS shares with the SMB (CIFS) and NFS protocol. One of the challenges with backing up large file shares is doing so in a consistent state. This blog post shows how to create a consistent backup of an SMB share hosted on a NetApp FAS storage by using Microsoft VSS snapshots. Read more

Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows v5 was released in early 2021. Additionally, two traditional minor releases (5.0.1 and 5.0.2) were released as well, the latest as recently as late December 2021. Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows has become the best ally to protect enterprise workloads, no matter if the workload is bare metal, virtualized or in a private or public cloud. Read more

Veeam and Cisco have good news for you. With best-of-breed ransomware prevention tools from Cisco, and best-of-breed ransomware recovery tools from Veeam, you can create a ransomware recovery plan that will allow to make ransomware infection much less likely, and ransomware recovery much more reliable and performant. Read more

It’s that time again! Time for another great storage integration with Veeam Backup & Replication with Dell EMC PowerStore. Today, we’ll be discussing the integration with the Veeam Universal Storage API plug-in and how it provides capabilities that are ready for you. Read more

Kasten K10 by Veeam backs up your Kubernetes applications by capturing the content of your namespace as a single unit. Read more

Veeam and NetApp have a long history of partnership that has allowed customers to leverage powerful storage with Modern Data Protection. Whether it be leveraging NetApp’s snapshots for quick backup and restores, utilizing E-Series for backup storage or utilizing S3 Object Lock with StorageGRID, NetApp gives you options when it comes to protecting your data. Since ransomware is top-of-mind for many IT professionals, lets discuss how Veeam and NetApp can maintain business continuity with their joint solution. Read more

Veeam customers have come to expect continued innovation and integration with Dell Technologies storage. Veeam customers have benefited from integrated capabilities with Dell EMC Data Domain (2014), Dell EMC VNX/VNXe (2015), Dell EMC Unity (2016), and most recently, Dell EMC SC (2019). Now customers leveraging Dell EMC PowerMax storage may download the new PowerMax Plug-in for Veeam! I’m delighted that this new feature is available as I’ve personally spoken to many of you who have expressed an interest in taking advantage of advanced VMware restore capabilities of Veeam with Dell Technologies enterprise data storage. Read more

Great news, everyone, a new Veeam plug-in for Hitachi Vantara systems is now available! This is something I’ve been personally waiting for and am happy to bring the news to you. Let’s first break down what we have to share and how it works. Read more