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Unlock your Veeam v13 With Windows-Based Console for VBR 13

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: September 18, 2025

After the release of Veeam Backup And Replication (VBR) 13 and your installation, you have certainly “played” with the UI, the nice and very fast UI I must stay (which is good!) and you might have been wandering where are all the functions gone? You know the limits for now does not allow you to […]

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Fortifying Your Backup Infrastructure Against Ransomware – StarWind VTL Best Practices

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: September 17, 2025

Ransomware-proof backup architectures are becoming the new standard. Your backup architecture and your backups are the hacker’s N°1 target because without your backups you’re most likely open to negotiate and pay the ransom. That’s the reality. I know it’s not that simple, but how about making the life more difficult for those hackers? How about […]

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Veeam v13 Download Available – Start your download engines!

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: September 18, 2025

Veeam has quietly released v13 as ISO and OVA! Yes, the early release of Veeam Software Appliance v13 is available for download at veeam.com/backup-replication-download.html starting from September 3rd, 2025. However, make sure to read the limitations section in the release notes as for example, the cloud connect is NOT available in this release! Also, this version […]

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StarWind Virtual Backup Appliance Free – Stay Protected With Immutable Backups

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: September 3, 2025

Today, we’ll have a look at a StarWind Virtual Backup Appliance (VBA) Free, a great tool from StarWind that brings enterprise-grade backup storage capabilities with immutability, to your home lab, small business, or proof-of-concept (PoC) environment. In this post, we’ll explore its deployment options across various platforms, zoom in on its immutable backup capabilities, and […]

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Exploring Zerto Virtual Replication: Understanding Protection Groups and Snapshot-Free Technology

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: August 20, 2025

If you you are reading our blog for the first time or you are a regular reader, you’ve likely heard of Zerto Virtual Replication, which is now part of the HPE portfolio following its acquisition. Zerto has long been a game-changer in the world of data protection and recovery, offering a hypervisor-based replication solution that […]

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Initial Deployment of Veeam Backup and Replication v13 (BETA 2) as a VM from ISO

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: August 12, 2025

In this post, I’ll show you how to deploy Veeam Backup and Replication v13 (BETA 2) as a VM within your ESXi/vSphere Environment. This beta 2 is not public, but is accessible to the v100 members (Vanguards, Legends, MVPs) so we can play with it and report annomalies). It has much less “TBD” labels than […]

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Veeam Backup & Replication v13 Beta 2: Linux-Powered Architecture with Veeam HA!

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: August 8, 2025

The upcoming release of Veeam Backup & Replication v13 ( currently at Beta 2), set to launch in H2 2025. This isn’t just a feature update but a whole architectural change. In fact, Veeam is swapping Windows for a Linux-based appliance running on Rocky Linux 9.2. As a virtualization and backup enthusiast, I’m thrilled to […]

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What is Nakivo Transporter and how it can help you to scale your backup infrastructure

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: August 5, 2025

Hey, IT admins! If you’re running backups for VMware, Hyper-V, or even cloud workloads, you know the struggle of keeping performance smooth as your environment grows. Small setups with a handful of VMs are one thing, but what happens when you’re managing hundreds or thousands? That’s where NAKIVO Backup & Replication shines, and its Transporter […]

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And Another Hypervisor Platform that will be supported by Veeam – HPE VM Essentials!

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: July 15, 2025

I’m a bit late on this news as it was announced during HP Discover Las Vegas, June 24th 2025, but hey, this is quite exciting. As you might know, HP has its own virtualization platform called HPE Morpheus VM Essentials software, and this platform is based on KVM hypervisor. Veeam had already supported their agents […]

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Zerto 10 U7 – Ransomware Defense and Disaster Recovery on VMware vSphere and other virtualization platforms

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: July 9, 2025

If you are regular reader of our blog, you’ve probably heard about Zerto, the go-to solution for disaster recovery and ransomware protection. The latest release, Zerto 10 U7, dropped recently, and it’s packed with features that make it a must-have for IT admins looking to bulletproof their IT environments. In this post, I’ll break down […]

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