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StarWind SAN & NAS has been released !!!

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StarWind Software has just released their new product StarWind SAN & NAS. There are two versions depending on the hypervisor you’re using. StarWind supports VMware vSphere and Microsoft Hyper-V. We have briefly reported on the free version for ESXi and vSphere a few weeks back in this article here. Now the final, commercial release is […]

VCP-DCV Objective 5.7 Plan for upgrading various vSphere components

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Upgrades are safe if done right and in the right order. Prior to upgrade you should always backup your vCenter server appliance. This topic isn’t complete without reading other chapters from our VCP-DCV Study Guide here. When studying for the exam, you have to use VMware documentation as our guide isn’t covering ALL, but guiding […]

Nakivo Backup 10.3 looks prettier and adds features for MSPs

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Nakivo keeps improving its flagship product. Nakivo Backup and Replication 10.3 introduced some new features that are particularly useful and interesting for service providers and overall polished and made to look the product prettier. We have tested the upgrade on a Windows machine and there was quite a nice surprise by watching the upgrade process […]

ZertoCON 2021 Free Registration

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Dear readers. We still have to deal with the pandemic situation. We’re still facing this horrible Covid-19, but slowly the things are starting to get better, with scientific progress and vaccination. Again this year, ZertoCON 2021 will be only an online event. (as you know, VMworld 2021, and many other IT events too). I really […]

The Importance of Backing up Office 365 Data

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Today we’ll talk about Office 365 backup and its importance as it is not a public cloud provider that will help you to recover your data quickly and efficiently when you need it. In fact, your cloud service provider only provides you with the barebone infrastructure, storage, network, etc, without a possibility to recover granular […]

Veeam Backup and Replication 11 Announced Today

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It has been about a week that the RTM of Veeam Backup and Replication 11 is RTM and available to partners and Vanguards and today is the official announcement (link here). You can join the online presentation with demos today. The product is available for download. Partners and service providers upgraded their Veeam installations since […]

How to Install and Configure Veeam Backup and Replication Community Edition

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In this post, we will install and configure Veeam Backup and Replication 10 Community Edition, which is free and allow you to protect up to 10 VMs or up to 10 Workstations/laptops. This can be a good option for your home/small business. You’ll need a physical computer or server running Windows OS for the installation. […]

Nakivo Backup and Ransomware Recovery

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These days there is a lot of ransomware attacks. In no time any company can be infected with ransomware and face problems. It’s better to be prepared for such an eventuality because it’s too late. Today we’ll talk about another vendor adapting to this situation and providing a possibility to store backups copies in the […]

What is Veeam Universal License? (VUL)

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Veeam has introduced a new portable licensing scheme called Veeam Universal License (VUL). It will be a license with the capability of the “Enterprise plus” level. It is a subscription-based model where you basically buy bundles that cover 10, 20, or more “instances”. This post will cover What is Veeam Universal License. Instance means a […]