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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: December 8, 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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Backup solution that supports 15+ Hypervisors – Vinchin Backup and Recovery

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: July 2, 2025

Yes, you read it right, Vinchin Backup and recovery is currently supports 15 different hypervisors including VMware, Hyper-V, Proxmox or XCP-NG. The data protection solution is based China, however they are around since a while (established in 2015) and it seems that they are pretty dynamic supporting such a huge list of hypervisors. We have […]

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Agentless Backup Solutions for XCP-ng Hypervisor: External Vendor Options

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: December 22, 2025

If you’re small business, or someone who think that VMware is not for you any more, and thinking of leaving VMware, Read on. You might be testing several virtualization platforms as prove of concept (POC). You might also be testing and running XCP-ng as your hypervisor of choice. We have tested (and liked a lot) […]

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Vinchin Earns Acclaimed Recognition in Gartner Peer Insights 2025 Report

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: June 25, 2025

As an industry observer focused on enterprise data resilience, I’m consistently impressed by solutions that demonstrably earn customer trust. Vinchin’s recent recognition in the 2025 Gartner® Peer Insights™ Voice of the Customer for Enterprise Backup and Recovery Software Solutions report is a significant achievement worthy of note. Garnering an exceptional 4.9/5 overall rating and a […]

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Veeam Backup & Replication 12.3.2 – patch critical vulnerabilities for your dataprotection environments

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: June 19, 2025

Veeam just rolled out Veeam Backup & Replication 12.3.2 (build 12.3.2.3617) on June 17, 2025, and it’s a must-have update for anyone serious about data protection. This release builds on the robust foundation of 12.3, adding critical security patches, enhanced platform support, and a slew of performance improvements. The latest release patching critical vulnerabilities so […]

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