Ken Ciolek

Lab View: Understanding Veeam’s Instant Recovery Technology – Quick walkthrough of Instant Recovery from the Lab

In this article, I will explain Instant Recovery with Veeam, its functionality, and its significance. I’ll run through a quick demo (screenshots) of the Instant Recovery process with Veeam In today’s always-on digital environment, downtime isn’t just inconvenient—it’s expensive, disruptive, and sometimes catastrophic. Businesses are under constant pressure to ensure systems are available at all […]

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My first blog: Steps to integrate the Data Domain 6410 with Veeam Backup & Replication v13

This is my first blog, I’m a Team Lead and Sr. Solutions Architect for the Data Protection Practice at a Veeam partner. I work in their Solutions Lab where I provide pre-sales support and product demos for several data protection products including Veeam and Data Domain. I’ve created several Veeam demos with different use cases.  Steps

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Lab testing: Top 10 Backup Mistakes (and How to Fix Them with Veeam)

In this article, I will discuss the mistakes being made with backups, which I frequently hear about from my customers. Let’s be honest—most backup environments look perfectly fine… right up until you actually need them. Jobs are green. Reports look clean. Nobody’s complaining. Then something breaks. And suddenly you’re discovering—live—whether your backups are real or

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Lab: Installing the Veeam Plug-in for HPE VM Essentials in my Lab Veeam Linux Software Appliance

My recent blog post was about installing the plug-in on a Windows server; this blog will go through the installation on a Veeam v13 software appliance. I recently deployed the Veeam Plug-in for HPE Morpheus VM Essentials version 13 (RTM) on my lab Veeam software appliance, which is running v13.0.1. Once tested, I’ll have it

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