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A question came up during a recent customer demo of Veeam I was hosting == Is a snapshot enough for a backup or do you need an actual backup. My answer was you should have both. In this post, we’ll break down exactly what snapshots and backups are, where each excels, where each fails, and […]

Testing new backup technologies in a lab is one of the best ways to understand how they will behave in a production environment. Recently, I deployed another use case for Ootbi (Out-of-the-Box-Immutability) from Object First and integrated it with Veeam Backup & Replication in a small lab environment. This environment will also be used as a use

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

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

So, I have recently deployed Veeam in my lab. My Jobs are configured. Backups are running. Everything looks… green. Cool. Now comes the part most people skip—and regret later. Because here’s the reality: Day 1 is the best time to break your backup environment on purpose. If something’s going to fail, you want it to

In this article, I will talk about Recovering Fast after a Ransomware attack using Veeam. I have tested this in my lab and educated my customers on every demo on the importance of having this all-in place. You would be amazed at the responses I get and how unimportant backups seem to everyone until they’re

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

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