backup – Virtualization, DBaaS & Whatever Crosses My Mind

Zerto 8.0 Released

magander — Thu, 26 Mar 2020 21:59:58 +0000

A new major version of Zerto was released 2020-03-24 meaning the latest and greatest version is now 8.0. There are quite a lot of new features and enhanced functionality in this release and below i have listed, in four main categories, some of the most important once from my perspective. Hybrid and Multi-Cloud Support for …

Veeam Availability Suite V10 Released

magander — Tue, 25 Feb 2020 17:52:58 +0000

A few days ago, 18:th of February 2020, Veeam released a new version of their Availability Suite so now we are at version 10. There are more than 150 features packed in this release and the most awesome once are covered in the online launch event which is recorded so I recommend you to take …

Zerto 7.5 Released

magander — Fri, 27 Sep 2019 08:42:20 +0000

A few days ago, 2019-09-24, Zerto release a new version of its Continuous Data Protection product which means the latest and greatest version is now 7.5. New features and enhancements are made in the following four main categories: Advanced Analytics Journal sizing for storage capacity Throughput Graph so you can clearly see trends for a …

Vembu BDR Suite Free Edition Upgraded

magander — Thu, 26 Sep 2019 09:03:30 +0000

For about two years ago I wrote a blog post about Vembu releasing a free version of their BDR (Backup, recovery & disaster recovery) software which you can read more about here. This is just a quick blog post to let you know three major changes to the free version. Unlimited VM Backup – Full-feature …

Data Protection for Nutanix AHV Based VMs Version 1.4 Released

magander — Tue, 24 Apr 2018 12:03:44 +0000

The story continues, now Storware with its product vProtect is added to the list of backup & restore solutions with built-in AHV support. Great news for everyone since it give each customer even more freedom of choice. ¨This means the following third-party vendors now support backing up AHV based VMs: Cohesity Commvault Comtrade Software HYCU …

Data Protection for Nutanix AHV Based VMs Version 1.2 Released

magander — Fri, 05 Jan 2018 15:24:19 +0000

Yet another vendor, this time Cohesity, has added functionality to backup virtual machines running on the Nutanix hyperviros AHV. This means the following third-party vendors now support backing up AHV based VMs: Cohesity Commvault Comtrade Software HYCU Rubrik This in addition to the AOS built-in options provides a good backup and restore solution for …

Vembu BDR Suite Free Edition

magander — Mon, 09 Oct 2017 07:25:31 +0000

I case you haven’t notices Vembu released a free version of their BDR (Backup, recovery & disaster recovery) software a while ago. The feature set in the free edition is very rich and focuses on the backup and restore part. Useful links Software Download Free vs Paid comparison Additional information It is the same software …

Data Protection for Nutanix AHV Based VMs Version 1.1 Released

magander — Thu, 05 Oct 2017 18:59:56 +0000

A bit more than a year ago I create a blog post around the Data Protection for Nutanix AHV Based VMs. Initially the data protection options available were the once built into the Nutanix Enterprise Cloud Platform, Cloud options such as Azure and AWS and also one third-party vendor Commvault. Over the past year a …

Data Protection For Nutanix AHV Based VMs

magander — Mon, 09 May 2016 17:08:11 +0000

Updated 2017-10-05 – Data Protection for Nutanix AHV Based VMs Version 1.1 released —————————————————————————————————————————————- I have seen a lot of requests regarding data protection options for Nutanix AHV (formerly known as Acropolis Hypervisor) based VM and i’m happy to let you know that a tech note i have put together covering this has been released. The technical note …

Secure vRealize Automation PostgreSQL database backups

magander — Thu, 28 May 2015 05:25:12 +0000

So a few weeks back i wrote an article about how you can backup your Realize Automation (vRA) formerly known as vCloud Automation Center (vCAC) embedded PostgreSQL database. You can read the blog post here. I have received a few questions regarding the blog post and most of they has been around securing the PostgreSQL …

Veeam Backup & Replication v7 R2

magander — Thu, 14 Nov 2013 17:52:35 +0000

One of the things to verify before you perform any kind of upgrade activity for your vSphere environment is to secure that all the other infrastructure components used by or connected to your vSphere environment supports the version you are about to implement. This includes but is not limited to e.g.: Physical servers Storage systems …