Building a Veeam Backup Job for Oracle with the RMAN Plug-in
The Oracle recovery article on this site assumes you already have a working Veeam Plug-in for Oracle RMAN backup in place. This article closes that gap. It covers
VeeamRecovering Active Directory Objects with Veeam Explorer for AD
Active Directory recovery is the scenario that ends careers when it goes wrong and earns enormous goodwill when it goes right. A deleted user account, a misconfigured group,
VeeamSureBackup for Hyper-V -- Virtual Lab, Application Groups, and Verification
SureBackup on Hyper-V does the same job as on vSphere: boots VMs from backup in an isolated lab and verifies that applications actually start and respond correctly. But
VeeamVeeam Backup for Edge and Branch Offices -- Local vs Central, WAN Constraints, and Designing for Unattended Operation
Veeam v13 Edge Branch Office Remote Sites WAN Cloud Connect Limited Bandwidth Veeam v13 Series | Component: VBR v13 | Audience: Infrastructure Architects, MSP Engineers Branch offices are where backup
VeeamVeeam Licensing Explained -- VUL vs Socket vs VCSP Rental and How to Count What You Actually Need
Veeam v13 Licensing VUL Socket VCSP Rental MSP Veeam v13 Series | Component: Veeam Licensing | Audience: Architects, MSP Operators, Procurement Leads Most people have a working understanding of their
VeeamVeeam Backup for Microsoft 365 -- Exchange Online, SharePoint, Teams, OneDrive, and Why Microsoft Doesn't Back It Up for You
Veeam v13 Microsoft 365 Exchange Online SharePoint Teams OneDrive VBM365 Veeam v13 Series | Component: Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 v8 | Audience: Sysadmins, MSP Engineers Every MSP has this
VeeamRecovering SQL Server Databases with Veeam: A Step-by-Step Guide for vSphere Environments
SQL Server recovery in Veeam is one of those areas where you really need to know which backup path you are on before you start. Veeam gives you
VeeamRecovering Oracle Databases with Veeam: A Step-by-Step Guide for vSphere Environments
Oracle recovery in Veeam is one of those things that looks straightforward until you are actually doing it at 2am. The Veeam Plug-in for Oracle RMAN workflow is
worldbackupday3 AM, Ransomware on the Wire, and Why We Didn't Pay a Cent
#veeam #WorldBackupDay #VeeamDataPlatform #CyberResilience Working in the managed services space teaches you pretty quickly that good architecture isn't about optimizing IOPS or storage densities. It'
IPIP Blocking Is Broken -- What Zero Trust Actually Replaces It With
A thread in r/sysadmin this week surfaced something a lot of practitioners already know but have not fully acted on: IP-based blocking as a primary security control
VeeamVeeam Service Provider Console -- Tenant Onboarding, Pulse Licensing, Usage Reporting, and Monitoring at Scale
Veeam v13 VSPC MSP Tenant Onboarding Pulse Billing VCSP Veeam v13 Series | Component: Veeam Service Provider Console 9 | Audience: MSP Engineers, VCSP Operators VSPC is free. Worth saying
VMwareManaging VMware Licensing Costs Under Broadcom -- Core Counts, Tier Selection, Cluster Design, and Renewal Tactics
VMware Broadcom vSphere VCF VVF Core Licensing Cost Optimization PowerCLI VMware vSphere | Licensing | Audience: Infrastructure Architects, IT Directors, Procurement Broadcom's acquisition of VMware in late 2023