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I have been a Veeam Vanguard for six years and Veeam Legend for just over a year and was fortunate enough to have attended the VeeamON 2017 event in New Orleans and VeeamON 2022 in Las Vegas, which was fantastic. Being a Vanguard is a real honour, and many people ask me when they see... Continue Reading →
A few years ago I was in touch with someone at Synology and was able to secure as DS920+ along with a DX517 expansion NAS unit which I have written reviews about. Fast forward to 2023 and I was again in touch with Nick Kozup at Synology, who graciously helped me secure a DS923+ NAS... Continue Reading →
Recently VMware released Update 1 for both VMware vCenter and ESXi. I successfully upgraded my vCenter but had to wait on the ESXi hosts until the VMware USB NIC Fling was updated to be compatible with Update 1. It is now updated and can be downloaded from here - VMware USB NIC Fling I downloaded... Continue Reading →
"Mastering Veeam Backup & Replication 12 - Third Edition" is now in publication (since April 2023) and is ready to order either the book or e-book/kindle. Well, since writing my first book on v10 and my second one on v11, I debated to myself about writing the update of the book to v12. It took... Continue Reading →
I was recently introduced to a product requiring me to do a PoC to determine if it was a viable monitoring option for my company. I was granted an NFR license to test within my homelab for a product named - Backup Eagle by Schmitz RZ Consult GmbH. I was curious about how the Backup... Continue Reading →
Well, for the second year, I have been accepted to the vExpert Cloud Provider subprogram for 2023! I applied to the vExpert sub program last year in 2022 and was accepted for the first time. So after renewing my vExpert for 2023, I figured I might as well apply again for the Cloud Provider subprogram... Continue Reading →
I have been a Veeam Vanguard for six years and Veeam Legend for just over a year and was fortunate enough to have attended the VeeamON 2017 event in New Orleans and VeeamON 2022 in Las Vegas, and it was fantastic. Great sessions, lots of networking and meeting more of the Veeam folks and Vanguards/Legends.... Continue Reading →
Thank you to @Intel and @vExpert for the opportunity to test some unique technology in the Intel Optane drives. I have been part of the VMware vExpert program for four years now, and in 2023, there was a webinar done by Intel on their Optane drives. After the webinar, there was the chance to be... Continue Reading →
AWS Community Builder 2023 It is official, and I have been awarded AWS Community Builder 2023 (Storage) after applying a few times to the program. Thank you, AWS Community, Jason Dunn and fellow 2022 AWS Community Builders, for allowing me to join this community for the first time! If you want to learn more about this... Continue Reading →
VMware Tanzu Vanguard 2023 It is official, and I have been awarded VMware Tanzu Vanguard 2023 for the first time applying. On December 18, 2022, a very nice email arrived in my inbox from Brian Chang (@techadvoguy), one of the community managers indicating he received my application and was giving me the chance to join... Continue Reading →
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