For the last few weeks, I’ve been helping a customer migrate from one datacenter to another. The new datacenter contains a shiny new vBlock and as part of the deal, a Data Domain (DD) 6300 with 73TB of available capacity was installed to serve as a Veeam backup repository. This is a nice bonus as … Continue reading Thinking About Veeam Cloud Tier
Author: David Ball
AWS VPC Cloning with N2WS
Some time ago, I wrote a post providing an answer to the customer question, "How can I restore my VPC to another region?" In that post, I stated that N2WS from Veeam can be used for this purpose and in this post, I'll be detailing how this can be done. This is a great feature, … Continue reading AWS VPC Cloning with N2WS
“The network guy, the network guy wants to manage firewalls all day.”…An Introduction to NRE Labs
While attending a training class last week, I mused aloud, "Who wants to manage firewalls all day?" Though I wasn't necessarily wanting or expecting an answer, I heard one of the instructors say, "The network guy...the network guy wants to manage firewalls all day." I wanted to object, I really did but the instructor was … Continue reading “The network guy, the network guy wants to manage firewalls all day.”…An Introduction to NRE Labs
Mist in the Machine
Much to my great joy, the X-Files is currently available on Amazon Prime and so to unwind a bit and relax, I'll periodically watch an episode, sometimes 2, after the young kids go to bed. The seventh episode of the first season is entitled, "Ghost in the Machine" and in this episode, a revolutionary computer … Continue reading Mist in the Machine
AWS Customer Questions – How do I Restore a VPC to Another Region?
Hello everyone! My name is David and I haven't posted in like 6 weeks. Helping a customer recover from ransomware can be a consuming and exhausting task. Additionally, I was fortunate to be selected as a delegate for Cloud Field Day 5 in Silicon Valley a couple weeks ago and it too can be a … Continue reading AWS Customer Questions – How do I Restore a VPC to Another Region?
Veeam Extract – Restoring Data When All Hope Is Lost
If you find yourself fighting to restore business operations after a ransomware attack, you may get discouraged and begin to wonder if anything will go your way if you try to restore from backups and see a "Storage version is not supported for read-only access" error. Now, me personally, I'm an experienced consultant...like an IT … Continue reading Veeam Extract – Restoring Data When All Hope Is Lost
Ransomware Strikes! What Is Your Initial Response?
I have read about ransomware attacks, how destructive they could be, how some organizations recovered by paying the ransom and others by restoring from backups. I've also read that some organizations were unable to recover from a ransomware attack and had to close their doors. But these were always stories "out there" and happening to … Continue reading Ransomware Strikes! What Is Your Initial Response?
Veeam/N2WS – Using External Repositories to Restore to Azure
Overview In my last two posts, we've looked at setting up an N2WS S3 Repository, creating and then restoring files from an External Repository, and then creating backup copy jobs to copy the data in S3 to an on-prem backup repository. In this post, we'll use the external repository to restore an Amazon EC2 instance … Continue reading Veeam/N2WS – Using External Repositories to Restore to Azure
Veeam/N2WS – Using External Repositories
What is an External Repository? Veeam External Repositories provide a means of integrating Veeam with N2WS. But what is an external repository? It's really quite simple. If I may, I'd like to point you to my previous post on which I detailed the steps to configure/enable the Copy to S3 feature of N2WS version 2.4. … Continue reading Veeam/N2WS – Using External Repositories
Veeam/N2WS – Introducing Copy to S3
Over the next few posts (I'm not sure how many it'll end up being), I want to explore the developing integration of N2WS version 2.4 and Veeam 9.5 Update 4. As you may know, N2WS Cloud Protection Manager is a, but I'll say "the" leader in regards to data protection of AWS resources as it … Continue reading Veeam/N2WS – Introducing Copy to S3