SWOVUG – Save the Date: August 18th
I am very excited to announce that the next Southwest Ontario Veeam User Group (SWOVUG) has been booked for August 18th, 2016. Based on the attendance at the last meeting, most of the attendees came...
View ArticlePreparing for VMWorld the second time around
2015 was my first VMworld and it ended up leaving quite an impression on me. Prior to arriving, I read a lot of tips and advice for newbies such as myself. One of the big tips was a comfy pair of shoes...
View ArticleAdding a second vNIC to the VCSA
I recently spun up a new homelab using an Intel NUC, which I love. The foot print is small, you can jam a bunch of RAM and a decent CPU in there, and the power draw is minimal. One of the things I...
View ArticleNotes from SWOVUG
After some delays on my end (primarily due to a trip to the UK … not that I am complaining), the second SouthWest Ontario Veeam Users Group is in the books. By all accounts, it was a great success....
View ArticleA Roundup of Veeam’s Next Big Thing
Today Veeam held their ‘Next Big Thing’ event, and it was chock full of information. There was a lot of background and business info to get things going (not uncommon), but the product announcements...
View ArticleVMWorld 2016 Recap
VMWorld 2016 is in the books and now it’s time to decompress. This was my second VMWorld and my first one in Las Vegas, as well as my first time being in Las Vegas. Pros and Cons to SFO vs LAS, but at...
View ArticleSecond look: Veeam’s Big Announcement
Veeam’s ‘Next Big Thing’ announcement did take some flack as far as how ‘corporate’ it was to start things off. To their credit, I did receive a survey within a couple of days asking me to review the...
View ArticleFirst Look – Hands on with Veeam’s Office 365 Beta
Hands-down, one of the new features I was most excited about with Veeam’s Next Big Thing announcement was the Office 365 integration. I know I’m not alone in this one either, as doing a quick Google...
View ArticleCatch Me If You Can – Q4 2016 Edition
I looked at my calendar recently while trying to book an appointment, and I quickly realized that I have a lot of vCommunity stuff going on for the next little bit (assuming my plans don’t get...
View ArticleBuilding a Veeam Repository – Cost vs. Performance
Earlier this year I wrote a few posts (here, here, and here) where I collected a bunch Veeam Repository Best Practices; the purpose of those posts were somewhat two-fold at the time: a) I needed...
View ArticleWell That Was Unexpected …
Just a short (but exciting, for me anyways) post today. I’ve been having some pretty good Friday’s as of late – that being said, Monday couldn’t come fast enough for me this week. Why would I say...
View ArticleSave The Date: SWOVUG Q4 2016
Given how big of a success the last SWOVUG (Southwest Ontario Veeam User Group) meeting was, planning the next one started shortly after. Now that we’ve come far enough along, I am excited to announce...
View ArticleVDM 30 in 30 – Intro
For those of you who subscribe to my blog, be forewarned, you are about to be barraged with blog posts. After serious contemplation earlier this year, and last year, I have decided to take part in the...
View ArticleTFD 12 Primer: Cohesity
Cohesity will be presenting at the upcoming Tech Field Day 12 event, and I opted to do some research on them ahead of time. Cohesity was founded in 2013 and has gone through two rounds of funding,...
View ArticleTaking a look at Tintri’s Synchronous Replication
I recently had the opportunity to sit in on a ‘cozy’ conference call hosted by Tintri. I say cozy because excluding Tintri staff, there were less than 10 of us customers and users who were invited. The...
View ArticleTech Field Day 12 Primer: Rubrik
Rubrik will be presenting at Tech Field Day 12 on Day 2 (November 16th, 14:00 PDT), and I’m quite looking forward to hearing more from them. I had a chance to chat with some engineers from Rubrik in...
View ArticleInsight into the Veeam Vanguard program
I was fortunate enough to be selected into the Veeam Vanguard program earlier this year, and it is still something that holds a lot of meaning to me personally. I’ve touched on it very briefly in the...
View ArticleTech Field Day 12 Primer: Igneous Systems
Igneous Systems, founded in 2013, is a Seattle-based company who will be making their first Tech Field Day appearance. According to Crunchbase, they are under the 50 employee mark, so still very much...
View ArticleAre your backups being abused?
Something that I think is often over looked when it comes to backups is security. I’m not referring to physical security (e.g. locking the media up in a vault), but rather making sure that the backups...
View ArticleWhat I’m Listening To: Podcast Edition Part 1
Since I was first alerted to the fact that you didn’t need an iPod to listen to a podcast (that probably dates me), I have been consuming podcasts whenever I get a chance. I am usually able to squeeze...
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