One of the more discrete things in VAO is that you can have dynamic variables added to your report template and each time a report is generated - any type of report in fact - the variables will be replaced with the right info for the report that was processed. This is something I found … Continue reading Using Dynamic variables in VAO
Month: June 2019
Improving failover speed in VAO
Hello there, If you are using Veeam Availability Orchestrator (VAO) you may have noticed that we limit a VM group to start 10 VMs simultaneously. If your plan has two VM groups that means the first group starts 10 VMs at a time until there are not more to start, than the next VM group … Continue reading Improving failover speed in VAO
Newsletter: June 22, 2019
Hello all, Another nice week, but so good it is a weekend. Hope things are well with all of you? I am not sure if I will be at VMworld or not. Will be the first that I miss in a long while. I will try and report on the cool stuff from here. I … Continue reading Newsletter: June 22, 2019
What else can you do with a DR Orchestration tool?
Hello all, I mention this stuff a lot and people are always surprised. So I thought I would share this here so that more of you can see this. A software package that helps you with test plans, and do failovers is a DR orchestration tool that can use replicas or backups as the source … Continue reading What else can you do with a DR Orchestration tool?
Newsletter: June 15, 2019
Hello all, I hope that everyone enjoyed their week - and the weekend too I trust. Things are good here and I am happy to have some interesting stuff to share. I did get one article out this week, one about about replacing your Horizon View Security Server with the VMware Unified Access Gateway. It … Continue reading Newsletter: June 15, 2019
Deploy and configure VMware Unified Access Gateway
Hi there, I don't like long blog titles, and mine was long enough. This article will be about removing a View security server, and replacing it with a UAG which is supposed to make everything more simple, and more powerful. BTW, when you go to configure there is a choice for import config, that is … Continue reading Deploy and configure VMware Unified Access Gateway
Newsletter: June 8, 2019
Hello all, I hope that this finds everyone healthy and happy. It was a rough week for me. I hope it was better for you. This weekend my wife and I are in the small mountains of Fairmont Hot Springs in BC. I did a few articles this week, one article on a VAO issue … Continue reading Newsletter: June 8, 2019
DataLab “X.Y.Z” not found on server “abc.thewhites.ca”
Hello all, I had an error in my lab recently that was a little odd, and non-intuitive. So I thought it a good one to share. I was doing a test failover of a restore plan - so backups were in use rather than the typical replicas. I saw my VM restored, but than it … Continue reading DataLab “X.Y.Z” not found on server “abc.thewhites.ca”
Horizon View doesn’t work any longer from outside the lab
Recently I had a CloudKey (first gen UBNT management software item) die, and need to be replaced. So I did, but it insisted on upgrading and changing settings to default in my firewall. After messing up my firewall, and then me redoing it I could not connect from outside using View. I had to leave it … Continue reading Horizon View doesn’t work any longer from outside the lab
Newsletter: June 1, 2019
Hello all, I am sitting in smoke. Yes, really. Some big forest fires up north (and west to I hear) have sent their smoke south. Not very pleasant so I ran indoors yesterday at the gym. That was a relief due to the A/C and the lack of smoke. On Friday it overwhelmed my wife's … Continue reading Newsletter: June 1, 2019
