This console has a pre-release version… uninstall .. but it won’t!

Hi all, I am home from traveling and trying to clean up lab stuff. Before I need to be social and ready for New Years Eve. So first thing I do fails. I am on my View desktop, which is Windows 10, and I try and use the Veeam B&R console. I had forgotten I … Continue reading This console has a pre-release version… uninstall .. but it won’t! →

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Newsletter: December 30, 2017

This last newsletter of 2017 has a vareity of articles in it - Veeam, VMware, and Apple are all covered.

How to produce a Veeam Support Bundle - and be conservative!

This article will help you with your Veeam Backup & Replication upgrades.

Where is my Veeam Agent for Windows UI?

Hi all, Update: 2/23/19 - this no longer works. I am using v3 of the agents and Update 4 of Veeam Backup & Replication 9.5. I am investigating. I updated my Veeam Backup & Replication server to Update 3 yesterday. I was curious about the agent management, so I right clicked on my existing agent … Continue reading Where is my Veeam Agent for Windows UI? →

Major releases from Veeam - Amazing in fact!

Hello all, Monday I saw the email that QA had approved release of our next batch of software: Veeam Backup & Replication 9.5 Update 3 Veeam ONE 9.5 Update 3 Veeam Agent for Windows 2.1 Veeam Agent for Linux 2.0 I am most impressed that our R&D team can do so well as begin able … Continue reading Major releases from Veeam - Amazing in fact! →

Installing a new macOS without too much fuss or lost data

Hi all, I mentioned in my recent newsletter I am having troubles on the Mac's I upgraded to 10.13.2. On my MacBook Air I sometimes have a locked screen, and / or I cannot enter a password (on the lock screen) and in either case have to reboot cold. On my MacBook Pro I lose … Continue reading Installing a new macOS without too much fuss or lost data →

Newsletter: December 16, 2017

Hello all, Another very busy week in the lab. Getting vRealize Automation going in my lab so I can get a technical white paper (TWP) started on integrating Veeam Backup & Replication with a vRA portal. Very cool stuff. I have not worked with vRA for a long time. The changes are amazing but also … Continue reading Newsletter: December 16, 2017 →

Newsletter: December 9, 2017

Hello all, Another busy week, I cannot believe how fast it went. Lots to share this week, and as always I hope there is something interesting for everyone. Don't forget that I like comments and suggestions. VMware has refreshed the beta recently and you can find out more here. The bits this is updating was … Continue reading Newsletter: December 9, 2017 →

In-guest Scripting - with variables - in VAO

In this previous article I showed you about in-guest scripting in VAO. While normal PowerShell scripts work fine, the article showed how you could get more info into the UI and reports. In this article we are going to look at how we can pull variables into the script and use them. I had some … Continue reading In-guest Scripting - with variables - in VAO →