Working with PowerCLI and Tags

Hi all, I am building up a bunch of VMs for some testing and I need to put tags on all of them. I sometimes do that manually when there is one VM but using PowerCLI it is much easier when you have lots of VMs. I have heard that PowerCLI and working with tags … Continue reading Working with PowerCLI and Tags →

Speeding Recovery of multiple tier applications

Hello all, I had a request to write this up so I am doing it in a bit of hurry. Don't hesitate to say it needs more detail or whatever if you need help. When you have applications that are spread over multiple tiers you should be creaful how you protect and recover them. If … Continue reading Speeding Recovery of multiple tier applications →

Chaining plans in Veeam Availability Orchestrator

So you have installed VAO, and have tested your plans and you are ready for a crisis. But you want to know how you can trigger one plan, and have them all go. Right? I can help with that. The overview is you do plans, test them and when happy you chain them. But you … Continue reading Chaining plans in Veeam Availability Orchestrator →

VAO – Virtual Lab ‘X’ not found on server ‘y’

You might see this error one day in VAO. I have. It is pretty simple to see this. I had configured my replication on the production site, and I had created the virtual lab on the recovery site. I did that specifically since I had virtual labs on my production site for the SureBackup jobs … Continue reading VAO – Virtual Lab ‘X’ not found on server ‘y’ →

How to be Successful with VAO

I guess I should have called this how to be successful with BCDR but I really wanted to tie this to VAO. I have heard of people saying VAO just works. It doesn’t quite mind you. It is a BCDR tool so it is only - at best - 15% of a BCDR project. The … Continue reading How to be Successful with VAO →

Recovery Plan – Exchange

When I am doing BCDR work, I like to build a recovery plan. This is info for a specific app that I get from an Application Catalog, or a Business Impact Assessment (BIA) and it is the specific details I need to do my actual BCDR tool recovery plan - such as Veeam Availability Orchestrator … Continue reading Recovery Plan – Exchange →

Multi VLAN in a Veeam Virtual Lab when using VAO

Hello, I have been playing with this in the lab for a bit. A customer had an issue and confusion doing this in VAO so that means I need to figure it out and write it up. So here we are. Situation We have virtual machines on two different VLANs that need to be able … Continue reading Multi VLAN in a Veeam Virtual Lab when using VAO →