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
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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
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”
Veeam Availability Orchestrator v2.0 is now GA
Hello all, I am very happy to say that what I have been working for a long time - with many other people - has now reached General Availability. It is a big release and we are going to look at things in this article. Release Notes - https://www.veeam.com/veeam_orchestrator_2_0_release_notes_en_rn.pdf Bits - https://www.veeam.com/availability-orchestrator-download.html It is important … Continue reading Veeam Availability Orchestrator v2.0 is now GA
Patches outstanding can slow recovery
I have seen this happen with Veeam Replication, as well as Zerto. Microsoft patches are downloaded, and some of them need to install at boot so that is scheduled. I have seen when Zerto replicated the VM when the patches were not quite finished being configured to install at boot. That impacted the start of … Continue reading Patches outstanding can slow recovery
Working with Veeam Application Consistency!
Hi all, I have been using Veeam Backup & Replication off and on for a long time. One of the things I have not used often, until lately, was the guest application consistency. I really like it, the way it can do a proper application consistent backup of SQL or Exchange and yet manage the … Continue reading Working with Veeam Application Consistency!
Veeam Availability Orchestrator v1.0 Installation Overview
It is important to understand the VAO installation overview to help you be successful with VAO quicker. More info on VAO can be found in the release notes. The docs are here - sorry I cannot make a link right to the VAO docs. You can find versions of supported OS or databases in it … Continue reading Veeam Availability Orchestrator v1.0 Installation Overview
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
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’
Notes from MWhite 