VMware’s vSphere has been the predominant hypervisor in datacenters for the better part of two decades. With its increased adoption over time, we’ve seen staggering growth in the number of workloads that are housed within datacenters. Read more

A lot has changed since our last VMworld update. Firstly, Broadcom has acquired VMware, and secondly VMworld is no longer called VMworld, (now VMware Explore). One thing, though, remains the same: the need for simple, flexible, reliable and powerful data protection. Read more

Veeam is known for having the best protection for VMware, Hyper-V, Windows and Linux. By creating solutions that effectively protect virtual environments and adding additional features for physical protection, Veeam has grown to be the industry leader in data protection. With four years of the top ranking in the Gartner Magic Quadrant, ongoing industry-leading Net Promoter Scores (NPS) at 82 and, most recently, the acknowledgement that Veeam is in a statistical tie for #1 in market share. This is all because of YOUR support and trust in Veeam.   Read more

Have you ever wanted to know more about Virtual Machine (VM) backups but didn't know where to start? Whether you have questions around backing up a VM, restoring application data or understanding the ins and outs of a disaster recovery plan; this guide will help you get started. From on-premises, in the cloud or hybrid... find out the best way to protect your VMware VMs and meet your SLAs across your environment. We'll discuss the considerations for a successful backup and recovery, including some tips and tricks for a better virtual machine backup. Read more

In 2017, VMware simplified this choice by announcing a strategic alliance with AWS, offering the ability to run existing VM workloads on a SaaS based platform while also taking advantage of AWS services.

Today you can choose from a plethora of VMware-based public cloud offerings including Google, IBM, Microsoft and Oracle. Whether you prefer Azure VMware Solution (AVS), Google Cloud VMware Engine (GCVE), IBM Cloud for VMware Solutions or Oracle Cloud VMware Solution (OCVS), you can still leverage your investments in on-premises VMware products. Read more

Veeam ONE is specifically famous for its forecasting capabilities. It uses the ability of data gathering from various parts of your infrastructure and then utilizes modern mathematical models for deep analysis. As a result, you get all the details in fully-customizable reports (PDF/XLS/JSON/CSV) or dashboards. There are more than 25 reports targeted to predict the future behavior of an environment based on trends and historical data analysis of the environment. In this blog post, we'll focus only on the seven most valuable for everyday usage for any service provider. Read more

Veeam ONE is the product built for all types of Veeam customers — small or medium businesses, enterprises or service providers — certainly, there is something for everyone. Once the product is deployed, you may find yourself overwhelmed with a countless number of reports, alarms, and dashboards, wondering “which ones are actually useful for my IaaS business?”

In this blog post, I’ll navigate you through the most useful reports to help you get started, and possibly, even find a few hidden gems in the process. Read more

Third-party software that interacts with VMware vCenter must store credentials somewhere. These credentials are the target of attackers as they often provide high privileges on one of the central components of a busines IT infrastructure. This blog post shows how a “least privilege model” implementation with Veeam Backup & Replication can work. Read more

Veeam has always had a strong story with VMware Cloud Director. From releasing the first Self-Service Portal back in v7 of Veeam Backup & Replication through to the ability to have a VCD organization as a Cloud Connect Replication target site, Veeam has always offered value for our cloud and service providers using VCD. In V11, we have taken this a step further with the release of VCD-to-VCD replication and a fully supported HTML5 Tenant UI for deeper self-service. Read more

The Instant Recovery story at Veeam started in the v5 release in 2010, which seems like such a long time ago! Every release since has had some form of enhancement to the capability. Whether it is performance, scalability or new platforms. New platform support included Hyper-V Instant VM Recovery and allowing Agent backups to recover instantly as a VM. V10 also introduced multiple VM Instant VM Recovery alongside significant performance improvements. But Veeam isn’t going to stop there. Read more