We at Veeam Backup for Microsoft Office 365 support team receive quite a number of questions about backing up and restoring of Microsoft Teams and OneNote on the daily basis. Since there’s no simple answer, I’ve decided to take the most frequent questions our customers have and demonstrate the details of the process. Read more

As companies grow, data grows and so does the backup data. Managing data is always an important aspect of the business. A common question we get around Veeam Backup for Microsoft Office 365 is how to manage the backup data in case something changes. Let's discuss the needs of data management and how we can help. Read more

Throughout these blog series dedicated to the Veeam Plug-in for SAP HANA, I have highlighted the challenges SAP administrators face to maintain reliability and downtime. What we have not yet had the opportunity to discuss is how the demand for data preservation has increased precipitously in recent years.

This could be due to regulations or the need to preserve critical records. Now businesses are grappling with maintaining data to leverage it for long-term strategic business decisions, testing, or even monetizing it. For the final blog in this series, I will provide you with answers to typical customer questions I receive before or when enabling the Veeam Plug-in for SAP HANA.

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SAP administrators face many challenges, including maintaining reliability, minimizing downtime and providing business units the intelligence they need when they need it, while managing the complexity of disparate systems and layers dependent upon business intelligence. My first blog, 3 steps to protect your SAP HANA database, provided insight as to how Veeam can help with these challenges, including installing and configuring the Veeam Plug-in for SAP HANA and leveraging it to perform backup and restore operations. This blog expands that discussion and focuses on SAP HANA backint configuration, as well as recommendations on protecting your SAP application environment. Read more

Since the Veeam Plug-in for SAP HANA was introduced, I’m often asked about the installation and operation processes for it. Unfortunately, this cannot be covered in one blog, but I’ve often found the best place to start is the beginning. For this first blog I will cover how to install and configure the plug-in — mainly as a step-by-step guide for Veeam administrators with less or little Linux and SAP HANA knowledge. Read more

Wouldn’t it be great to empower VMware vSphere users to take control of their backups and restores with a self-service portal? The good news is you can as of Veeam Backup & Replication 9.5 Update 4. This feature is great because it eliminates operational overhead and allows users to get exactly what they want when they want it. It is a perfect augmentation for any development team taking advantage of VMware vSphere virtual machines. Read more

Let’s take a look at application-level monitoring in Veeam ONE. This capability is inside of Veeam ONE Monitor, which is my personal favorite “part” of Veeam ONE. I’ve always said with Veeam ONE, “I guarantee that Veeam ONE will tell you something about your environment that you didn't know, but need to fix.” And with application-level monitoring, the story is stronger than ever. Read more

In this blog post, we will show you how you can deploy Veeam Backup & Replication 9.5 with Update 3 to a virtual machine. This is a really handy, little script because it can help you get Veeam going in your lab in a snap. Read more

Interested how you can use PowerShell to migrate your workloads to Microsoft Azure away from the on-premises configuration or create an isolated test and development environment? Let's explore a set of PowerShell scripts that will help you automate this routine. Read more

Believe it or not, I used to work a lot with Microsoft SQL Server. While I did not call myself a database administrator (DBA), I did know my way around a database or two. Since I’ve been at Veeam, I have always enjoyed telling the Veeam story around using SQL Server as a critical application that needs the best Availability options.

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