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Veeam Backup and Replication – Migrate Repositories
Migrating Repositories is not a day 2 day job. Sometimes it must be done when replacing Backup2Disk devices and sometimes when you’re running out of space. Migrations in general could be very...
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Exam Experience – VCAP6-DCV Deployment exam
Yesterday I finally sat my first VCAP exam after my paternity leave which was VCAP6-DCV deployment (3V0-623). General exam info The exam duration is with 190min shorter then the VCAP5-DCA (I think it...
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Backup Interoperability Matrix Major Update 2016-12
During my last Backup Interoperability Matrix update I decided to went from a single matrix page to a multiple matrix page and also removed old versions of vSphere. In detail this means I created the...
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TYSK – VID, DID, SVID, SSID & VMware HCL
Last time when I was at a customer site I need to check a specific Network adapter against the VMware HCL. It was not that easy because I have not much information about the controller but there is a...
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vRealize Automation 7.x – Beware of the Certificates
I worked recently with a customer to fix a problem during a vRealize Automation 7.2 PoC installation. I need to say that I’ve never installed a vRA Appliance PoC before so I didn’t know how parts...
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Exam Experience – VCAP6-DTM design GA
After I failed the beta of the VCAP6-DTM design exam (3V0-652) with 219 point and the rescoring with 255 I thought I need to do it again to restore my honor. I took the exam on January 19th, 2017. Most...
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vBrain.info – The year which was and the year which will be
Because I’m a big Babylon 5 fan I’m using a modified Zathras quote (“You are the one who was, You are the one who is and you are the one who will be”, Season 3 Ep.17 “War without End, Part II”) for my...
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Upgrading to Veeam Availability Suite 9.5 Update 1
After Veeam releases Update 1 for their Availability Suite 9.5 in January 2017 I decided that it is about time to upgrade my complete Veeam Availability Suite environment in my homelab. Currently I’m...
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Backup Interoperability Matrix Major Update 2017-03
In the March update the following backup software was updated: VMware vSphere Data Protection IBM Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments CommVault Simpana Hitachi Data Protection Suite Veeam Backup...
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vCenter gets unresponsive after adding a DVS Port Group
During the creation of a new VLAN for my nested environment I encounter a really strange behavior. When I tried to add a Distributed Port Group, my vCenter became unresponsive. After some seconds it...
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Backup Interoperability Matrix Major Update 2017-07
In the July update the following backup software was updated: HP Data Protector 9.09 EMC Avamar 7.5 EMC Networker 9.1.1 CommVault Simpana 11.0 SP8 Hitachi Data Protection Suite 11.0 SP8 Veeam Backup...
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VMworld EMEA 2017 – Tips and Tricks
VMworld EMEA is only 56 days far off. Preparation for this event has already started. This is the perfect time to give some advice or tips & tricks for people who will attend VMworld for their...
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VMworld EMEA 2017 – Parties, Gatherings, Events and more
Attending VMworld is not only attending an IT conference it is also a big networking event where you can talk to vendors, tweeps or bloggers. What will be better for socialising than parties and...
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VMworld EMEA 2017 – #vBreakfast 2017 edition
Please join Andreas Lesslhumer and many more vNerds and vGeeks for the #vBreakfast 2017 edition. Last years #vBreakfast was really awesome. We had more than 20 people who joined us very early in the...
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Veeam Agent for Windows: Migrate Agent Backups to Veeam Repository
When Veeam released their first version of their Endpoint Backup I was hooked. An easy to use client backup tool that can save you from a lot of pain when something goes wrong with your client PC or...
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Veeam Agent for Windows – Backups not working after upgrade to 2.0
When Veeam released their Veeam Agent for Windows 2.0 on May 11th, 2017 I was first in line to go for an upgrade on my main PC (Windows 10 Build 1607) at home. The upgrade went smooth as I expected...
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Gigabyte BRIX / Intel NUC Gen6/7 – ESXi shutdown issue fixed
I bought some month ago three Gigabyte BRIX GS-BSi3HAL-6100 boxes to run vSAN on top of it in my home lab. These boxes were running 24/7 for the last couple of month without doing anything because I...
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Backup Interoperability Matrix Major Update 2017-12
In the December update the following backup software was updated: VMware vSphere Data Protection 6.1.5 Veritas NetBackup 8.1 IBM Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments 8.1.4 EMC Networker 9.2.1...
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Merry Christmas – Desaster Recovery with Veeam
The Story It was approx. 6am when my little girl woke me up on Dec. 24th, the day we in Austria celebrate Christmas. Just a small side note. Unlike US and other countries in Austria the christ-child...
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Workstation 14 Upgrade – Authorization Service error 6000009
My main PC was recently updated to the Windows 10 Fall Creator (1709) release. So I thought it was a good time for a VMware Workstation 14 upgrade. The reason for version 14 was that it supports...
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