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...
Category: VMware
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...
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...
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 morning...
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 gatherings at...
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...
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 & Replication 9.5...
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...
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 & Replication Unitrends Enterprise Backup Acronis...
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 running...