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Introduction Sometimes timeouts can happen during the measurement of an O365 organization by using the Measure-VBOOrganizationFullBackupSize cmdlet within Veeam Backup for Office 365. This often happens, when you are measuring against big organizations with a lot of data in it. Other observations I had was, when the WAN uplink was …
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November, 2020
October, 2020
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19 October
Get ready for Veeam LIVE 2020 !
Veeam LIVE 2020 is going to take place on the 20th of October 2020 ! First of all, this is not another webinar, indeed it is an online “live event” the whole day of the 20th October 2020. This mean you can expect awesome live sessions about all the hot …
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July, 2020
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29 July
How to backup SAP MaxDB with Veeam
This post focuses on how to backup SAP MaxDB databases with Veeam Backup & Replication. I came across a SAP MaxDB installation during my last projects and wanted to share with you how to backup these databases. Introduction on pre-freeze and post-thaw scripts Since there is no native integration of …
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June, 2020
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11 June
Get vSphere Tags out of a category with PowerCLI
Introduction to vSphere Tags Using vSphere tags in your VMware environment is no longer a secret. It gives you flexibility, easier management and control of your virtual machines. If you want to see how to use vSphere Tags with Veeam check out my article here: Using VM Tags with vSphere …
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11 June
VeeamON 2020 – Same experience but ONLINE !
VeeamON 2020 is moving online for free ! Due to the fact of the current situation regarding the corona virus, VeeamON 2020 has moved online. Furthermore, it is a free event ! This means everyone has the opportunity to watch the full event online. The event will take place on …
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April, 2020
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22 April
Creating a vCenter role for Veeam with PowerCLI
Since I was tired to click roles together in vCenter server, I wrote a simple script on creating a vCenter role for Veeam with PowerCLI. This PowerShell / PowerCLI script lets you create a new vCenter server role with all the cumulative privileges and permissions to use them with Veeam …
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March, 2020
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30 March
I have been selected for the Veeam Vanguard Program
On friday night I found an awesome e-mail from Nikola Pejková in my mailbox, that I have been selected for the Veeam Vanguard Program ! I can only say, that I feel absolutely honored for being selected as a Veeam Vanguard for 2020 ! Thank you Nikola, Rick and the …
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January, 2020
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7 January
Top 5 most read posts of 2019
Since 2020 has already begun, I wanted to do a little recap of the blog posts I wrote in 2019. I therefore picked the top 5 most read posts of 2019 in regards to their views. The outcome is kind of interesting as it is a great mix of old …
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December, 2019
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24 December
How to backup ESXi hosts with PowerCLI
At the moment I have a lot of scripts laying around which are either snippets or not publishable. Therefore, I’m going to edit them all in the upcoming blog posts and upload them for the community. Today, I’m going to show you a simple but powerful and easy to use …
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23 December
Managing VMware vSphere with VMware Workstation
Recently, I tweeted that I was uploading a virtual machine to an ESXi host. So i thought, I might share a blog post on all the things you can do with VMware Workstation in regards to VMware vSphere. I’m going to cover all the options I know and use when …
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