When using S3-compatible object storage on-prem the region ID can often be defined in the web interface of the solution, however, in some cases, it cannot be defined. When adding the storage either as an Unstructured Data source to be backed up or as an S3-target backup repository, it’s recommended to define the region value. […]
New VMCE 2021 practice exams are available
TL;DR: Click here to access the new VMCE 2021 practice exam. First of all, a big thank you to the community for all your support and gentle nudges to keep me on the path to getting new VMCE 2021 practice exams available. Currently, there are two VMCE 2021 practice exams live; however, I plan to […]
Veeam VMCE-ADO 9.5 Study Guide
Good afternoon! Yesterday I took and thankfully passed, the Veeam VMCE-ADO exam. As I’ve done with other exams, including the VMCE last year, I thought I’d do a write-up of my experience and share my opinions of the exam prep process, all within Veeam’s NDA. Also at the end of this write-up, you’ll find a […]
Veeam VMCE 9.5 Study Guide
<Guest Blog> Good morning! I recently studied for, and thankfully passed, the Veeam VMCE exam. Thought I’d do a write-up of my experience and share my opinions of the exam prep process, all within Veeam VMCE NDA, as well as post a Study Guide I created during my studies. If you wanna skip the ‘mumbo-jumbo’ […]
Veeam > HPE Nimble Integration, A Case Study
(Guest Post) This is a continuation of my experience testing, and now putting into production, integrating Veeam Backup & Replication with HPE Nimble Storage. While testing, I came across a few bugs (post here), but once I worked through them, I was able to go full steam ahead in implementing my storage into Veeam to […]
Veeam > Nimble Integration Bug to Be Aware Of
(Guest Post) Since the announcement of Nimble Storage integration by both Nimble Storage (now a part of Hewlett-Packard Enterprise) and Veeam, I’ve been anxious to test out the functionality. The opportunity to perform all my Availability tasks (snapshotting, backup, replication, recovery) in a central management location, the Veeam Backup & Replication (VB&R) Console, is highly […]
Veeam Certified Engineer v9 guide
Veeam released the updated version 9 of their course Veeam Certified Engineer on February 1st. Since then many Education Centers have already been teaching it and the feedback I have heard is great! Around 400 attendees at Veeam’s availability conference, VeeamON, in October 2015 had a chance to attend an early access version of VMCE […]
The start of a new role
For the past two and a half years, I have been on a fantastic journey working as a system engineer/instructor for Arrow ECS in Denmark. Introduced to the job by vCommunity superstar Frank Brix, who most of you know from Twitter or his excellent blog on vFrank.org. Frank took me under his wings in Arrow and […]
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You can read more about the Top vBlog here and vote here. I try to contribute as many efforts as possible towards my blog. While in some periods that may mean less blog posts in other periods in may mean lots of blog posts 🙂 This year one of my larger projects on this […]
Veeam VSS error: VSS_E_UNEXPECTED_PROVIDER_ERROR. Code:0x8004230f
This week I had a customer ask for help in resolving an issue with backing up a server that was previously P2V’d. Previously the customer had been using Symantec BackupExec but they had recently changed it over to Veeam Backup & Replication v8. So lets jump right into the situation: Failed to prepare guest […]