Fixing The account does not have permission to impersonate the requested user permissions error Quite a few times recently students on Veeam Certified Engineer (VMCE) course has asked me how they can fix the error The account does not have permission to impersonate the requested user which might occur when trying to restore an e-mail […]
Veeam announces Veeam Cloud Connect
Veeam Cloud Connect is finally announced and on their list of upcoming version 8 features. Personally I am extremely excited about this feature! Here is the deal on Veeam Cloud Connect Currently if you want to use a public cloud or perhaps a local service provider to store your offsite backup copy you need to go […]
Book review: VMware ESXi Cookbook
The book I am reviewing is VMware ESXi cookbook written by authors Mohammed Raffic Kajamoideen and Aravind Sivaraman and published by Packt Publishing. It contains 9 chapters totalling 84 pages in e-book version. Disclaimer I have received a free e-book copy of this book for reviewing it from Packt Publishing. There are no requirements […]
VMware Virtual SAN training released
VMware just released two courses on Virtual SAN. One is free VMware Virtual SAN Fundamentals and one is paid – VMware Virtual SAN: Deploy and Manage. VMware Virtual SAN Fundamentals will give you a free quick 60 minutes lesson on how to use VSAN. VMware Virtual SAN Deploy and Manage is a paid […]
Do you know virtual kung fu?
I just noticed a fun quiz Simpana is running on their website. Check it out and find out which level you are at J My result was:
How to check Veeam configuration backup version
Today I was teaching the Veeam Certified Engineer course. During the course one of the students asked me how to could check which version of Veeam Backup & Replication was used to create a configuration backup. Full credit for this goes to Ben Milligan of Veeam in this tweet. Step 1. Open location […]
VMware launches new vSphere 5.5 courses with 15% discount
Just saw noticed VMware is running a campaign discount to help celebrate the launch of their new vSphere 5.5 courses. The new courses are: Fast Track 5.5 Optimize and Scale 5.5 Skills For Operators 5.5 Troubleshooting Workshop 5.5 Install, Configure, Manage 5.5 For these courses you can currently get 15% discount using code Q2vsphere5515 when […]
IaaS
It’s been a while since I had something on my mind that I could and will share 🙂 This time it’s around IaaS ..infrastructure as a service. The last 6 months I have been involved in several types of projects that in some way all touches IaaS in some format and now after 6 months […]
Veeam launches backup from storage snapshots for NetApp
In case you missed it Veeam has announced support for backing up from storage snapshots from NetApp. Until now this has only been available to certain HP storage solutions. In case you are interested in more details there is a webinar scheduled for April 17th – make sure to check it out. In the mean time […]
60% discount on Microsoft Press e-books
Just heard Microsoft Press is leaving oreilly.com and to send them off they are offering everyone a 60% discount on these books. Just enter coupon WKFAREW when ordering. The offer expires March 26, 2014 at 5:00am PT and does not work for printed books or print + e-book offers.