The first real day of the conference is finished and what a day! My day started off with the Partner Keynote. Veeam CEO Ratmir Timashev I thought was fantastic and very charismatic. He explained how important the channel partners has been and will continue to be for Veeam. As someone who works for a Veeam […]
VeeamON 2014 Diary – Day 0
I finally arrived in Las Vegas (VEGAS BABY!) for Veeam’s Global User Conference and Data Center Availability Event – VeeamON! Today is Sunday and while some have arrived Friday and Saturday, I think most people will get in today. Not much is happening that I am aware of today though, but here is my […]
VeeamON Conference 2014 – The Ultimate Guide
VeeamON is a new availability conference arranged by Veeam. This year it is in Las Vegas (USA) from October 6-8. There are however also events on both October 5th and 9th. To make sure you do not miss anything here is a breakdown of what is happening when: Sunday, October 5th Registration opens Veeam Partner […]
Fix: The account does not have permission to impersonate the requested user
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 […]
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 […]
Veeam Backup & Replication 7.0 R2 released
Veeam released Backup & Replication 7.0 R2 a few days ago in case you missed it. This is NOT a minor update and you will see good performance improvements by updating! Improvements include VMware vSphere 5.5 support, including support for 62TB virtual disks and virtual hardware v10 virtual machines. vCloud Director 5.5 support. Support for […]
Last chance for FREE upgrade to VEEAM Enterprise Plus
Veeam Enterprise Plus upgrade for FREE is almost at the end! If you are one of the many customers who purchased Veeam Backup & Replication Enterprise before July 1st 2013 and still have an active support agreement, then make sure you do not miss out on the deal Veeam is currently offering: FREE upgrade to […]
The Expert Guide to VMware Data Protection FREE Veeam ebook
I just noticed VEEAM has released a FREE ebook on VMware Data Protection now with four chapters. This free ebook is definitely worth the read for anyone who cares about not just backing up but also recovering again. The Expert Guide to VMware Data Protection was written by fellow blogger Eric Siebert of vSphere-land and contains 4 […]
Veeam Backup & Replication error Data at the root level is invalid. Line 1, position 1.
Today a customer called me with an issue getting Veeam backup of one VM that had previously worked without issues. His environment was VMware vCenter 5.1 U1 and Veeam Backup & Replication 6.5 patch 3. The error recieved was: Error: Data at the root level is invalid. Line 1, position 1. This is […]