For a customer project, I was looking for backup software with support for XenServer. Unfortunately, during my search, I discovered that not many vendors support hypervisors other than VMware and Microsoft. Nevertheless, I found a good solution and will discuss it briefly in this blog. Vinchin Backup & Recovery isRead More →
It’s very easy to backup all your data on your QNAP NAS to the public Cloud from Azure. In this blogpost I’m describing all the necessary steps. Create A Storage account First make sure you have an active Azure account with a subscription. You can easily sign up for aRead More →
For testing purposes I quickly wanted to create a master image using a VHD file. The Master VM was running on VMware so I decided to use the Windows 10 built-in functionality. Just run the sdclt.exe command with administrator privileges. (This was introduced some time ago with Windows Vista). ConfirmRead More →
Recently Nakivo released version 7 of Nakivo Backup & Replication! The new version has the following features: Support for Hyper-V 2016 and 2012 (R2) Support for VMware vSphere 6.5 Active Directory integration Skip swap files and partitions You can find out more about v7 here.Read More →
Cloud backup (online data backup) is a service where data is remotely maintaned, managed and backed up. This service allows the use of storing backup files online, so that they can be accessed from any location due to the use of the internet. More and more people are backupping theirRead More →
Making backups of virtual machines running on Azure using snapshot technology is a nice feature. But sometimes you don’t want to revert the whole snapshot but only want to restore a single file. Now this is possible. It uses the same backup/Snapshot technology you probably are already using. Open theRead More →
Some time ago I wrote about the V7 beta version here. Altaro released their final edition of v7 recently. Some of the key features of version 7: Support for Windows 2016 Augmented Inline Deduplication Boot from Back-up New interface/GUI (in comparison to v6) Support for Windows 2016 With v7 AltaroRead More →
With the amount of ransomware cases seeming to increase every day this is coming more and more a problem. Ransomware cost hundreds of millions in damages worldwide en is increasing rapidly. Modern total data protection solutions take snapshot based incremental backups on frequently based. if your business suffers a ransomwareRead More →
Hereby my review of Vembu BDR version 3.6. Vembu BDR Suite is an all-in-one universal solution for backing up your VMware and Hyper-V environments as well as physical servers. Vembu BDR Suite products cover backup & recovery of VMware vSphere, Microsoft Hyper-V, Physical Windows Servers Desktops/Laptops, File Servers, Applications like MSRead More →
If you are a VMUG member, VMware vExpert, VCP, VSP, VTSP, or VCI you can receive a FREE two-socket Not For Resale (NFR) license of NAKIVO Backup & Replication for one year and use it in your home or work lab. The NFR licenses are available for non-production use only,Read More →