How to manage your BDRSuite environment
Including monitoring your backup status, cleaning up old backups, and updating the software. Complementing my previous blog post, with this blog post, I elaborate on the best practices to manage BDRSuite. In addition, we will look at monitoring the backup status, cleaning up old backups, and how to update theRead More →
How to best implement BDRSuite in your organization
including determining the requirements for your environment, setting backup policies and procedures, and testing and validating them BDRSuite is a backup, disaster recovery, and business continuity solution that provides an integrated approach to protecting data and maintaining business operations during a disruption. The software helps organizations minimize the impact ofRead More →
What’s new in BDRSuite 5.5
Vembu recently released their latest update for BDRSuite, version 5.5. In this blog post, I will inform you of the latest updates! BDRSuite is Vembu’s backup & recovery tool suitable for securing data in a Data Center, private or Public Cloud, SaaS applications, or Endpoints. New features Several improvements andRead More →
How to force IPv4 using ping
Sometimes when you’re using the ping command, it will return the IPv6 address of the host. Use the -4 option to force using IPv4 :Read More →
How to identify Raspberry PI devices on your network
All Raspberry PI devices use MAC address staring with B8:27:EB (Raspberry PI 4B uses dc:a6:32 although) so you can use the following commands to identity your Raspberry PI’s on your local network: For Windows computers : Or when you are using MacOS or Linux : Example (found 2 Raspberry PI’sRead More →
Why you should backup Microsoft 365
It’s a question I’m often asked. Do I even need to back up Microsoft 365? That’s what Microsoft does, right? In this blog post, I describe why it makes sense to do so! First, Microsoft does not guarantee complete and fast restores of deleted or corrupted Microsoft 365 data. InRead More →
Review Endpoint backup using BDRSuite
In this blog post, I describe the possibilities of backing up endpoints using BDRSuite. First of all, why would you back up endpoints? You often hear that there is no need to backup (data on) endpoints because (if all goes well) there is no data on local workstations. Most companiesRead More →
How to convert a standalone or managed Ruckus AP to unleashed
Recently I installed several Ruckus Access Points at a customer’s site. This customer has several large rooms and was in urgent need of a stable and available internet supply in all rooms. At this customer’s site, I installed several Ruckus models managed by Ruckus Unleashed. This is a free (Cloud)Read More →
Vinchin Backup and Recovery review
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 →
How to use your tablet as an external whiteboard for Microsoft Teams
A picture says more than a thousand words, it is often said. That’s why I usually try to draw things during presentations and meetings. Nowadays, many laptops with a touch screen (think of the Microsoft surfaces) allow you to draw perfectly. However, my laptops sit in a docking station withRead More →