The Backup Was Safe: The Data Center Was not: A Real-World Lesson About Hidden Data Center Risks and Governance Failures

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The Backup Was Safe: The Data Center Was not: A Real-World Lesson About Hidden Data Center Risks and Governance Failures

In this article, we shall discuss “The Backup Was Safe: The Data Center Was not: A Real-World Lesson About Hidden Data Center Risks and Governance Failures”. When IT professionals discuss availability, business continuity, and data protection, the conversation usually focuses on backup software, immutable storage, disaster recovery plans, and cybersecurity. Please see  how to Enable BitLocker…

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Enterprise Tape Library Administration: Control Path, Firmware, Media Management and Tape Operations

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Enterprise Tape Library Administration: Control Path, Firmware, Media Management and Tape Operations

In this guide, we shall discuss “Enterprise Tape Library Administration: Control Path, Firmware, Media Management and Tape Operations”. Throughout this tape series, I explored installation, troubleshooting, tape cleaning procedures, advanced diagnostics, and real-world operational scenarios involving Veeam tape environments. Please see How to Repair a Corrupt SQL Server Database Without Data Loss, and Azure Application…

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How to Repair a Corrupt SQL Server Database Without Data Loss

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How to Repair a Corrupt SQL Server Database Without Data Loss

In this article, we shall discuss how to Repair a Corrupt SQL Server Database Without Data Loss. Just imagine yourself as a database administrator. After opening your laptop and checking your database, you receive a message no DBA wants to see: “Database is in suspect mode.” Before you know it, users are already complaining, your manager is already…

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Azure Application Gateway: Practical Configuration Guide

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Azure Application Gateway: Practical Configuration Guide

In this article, we shall discuss “Azure Application Gateway: Practical Configuration Guide”. This post provides a practical, real-world inspired walkthrough for configuring an Azure Application Gateway. The goal is to help engineers quickly understand how to design, name, and connect all required components for a production-ready setup. Please see Azure Managing Subscriptions with PowerShell: From…

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AWS/Azure/OpenShift

Azure Arc for SQL Server PAYG: Installation, Connectivity Requirements and Operational Best Practices

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Azure Arc for SQL Server PAYG: Installation, Connectivity Requirements and Operational Best Practices

Int his topic, we shall discus “Azure Arc for SQL Server PAYG: Installation, Connectivity Requirements and Operational Best Practices”. As organizations increasingly adopt hybrid and multi-cloud strategies, Azure Arc-enabled SQL Server with Pay-As-You-Go (PAYG) offers a flexible way to extend Azure governance, security, and billing capabilities to on-premises and non-Azure environments. Pleaae see How to…

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How to Assign a Public IP to Azure Virtual Machine (VM)

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How to Assign a Public IP to Azure Virtual Machine (VM)

This guide describes the procedure for associating a Public IP address to an Azure Virtual Machine (VM) at the network interface (NIC) level. In Azure, VMs are deployed with private IP addressing by default within an Azure Virtual Network (VNet), ensuring internal-only communication unless explicitly exposed. Please see How to Upgrade Veeam ONE to 13.0.2.6723…

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How to Upgrade Veeam ONE to 13.0.2.6723 to Address Security Fixes

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How to Upgrade Veeam ONE to 13.0.2.6723 to Address Security Fixes

In this article, we shall discuss how to Upgrade Veeam ONE to 13.0.2.6723 to Address Security Fixes. Recently we updated Veeam ONE 13 as discussed here “how to upgrade Veeam One from v12 to v13“. Shortly, Veeam released some patches to VBR and Veeam ONE as well as discussed in this KB4858. According to it,…

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Backup, Network | Monitoring

Fix Vulnerable Veeam Backup and Replication 13.0.1.2067 and Earlier

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Fix Vulnerable Veeam Backup and Replication 13.0.1.2067 and Earlier

Recently we discuss the steps to Update Veeam Backup & Replication to Build 13.0.1.2067. Shortly, Veeam released some patches to fix Vulnerable Veeam Backup & Replication 13.0.1.2067 and Earlier. Therefore, in this guide, we shall update our Veeam Backup and Replciation Server to version 13.0.2.29. Please see How to upgrade Veeam One from v12 to…

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How to upgrade Veeam One from v12 to v13

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How to upgrade Veeam One from v12 to v13

In this article we shall discuss how to upgrade Veeam One from v12 to v13. It will interest you to know that Veeam ONE can be upgraded to version 13 starting from Veeam ONE version 12 (build #12.0.0.2498). This means, Veeam ONE 13 supports automatic in-place upgrade from version 12.0.0.2498 and newer versions to v13….

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Integrate Trellix ePolicy Orchestrator with a Syslog Server

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Integrate Trellix ePolicy Orchestrator with a Syslog Server

Security teams often rely on centralized logging to improve visibility, speed up incident response, and to meet compliance requirements. In this guide, we shall discuss how to Integrate Trellix ePolicy Orchestrator with a Syslog Server as it enables organizations to forward security events, endpoint alerts, and compliance logs into a centralized SIEM or log management…

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Security | Vulnerability Scans and Assessment

Veeam Backup and Replication: PowerShell must be Remote Signed

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Veeam Backup and Replication: PowerShell must be Remote Signed

Veeam Backup & Replication includes a built-in PowerShell extension called the Veeam Backup PowerShell module. This module exposes a full set of cmdlets that allow administrators to automate, configure, and manage most tasks available in the Veeam Backup & Replication graphical user interface. In this guide, we shall discuss “Veeam Backup and Replication: PowerShell must…

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Backup, Scripts

Prevent Automatic Driver Updates in Windows and Xen-Orchestra

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Prevent Automatic Driver Updates in Windows and Xen-Orchestra

In this guide, we shall discuss how to “Prevent Automatic Driver Updates in Windows and Xen-Orchestra”. Keeping systems patched and secure is critical in every virtualized environment. However, blindly allowing automatic driver updates on production workloads can introduce instability, and sometimes could cause outages as we have seen severally. This becomes especially important in environments…

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Virtualization, Windows