I had been dealing with an intermittent VMware backup issue that was difficult to explain from a single failed session. A job could complete successfully on one run and fail on the next with the same message: DiskLib error 13, followed by a failure to create an NFC download stream. Please see How to fix…
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Running out of disk space on the Windows system drive can become a serious problem, particularly when installing updates, or maintaining enterprise applications as discussed here “Upgrade Veeam Backup & Replication to v13.1.2.57“. As you can see, while attempting to patch Veeam Backup & Replication (VBR). The installation could not proceed because the C: drive…
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Starting with the Veeam Data Platform v13.1 release cycle, the automated Veeam Updater module was introduced specifically to streamline rolling out cumulative patches and security updates (such as version 13.1.1.18) directly from the management interface (web console) without requiring manual ISO mounting for every minor patch. Pleaase see 500+ VeeamAUX Clones on IBM FlashSystem: What…
A few days ago, I faced a very interesting situation involving VBR, Veeam Agent for IBM AIX, and an IBM FlashSystem storage array. At first, it made absolutely no sense to me. I was investigating some backup-related issues when I noticed several volumes with the VeeamAUX prefix on an IBM FlashSystem 7600. After checking more…
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In the first part of this series, we explored the hardware and electronics of an IBM LTO-6 tape drive, including its SAS connectivity, cooling system, circuit boards, and internal motor structures. But there is another side of tape technology that I find even more interesting: the mechanical system. Please see Inside an IBM LTO-6 Tape…
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When we talk about tape backup, we usually focus on storage capacity, transfer speeds, retention policies, media compatibility, and the importance of keeping offline copies of our data. But have you ever wondered what an LTO tape drive actually looks like on the inside? Please see Hardening Veeam Backup & Replication on Windows 2025: A…
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Acknowledgments & Project Inspiration: This guide and implementation walkthrough are inspired by the open-source hardening framework developed by Lukas Klostermann. A special thanks goes to Lukas for creating and sharing the excellent veeam-win-hardening-script on GitHub (https://github.com/lukas-kl/veeam-win-hardening-script). His work provides an invaluable foundation for automating CIS-compliant security baselines tailored specifically for Veeam infrastructure on Windows. Backup…
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1. Overview & Architecture: Creating a baseline Golden Image for Windows Server 2025 ensures consistency, security, and rapid deployment across your infrastructure. This guide provides a complete, production-ready workflow to build, harden, and generalize a Windows Server 2025 template specifically optimized for enterprise environments and Veeam Backup & Replication workloads. 2. VMware Virtual Machine Prerequisites…
A recovered workload is not a recovered service until DNS, routing, firewall policy, load balancing, private connectivity, management access, and application dependencies work from the recovery site.
A hypervisor exit should be planned like recovery: group workloads by application, test them on the target, define cutover and rollback gates, and prove the new platform can protect and recover them before the old one disappears.
Recently I faced an interesting issue with a Hyper-V VM backup in Veeam. One specific VM suddenly started failing during checkpoint creation, while all the other VMs in the environment continued to be protected normally. Please see Synology Surveillance365: Cloud-Based Camera Management Without an On-Premises Surveillance Server, and Linux System Update: Upgrade vs. Dist-upgrade Differences….
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Managing surveillance infrastructure across multiple locations can be challenging, especially when traditional deployments require dedicated on-site servers, complex configurations, and ongoing maintenance. In this article, we shall discuss “Synology Surveillance365: Cloud-Based Camera Management Without an On-Premises Surveillance Server”. Please see Strategic breakdown and step by step guide to upgrading to VBR 13.1, and Veeam Oracle…
With the General Availability (GA) of Veeam Data Platform 13.1, Veeam delivers one of its most critical releases to date. In this guide, we shall discuss the “Strategic breakdown and step by step guide to upgrading to VBR 13.1 on a Windows-based deployment”, and explore why upgrading to version 13.1 is essential for your infrastructure”….
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