This post, attaching a Virtual Tape Library (VTL) to a Windows server, is the third in the series in regards to integrating Veeam with an AWS tape gateway. Here are links to the previous posts: Post 1 - Deploying the Tape Gateway Post 2 - Creating Tapes As just mentioned, to this point we've deployed … Continue reading Part 3 – Veeam and AWS Tape Gateway Integration – Attaching the VTL to Windows
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Part 1 – Veeam and AWS Tape Gateway Integration – Deploying the Tape Gateway
As I'm sure many of you are, I've been working on ways to effectively harness the power of the cloud. One idea I decided to pursue was integrating an AWS Tape Gateway with an on-prem Veeam infrastructure in order to move my archived backup data from my local datacenter to AWS S3 storage. Now, I'll … Continue reading Part 1 – Veeam and AWS Tape Gateway Integration – Deploying the Tape Gateway
10/17/2017 – VMware Quick Tips
Had a couple minor issues in today when working with and in the vSphere web client: Shockwave Flash has crashed When logging into the vSphere Web Client, I received a message indicating "Shockwave Flash has crashed" as shown below: What I should have done is used the HTML5 version, but instead I came across VMware … Continue reading 10/17/2017 – VMware Quick Tips
Upgrade to vCloud Director 9
Last week VMware announced the official release of vCloud Director 9. Ever since hearing about this release at VMworld 2017, I've been excited about having the chance to give it a run in production. There are already some great blog posts out there now on the latest features. The other night I decided to upgrade … Continue reading Upgrade to vCloud Director 9
Add UCS vNICs causes vmnic re-order on vSphere host
I recently stumbled upon this issue when adding some new vNICs for use with a new iSCSI storage array. I followed the usual order of operations for our UCS B-series blades: create new vNIC templates, add the vNICs to the LAN Connectivity Policy in UCS Manager, put first vSphere host in the cluster into maintenance … Continue reading Add UCS vNICs causes vmnic re-order on vSphere host
VMworld Recap
VMworld US is a wrap! My original intent was to have a daily recap, and after scrambling to get day #1 up there, I realized that was probably biting off more than I could chew. As I've learned with tech conferences, it is always hard to squeeze everything you want into 3-4 days. My week … Continue reading VMworld Recap