Last week, I joined fellow members of the Veeam 100 community in Lisbon, Portugal, for the annual Veeam 100 Summit. The Summit brings together Veeam 100 members from across the world to connect, collaborate, and share experiences in person. It provides exclusive an insight into Veeam's strategy and product roadmap, while also offering the opportunity... Continue Reading →
The recent release of Veeam 13.1 introduced a huge number of enhancements to its agent-based protection capabilities. With so many new additions, it’s hard to pick a favourite, but one feature immediately caught my eye: Remote Bare Metal Recovery. Bare Metal Recovery (BMR) is a term most backup admins are familiar with, although it’s often... Continue Reading →
Whether you're already a Proxmox user or evaluating a move to the platform, the latest Veeam Backup & Replication update is definitely worth a closer look. Since its introduction in v12, Proxmox support has steadily matured, but v13.1 takes things to a new level with what could be the most significant collection of Proxmox enhancements... Continue Reading →
Veeam Data Platform 13.1 has officially landed! Technically speaking this is classed as a point release, typically associated with bug fixes and quality‑of‑life improvements. But this release is so much more than that. With over 70 new enhancements across the entire VDP suite, 13.1 delivers a wave of new features as well as expanded platform... Continue Reading →
Continuous Data Protection has become a core capability within Veeam Backup & Replication since its introduction several years ago, quickly establishing itself as the method to protect mission‑critical workloads where even minimal data loss is unacceptable. Despite its strengths, CDP has carried one notable limitation around it's platform support. Its dependency on VMware vSphere restricted... Continue Reading →
Almost a year ago now, I embarked on a project with the goal of making SureBackup jobs easier to troubleshoot when something goes wrong. What resulted was a solution that adds screenshot capture functionality to SureBackup jobs, giving you an insight into why your protected workloads failed to boot correctly. You can check out the... Continue Reading →
There's no doubt that we all strive to ensure backups run successfully and error free but in reality this is not always the case, especially in large, complex environments that constantly change. It's a well known fact that troubleshooting is part and parcel of working with any IT system, with backups being no exception. But... Continue Reading →
With 2026 already in full swing, I figured it's about time I looked into the process for migrating a VBR server over to the new VSA. Conveniently, I already have a V12 Veeam environment running in my home lab, so I thought, let's use it as a guinea pig! In this two-part series, I'll be... Continue Reading →
The Veeam Journey Begins Before I dive into my experiences with the Vanguard Program, I want to share the backstory of how I got here. My Veeam journey played a pivotal role in shaping the pathway that eventually led me to the Vanguard Program. The foundations were laid nearly 15 years ago at the very... Continue Reading →
Last week I had the privilege of attending the annual Veeam 100 Summit once again which this year was held in Prague, Czechia. This is the flagship event of the year for the V100 program which sees members from all over the world come together to connect with one another in person. With Veeam Product... Continue Reading →
