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 →
Veeam 100 Summit 2025 Recap
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 →
Automating Deployments with VBR V13
After months of hype and excitement around the release of V13, the final build has arrived! This build is known as "Early Release" which is a little different to what we are used to seeing with a major release. The release schedule for V13 will be a two staged approach as announced during the VeeamON... Continue Reading →
Home Lab 2.0 – The art of continuous improvement
For this post I wanted to take a quick break from my usual Veeam related content to revisit a topic I haven't touched on in quite a while - Home Labs. Inspired by a great home lab upgrade write-up by fellow kiwi Ben Thomas, I decided to share how my own home lab journey has... Continue Reading →
VBR V13 Beta 2 – Less bugs, more features
Please note that this post contains content based on a beta build of Veeam Backup & Replication V13. Features and functionality may change upon final release. It's been a couple of months since I covered the initial beta release of VBR V13. Hot off the press this week, the beta 2 build has been made... Continue Reading →
Troubleshooting just got easier with SureBackup Screenshots!
If you've used Veeam Backup & Replication, you're probably aware SureBackup is a great way to verify the integrity of your backups, providing assurance that your data is recoverable whenever you need it. It also plays a major role in complying with the 3-2-1-1-0 backup strategy and I highly recommend enabling it whenever possible. Day... Continue Reading →
VBR V13 Beta – A Highly Available Software Appliance
Please note that this post contains content based on a beta build of Veeam Backup & Replication V13. Features and functionality may change upon final release. During the recent VeeamON conference new details were announced around additional features and timelines for the new V13 release of Veeam Backup & Replication which I covered as part... Continue Reading →
VeeamON 2025 Recap
I had to opportunity to attend the VeeamON conference again this year which was held in San Diego, California. The venue itself was excellent - the Marriot Marquis hotel is in a great location, close to the downtown area of the city with fantastic conference facilities onsite. As a member of the V100 community, I... Continue Reading →
Honeypot Detection with Veeam Decoys
Veeam Decoys is an open source project created by Veeam employee Marco Escobar, which employs the honeypot concept by starting up spoof Veeam services. Use the links below to check out his work: Veeam Community Post: https://community.veeam.com/blogs-and-podcasts-57/veeam-decoys-project-8241 Veeam Github Repo: https://github.com/VeeamHub/veeam-decoy What is a honeypot? A honeypot is a technique used in cybersecurity where 'decoy'... Continue Reading →
Creating Push Notifications with Veeam ONE Alarms
Today I'll be discussing the benefits of Veeam ONE with a focus on notifications using alarms. If you're a Veeam ONE user you will already be aware how useful alarms can be. Whether you're monitoring your backup infrastructure or virtual infrastructure (hopefully both!) there is a huge selection of alarms available to you out of... Continue Reading →