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 →
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 →
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 →
March 2026 Update Supports VBR V13 running on Windows There is now support for Hyper-V! Check out my blog post for more:https://benharmer.blog/2026/03/30/surebackup-screenshots-for-hyper-v-taking-the-guesswork-out-of-troubleshooting/ Now supports as many simultaneous machines as you like within the SureBackup Job If you've used Veeam Backup & Replication, you're probably aware SureBackup is a great way to verify the integrity of... Continue Reading →
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 →
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 →
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