kubernetes Deploying Rancher to manage a Kubernetes cluster Now that we have a cluster up and running (see part 1) and some persistent NFS storage (part 2) it is time to deploy Rancher so I have a nice management interface for
kubernetes Removing Rancher from a cluster As I have been playing around with a few Kubernetes products i have been needing to remove these as I go along. If you need to delete rancher from your cluster here is
Macbook toolset build This is really a living document for myself that will continue to be updated as I add things to my mbp. I wish I had done this the last time I set one
Persistent storage class in Kubernetes backed by Synology NFS Now that we have a cluster up and running (see part 1) I wanted to add a storage class for workloads to dynamically request and provision storage as required.I have a Synology
kubernetes Setting up a Kubernetes cluster with K3s and K3os via Cloud-init My lab at home has been lacking a proper Kubernetes environment. To date all I have really had are some standalone single node that was typically kind (Kubernetes IN docker).Time to grow
synology Synology HAT5300 Enterprise SATA Performance Benchmark These drives perform consistently and are able to easily keep up with other Enterprise drives. The fact they're backed with a 5 year warranty. It would be hard to not consider these drives especially when paired with a Synology NAS.
veeamagent Backup Digital Ocean with Veeam Agent for Linux Digital Ocean provide a fairly basic point in time snapshot backup function with their service which works great, I have rolled back to a couple of droplets before and it has worked very
Veeam Release schedule 2020 - unbelievable cadence It felt like a busy Veeam year and for good reason... I was just shared a slide of what they accomplished and "busy" is an understatement.... I have summarised all of these releases
synology Backup your G Suite using Synology Active Backup There are many scenarios of why you SHOULD be backing up your Google GSuite - anything from accidental data loss, malicious actor causing carnage, extended service outage requiring you to get access to
vbo Get a notification when restricted user data is accessed in Veeam Backup for Office365 Ensuring that you have an audit trail is very important when it comes to your backup data. Who accessed what and when. In Veeam Backup for Office365 v5 there is a new Audit
vbo Setting up the Audit API Notification Settings in Veeam Backup for Office365 v5 VBO v5 brought a new Audit feature into the final release. This sends audit notifications for operations performed with the data backed up by a specified user or user of a specified group.
vbo API Changes in Veeam Backup for Office365 v5 If you utilise the Veeam Backup for Microsoft Office365 API here is summary of the changes between version 4 and version 5 of the API.There may be a few discrepancies as I
nas Veeam Instant NAS Recovery in v11, Malware Detection and Machine Learning A powerful new Veeam Backup and Replication v11 feature extend the suites "instant" capabilities further such as Instant Disk Recovery, Instant VM Recovery which is... Instant NAS Recovery. Watch the quick demo video to see it in action.
vbo Backup Microsoft Teams with Veeam and Restore it with the new Teams Explorer Veeams new Teams Explorer which enables you to browse your backup and restore missing content of a team, download content easily which is very helpful if you just need the files you name it. It also has the ability to restore the team and associate metadata (or channels).
office365 Quick tip: Defrag your Veeam Office365 Jet Database Over time the JET database that backs your repository in Veeam Backup for Microsoft Office365 can become fragmented and cause unnecessary performance impacts for you and your users such as searching via the
vanguard Veeam Vanguard SWAG 2020 Everyone loves swag right?! The Veeam Vanguard programme has one of the best selections in the business. This was my first year and here is what I went for.
dataintegrationapi Multi Engine Malware Scanning on your Backup Data? Veeam Data Integration API makes it possible with MetaDefender Cloud Have you ever wanted to run your backup data through multiple Malware/AV engines? Or retrospectively run this on all backup restore points from the last year? You can with MetaDefender Cloud and the Veeam Data Integration API.
veeam Machine learning on your Veeam backups? Sure! via the Data Integration API Being able to reuse your backup data is a pretty powerful thing. Not only does it allow you be non-impactful to a production system but it also allows you to open up a complete backup chain and perform these tests on any restore point you hold.
veeamon VeeamON 2020 Agenda Speakers and Sessions The VeeamOn 2020 agenda has been released. Even due to the COVID-19 disruption it is great that events like these are still able to be held and in many ways are able to
backblaze Backblaze B2 s3 with Veeam Backup for Office365 Backblaze B2 storage is now s3 api compatible. Want to use this with Veeam Backup for Office365 as an object target. The good news is, you can!
veeam VBO v4 API Organisation UsedRepositories Performance The API in version 4 of the API appears to have been significantly improved. I have seen dramatic improvement of 300+ seconds per call down to 10s...nice.
veeam Getting started with the Veeam Data Integration API The data integration api from Veeam is a powerful way to get access to your backup data and re-use it without affecting production systems. Check this example script out out for getting started with this feature.
veeam Instant Disk Recovery in Veeam v10 Instant Disk Recovery in Veeam B&R allows you to instantly recovery a disk (or disks) to running virtual machines from the backup environment. Check out how easy it is.
veeam Get NAS backup sessions detail from the Veeam v10 Enterprise Manager API Overview of how to fetch NAS backup job sessions using the Veeam API using the new /api/NAS endpoints and an alternate method using the query service + filters
Get File servers information via the API in Veeam v10 Enterprise Manager An overview of how to retrieve information on file servers using the /api/nas/fileServers endpoints in Veeam B&R Enterprise Manager. We will cover off the following on this page so