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SOLVED: Veeam Cloud Storage Backup Costs Drop Dramatically

Two years ago it was normal for Cloud storage of Veeam backups (backup copy jobs, mostly), to cost between $100 and $125 per Terra-byte.  I had negotiated a rate of near $80/TB with my cloud provider on about 15TB of space.  However, the new Veeam 9.5 Update 4 enhances its Read more…

By Ian Matthews, 6 yearsMarch 5, 2019 ago
Veeam File Restore Data Deduplication Error 2012 2016 2019

SOLVED: Veeam Error Copying Data from Deduplicated Volumes Requires That The Console Is Installed on Windows Server 2012 R2 or Later

When performing file restores using Veeam you may see an error that says: Copying Data from Deduplicated Volumes Requires That The Console Is Installed on Windows Server 2012 R2 or Later.  This message appears when the data you are restoring was originally stored on a server with Windows Data Deduplication enabled. Read more…

By Ian Matthews, 6 years ago

SOLVED: Veeam Error – Changed Block Tracking Will Not Be Used For This VM Until You Upgrade the VM Hardware to Version 8.0 or Later on Server 2016

If you have recently upgraded your HyperV Servers or Cluster to Server 2016 and you are running Veeam, you may see the following error: Changed Block Tracking Will Not Be Used For This VM Until You Upgrade the VM Hardware to Version 8.0 or Later What this means is that Read more…

By Ian Matthews, 7 yearsMarch 8, 2018 ago

SOLVED: Veeam Fails on Server 2016 Cluster

If you Veeam backups are failing when connected to a new or upgraded Server 2016 cluster, you likely need to set a disk parameter to fix it.  Veeam has a KBase article on this but it skips some simple steps and does not tell you where to perform the changes… Read more…

By Ian Matthews, 7 yearsMarch 8, 2018 ago

SOLVED: How To Migrate A Server 2012 R2 Cluster To New Server 2016 Servers In 11 Easy Steps

If you want to simply upgrade your existing cluster from Server 2012 R2 to Server 2016, you just need to buy Server 2016 licenses and perform a “Server 2016 Rolling Upgrade”.  What this does is to take one of your cluster nodes offline, then upgrade it to 2016, then bring Read more…

By Ian Matthews, 7 yearsMarch 6, 2018 ago

SOLVED: Veeam Cloud Connect Storage Evaluation Grid

Veeam is an excellent product to back up virtual machines but its original incarnation did not readily support backup to external disk or cloud storage.  Both of these items have been resolved and today Veeam Cloud Connect is now included with every version of Veeam 9.0 or higher WITHOUT ADDITIONAL Read more…

By Ian Matthews, 9 yearsOctober 7, 2016 ago

Alternatives to Symantec Backup Exec

Well, I have had enough of BackupExec.  Its really too bad that Symantec’s combination of high pricing and brutal technical support wait times and driven Veritas’ excellent product into the ground… but that is where I find it.  As such I have been researching a few other products and this Read more…

By Ian Matthews, 14 yearsJuly 28, 2011 ago
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