Mike Mosely is a cloud engineer at iland and has worked at the company for over 3 years. He holds a number of VMware certifications including VCP5 as well as the Veeam VMCE certification. Mike works closely with customers to build cloud solutions that fit their requirements.
Overview With the release of Veeam 9.5 Update 4, offloading data to a Cloud or Capacity Tier is finally possible. However, there has been some confusion in understanding exactly what this Cloud Tier structure is and what it is not. Let’s take a closer look at the Veeam Capacity Tier capabilities and use cases. What…
In the world of DRaaS, partial failovers have become a very popular topic of discussion. Essentially, customers want to know that if needed, they will be able to failover a subset of their production environment. While partial failovers can be possible, there are several challenges that need to be considered ahead of time. First, let’s…
When planning your disaster recovery (DR) solution there are many considerations and challenges to take into account when comparing cloud providers. Every provider has their own solutions, strengths and weaknesses. Listed below are some of the top items to consider when setting up a DR solution along with how providers stack up against iland. …
After running a failover, it is common to find that your domain controller (DC) is not operating properly. Because these servers control the overall domain and DNS functionality, this can cause the rest of your protected services or applications to fail. You may not even be able to log in to your other servers, as…
In my blog, Veeam Cloud Connect Backup: Storage Optimization, I covered methods for estimating the sizing requirements for your Veeam Cloud Connect backup storage repository. The next step is to optimize ongoing management of your storage to ensure an uninterrupted backup process. Let’s take a look at the key considerations for Veeam Cloud Connect storage management. Managing Your Veeam…
In my previous blog, I reviewed how to get started with Veeam Cloud Connect Backup. To get the most out of your Veeam backup solution, you want to make sure you fully understand and effectively manage your storage and consumption needs. It’s imperative that you have enough space available so you can fulfill your retention…
If you currently use Veeam backup and replication on-premises or have explored the Veeam website, then you most likely have heard of their 3-2-1 rule of availability. This rule states that you should keep 3 copies of your data and applications stored on at least 2 different types of media and keep 1 of those copies…
Now that we have replicated all of our servers and created a failover plan, it is time to test our failover process. There are several items you will want to test and verify before a real disaster strikes, such as network access, application functionality and data integrity. The best way to ensure the DR environment…
Now that we have setup our Veeam replication jobs and created a Veeam Failover Plan, we are now ready to test our failover functionality. A failover can be initiated in two different ways depending on your failover scenario. In the event that the full environment is down, you can conduct a full failover using the…
The Veeam Network Extension Appliance (NEA) is the default template deployed by Veeam on both source and target data centers. When used with a failover plan, this appliance will handle the outbound and inbound communication for the servers you failed over. During a partial failover, the source and target NEA’s create a peer-to-peer connection. This…
