Jan 20
Veeam have released a patch to address the issues that users have been experiencing with Veeam v6 direct from SAN backups. The issues being seen include switching over to NBD mode, general long backups times and basic failures from the direct backup from san mode.
The following KB lists the patch required:
Jan 19
VAAI (vStorage API for Array Integration) is one of the storage application programming interface (API) sets in vSphere which allows hardware offload, ESX/ESXi hosts perform certain operations faster and consume less server resources (more on VAAI in a later post). Let’s just say at this point, if your storage device supports it, implement the required plugin for vSphere and reap the benefits.
Jan 18
Are you running 6.2 of HP Data Protector? Upgrade to the latest (Windows) patches to ensure vSphere 5 compatability:
It should be noted that a previous patch (00528) did have a patch warning (this was to do with the vSphere integration) but 00531 has superseded that and addresses the issues.
Jan 16
HP has released Data Protector 6.21 which now includes the HP StoreOnce de-duplication engine. This enables the delivery of high performance and resource efficient software based de-duplication which helps improve utilization of storage across the enterprise. This helps maximise existing IT resources, such as disk based backup storage, and meet stringent service levels (backup windows are shrinking and shrinking now). The StoreOnce engine runs across multiple HP products now, so a standard de-duplication technology can now be implemented across the data centre.
Jan 14
I’ve been using the same ol’ theme on my blog for a while, and it was nice and simple, but I thought I would try something a little different, and voila! The new theme is based on Graphene, which is pretty nice, I did like iFeature, but Graphene just seems easier to use.
I’ve added some social sharing buttons to all posts now as well, so if you are reading a post and like it you can share it through facebook, google+ or linkedin now.
Comments on the new site look welcome!
