Author: Luca Dell'Oca

Luca Dell’Oca, 2011/2012/2013 VMware vExpert,works in IT since 2000. Since 2006, he’s working as a virtualization consultant and architect, specialized in the design and management of VMware infrastructures. He is also a co-founder and board member of the Italian VMware User Group, and author of the blog www.virtualtothecore.com, where he regularly publishes articles on everything related to virtualization.

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Test your jekyll website locally on Windows 10

Luca Dell'Oca, December 1, 2020November 30, 2020

Learn how to install Jekyll on your Windows 10 computer, so you can see how your markdown websites will look like without the need to publish them.

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Sizing Veeam Cloud Connect using Big Data

Luca Dell'Oca, November 10, 2020November 10, 2020

One of the most common question I receive in regard to Veeam Cloud Connect, is “What’s the size I should configure for my Veeam server”? Usually, we answered this question using our sizing tools and our best practices, but lately I found a different and probably even better answer, thanks to our big data.

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Quick fix: install manually the Veeam Service Provider Console agent on Cloud Connect server

Luca Dell'Oca, April 21, 2020April 20, 2020

Learn how to install manually the Veeam Service Provider Console managementagent on a Veeam Cloud Connect server.

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Upgrading Veeam Availability Console to the new Veeam Service Provider Console v4

Luca Dell'Oca, April 7, 2020April 14, 2020

Last week, Veeam released the new Veeam Service Provider Console v4, the latest version of what was previously called Veeam Availability Console. I run my own VAC (now VSPC) environment, so I decided to take the opportunity to upgrade my lab to the latest version to learn the upgrade process.

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Set a static IP in VeeamPN appliance

Luca Dell'Oca, March 31, 2020March 21, 2020

For a new chapter of my book on Veeam Availability Console, I created a second virtual datacenter and I needed to connect the two of them together with a vpn. I have many options, like using the embedded ipsec capabilities of the NSX Edge i have at both sites, as they both run vCloud Director, but I decided to use Veeam Powered Network, in order to use this opportunity to learn more about it. And the first thing I’ve learned was how to configure the appliance with a static IP address.

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Using AWS credentials in Powershell scripts

Luca Dell'Oca, March 24, 2020March 21, 2020

Lately I was updating a couple of my scripts, and when I re-used my script that automatically updates AWS records for Let's Encrypt DNS challenges, I realised that I never stored my AWS credentials anywhere, but I was just using those cached into my powershell environment. Time to have some proper credential management.

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New year, new Let’s Encrypt automation: goodbye ACMEsharp, hello Posh-ACME!

Luca Dell'Oca, January 7, 2020December 31, 2019

The beginning of each year, lately seems to be the time when I have to update my scripts that control the automatic management of SSL certificates. I started three years ago by learning first about Let's Encrypt certificates, and how they could have solved my needs for automatically renew (for free!) my SSL certificates. At the time I started to use ACMESharp: it seemed to be a great fit as it worked in powershell and had all the features I needed; but lately, it has lagged behind, and the move the ACME v2 was the final nail in its coffin.

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Quick Tip: how an end user can find out which version of vCloud Director is using

Luca Dell'Oca, September 18, 2019September 17, 2019

For my tests, I use a couple of vCloud Director services thanks to some really generous service providers which are also Veeam customers. From time to time, I see they upgrade their installations but as an end user is not always straight-forward to find out which version of vCloud Director is in use. But there’s a way to find out even for end users.