Since last year, HP rebranded its LeftHandstorage with the new name StoreVirtual, while the hystoric name LeftHand has been left to identify its operating system. While the relase of the new 11.0 version of the software is imminent, HP has just released the new official document titled What’s new in LeftHand OS 11.0, worth a read to learn about the new upcoming features, and if you already have a StoreVirtual VSA, be able to plan the update pondering the use of the new features it brings.
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in vSphere the task “create virtual machine snapshot” is stuck
It could happen in vCenter a snapshot creation task is not completed, and it remains stuck in the starting state for an unlimited time. See in this article how to solve it.
HP StoreVirtual Failover Manager stops working after vSphere 5.0 is upgraded to 5.1
Recently at a customer I upgraded a vSphere 5.0 cluster to 5.1. The update itself was quick and smooth, but I had a problem with HP StoreVirtual Failover manager, or FOM for short. The HP StoreVirtual FOM (or LeftHand, if you are nostalgic of the old name) is a small…
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vSphere 5.5 and Veeam Backup & Replication: important design news on the horizon!
In vSphere 5.5 vStorage API for Data Protection (VDDK 5.5) will be available only in the 64 bit version. If you are using still 32bit machines to run your Data Protection solution, you better upgrade them to 64 bit.
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Check multiple job settings in Veeam Backup & Replication with Powershell
In a Veeam Backup & Replication environment with a high number of jobs, being sure the configured settings are all the same can be a tough task. Even if there are defined procedures to create new jobs, and every IT admin has these procedures, an error can always happen.
If you have few jobs to check, you can think about opening all of them one by one anche verify this parameter, but as the number of jobs grows, these checks becomes nearly impossible.
A nice solution is to leverage the complete Powershell support offered by Veeam Backup & Replication.
Veeam Backup & Replication: Job stuck in Stopping state?
I’ve seen recently a fair amount of search about this topic in my blog, so I decided to write a quick post about it. It can happen for several reasons you need to interrupt a job in Veeam Backup & Replication. Veeam initiate the stopping procedure, and for a certain…
My experience at VMworld US 2013
I’m back since few days from VMworld 2013 in San Francisco, and as usual I’m slowly starting to “digest” the huge amount of news I received. Among the several announcements from VMware itself and those from almost every partner at the event, is hard to choose what to select and what to…
Veeam Backup & Replication 7 #4: Self-service restore for vCloud Director
Another post about the use of the new Veeam Backup & Replication 7.0 in conjunction with vCloud Director. After the configuration of backup jobs with vCloud Director, you can also allow your users/customers to restore files or VMs by themselves, without any need for help from the Veeam Backup operators. First,…