One of the most common questions I get in regards to Veeam and the usage of XFS filesystem with its reflink capabilities is “how do I measure the real used space?”. There are some techniques and some blog posts around, but I noticed that none of them were written with operations in mind. Time to fix this.
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A new whitepaper: Veeam Backup & Replication V12 enhanced security and scalability with object storage Secure Mode
I just published a new whitepaper: Veeam Backup & Replication V12 enhanced security and scalability with object storage Secure Mode. Check it out!
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Enable EVC mode in an existing vSphere Cluster with VCSA and VSAN in it
In my home lab I did the usual mistake of forgetting to enable EVC mode before adding my second NUC to the VSAN cluster. I got stuck for a day trying to find a solution for it, but I finally managed to solve it. Here’s how.
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Playing with the new Veeam SOSAPI for Object Storage
In my previous article I introduced the new Veeam SOSAPI. In this following post, I will show you a bit more how it works under the hood. Using the filesytem as an the SOSAPI endpoint Veeam took an interesting and uncommon approach to a very specific problem: how do you…
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A first look at the new Veeam SOSAPI
Veeam Backup & Replication v12 is all about Object storage. Not just because it can write data directly to it, but also because – thanks to the introduction of a new set of API called SOSAPI- Veeam and the storage that supports these new API can better work together.
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Create a S3 Bucket with Object Lock in Scality Artesca for Veeam
Veeam Backup & Replication v12 is capable of writing backups directly to a Object storage. In my lab I use Scality Artesca as my S3-compatible object storage, so I created some new buckets to be used with Veeam. Let’s see how this can be done. The procedure can be useful also for people using different products.
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Back to blogging, with a new object-ive!
After two years since my last article, I’m back blogging as at the beginning of 2023 I found a new topic that I like a lot: Object storage.
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Run your small DNS server with MaraDNS
For a new project I started last week I needed a DNS server in my home office. Usually, my router is my dns resolver, but it doesn’t allow to create authoritative zones. Windows 10 running on my laptop doesn’t have a DNS server either, and I don’t have an hypervisor in my home office to build a virtual machine; and it wouldn’t even be useful to spend so much time doing it for then using the DNS just a couple of hours.
So, I looked around and I found this tiny cool project called MaraDNS, that was perfect for my use case.