One the most important aspects of maintaining Home Assistant is regular backups. Implementing the 3-2-1 backup rule with Home Assistant is now easier than ever, with the 2023.6 release. The 3-2-1 rule states you should have (at least) 3 copies of your data (production + 2 backups), on two different...
This post covers deploying a Proxmox Backup Server (PBS) and using a Synology NAS NFS mount as a datastore for backups. And optionally you can run the PBS server as a VM on your Synology NAS as well. Why would you want to use Proxmox Backup Server? Here are a...
​Nakivo just released version 8.1 of their Backup and Replication Suite. Nakivo supports VMware, Hyper-V, and AWS EC2. ​What's new in this 'dot' release? Policy based Data Protection NAKIVO Backup & Replication v8.1 revolutionizes the way companies manage their backup operations by introducing Policy-Based Data Protection. Set up policies for...
I'm proud to announce that the Nutanix Veeam Backup & Replication v9.5 guide has now been updated with U3 details. Specifically, in U3 there's a new registry key "EnableSameHostDirectNFSMode" that is now active for vSphere customers using DirectNFS. In Nutanix environments if you are using DirectNFS, you should configure this...
Normally I don't blog about home PC topics, but I haven't blogged for a bit and came across something today that I thought was worth mentioning. Basically, this is a quick review of Acronis True Image 2017. About 18 months ago I wanted to backup my PC to the cloud,...
Earlier this year I had the distinct pleasure of working with Luca Dell'oca (@Dellock6) from Veeam on a Nutanix + Veeam Backup and Replication + VMware vSphere whitepaper. You can check out that post and whitepaper here. Now, just a few months later, we've collaborated on a Nutanix + Veeam + Hyper-V...
Note: This article has been significantly updated on 4/18/14 with new information, in a great collaborative effort with Luca Dell'Oca (@dellock6)Â from Veeam. The official whitepaper can be downloaded here. The goal of the joint whitepaper between Veeam and Nutanix is to help customers deploy Veeam Backup & Replication v7 on...