Making technology easier to live with. Practical guides and field notes on backup, infrastructure, Veeam and Microsoft 365 from Nathan Oldfield, Veeam VMCA and Veeam Vanguard (2018-21).https://nathanoldfield.tech/https://nathanoldfield.tech/blog/exchange-restore-from-tape-with-veeam/https://nathanoldfield.tech/blog/exchange-restore-from-tape-with-veeam/A little while ago, I had to restore an entire mailbox from an Exchange server backup. As the date required had exceeded what we hold on disk, it was a tape restore. Yep, tape, still use them and I’m a bit of a fan. It makes it very easy to have an offsite copy that […]Sun, 21 Apr 2019 05:20:15 GMThttps://nathanoldfield.tech/blog/filedrop-self-hosted-file-sharing-on-cloudflare/https://nathanoldfield.tech/blog/filedrop-self-hosted-file-sharing-on-cloudflare/FileDrop is a free, self-hosted alternative to commercial file-sharing services, built entirely on Cloudflare Workers, R2 and KV. Send files out or collect them in, and here's how it works.Mon, 15 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://nathanoldfield.tech/blog/veeam-3par-authentication-failed/https://nathanoldfield.tech/blog/veeam-3par-authentication-failed/After installing our new 3PAR arrays I was not able to get them connected to Veeam (v9 with latest updates). Everytime I tried to add the an array it would come back with “authentication failed” After checking and double checking passwords, it turns out the latest 3PAR update, 3.2.2 MU3, breaks the Mon, 19 Dec 2016 11:19:47 GMThttps://nathanoldfield.tech/blog/veeam-agent-for-windows-backup-and-bare-metal-restore-with-onedrive/https://nathanoldfield.tech/blog/veeam-agent-for-windows-backup-and-bare-metal-restore-with-onedrive/On 19th December 2017 version 2.1 of the Veeam Agent for Windows was released. One of the new features is direct backup and restore from Microsoft OneDrive, this is a feature I didn’t realise was in the pipeline (perhaps I missed it) however very excited to see it! Here’s all the new features – VeeaSat, 30 Dec 2017 09:48:01 GMThttps://nathanoldfield.tech/blog/veeam-agent-for-windows-basic-setup/https://nathanoldfield.tech/blog/veeam-agent-for-windows-basic-setup/In April 2015, version 1 of Veeam Endpoint Backup Free was released. Over the years this product has had many improvements and in 2017 was renamed Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows when v2 was released. Version 3 went GA in January 2019 and in Feb 2020 v4 was GA following by v4.1 in August 2020. […]Mon, 14 Dec 2020 12:35:14 GMThttps://nathanoldfield.tech/blog/veeam-backup-for-office-365-v4/https://nathanoldfield.tech/blog/veeam-backup-for-office-365-v4/Veeam Backup for Office 365 v4 GA build 4.0.0.1345 was released on 26 November 2019. Having learned of all the new features in October at the Veeam Vanguard Summit, I was certainly looking forward to this new version. Some of the new features include: Object storage support. You now have unlimited sFri, 06 Dec 2019 07:43:46 GMThttps://nathanoldfield.tech/blog/veeam-backup-microsoft-office-365-v1-5-ga/https://nathanoldfield.tech/blog/veeam-backup-microsoft-office-365-v1-5-ga/After much anticipation Veeam Backup for Microsoft Office 365 v1.5 is now GA! Yay! I have jumped straight in and upgraded my v1 installation. You can download the latest Veeam Backup for Microsoft Office 365 from https://www.veeam.com/backup-microsoft-office-365-download.html The download is a tiny Tue, 03 Oct 2017 20:58:44 GMThttps://nathanoldfield.tech/blog/veeam-file-tape-parallel-processing/https://nathanoldfield.tech/blog/veeam-file-tape-parallel-processing/I know Veeam was not put on this earth to do backups to tape and especially file backups to tape.. However I have a requirement for it at a site. There are 4 large (10TB each) volumes presented from the 3PAR storage array to a physical server. The data stored on these volumes has to […]Sun, 05 Mar 2017 05:39:52 GMThttps://nathanoldfield.tech/blog/veeam-hpe-3par-3-3-1-failed-to-check-fingerprint/https://nathanoldfield.tech/blog/veeam-hpe-3par-3-3-1-failed-to-check-fingerprint/I’ve just had a second 3PAR array upgraded to 3.3.1 and again Veeam Storage Integration could no longer talk to the 3PAR. After much diagnosing the first time, the solution turned out to be rather simple. After the 3PAR upgrade, backup jobs failed with “internal server error”. When doing a re-scan oFri, 20 Jul 2018 11:51:32 GMThttps://nathanoldfield.tech/blog/veeam-vanguard-pre-summit-2019/https://nathanoldfield.tech/blog/veeam-vanguard-pre-summit-2019/Prague is a long way from my home town of Brisbane. Even the most direct flights, with Emirates via Dubai, is just over 21 hours or flying time! So when travelling that far, I try and spend a few extra days to make the most of the travel. So this year I opted for a […]Sun, 22 Dec 2019 03:29:02 GMThttps://nathanoldfield.tech/blog/veeam-vanguard-summit-2019-the-journey-begins/https://nathanoldfield.tech/blog/veeam-vanguard-summit-2019-the-journey-begins/So here I am sitting at my local airport, Brisbane, waiting for my first flight on my way to Prague for the Veeam Vanguard Summit. I can’t believe it’s here already, it seems like only a few weeks ago I came back from VeeamOn in Miami and then the VeeamOn Forum in Sydney! This is […]Mon, 07 Oct 2019 01:25:54 GMThttps://nathanoldfield.tech/blog/veeam-vanguard-summit-2019/https://nathanoldfield.tech/blog/veeam-vanguard-summit-2019/The Veeam Vanguard summit is an annual a gathering of all the Vanguards from around the globe. This year, and last, Prague played host to this excellent event. The agenda is from Monday to Thursday, however the event starts Monday evening with the welcome reception so there is some time for catchingFri, 27 Dec 2019 07:27:59 GMThttps://nathanoldfield.tech/blog/veeamon-2018-chicago/https://nathanoldfield.tech/blog/veeamon-2018-chicago/Earlier this year I attended VeeamOn in New Orleans. What an experience! My first trip to the USA and my first VeeamOn. The whole experience was excellent. The presentations were awesome, the vendors very friendly and keen to chat and the best part was being able to meet and speak with heaps of VeeaWed, 20 Dec 2017 06:34:29 GMThttps://nathanoldfield.tech/blog/veeamon-2019-miami-florida/https://nathanoldfield.tech/blog/veeamon-2019-miami-florida/Another year and another VeeamOn. This will be the third VeeamOn I’ve attended and as usual I can’t wait. This year VeeamOn will be held in Miami, Florida. Based on the image above (photo by aurora.kreativ on Unsplash) I’m sure we will all survive. Why go to VeeamOn? The sessions, the opportunity toSun, 21 Apr 2019 07:09:32 GMThttps://nathanoldfield.tech/blog/veeamon-2020/https://nathanoldfield.tech/blog/veeamon-2020/Never been to Vegas? Neither have I, so get in quick and grab your ticket for VeeamOn 2020. The early bird pricing of USD$450 is valid until the 31st Jan 2020. Even if you’re not 100% sure yet, grab a ticket and you can always get a refund before March 4. This will be my fourth […]Tue, 21 Jan 2020 08:45:59 GMT