Author: Ben Liebowitz
Configuring VMware Backup with BDRSuite: A Step by Step Guide
If you’re looking to backup your VMware environment without having to install agents, then take a look at BDRSuite by Vembu! BDRSuite for VMware offers agentless VM Backup/Recovery for ESXi and vCenter as well as VM Replication Failover/Failback! Replication jobs have the ability to set up network and IP Mapping between source and destination environments for automatic Re-IPing in the…
Rebuilding a Failed vCenter Results in More Problems
At work, I had a vCenter fail and, after working with VMware support for hours, I was told to rebuild the vCenter from scratch. I downloaded the vCenter ISO for the same version as the other vCenters that are linked (7.0.3.01700) and launched the installer. I went through the wizard and selected to join it to the existing SSO Domain.…
Free Endpoint Backup from BDRSuite!
Do you have sensitive information that is accessed through Endpoint Devices? Ensure that this data is backed up securely in the event of a failure, deletion, or other data loss. Protect your critical endpoint data with BDRSuite’s Free Endpoint Backup Solution! Backup up to 10 endpoints for FREE using BDRSuite. Free Endpoint Backup from BDRSuite has several benefits!! Some of…
BDRSuite’s VMware Backup Solution – My Review
I’ve been using BDRSuite in my homelab for a while now. I wanted to write a quick review of the product based on my experience so far. When I first started with BDRSuite, I was using version 5.0. I’ve been a part of the journey through to version 5.6 and now to 7.0. I’ve seen the product improve greatly along…
PowerShell Script to Login to Multiple vCenter Servers
Do you have multiple vCenter servers that you interact with on a daily basis? Do you like to use PowerShell to manage them? I was opening a PowerShell window, and doing a connect-viserver for each and having to enter my PW over and over again. First, I tried to use the New-VICredentialStoreItem command to store my PW, but with security…
Schedule Service Restarts with PowerShell
Have you ever had a service randomly stop on you over and over again?! In my homelab environment, I use a company called Itarian to patch my servers, control them remotely, etc. One thing I found is that the main Itarian service, ITSMService, keeps crashing! You can see below, a few of the servers are grey. I wrote a quick…
Windows Server Backup to the Cloud with BDRCloud
When it comes to the world of Backup & Recovery, everyone always talks about the 3-2-1 rule! You should have 3 copies of your data, on 2 different forms of media, 1 being off-site! Some have extended this to 3-2-1-1-0, adding that at least 1 copy should be kept offline or on immutable storage and your backups should complete with…
BDRSuite: Windows Server Backup – A Step by Step Guide
Sometimes, we run across a Server that needs to be backed up that is either nor virtual, or has a special circumstance. Special circumstances could be that it’s a Microsoft Failover Cluster and you need to backup the CLUSTER Name and not the individual servers. Let us walk through this procedure in BDRSuite 7.0! Either way, you’ll need to install…
Protecting Your Data: Preventing Insider Threats with BDRSuite Endpoint Backup
In the current digital age, data security is paramount. It is imperative that businesses implement strong backup and recovery solutions in light of the increasing prevalence of insider threats. One such product that can be extremely important in protecting your important data is BDRSuite for Endpoint Backup. We will discuss insider threat prevention strategies and how to protect the integrity…
VMware VM Replication using BDRSuite – Overview
Ensuring the availability and continuity of vital virtual machines (VMs) is crucial in the fast-paced commercial world of today. VMware virtual machine replication with BDRSuite provides an affordable and dependable way to protect your important virtual machines. This comprehensive guide will take you through the main advantages, features, and best practices for using BDRSuite to create virtual machine replication. Key…