Author: Ben Liebowitz
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…
Presenting BDRSuite 7.0: An All-Inclusive Backup & Recovery Solution
It is critical to have a dependable backup and recovery solution in the fast-paced field of data management. I am happy to present BDRSuite 7.0.0, the highly anticipated release! With a plethora of potent features and improvements, this updated version is an even more essential tool for protecting your vital data in a variety of settings. Seamless Integration with KVM…
Introducing BDRSuite 7.0.0 Release Candidate: A Leap Forward in Data Protection
I’m excited to introduce BDRSuite 7.0.0 Release Candidate, the most recent development in data protection technology. This edition establishes a new benchmark for backup and recovery solutions since it is jam-packed with strong features and seamless integrations. A Quick Look at What’s Coming KVM Backup and Recovery The seamless integration with the KVM Hypervisor, which provides agentless backup for KVM…
Upgrading VMware Tools on each ESXi Host via ESXCLI
Have you ever wanted to upgrade the version of VMware Tools on your hosts but you’re having an issue with Update Manger/Lifecycle Manager? I ran into this problem recently. I was attempting to upgrade my hosts to the latest version of VMware Tools and even though the remediation completed successfully via Lifecycle Manger finished successfully, each host still reported at…