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2023  1

April  1

Seven reasons to join us at VeeamON 2023

April 13, 2023 · 4 min · matt

2022  3

October  1

Knowing, understanding, and valuing your audience

October 28, 2022 · 5 min · matt

May  1

VeeamON 2022: Recap

May 24, 2022 · 4 min · matt

March  1

Veeam Vanguard: 2022 Edition

March 1, 2022 · 4 min · matt

2021  2

July  1

“Invalid IP or Hostname” when setting up a NSX-V Syslog

July 5, 2021 · 3 min · matt

January  1

Manually Removing I/O Filters From vSphere

January 14, 2021 · 5 min · matt

2020  6

December  1

Hands On With Veeam v11 CDP

December 7, 2020 · 6 min · matt

July  1

What I Learned About Taking Time Off

July 27, 2020 · 6 min · matt

April  1

Collecting & Replaying Data With esxtop Batch Mode & VisualEsxtop

April 12, 2020 · 3 min · matt

March  2

Every Little Bit Counts: Helping Out While Working From Home

March 25, 2020 · 4 min · matt

Automated Tagging of VMware VMs & the Veeam Jobs that Use Them

March 18, 2020 · 5 min · matt

January  1

What Should My Home Lab Look Like?

January 6, 2020 · 6 min · matt

2019  7

November  2

Congrats to Tech Field Day for Hitting 10 Years!

November 13, 2019 · 4 min · matt

Veeam CDP Using VMware’s VAIO

November 4, 2019 · 3 min · matt

October  1

Looking at Veeam’s new Universal Licensing

October 29, 2019 · 4 min · matt

July  2

Configuring & Testing the vSphere ESXi Dump Collector

July 22, 2019 · 3 min · matt

One Year In @ VMware - A Q&A With Myself

July 18, 2019 · 6 min · matt

June  1

Four Things To Do When Applying For vExpert

June 9, 2019 · 6 min · matt

May  1

Pittsburgh & the vCommunity

May 28, 2019 · 4 min · matt

2018  22

December  1

Reflecting Back On 2018

December 31, 2018 · 7 min · matt

October  1

Introducing the VMware vExpert Pro Program

October 11, 2018 · 4 min · matt

September  1

My VCP-NV (2V0-642) Exam Prep

September 10, 2018 · 4 min · matt

July  1

VeeamON 2018: Notes from the field — Exploring Some of Veeam’s Restore Scenarios

July 30, 2018 · 1 min · matt

June  2

Sometimes things get old …

June 29, 2018 · 11 min · matt

HPE Discover 2018 Takeaways

June 26, 2018 · 4 min · matt

May  4

Camp Rubrik: Insider’s Edition - Down to Business

May 29, 2018 · 5 min · matt

Camp Rubrik: Insiders Edition - Hands On

May 21, 2018 · 6 min · matt

What’s New with Veeam Backup for Office 365

May 18, 2018 · 5 min · matt

Protecting Your AWS Workloads with N2WS

May 14, 2018 · 4 min · matt

April  1

VCP7-DTM Learning Concept Part 3 - Mirage

April 24, 2018 · 4 min · matt

March  6

What’s new with Ravello Systems? RBD 2018 Edition

March 26, 2018 · 5 min · matt

Taking a look at NAKIVO Backup & Recovery 7.4 Beta

March 22, 2018 · 3 min · matt

Frozen By The Fear Of Success

March 20, 2018 · 3 min · matt

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure: Designed for Performance

March 16, 2018 · 4 min · matt

2018: Looking Good So Far

March 10, 2018 · 4 min · matt

New Sponsor: Vembu

March 1, 2018 · 1 min · matt

February  1

Was 2017 the Year of Containers & Kubernetes?

February 19, 2018 · 4 min · matt

January  4

The Mysterious Case of The Failing Veeam Backup for Microsoft Office 365 Jobs

January 31, 2018 · 3 min · matt

Veeam PN is now GA

January 24, 2018 · 4 min · matt

The Dangers of Being Frozen By Fear

January 11, 2018 · 4 min · matt

Taking a deeper look at NAKIVO

January 8, 2018 · 4 min · matt

2017  48

December  2

New Sponsor: NAKIVO

December 27, 2017 · 1 min · matt

2017 - A Personal Reflection

December 19, 2017 · 6 min · matt

November  2

HPE is Going All In With InfoSight & SimpliVity - #HPETechDay

November 14, 2017 · 5 min · matt

VCP7-DTM Learning Concept – Part 2: Horizon View Desktop Pools

November 7, 2017 · 5 min · matt

October  5

DataCore Divides & Conquers to Increase SQL Server Performance

October 23, 2017 · 4 min · matt

Riverbed shows that Wifi offers more than just connectivity

October 18, 2017 · 4 min · matt

Scale Computing is Simplifying DRaaS

October 10, 2017 · 5 min · matt

VCP7-DTM Learning Concept - Part 1: Horizon View

October 6, 2017 · 4 min · matt

Security From The Ground Up With Skyport Systems

October 4, 2017 · 5 min · matt

September  9

Turbonomic 6.0 - Some Noteworthy Additions

September 27, 2017 · 4 min · matt

TFD15 Primer: SkyPort Systems

September 25, 2017 · 3 min · matt

TFD15 Primer: Scale Computing

September 21, 2017 · 4 min · matt

TFD15 Primer: Datacore

September 20, 2017 · 3 min · matt

VCP7-DTM Exam Experience and Study Tools

September 18, 2017 · 6 min · matt

Veeam User Group Q3 2017 Recap

September 13, 2017 · 4 min · matt

Catch Me If You Can - September 2017 Edition

September 11, 2017 · 2 min · matt

Tech Field Day Extra - Kingston Technologies

September 8, 2017 · 5 min · matt

Looking At HPE’s New HITS

September 6, 2017 · 4 min · matt

August  3

Making the most of VMworld: A first-timer’s companion

August 21, 2017 · 5 min · matt

Tintri extends its focus on Enterprise Cloud

August 16, 2017 · 4 min · matt

Save the Date - Veeam User Group September 12th 2017

August 8, 2017 · 2 min · matt

July  1

Sprucing up the lab with ioFABRIC & NVMe

July 26, 2017 · 4 min · matt

June  6

Keeping the User in User Groups

June 28, 2017 · 6 min · matt

Veeam O365: Unable to read beyond the end of the stream

June 12, 2017 · 3 min · matt

Advice to Vendors: Know Your Identity

June 8, 2017 · 4 min · matt

Turbonomic 5.9 - Now with more Cloud

June 6, 2017 · 4 min · matt

Join me for Veeam’s First Online User Group

June 5, 2017 · 2 min · matt

Exploring Datrium & Open Convergence

June 1, 2017 · 4 min · matt

May  9

ClearSky Data & Cloudy Storage

May 30, 2017 · 4 min · matt

NetApp is Taking Point with Trident

May 26, 2017 · 4 min · matt

Turbonomic: Not a Flash in the Pan

May 22, 2017 · 5 min · matt

Veaam’s Azure Focus Is Strong at VeeamON 2017

May 18, 2017 · 3 min · matt

Veeam is shaking things up - VeeamON 2017

May 17, 2017 · 5 min · matt

A look at Veeam Availability Orchestrator

May 16, 2017 · 5 min · matt

Tech Field Day 14 Primer: NetApp

May 8, 2017 · 4 min · matt

Tech Field Day 14 Primer: Datrium

May 5, 2017 · 3 min · matt

Tech Field Day 14 Primer: Turbonomic

May 1, 2017 · 3 min · matt

April  3

Tech Field Day 14 Primer: ClearSky Data

April 27, 2017 · 4 min · matt

SWOVUG Q2 2017 Recap

April 24, 2017 · 5 min · matt

Wicked Cool! Tech Field Day 14, Here I Come!

April 19, 2017 · 2 min · matt

March  3

Veeam’s Useful vCenter Plug-in: Quick and Easy Install

March 27, 2017 · 3 min · matt

It’s a wrap: Toronto VMUG UserCon 2017

March 24, 2017 · 5 min · matt

Save The Date: SWOVUG Q2 2017

March 13, 2017 · 2 min · matt

February  3

Setting Up Veeam Cloud Connect - Client Side

February 21, 2017 · 7 min · matt

New Sponsor: Tintri

February 15, 2017 · 2 min · matt

Veeam Vanguard 2017

February 1, 2017 · 1 min · matt

January  2

Step By Step - Installing Tintri’s vSphere Web Client Plugin

January 30, 2017 · 4 min · matt

Corporate Name Calling & Collateral Damage

January 7, 2017 · 4 min · matt

2016  65

December  3

2016 - How did I do?

December 28, 2016 · 5 min · matt

Solving an “Invalid OVF manifest entry” error

December 20, 2016 · 4 min · matt

Veeam Office 365 backup, non-domain accounts, and UNC shares

December 5, 2016 · 4 min · matt

November  31

vDM 30 in 30 - The End

November 30, 2016 · 4 min · matt

IOFabric wants to manage all your storage

November 29, 2016 · 6 min · matt

Veeam VMCE Study Tips & Resources

November 28, 2016 · 6 min · matt

Managing & Scaling Big Data with DriveScale

November 27, 2016 · 5 min · matt

SWOVUG Q4 2016 Recap

November 26, 2016 · 4 min · matt

Using Veeam Replicas for Granular Restore Points

November 25, 2016 · 4 min · matt

Looking at Tintri’s S3 Connector Beta

November 24, 2016 · 4 min · matt

Thanks Turbonomic!

November 24, 2016 · 1 min · matt

ZFS Cheat Sheet

November 23, 2016 · 5 min · matt

First Look at Cohesity Cloud Edition

November 22, 2016 · 4 min · matt

On-prem Cloud Storage with Igneous Systems

November 21, 2016 · 6 min · matt

Using Chocolatey for Windows Package Management

November 20, 2016 · 4 min · matt

Migrating Data to new FreeNAS Hardware

November 19, 2016 · 5 min · matt

The struggles of travelling

November 18, 2016 · 5 min · matt

Dealing with Impostor Syndrome

November 17, 2016 · 3 min · matt

Leveraging Support

November 16, 2016 · 4 min · matt

What I’m Listening To: Podcast Edition Part 2

November 15, 2016 · 4 min · matt

Tech Field Day 12 Primer: Dell EMC

November 14, 2016 · 2 min · matt

Tech Field Day 12 Primer: DriveScale

November 13, 2016 · 3 min · matt

Tech Field Day 12 Primer: StorageOS

November 12, 2016 · 4 min · matt

Tech Field Day 12 Primer: Docker

November 11, 2016 · 4 min · matt

Automating employee terminations tasks with PowerShell

November 10, 2016 · 3 min · matt

TOVMUG at the Hockey Hall of Fame

November 9, 2016 · 3 min · matt

What I’m Listening To: Podcast Edition Part 1

November 8, 2016 · 4 min · matt

Are your backups being abused?

November 7, 2016 · 3 min · matt

Tech Field Day 12 Primer: Igneous Systems

November 6, 2016 · 3 min · matt

Insight into the Veeam Vanguard program

November 5, 2016 · 4 min · matt

Tech Field Day 12 Primer: Rubrik

November 4, 2016 · 4 min · matt

Taking a look at Tintri’s Synchronous Replication

November 3, 2016 · 4 min · matt

TFD 12 Primer: Cohesity

November 2, 2016 · 4 min · matt

VDM 30 in 30 - Intro

November 1, 2016 · 3 min · matt

October  4

Save The Date: SWOVUG Q4 2016

October 26, 2016 · 2 min · matt

Well That Was Unexpected …

October 24, 2016 · 3 min · matt

Building a Veeam Repository - Cost vs. Performance

October 14, 2016 · 5 min · matt

Catch Me If You Can – Q4 2016 Edition

October 8, 2016 · 3 min · matt

September  3

First Look - Hands on with Veeam’s Office 365 Beta

September 20, 2016 · 6 min · matt

Second look: Veeam’s Big Announcement

September 9, 2016 · 5 min · matt

VMWorld 2016 Recap

September 2, 2016 · 4 min · matt

August  3

A Roundup of Veeam’s Next Big Thing

August 23, 2016 · 7 min · matt

Notes from SWOVUG

August 19, 2016 · 4 min · matt

Adding a second vNIC to the VCSA

August 10, 2016 · 3 min · matt

July  3

Preparing for VMWorld the second time around

July 18, 2016 · 7 min · matt

SWOVUG - Save the Date: August 18th

July 7, 2016 · 2 min · matt

SWOVUG, Top vBlog, and some personal reflection

July 1, 2016 · 3 min · matt

May  3

We Can’t Know Everything All The Time

May 26, 2016 · 3 min · matt

Making VMUG Great Again - Revisited

May 15, 2016 · 3 min · matt

VLAN Cheat Sheet for VMware & Cisco

May 13, 2016 · 4 min · matt

April  3

What’s stopping me from Making VMUG Great Again?

April 18, 2016 · 4 min · matt

Veeam Vanguard: Do I get a shield?

April 5, 2016 · 2 min · matt

Hands On - Veeam for DOS

April 1, 2016 · 2 min · matt

March  4

Veeam Repository Best Practices – Part 3

March 24, 2016 · 5 min · matt

Veeam Repository Best Practices – Part 2

March 21, 2016 · 5 min · matt

Veeam Repository Best Practices - Part 1

March 16, 2016 · 4 min · matt

Southwest Ontario Veeam User Group Recap

March 4, 2016 · 3 min · matt

February  4

It’s a wrap: Toronto VMUG UserCon 2016

February 26, 2016 · 4 min · matt

Catch Me If You Can - Q1 2016 Edition

February 24, 2016 · 1 min · matt

vExpert: What it means to me

February 6, 2016 · 2 min · matt

SWOVUG Registration now open

February 2, 2016 · 1 min · matt

January  4

Save the date: Inaugural Veeam UG Meeting

January 26, 2016 · 2 min · matt

Step By Step: Creating a Scale-out Backup Repository in Veeam 9

January 14, 2016 · 5 min · matt

Veeam V9: First Impressions & 3 Awesome Features

January 12, 2016 · 4 min · matt

Office 365 PowerShell for beginners

January 4, 2016 · 4 min · matt

2015  23

December  2

Looking Back to Look Forward: 2016 To Do List

December 27, 2015 · 4 min · matt

Where have I been? Starting a community.

December 15, 2015 · 3 min · matt

November  2

Getting started with BitBucket & SourceTree - Part 1

November 20, 2015 · 4 min · matt

Getting IT involved with the business

November 5, 2015 · 6 min · matt

October  4

Adding an Active Directory CA Certificate to Tintri OS

October 22, 2015 · 3 min · matt

Restoring vCenter with Veeam’s Instant Recovery

October 16, 2015 · 4 min · matt

A Beginner’s Guide: Running ESXi on vCloud Air

October 2, 2015 · 4 min · matt

An Introduction to VMware Validated Designs

October 1, 2015 · 5 min · matt

September  7

Veeam Error: [Warning] XXX all stuck VM snapshot consolidation attempts have failed

September 25, 2015 · 3 min · matt

My VCP 6 Journey

September 19, 2015 · 6 min · matt

Closing thoughts on VMWorld 2015

September 10, 2015 · 4 min · matt

Veeam V9 Preview @ VMWorld 2015

September 7, 2015 · 4 min · matt

VMWorld 2015 - Day 4

September 3, 2015 · 3 min · matt

VMWorld 2015 - Day 3

September 2, 2015 · 3 min · matt

VMWorld 2015 - Day 2

September 1, 2015 · 3 min · matt

August  3

VMWorld 2015 - Day 1

August 31, 2015 · 2 min · matt

What I’m packing for VMworld

August 28, 2015 · 4 min · matt

VMWorld for a newbie: What do I want to get out of it?

August 12, 2015 · 3 min · matt

June  1

Windows XP and SHA 256

June 8, 2015 · 1 min · matt

May  2

VAAI coming to vSphere Standard

May 25, 2015 · 2 min · matt

NIC not coming up after rebooting ESXi server

May 23, 2015 · 2 min · matt

April  1

Certifications: Why all the hate?

April 17, 2015 · 3 min · matt

March  1

Vendor References: What are they worth?

March 24, 2015 · 4 min · matt