Setting up LACP on Synology NAS and HP Switches
Here I am going through how to setup LACP port trunking for a Synology NAS device using HP Switching. 1. First off get your MAC Addresses of your Synology NAS…
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Storage
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Patch Released - Major bug in VMware’s CBT function. KB2090639
VMware have finally released a patch to fix the Major CBT bug that causes your backups to be corrupted because the changed blocks are reported incorrectly.…
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Veeam v8 - Backup Fails - NFC storage connection is unavailable
I encountered this issue on a brand new Veeam installation the other day. When running a test backup job. "Error: NFC storage connection is unavailable…
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Extending your Server 2003 Disk Partitions using Dell Extpart
So we all know that we should be migrating away from Server 2003 as its end of life June 2015. But until then we still need to manage it. So lets look at how…
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How to setup Veeam Direct SAN Backup over iSCSI - Unleash the Speed!
On twitter Rick Vanover posted this link, which intrigued me, giving your Veeam Server access to the VMware VMFS volumes for quicker backups. Sounds dangerous…
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