Getting started with Veeam Agent for Mac
Background I recently started a new job and with it came a new laptop, a MacBook Pro with Apples M1 chip to be precise. So I thought to myself, this is a great opportunity...
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Migrate virtual machines to new Synology NAS.
Background I had a requirement to migrate my content from a Synology DS1621XS+ to a DS1621+. Similar NAS, both 6 drives bays, just one is intel CPU based and the other is AMD. Now...
Veeam bare metal recovery to Synology Virtual Machine Manager
Background What do you do with a Veeam agent backup for some hardware you no longer own, but would like to access the operating system? Restore it some where else of course! This is...
Extra backup protection for Veeam with Synology snapshots
Background In some of my previous blog posts, I have been exploring the functionality and capabilities of a Synology NAS which so far has been storage configuration and testing as well as Synology native...
Synology Active Backup for Microsoft 365
Background Following on from my three-part series on setting up a Synology NAS, I thought I would take a look at some of the other functionality on offer. Most apps available on Synology are...
Do I need SASE – Secure Access Service Edge?
What is SASE I hear you ask? SASE or Secure Access Service Edge as the acronym stands for is a combination of many existing technologies such as SD-WAN, Zero Trust Network Access, Cloud App...
Synology DS1621xs+ – Part 3, SSD Read/Write Cache Acceleration
Quick Links Part 1 – What is it Part 2 – RAID selection and virtual machine creation Part 3 – This page Background Following on from part two of this blog series, where we...
Synology DS1621xs+ – Part 2, RAID selection and virtual machine deployment
Quick Links Part 1 – What is it Part 2 – This page Part 3 – SSD Read / Write Cache Background Following on from part one of this blog series, where we unboxed...
Synology DS1621xs+ – Part 1, what is it?
Quick Links Part 1 – This Page Part 2 – RAID selection and virtual machine deployment Part 3 – SSD Read / Write Cache Background The good folks over at Synology have been kind...
FREE M365 Audio Conferencing License: How to claim and configure
Background Microsoft recently announced that they would offer a free Microsoft 365 Audio Conferencing package for up to 1 year to eligible customers in this blog post published in September 2020. This offer is...
