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Navigating Microsoft 365 Updates in 2025: How to Prepare for Major Changes

Wed, 08 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000

The Microsoft 365 updates in 2025 signal one of the platform’s most transformative periods yet, with a wave of deprecations and retirements set to redefine how businesses manage their environments. From the phasing out of legacy PowerShell modules to changes in Teams and OneNote, nearly every facet of Microsoft 365 is undergoing significant evolution. These updates will impact sysadmins and IT professionals alike, requiring proactive preparation to ensure smooth transitions and prevent disruptions to workflows.

OpenStack Migration: Is Starting Fresh the Best Solution?

Thu, 19 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0000

For OpenStack administrators, deciding whether to rebuild a cloud environment or restore it from backups is a pivotal challenge, especially during large-scale migrations. OpenStack’s flexibility makes it a leading choice for managing cloud workloads, but when disaster strikes or modernization beckons, the decision to migrate workloads to a new cluster or recover an existing setup requires careful consideration. This guide delves into the intricacies of OpenStack migration, exploring whether starting fresh is truly the best path forward or if restoration offers a more practical solution.

Proxmox Backup Server 3.3: Powerful Enhancements, Key Challenges, and Transformative Backup Strategies

Mon, 02 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Proxmox Backup Server (PBS) 3.3 has arrived, delivering an array of powerful features and improvements designed to revolutionize how Proxmox backups are managed and installed. From enhanced remote synchronization options to support for removable datastores, this latest release strengthens Proxmox’s position as a leading solution for efficient and versatile backup management. The update reflects Proxmox’s ongoing commitment to refining PBS to meet the demands of both homelab enthusiasts and enterprise users, offering robust, flexible tools for data protection and disaster recovery.

Monthly vs. Weekly Full Backups: Finding the Right Balance for Your Data

Fri, 08 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000

When it comes to data backup, one of the most debated topics is the frequency of full backups. For many users, the choice between weekly and monthly full backups comes down to balancing storage constraints, data restoration speed, and the level of data protection required. While incremental backups help reduce the load on storage, a full backup is essential to ensure a solid recovery point, independent of daily incremental changes.

In this post, we’ll explore the benefits of both weekly and monthly full backups, along with practical tips to help you choose the best backup frequency for your unique data needs.

Critical Insights into November 2024 VMware Licensing Changes: What IT Leaders Must Know

Wed, 06 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000

As organizations brace for VMware’s licensing changes set for November 2024, IT leaders and system administrators are analyzing how these updates could reshape their virtualization strategies. Driven by VMware‘s parent company Broadcom, these changes are expected to impact renewal plans, budget allocations, and long-term infrastructure strategies. With significant adjustments anticipated, understanding the details of the new licensing model will be crucial for making informed decisions. Here’s a comprehensive overview of what to expect and how to prepare for these upcoming shifts.

Addressing 5 Critical Challenges in Nutanix Backup and Recovery

Mon, 27 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000

As the IT infrastructure landscape rapidly evolves, organizations face numerous challenges in ensuring robust and efficient Nutanix backup and recovery. As businesses increasingly migrate to Nutanix and adopt hybrid environments, integrating both on-premises and cloud-based systems, the complexity of managing these diverse setups becomes more apparent. Traditional backup solutions often fall short, struggling with issues such as vendor lock-in, large data volumes, and the need for efficient, incremental backups. Furthermore, specific requirements like managing Nutanix Volume Groups, protecting file-level data in Nutanix Files, and enabling point-in-time recovery with snapshots add layers of complexity to the Nutanix backup strategy, especially for Nutanix AHV.

Protect Your Scale Computing SC//Platform VMs with Catalogic DPX vPlus

Sun, 26 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000

In today’s dynamic world of modern business, protecting your Scale Computing SC//Platform VMs is not just a matter of choice but a critical necessity. Consider this scenario: a sudden hardware failure or a ransomware attack threatens your data, putting your business operations on the line. How do you ensure the continuity and security of your valuable information in such a scenario?

With the ever-increasing risks of data mishaps, outages, or cyber threats, having a robust backup and recovery strategy is paramount. This is where Catalogic DPX vPlus steps in to offer a powerful data protection solution tailored specifically for Scale Computing SC/Platform environments.

Migration to Proxmox VE from VMware: A Deep Dive into Backup Strategies and Cloud Integration

Tue, 19 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Selecting the right virtualization platform is a critical decision for IT departments aiming to boost efficiency, reduce costs, and scale operations effectively. With VMware and Proxmox VE leading the pack, each platform offers distinct advantages. Proxmox VE, with its open-source framework, is particularly appealing for its cost-effectiveness and flexibility. This contrasts VMware, a proprietary solution known for its comprehensive support and scalability, though often at a higher cost. Recent changes in VMware’s licensing, influenced by corporate decisions, have led some organizations to consider Proxmox VE as a more customizable and financially accessible option.

Seizing Transformation in 2024: Masterfully Navigating VMware’s Licensing Evolution Post-Broadcom Acquisition

Thu, 21 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Broadcom’s acquisition of VMware signifies a major shift in the tech industry, focusing on streamlined products, subscription models, revised pricing, and improved customer support. This strategy, emblematic of Broadcom’s adaptability, emphasizes flexibility in the changing market. CEO Hock Tan’s decision to divest VMware’s non-core units including EUC (end-user computing), further aligns with this approach, prioritizing their core cloud services.

From Perpetual to Subscription: A New Era for VMware

Transitioning from traditional perpetual licenses to subscription models, Broadcom confronts customer and partner concerns regarding predictability and financial implications. To ease this transition, Broadcom is offering robust support and incentives, aligning with broader industry trends. However, this shift also raises questions about future pricing and support strategies, highlighting Broadcom’s strategy to establish predictable revenue streams through subscription licensing.

How to Recover Data From Wasabi Cloud Storage with DPX vPlus

Mon, 19 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Introduction

DPX vPlus is a reliable backup and snapshot management solution that offers seamless data recovery for virtual environments and Microsoft 365. In a previous blog, we provided the steps for How To Use Wasabi Hot Cloud Storage for DPX vPlus Backup Storage. In this step-by-step guide, we will walk you through the process of recovering data from Wasabi Cloud Storage using DPX vPlus. Whether you need to recover virtual machines or Microsoft 365 resources, this guide has got you covered. Let’s get started!

Microsoft 365 Backup to Wasabi Hot Cloud Storage

Thu, 25 May 2023 00:00:00 +0000

As businesses increasingly adopt Microsoft 365 services and applications, it’s essential to use cost-effective, fast, and reliable data backup solutions. While many assume that Microsoft 365 has built-in data protection, it’s important to remember that data protection is always the responsibility of your company, especially when it comes to meeting traditional backup, regulatory, and compliance policies. That’s where Catalogic DPX vPlus for Microsoft 365 comes in to provide a comprehensive Microsoft 365 backup solution.

Microsoft 365 – Why OneDrive Backup is Needed

Fri, 27 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0000

It is clear that the cloud is replacing physical storage formats due to its collaboration and access features, its cost-effectiveness, and data security and resiliency. As organizations continue to store more and more, cloud storage will continue to increase in popularity. One of the most popular forms of cloud storage used by organizations today is Microsoft OneDrive.

OneDrive is a productivity tool that allows users to synchronize files across different endpoints and share those files with other users in the enterprise. It is one of the several applications that make up the Microsoft 365 suite. The other applications include Exchange, Teams, and SharePoint. OneDrive is designed for users to store and share files, along with other collaboration capabilities that make not only daily jobs easier but also the management of shared files across different team members. The great thing about OneDrive being a cloud storage destination is that it enables employees to access their business files, as well as files shared by other people or teams, from different connected devices. In today’s world of remote working, access flexibility is incredibly useful.

Microsoft 365 – Why SharePoint Backup is Needed

Thu, 19 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0000

SharePoint has become the go-to solution for organizations to manage extensive volumes of shared data in the cloud. Its robust platform streamlines document sharing among teams, making it an indispensable tool, especially as remote collaboration becomes the standard. However, the essential business data stored in SharePoint exposes a critical vulnerability: the risk of data loss without a reliable SharePoint backup strategy. Microsoft 365‘s native features are not designed to provide comprehensive protection, leaving organizations at risk. Implementing a dedicated SharePoint backup ensures your critical data remains safe and recoverable, safeguarding business continuity

DPX vPlus 5.2 Expands Cloud Backup Coverage to Azure and Google Clouds

Wed, 21 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0000

We are pleased to announce the latest release of Catalogic DPX vPlus, that expands cloud backup coverage and provides Microsoft 365 backup enhancements to provide unparalleled flexibility in designing and implementing data protection strategies. Known for its robust integration capabilities, DPX vPlus supports backup and recovery for dozens of virtual environments, containers, cloud environments, storage providers and applications.

In previous releases, DPX vPlus for Open VMs customers gained AWS EC2 backup and vPlus 5.2 continues this focus on cloud backup by supporting for Azure backup and Google Cloud Platform (GCP) backup.

Backup and Restore for Multi-Hypervisor Environments

Wed, 23 Nov 2022 00:00:00 +0000

As container technology and Kubernetes, specifically, continues to be considered the future of virtualization, the fact is that the traditional hypervisor market continues to grow. According to Maximize Market Research, by 2027 the hypervisor market is expected to reach a value of $4.45 Billion, a CAGR (Compound annual growth rate) of 29.78% from 2020. As has been the case for a decade, VMware continues to be the leader in market share, at 56.8% (a number that is down from 65.4% in 2008). Still, an interesting trend is beginning to take shape: increasingly, small and midsize organizations are leaving VMware’s high costs behind and are transitioning to several alternative open VM platforms.

Protect Your Microsoft 365 Data with DPX vPlus

Tue, 20 Sep 2022 00:00:00 +0000

We live in a world where data is the new oil. Not only is data valuable for you to maintain and run your business, but if you do not have a plan for data backup and recovery, we can end up paying a high price for it. According to a study by Touche Ross, 90% of businesses without a disaster recovery plan, will fail after a disaster. Meanwhile, more and more critical organizational data is being created, stored, and shared outside of the data center. Oftentimes, this is close to or over 50% of organizational data. This data lives on laptops, tablets, mobile devices and in cloud services, like Microsoft 365. And yet this data can very easily be lost and lost for good without proper Microsoft 365 backup.

Data Protection for Scale Computing HyperCore Environments with DPX vPlus

Tue, 16 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0000

For years, Catalogic’s DPX vPlus (previously known as vProtect) has been providing enterprise data protection for open source hypervisors that have been overlooked by the big backup vendors. While users of VMware and Hyper-V are never short on options when it comes to finding a trustworthy backup provider, including our own Catalogic DPX, the same is not true for the backup and recovery of open hypervisor or open virtual machine (VM) environments.

DPX 4.8.1 Builds on Cyber Resilience with Proactive Early Detection

Wed, 13 Jul 2022 00:00:00 +0000

We are pleased to announce the release of Catalogic DPX 4.8.1, where we have taken a major step forward to enable our DPX customers to be amongst the best prepared to recovery from a cyberattack. This release builds on our foundational ransomware recovery and cyber resilience features to add a ground breaking new capability called DPX GuardMode, that provides proactive monitoring for early detection and notification of suspicious activity along with identifying and enabling the recovery of any affected data.

Hyper-V Backup Enhancements, S3 Cloud Storage and more in Catalogic DPX 4.7.1

Thu, 08 Jul 2021 00:00:00 +0000

This month we announced Catalogic DPX 4.7.1 general availability. This release continues to build on the previous DPX 4.7.0 release by adding many new features and enhancements, including:

One step Master server update – Updates of the Master appliance have improved to require only running the update script to update the entire master server appliance.
Virtual Machine exclusions – Adds the ability to exclude specific virtual machines from Hyper-V backups based on explicit selection or pattern selection (e.g., test or lab)
Better password security – Enhances login security for the HTML user interface by forcing a password change on the first login.
Better job instance management. Further enhances the HTML user interface by adding the following functionality:
- Allowing the ability to start or cancel any job type from the job monitor screen.
- A download of all job logs from the job monitor screen.
More local languages – Expands the DPX local language support by adding the Polish language to the HTML user interface as a supported language.
Additional Cloud Providers – Adds support for Wasabi Cloud Storage and Scality Ring as supported cloud provider targets for Archive and NDMP Protection.

Protect VMs in Nutanix Acropolis and Scale Computing HC3 Without a Need to “Rip and Replace”

Mon, 06 Jan 2020 00:00:00 +0000

In a world that seems to be dominated by “next big thing” messaging, VMware and Microsoft Hyper-V have found a way for the last decade or so to dominate the hypervisor market – maintaining over 80% of the market share throughout the last ten years. However, based on the emergence of several other competitors, we may begin to see a shift in the landscape. Though the “Big Two” still maintain a strong majority of the market, now more than ever, organizations are questioning the value proposition of VMware and Hyper-V, and are looking at alternative hypervisors or HyperConverged Infrastructure (HCI).