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vScan Vulnerability Scanner 2.0

Mon, 06 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000

vScan 2.0, open-source app to scan Veeam Backup & Replication restore points with Trivy, Grype and Jadi. Lifecycle, CISA KEV, PDF reports.

JADI Scanner

Wed, 25 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Something I’ve been working on for several months and that is finally taking shape is Jadi, a vulnerability scanner specifically designed to analyze mounted backups and filesystems. The name is no coincidence JADI stands for my kid’s initials, so this project holds a special meaning for me beyond the technical side. In this post I’ll walk you through what it’s all about, why I built it, how it works under the hood, and what’s coming next.

Proxmox Lab with ZimaBlade

Fri, 21 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000

According to the latest news from Veeam, where support for Proxmox Virtual Environment (VE) was announced and before the update was released, I started reviewing how to put together a small lab to install Proxmox on physical machines and avoid doing nested virtualization in vSphere. In this post we will see what servers I am using and how this solution works.

Protecting Oracle KVM with Veeam

Wed, 03 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0000

In this post we will review the configuration of Veeam Backup & Replication and integration with Oracle KVM to protect virtual machines running on this platform. We will also see some important characteristics in relation to disks, types of disks in KVM and how to create disks to obtain Changed Block Tracking in incremental backups.

Which Operating System is More Secure?

Fri, 03 Nov 2023 00:00:00 +0000

In this post, we will review the operating systems most used by organizations in IT environments, whether in the public cloud or local data centers, asking the typical question, which operating system is more secure? Microsoft Windows, Linux, OpenBSD, FreeBSD? Or, from another point of view, what are the protection measures that will be applied to operating systems? Is only Firewall and Antivirus enough? Is it sufficient to disable the SSH service in Linux environments? Is it enough to not use root?

How to Integrate Active Directory with Kasten K10 and OpenShift

Tue, 25 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +0000

In this post, we will review how to configure Kasten K10 installed via Operator for Red Hat Openshift to integrate the Authentikation of Microsoft Active Directory to access the console of K10 with Dex.

How to use Kasten K10 with Google Anthos

Tue, 18 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +0000

One of the architectures that are used in multiple clients with hybrid infrastructure is Google Anthos, a beautiful technology that allows to deploy clusters of Kubernetes in different environments using Google settings Kubernetes Engine, GKE, as well as adding other distributions to Google Anthos from different providers or public clouds. In this post, we will review the Anthos architecture and where to install Kasten K10 to protect applications.

Kasten K10 Authentik

Mon, 17 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +0000

One of the characteristics of Kasten K10 most used, is the integration with centralized Authentikation and identity systems, through different protocols, for the management of access to the different clusters of kubernetes using RBAC by means of K10 and/or for the access of K10 Multi-Cluster in environments with multiple clusters of kubernetes. In this post, we will review the easy setup of Authentik and integration with Kasten K10.

How to Install vSphere CSI Driver on RedHat OpenShift 4.x

Tue, 31 May 2022 00:00:00 +0000

One of the recurring queries we have lately is how to configure the vSphere CSI Driver in environments OpenShift 4.x without the need to use the operator that VMWare already developed, but that is only supported for production from version 4.10 of OpenShiftTherefore, in this guide we will review how to install and configure the driver in versions prior to 4.10 without the need to use the VMware operator.

Veeam Backup for Red Hat Virtualization

Wed, 13 Oct 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Tremendous news from Veeam! Now it supports a new virtualization platform, Red Hat Virtualization, with the aim of protecting virtual machines in an easy way and taking advantage of the integration of the new CBT APIs that have been implemented in RHV. In this post we will see how to deploy Veeam for Red Hat Virtualization integrated with Veeam Backup & Replication reviewing the features and dependencies necessary for complete RHV protection.

Veeam Cloud Connect Performance

Fri, 08 Oct 2021 00:00:00 +0000

One of the most used platforms to offer remote management services, backup, disaster recovery, among others is Veeam Cloud Connect with Veeam Service Provider Console, which enable service providers to offer multiple data protection options. In addition, there is Veeam Cloud Connect for Enterprise that allows large companies to offer services internally according to the needs of their business. In this post we will review a simple configuration to improve the performance of receiving data.

Veeam Immutable Repository with Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Sun, 01 Aug 2021 00:00:00 +0000

In this post, we will review installing an Immutable repository from Veeam With Red Hat Enterprise Linux, we previously reviewed an application for Ubuntu called VeeamHubRepo, which allows us to easily set up an immutable repository on Ubuntu Linux. Now we will review how to do the configuration in Red Hat Enterprise Linux, with a small script for the configuration of the repository automatically and in an easy to use way.

Install Kasten Multi Cluster Manager

Tue, 08 Jun 2021 00:00:00 +0000

In this guide we will review how to install Kasten Multi-Cluster Manager for the management and protection of containers from multiple clusters of kubernetes in different environments with centralized resource management. Usually in most companies that maintain application development teams there are different types of environments such as Development, QA and Production, in other companies they also manage Pre-Production, Staging, UAT, etc. environments. In the same way everything depends a lot on the development life cycle as well as the architectures of each company, this is why with Kasten Multi-Cluster Manager we will be able to achieve the protection of multiple environments and/or clusters of kubernetes.

Install Cluster Kubernetes with vSphere CSI

Fri, 04 Jun 2021 00:00:00 +0000

In this guide we will review the installation and configuration of a cluster Kubernetes on Ubuntu 20.04 using containerd, calico, performing the integration via vSphere CSI (Container Storage Interface) to provide the persistent volumes for the containers that will work in the cluster. We will also use MetalLB as a load balancer to access our services.

Red Hat OpenShift in vSphere with Kasten

Tue, 16 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +0000

One of the most used platforms in companies for the management, operation and maintenance of Containers is Red Hat OpenShift, in the following guide we will review how to protect our containers in Red Hat OpenShift 4.x integrated VMware vSphere through its Container Storage Interface with Kasten K10 Platform, configuring routes to access the administration interface of K10 and using Minio S3 as backup destination.

Veeam Citrix Hypervisor / Xenserver

Wed, 02 Dec 2020 00:00:00 +0000

In this post we will see how to protect virtual machines on Citrix XenServer or Citrix Hypervisor with Veeam v10 and their respective agents, allowing recovery on the same hypervisor or performing instant recovery or migration to VMware vSphere.

Veeam + Kasten

Thu, 08 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Great news! The acquisition of Kasten by Veeam Software, which extends the benefits of data protection of Veeam in modern data centers with container technologies using Kubernetes or k8s. In this post we will see the installation, configuration and recovery of containers with Kasten in a cluster of Kubernetes based on tanzu Kubernetes grid.