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Chile Law 21.719: technical compliance manual with Veeam

Thu, 07 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Technical compliance with Chile Law 21.719 using Veeam Data Platform: encryption, immutability, Staged Restore, VRO, Threat Hunter, and an auditable matrix. Effective Dec 1, 2026.

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.

Veeam Explorer Oracle RMAN

Fri, 11 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000

One of the frequent questions I’m always receiving is how to perform database recovery with Veeam Explorer for Oracle, which has different ways to accomplish this when using Veeam Oracle Plugin, commonly used in RAC installations as well as in installations where the Oracle database is standalone. In particular, this post is only for performing the Veeam Plugin installation from the Veeam Backup & Replication console, and we’ll also review the recovery options when performing backups through the RMAN Plugin.

Veeam Decoys - Early Detection

Tue, 17 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0000

We are always looking for ways to better protect our data protection infrastructure. Recent investigations and evidence of ransomware attacks have revealed something key: attackers are focusing their efforts on compromising and destroying backup solutions. Why? Simple: without backups, organizations are more likely to pay the ransom. This is where Veeam Decoys comes in, an open source project I developed some time ago to help detect lateral movements (TA0008) and service discovery (TA0007) in your internal network.

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.

How to install Kasten K10 on Azure AKS

Mon, 18 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Continuing with the series of guides for the protection of applications on cloud services, Kubernetes in public clouds, now it’s Microsoft Azure’s turn Kubernetes Service or Azure AKS, where we will review step by step the installation, configuration and execution of backup policies with Kasten K10, integrating the console with K10 Multi-Cluster Manager for centralized management and protection of applications in AKS.

Incident response plan with NIST and Veeam

Wed, 31 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Incident response plan based on NIST 800-61, NIST 800-53r5 and MITRE ATT&CK with Veeam for ransomware protection and resilience.

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.

How to Configure NFS Repository for Kasten K10

Mon, 23 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0000

One of the options that many companies use to host their backups is NFS, in this guide, we will review how to configure an NFS Profile to be used by Kasten K10, in accordance with the good practices that are indicated in the documentation of Kasten.

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.

Configure Email Alerts in Kasten K10

Thu, 21 Jul 2022 00:00:00 +0000

In this guide we will review the installation and configuration of prometheus in order to obtain alerts via email using the federation, rules and alertmanager of prometheus in conjunction with the monitoring of 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.

How to install Kasten K10 at Google GKE

Wed, 02 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0000

According to the latest surveys by cncf.io and other companies, one of the most used services is Google Kubernetes Engine, GKE, therefore, as expected, it is always necessary to protect the applications that run on these types of services, as well as the use of Google’s infrastructure to store backups. In this guide we will see how to install Kasten K10 to protect applications running on GKE and also integrate it with K10 Multi-Cluster Manager.

How to install Kasten K10 on AWS EKS

Thu, 10 Feb 2022 00:00:00 +0000

One of the most widely used cloud-native services are cloud-orchestrated containers. Kubernetes, where public cloud services are one of the most used for this type of workload. In fact, in one of the 2020 cncf.io surveys, it shows us that about 60% of users / companies use cloud-native storage for their containers directly from Google (81%), AWS (80%) and Azure ( 74%), surely these percentages have changed over the years. That is why in this post we will review how to protect all containers in AWS EKS.

Kasten RBAC Multi-Tenant Multi-Cluster Keycloak – 1

Wed, 26 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0000

In this post, we will look at Role Based Access Control (RBAC) configuration in conjunction with Kasten K10 for access to one or multiple clusters protected by Kasten, is aimed both at clients who manage 1 or more clusters of any distribution of kubernetes supported by K10, as well as to service providers (SP or MSP) that offer the support of containers of kubernetes with Kasten K10, with the aim of providing controlled access to users / clients according to the granular roles required by each cluster or operation. We will also use a Single Sign-On (SSO) solution using OpenID in this case, Keycloak, for the centralized management of access credentials for either users or groups.

Kasten RBAC Multi-Tenant Multi-Cluster Keycloak – 2

Wed, 26 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Excellent topic we’re reviewing — in the previous post we reviewed everything related to configuring Keycloak for centralized user management through OpenID, preparing it for integration with Kasten K10 and Kasten K10 Multi-Cluster Manager. So in this post we will go through step-by-step configuration of the ClusterRoles, Roles and groups needed to manage Kasten K10 via RBAC.

Kasten RBAC Multi-Tenant Multi-Cluster Keycloak – 3

Wed, 26 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0000

And we continue with this excellent topic that we are reviewing, in the previous post we reviewed everything related to the configuration of clusterroles, roles, bindings for Kasten K10, creating cluster roles for Administrators and for Operators of a particular cluster. In this last post we will see the configuration of roles, clusterroles, bindings with Kasten K10 Multi-Cluster Manager and of course with Keycloak for the management of Users and Groups.

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 Agent for Solaris and Veeam 11a

Wed, 06 Oct 2021 00:00:00 +0000

In this post we will review one of the new features in the latest version of Veeam Backup & Replication 11a which has been recently released and includes console management of Veeam Backup & Replication for Unix agents, Veeam Agent for Solaris and Veeam Agent for AIX.

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.

Best practices Veeam Oracle RMAN plugin

Mon, 28 Jun 2021 00:00:00 +0000

In this post we will review the best practices when installing, configuring and managing Veeam Plugin for Oracle RMAN, based on the experience of multiple installations and revisions in different companies of various sizes. Including simple architectures, as well as complex architectures in high availability with Oracle RAC on different platforms x86, SPARC, Power. The objective of this post is to try to maintain a standard configuration and tasks to perform to maintain an ideal environment for the protection of Oracle data. In addition, this post includes a guide to update to the new version of backup files generated by the Plugin in its latest release.

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.

Veeam Oracle Weblogic

Thu, 25 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +0000

In this post we will review how to protect the data of one of the most widely used application servers in large enterprises, Oracle Weblogic, backing it up with Veeam Backup & Replication while following the best practices recommended by Oracle.

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 Hardened (Immutable) Repository

Thu, 25 Feb 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Tremendous news with the release of version 11 of Veeam Availability Suite containing over 200 enhancements, CDP Snapshotless Replication, Instant Recovery for NAS / Databases and also Veeam Hardened Repository. In this post we will focus on the installation, configuration in detail of this new type of repository that will allow us to keep our backups immutable!

Veeam Backup for AWS v3

Wed, 09 Dec 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Excellent news about the release of the new version of Veeam Backup for AWS v3 brings the necessary features for instance protection, VPC configuration protection, and Amazon RDS databases. In this post, we will see how to update to the latest version and make backups with the new features.

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.

Kasten K10 Multi-Cluster

Tue, 17 Nov 2020 00:00:00 +0000

In the latest version of Kasten, 3.0.1, we can find a series of improvements and an extremely important solution, the centralized administration of Multiple Clusters of Kubernetes For complete data protection, in this post we will see the features and functionalities of k10multicluster.

Upgrading Kasten k10

Wed, 11 Nov 2020 00:00:00 +0000

In this next post, we will see how easy it is to upgrade Kasten to new versions to gain new features as well as, of course, bug fixes.

Solution Veeam Oracle Permission Denied

Wed, 21 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000

During the past week I have been receiving some queries about some errors found in the log files of Veeam with Oracle integration. Whether the native integration of Veeam with Oracle on VMware or using Veeam Plugin for Oracle RMAN. In this post we will see how to solve an error that appears frequently and is easy to solve.

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.

Veeam Plugin SAP HANA

Tue, 06 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Now it is the turn of another of the plugins, Veeam for SAP HANA, where it is very simple to implement it as well as make the configurations in SAP HANA, in this post, we will see the installation, configuration, scheduling of backups from SAP HANA and of course the data recovery.

Veeam Agent Linux - Oracle Linux / Exadata

Tue, 29 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0000

And since we have reviewed Oracle database support, integration with Oracle Cloud using Object Storage, now we need to see data protection with Veeam Agent for Linux, for the protection of Oracle Linux operating systems, Exadata Appliances, folders or any important data of the systems to be protected as well as reviewing the installation method in a UEK Kernel vs a RedHat Kernel and of course installing Kernel versions and dependencies with the same versions that you need. Veeam Agent for Linux.

Veeam Capacity Tier Oracle Cloud Object Storage

Mon, 21 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Lately some people have asked me if Veeam supports or works with the Oracle Cloud Object Storage service, to configure it in Veeam Capacity Tier and since in the previous post we talked about Oracle, in this post we will see how to integrate the Oracle Cloud Object Storage service with a Veeam Scale-Out Backup Repository or SOBR and demonstrate the benefits of having a multi-cloud mobility solution.

Veeam Oracle RMAN Plugin

Mon, 14 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0000

This time we will review the installation, configuration and backup with scripts (and of course tips) to get Veeam Oracle RMAN Plugin fully functional, since I’m always asked about this solution in different places — it’s a simple, flexible and reliable solution to store RMAN (Recovery Manager) backups. This post focuses only on Oracle RAC on Linux with ASM and database recovery with Veeam Explorer for Oracle. This is a 4-in-1 post.