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Veeam v13 - My Take Part 1

  V13 – My take Part 1 There is a lot of buzz around Veeam’s release of Veeam Data Platform v13 and I’m going to share a few of my key takeaways.   As the industry and BCDR needs evolve rapidly, our requirements must evolve too.   Staying current with industry trends and ahead of bad actors is increasingly challenging.   The teams at Veeam demonstrate a strong understanding of the requirements necessary to remain competitive, protect assets, and lead in both technological innovation and data security. 1.   Veeam Software Appliance (VSA) – Veeam now offers a hardened, pre‑configured appliance that speeds up deployment, reduces infrastructure complexity, and applies security best practices from day one. 2.   HA – With V13, Veeam now offers high availability removing a single point of failure, making failover faster and more efficient than restoring from configuration backup or importing backups.   This will allow for automated updates of both node...
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My New Journey - Veeam

I have just completed my 90 days at Veeam as a TAM.  After being on the customer side for all of my 20+ years in IT, I finally made the switch to the other side.  For 10 years I was a customer of Veeam using it primarily for replication to solve a DR issue we had, then started diving into ALL of the other awesomeness that it contained. Over the past 3 years, I had the privilege to go to and present at 25+ VMUG UserCons, VMware Explore x2, and VeeamON in '23 and discuss my BCDR journey, issues, challenges, and successes.  It was a fantastic 3 years getting to meet new people, catch up with friends, engage with the community, and discuss tech (specifically BCDR).  After Explore in '25 I applied for a role at Veeam and was over the moon when I received the offer.  For years I got to use the product to help my company prepare for the worst and felt comfortable and secure with Veeam.  In '23 I decided to start sharing my experiences with the community and never ...
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Travel Blog 1 - Boston

  Since I enjoy traveling and food, I thought I’d try documenting my experiences and start a blog.   This will be my first recapping a short weekend trip to Boston for a friends birthday.   Later I will recap some of the trips I took earlier in 2024 and ones from 2023, if I can remember enough details! Off to Boston… While I try and stick with one airline (United) to earn the miles and status, I will also shop around for direct/cheaper flights and see if any others make sense.   Flying out of Pittsburgh can be challenging for direct flights and to Boston, United doesn’t provide that.   I went with Delta for half the price of Untied and it was a direct to/from.   I typically don’t check a bag unless I purchase items that require it.   In this case, on my way home, I had to check my bag and was happy to find out it was free with Delta… Bonus! I arrived in Boston early Friday morning and met up with a friend from Denver in the airport and headed to th...
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Blog Series Part 1 - Intro

Hello… This is the first in a series of blogs I plan on posting regularly (fingers crossed).   The first topic I will cover is my use of Veeam, how/why we started using it, and what we are doing with it now.   I will also plan to discuss business continuity/disaster recovery, our virtual infrastructure including, UCSX, storage, backups, and vSphere.   The purpose of these are not to be super technical but just to share how we over came small challenges and improved our processes and environment. Let me start by introducing myself… My name is Eric Kubla and I’ve been in IT for 24 years, and I’ve been with my current employer for 15+ years and the last 6 as the IT Server Manager.   I have been a VMUG (VMware User Group) leader for the Pittsburgh VMUG group for 10+ years and US East VMUG Regional Champion Leader for 2023-2024.   I enjoy the community and attending VMUG UserCons/events, especially as a community speaker.   I attended 9 UserCons in 2023 and sp...
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