Second post in the Veeam Fix Series, where I take real issues I had to fix in customer environments and go through what the problem was and what the fix was. Names, IPs, and job names are dummy. The command output, error messages, and numbers are real. This one is about two tenants that reported … Read more
In the last few weeks I had to fix several issues for some of our customers. Some of them are good examples to share, so I will pick a few and write a few simple, short blog posts for each one about what the issue was and what the fix was. This is the first … Read more
This is my second blog post about European public cloud services. I started this series with a deep dive into Cleura, a Swedish OpenStack-based provider. This time, in “Leaseweb Cloud: A European Cloud Alternative,” I am looking at a company much closer to home: Leaseweb, a Dutch cloud and infrastructure provider that has been operating … Read more
VMware Cloud Foundation 4.2 (management domain) Here is a scenario that looks trivial but is not. You reset the root password on your management domain vCenter. Maybe it expired, maybe you were rotating it, maybe you just did not know the old one. The reset itself works fine. And then SDDC Manager quietly breaks. The … Read more
Series: Building Resilient SAP Infrastructure on VCF In Part 1, I laid out the overall architecture: four sites, four layers of high availability, and a separate recovery site built on Veeam and Object First Ootbi. That post was the map. This blog post Building Resilient SAP Infrastructure on VCF — Part 2: Compute and Storage … Read more
This blog post, VCF 9.1: The Features That Actually Matter If You Run VCF, is not a walkthrough of every new feature. A look at the changes that actually affect how you run the platform, from someone who does. VCF 9.1 shipped on May 5, and if you read the release notes end to end, … Read more
Broadcom changed how VCF gets supported and released. Plus, a quick update on what 9.1 has already refined in the licensing model. A few days ago, I wrote about the new licensing model in VCF 9. After that post went out, it was clear that many architects and operators are still working through what these … Read more
What the new licensing model actually means for VMware Cloud Foundation and vSphere Foundation, from an architect’s point of view. Before I get into the technical details, I want to be honest about where I stand. I have been a consistent critic of Broadcom’s actions in the VMware ecosystem since the acquisition. The pricing structure, … Read more
Part 1: The Architecture Series: Building Resilient SAP Infrastructure on VCF If you’ve been reading my blog, you know my background is in VMware, virtualization infrastructure, and backup. That is where I have spent most of my career. SAP is not my primary area, and I will not pretend it is. Years ago, though, I … Read more
How ransomware, regulation, and operational complexity are reshaping enterprise data protection This week marks World Backup Day 2026. Every March 31, the industry reminds us to back up our data. For home users, that might mean copying photos to an external drive. For enterprises, the conversation has moved far beyond that. Backup is no longer … Read more
