So, I got my first peek into the Veeam product line a couple years ago. I was working at a local Church in Louisville, Kentucky and let through a virtual infrastructure refresh (VMWare ESX) and the Consultants we used for sales/engineering/installation (Mirazon) shows me the FastSCP product. FastSCP is a free SCP program that I used at first to dump simple ISO files from a machine to ESX storage for later use. Since then, I've used it for backups, and schedule file dumps. It's awesome, and now, supports ESXi.
I got my second peek into the Veeam product line at a Mirazon lunch-n-learn – I saw demos and learned a ton about the Reporter, Configurator, Backup, Monitor products and more. They offer several FREE products, and even support free ESXi on many of them.
I continue to learn more about Veeam because they are on twitter! I love that. I've watched the Veeam team communicate with customers, and those that haven't YET become customers, providing support and coordinating support calls. Here are just a couple of the Veeam tweeps I follow, and if you aren't already, you should:
- Veeam Company Announcements – @veeam
- Doug Hazelman – @vmdoug
- Matt Carpenter – @matt_carpenter
- Carrie Reber – @vmcarrie
Over the next little while (days? weeks? hope it doesn't take too long), I'll blog about the Veeam setup at LifeChurch.tv. I'm really focusing on Reporter and Monitor right now. Veeam Backup is coming, but I've got some network changes to make first.
Be sure to come back for more, and Veeam, if you're reading this, I heart you.
Daryl,
Thanks for the kind words…we really appreciate it!
Doug Hazelman
Veeam Software
http://twitter.com/vmdoug
Daryl,
We heart you right back. I am your regional engineer. I realize you are in great hands with Craig, Barry, and the rest of the gang from Mirazon, but if you ever need anything, please feel free to reach out me.
David Siles
Sr. Systems Engineer
Veeam Software
http://twitter.com/dsiles
Thanks for the feedback!
Mark Carroll
Solution Architect
Veeam Software
Thanks – we appreciate your comments! Listening to feedback from great customers like you and great partners like Mirazon is the key to our success so far.