Yearly Archives: 2025

Veeam Kasten has significantly simplified the Kasten Disaster Recovery procedure in recent versions. Now you are able to setup and perform Kasten DR through the WebUI and not only the command line. In my first post of the series I walked through Kasten DR setup guide Today we will perform a complete Kasten Recovery to a new Kubernetes Cluster. Prerequisites and Setup Kasten Disaster Recovery Prerequisites A Kubernetes cluster with a vanilla Veeam Kasten instance installed. Your cluster ID and secret passphrase in order to perform this procedure. Access to your Location Profile and your access key and secret key for your bucket Fresh Kasten Instance First our task will be to spin up a new cluster and install a vanilla version of Veeam Kasten. For faster recovery I would recommend having this cluster on standby and ready to go at all times. This would also make it easier to perform regular DR testing…

I love Kubernetes, but I also love Veeam. So when Veeam has such a huge week, there was no way I was going to miss it! Check out this week's highlights.

Kasten Disaster Recovery got a major upgrade! If you're protecting Kubernetes workloads with Veeam Kasten, the new Quick DR modes make Disaster Recovery setup faster and more reliable than ever. Veeam Kasten is never sitting still! While I occasionally have to take a break to perform other duties or rush to finish some new AI course, I inevitably wander back to my old stomping grounds, Kubernetes data protection and Kasten and once again I was not disappointed with the new Kasten Disaster Recovery procedure that I discovered. This is not, however, some nostalgic journey to the past because Kasten is not sitting still. I don't like using cliches, like things just keep getting better, but in this case: Things just keep getting better. Today I will go over the new and improved Kasten Disaster Recovery procedure. Just like Veeam's configuration backup, solid data protection setups need to back themselves up as well. If you…

The Kube Vanguard is back! The new weekly video will focus on Veeam, Kasten and when not in the home office, wild and wonderful travel adventures! Be it Kubernetes, backup or travel fun there is a always a potential disaster that needs to be dealt with!