Backup is always that unsung hero. It’s there in the background, and no one notices it, that is until it’s needed. And with the ever-growing volume of data, backing up becomes more and more of a challenge. Sure, storage companies continue to push the envelope on hard drive sizes, now reaching upwards of 10+ TB…
Recently, Microsoft announced the Microsoft Azure Backup Server (MABS). It’s technically a part of Azure Backup offering, but it’s a little different. In fact, it is more like System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM) “lite”. Microsoft Azure Backup Server (MABS), is functionally equivalent to System Center DPM with 3 differences: It can protect workloads that are running on Hyper-V,…
In this article, I will explain to you all the endless possibilities of 314159U in traditional calculations and modern computing. The digital era opens endless possibilities for new technologies such as Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Super Calculations, and so on. What Is 314159U? 314159U is a sequence of natural numbers that has a special place…
In the introduction to this series, we listed the 4 high-level categories of Azure governance, namely resource organization, resource security, auditing, and cost. In this part, we will focus on Resource Organization. You can break Resource Organization down into the following sub-categories: Subscriptions, Management Groups, Resources Groups, and Tags. Let’s explore each of these. Subscriptions Put simply, an Azure Subscription…
Over the past several months, I have been ramping up on the Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) templating language called Terraform for a project that I am engaged in. And while I do not have anything against Terraform (after all, it IS very easy to read), I have stated my opinions on the whole “cloud agnostic” statement via my previous…
In this series, we will explore all of the tools and mechanisms that make up an Azure Governance Toolbox. As in a normal toolbox, we have different tools for different jobs. Some have an overlapping function (i.e. you can use a hammer to subsequently use a nail to fasten 2 objects together, or you can use…
Recently, I finished reading Terraform Cookbook: Efficiently define, launch, and manage Infrastructure as Code across various cloud platforms by Mikael Krief. I am already experienced with Terraform, and have read 3 other Terraform books, along with many other articles, blogs, and videos. Not to mention my own blog posts about Terraform, my 3-part video series on “Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) Using…
In today’s era where AI and ML reshaping the world, digital innovation goes beyond our imagination. Here a new program came into existence known as GPT (Generative pre-trained transformer). Many AI programs are built on GPT that uses neural networks to generate responses according to the question asked by the user. Amazon is also in…
I encountered this error while attempting to install the System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM) Central Console on my Operations Manager (SCOM) Management Server. I was following this TechNet article: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh758189.aspx. The TechNet article lists 2 steps for this process, namely Install the Operations Manager agent, and Install Central Console. Of interesting note, the second step within the Install…
I encountered an issue with using the Data Protection Manager (DPM) console on a system that had the DPM Protection Agent also installed. Here is the synopsis. Data Protection Manager (DPM) Configuration In my lab environment, I have deployed the entire System Center suite of products using the PowerShell Deployment Toolkit (PDT). Note: The current version of…