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I am Dale Hayter, a Microsoft and VMware certified Technical Consultant.

My blog has been built up over the years from my experience of working on an IT helpdesk and also from being out on-site.

June 12, 2014

VMware vCenter, Veeam and SQL Express Database Sizes

I’ve come across a lot of sites where VMware has been deployed using a SQL Express Database. This is normally fine for a handful of…

December 28, 2013

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Change Veeam Backup Log File Location

I have found on a couple of servers that the log files in Veeam 7 can grow quite large. The C drive is traditionally smaller…

November 22, 2013

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Veeam Backup Error – VSSContol – VSS asyncronous operation is not completed

Bit of a Veeam backup issue fest tonight. Came across the error below today in Veeam 7. Error: VSSControl: -2147467259 Backup job failed. Cannot create…

October 20, 2012

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Server 2008 – Backup Exec Services Not Starting – [DBNETLIB][ConnectionOpen SSL Security Error

Had an issue this morning where the Backup Exec 2010 services wouldn’t start on a 2008 SBS server. The Backup Exec Job engine service would…