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Per Synology, “Cloud Sync integrates the advantages of public cloud and private cloud, enabling you to effortlessly connect your Synology NAS to public cloud services, such as BackBlaze B2, Dropbox, Google Cloud Storage, Microsoft Azure, OpenStack Swift, and more” The purpose of this blog post is to provide the guidance and the steps needed to install and configure Synology Cloud Sync for your respective Synology NAS. In my case, I will be doing so for my Synology DS723+. Once you’ve successfully logged into your Synology NAS, select Package Center from the desktop interface and proceed with the installation. Synology Desktop...

The purpose of this blog post is to provide the guidance and the steps needed to configure MFA for Veeam Backup and Replication. For the purpose of this demo, I am currently using v12 of Veeam Backup and Replication (VBR). Once VBR has been successfully launched, please select the Menu option in the upper left hand corner and then click on Users and Roles. Shortly thereafter, a small pop-up window (Security) should appear that will include a list of accounts with their respective roles. At the bottom of this pop-up window, you should have two options to select from. Please select Require Two-Factor...

The purpose of this blog post is to provide the guidance and the steps needed to update my ESXi 7 environment (ESXi 7.0.3, build number 21313628). Release notes for VMware ESXi 7.0 Update 3l can be found here. Below is a screenshot of my current environment prior to update 3k. Previous build numbers can be found here. I decided to use the ESXCLI command method to proceed with the ESXI Host update and there is no better resource to act as a guide than Paul Braren‘s blog post found here. ESXi 7.0.3 Build 21313628 In order to use the command provided by Paul, the first step is to...

The purpose of this blog post is to provide the guidance and the steps needed to update my VCSA 8 environment. Release notes for VMware vCenter Server 8.0c can be found here. Below is a screenshot of my current environment and previous build numbers can be found here. VMware vCenter Server 8.0b Log into your VCSA and then select Update. Select Stage and Install to proceed with the update. Stage and Install Accept the terms, followed by Next. End User License Agreement Pre-Update Checks will begin. Pre-Update Checks Ensure your backups are in place, then select Finish to proceed with the upgrade. The installation begins and can take up to one...