So yeah…. that was my thought for six years. And, for six years it was good. But wait, nothing bad happened, data was still safe and “snapshots” were done.  Yeah — you heard me “snapshots”.  But then after a BLT sandwich with Vince Vaughan, we bought Veeam.

Now, Vaughan didn’t convince me to buy Veeam, he just explained what it can do.  For a few years prior I had been listening and watching to what other people had done, had come from and what was being used.  It still came back to “Hey, use Veeam”.

Our setup is simple, one VMware host with around 20 guests. Nothing big, nothing fancy, other than being a relic of another time—i.e. just damn old, I mean super old.  The system was turned on December 2009.  We needed a good way to get the data, the guests off the host. Now, we could do other things, yeah, but I’m lazy. I wanted something fun and simple.  Plus, I like the color green and Veeam fit the need!

Wait, did you just say you bought something based on a color??? Sure why not, lots of options for backups exist. But, I figure if a company has good marketing throughout the product and brand.  I’m thinking they must be looking at the little details. And, to me those little details count. And guess what, I think I was right.  So far we have not had any issues with using Veeam, updating Veeam, doing backups, doing recoveries(just for fun).

So what’s your point?  The point is, find something simple and easy to use, because one day, today or five years from now—things will break.  And, they could break–not during your maintenance window, not during the low usage times, but when you least think about it.  And, you want something simple, easy to use and stable.

That’s why I picked my road colored with Veeam green.