Tim Smith

2025 will bring some content from the #vCommunity! Podcasts, webinars, and blog posts from members.

Join us at vCommunity.io to get engaged!

Now they’ve sent out a “correction” that the FAQ was sent in error and the program will continue. The faq that went to marketing, legal, etc……..🤷‍♂️

Kube Cuddle for life!

For those new to bluesky - come join us here too! Many Vmug users and vExperts etc

Tim's Tech Thoughts on the Tractor A fun video podcast of Tim's Tech Thoughts on the Tractor. Join Tim as he works on the farm and shares his thoughts around various technology topics. Visit the real Tim's Tech Thoughts here: https:/...

Created a new YouTube channel just for the new funny “Tim’s Tech Thoughts on the Tractor” content. Episode 2 just uploaded!

youtube.com/@timstechtho...

Migrate to Linux proxies on Veeam Backup for M365 ->
youtube.com/watch?v=X0_w...

YouTube video by Tim's Tech Thoughts Veeam Backup for M365 upgrade to v8 & Proxy Pools

New video posted -> youtu.be/-WH6awbZMSE?...

The upgrade was comparing my existing 1817+ with an Atom prof to the 923+ with the AMD proc. I did 32gb ram, no nvme yet. Prob nvme for storage instead of cache if I do.

Immutability with Veeam 365 backups and Synology - Tim's Tech Thoughts Use Synology immutable snapshots with your Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 server to add an extra layer of protection.

New Post ->

tsmith.co/2024/immutab...

Run AI on your Synology - Tim's Tech Thoughts A ways back, Synology was king enough to send me a DS923+ to test out. I’ve used a DS1817+ in my lab for quite some time now, so a unit with an upgraded CPU was welcome. The first thing I did was upgr...

Run your own private AI on your Synology NAS! tsmith.co/2024/run-ai-...

Introducing the #vCommunity podcast! Check out our first episode with @keiran-shelden.bsky.social Joe Houghes @tsmith.co Sean Massey and myself!
A community-driven discussion around the Broadcom acquisition.

Youtube: youtu.be/ujK5aR7Ry4M
Podbean: podbean.com/ep/pb-q346u-15…

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You can actually install Veeam backup and Replication on Windows 10/11 - not required to be a server OS. Helpful for homelabs!

😂 I’m on 7 now. Last used iSCSI when I was on 6.7. NFS has been solid for me. Have a new cluster that I’m going 8 on with vSAN ESA with some Optanes.

I noticed on iSCSI it seemed to stop after long periods of uptime and host reboots would correct it (6.7). For NFS and VAAI here’s the link for the drivers for 6.7 and 7. Works well!

www.synology.com/en-us/releas...

You do NFS or iSCSI? I’ve found NFS to be more performant and iSCSI randomly stops using vaai

Spot is a good pod, I mean dog. 😂

I’ve been adding the tech community to my follow list - take a look at it. Otherwise I’ve been searching for “VMware” “vexpert” etc in peoples bio.

Had to do a selfie with the Veeam dog!

PSA - you can change your handle to your custom domain instead on having the @bsky.social after a name.

Checkout my custom feed for BlueSky to find any posts relating to Veeam.

Veeam - Bluesky (bsky.app)

And you can actually search here unlike on Threads.

Come join your fellow tech community friends on the vCommunity discord server.

#vExpert #VMware #VMUG

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https://kevenaar.name/netbox-how-to-run-it-on-your-synology/

@jhoughes.bsky.social @vtimd.bsky.social

My favorite concept on BlueSky. It just makes sense and now I don’t have to worry that someone has my name already

Jim! Welcome aboard. Time to setup your handle as a custom domain instead!

I’m seeing a lot more of the virtualization community show up here every day!