GLPI : add custom fields

Page web Fields

In this tutorial, we will see how to add custom fields using the Fields plugin. Fields allows you to add custom field blocks in the different elements of GLPI to customize the information. To illustrate this tutorial, we will add fields to the computers to save the backup information. For the fields, I relied on …

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Windows Server: Enable Shadow Copies

Choose restore point

In this tutorial, I will explain how snapshots and snapshots work in general and then how to activate them on Windows Server. This functionality is often used on file servers to restore a file or a folder without going through the backup environment, which saves time and avoids handling. Presentation of shadow copies Shadow copies …

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Delete a backup control point in Hyper-V without a delete option

snapshot

It happens in Hyper-V that a third-party software (backup) create a control point that is not possible to delete through the GUI. You have to switch to PowerShell to delete the control point. 1. Open a PowerShell administrator window and enter the following command to display the snapshots. This should display the control points of …

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Enable Windows Active Directory Recycle Bin 2012/2016/2019

Delete Objects - Trash

The Active Directory Recycle Bin is a feature that came with Windows 2008R2, which is disabled by default. To activate the recycle bin, the domain and drill level must be at least 2008R2. Once the trash is activated, it is not possible to go back. To use the Active Directory Recycle Bin, use the ADAC …

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Veeam – extracting a backup with the Export Backup

Select point

With version 9.5u4, a new feature has been added to Veeam which is the Export Backup. The export backup is used to extract (export) files from a backup, a restore point of a virtual machine. This feature can, for example, make it possible to extract from a backup chain a virtual machine that is deleted …

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Veeam Agent 3 for Windows: Installation and Configuration

Veeam Agent

The Veeam Agent allows physical or virtual computer backup directly from Windows unlike Veeam Backup & Replication which manages the backup of virtual machines from the Hypervisor (VMware, Hyper-V). Version 3 of the agent is available since January 2019 with the following new features: Change of the interface (even more sober). Optimized backup management Supports …

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Altaro backup: installation and use with Hyper-V

Altaro backup - restore as clone

In this tutorial, I will explain how to set up Altaro Backup with Hyper-V. Altaro Backup is a backup solution for virtual environments Hyper-V and VMware running Windows. It has the advantage of being very light and does not require SQL Server database. It allows the following restorations: For very small environments, Altaro has the …

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Veeam : Automatically backup virtual machines on Hyper-V

In this tutorial, I’ll explain how to automatically back up virtual machines (new and existing) with Veeam and Hyper-V. The trick is to use the option to back up the volume in Veeam job sources instead of adding the virtual machines manually to the backup jobs. Prerequisites On Hyper-V servers, you need to organize virtual …

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