Labs Pillar
NAS patterns, snapshot verification, backup hygiene, and family-safe storage systems.
Build a repeatable VM backup-verification workflow that proves a selected recovery point can be restored into an isolated test target and records evidence before the restored VM is removed.
Use a disposable ZFS dataset to prove snapshot, replication, retention, destructive-change recovery, and rollback between two TrueNAS systems.
Turn a vendor-neutral NAS idea into a completion-oriented backup exercise: define protected data and RPO/RTO, configure versioned local snapshots plus one concrete offsite target, and prove a file restore.
Build a Proxmox Backup Server lab around a current datastore/repository integration and a safe manual recovery drill, then turn the drill into a repeatable monthly procedure.
Build a small PowerShell operations toolkit that records backup-file freshness, checks selected Windows services, writes durable daily evidence, and runs on a controlled schedule.
Audit the freshness and completeness of known backup artifacts for a Windows file share without pretending file timestamps prove backup-job success.
