Tag Archive: back

June 28, 2015 / by Marco / back, mysql, recovery, work

Solved: Can’t connect to local MySQL server through socket ‘/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock’

My VPS server experienced an issue with mySQL server and thought I’d better document how to resolve it in case it happens again. The symptoms An Error message saying unable to connect to the database comes up when trying to access websites using WordPress Manually starting the mysqld came back with “Failed”- using the command […]

May 28, 2014 / by Marco / back, restore, veeam, vm

How to extract vdmk files from Veeam backups

Veeam is a great Windows tool to create and restore VM (Virtual Machine) backups. The file extension for Veeam backups is vbk and inside this file are the VM ware files such as vdmk, vmfx, and nvram. In order to extract the vmdk file you need to use a tool called “Extract” which can be […]