Colo location
we just converted our network from P2V, and are looking for a place to put our backup server.our original plan was to put our DR server in a colo thats here in town, only a few miles away. That state...
View ArticleCloud Backup Solution for outsourced IT Management company
In addition to working as an IT Manager, I also work as an outsourced IT Consultant for small / medium sized companies (and some individuals) that don't need or can't afford a full time IT person in...
View ArticleWant to move from physical tape backups to virtual tape backups
Right now we are using CA ARCServe Backup software paired with a Quantum Ultrium 5 Superloader to do tape daily, weekly, and monthly backups. It is very cumbersome and time consuming. I have more...
View ArticleUnitrends Agent
Hi,I keep getting the following error when trying to install the Unitrends Agent on a Server 2008 R2 VM.Any Idea's?
View ArticleAny thoughts on how to get Veeam backup files to removable drives (daily)
Hey all,I have been fighting this processes for the last month and I have not found a smooth successful process that does not require daily management.Goal:To get a full backup of my environment to a...
View Article"VMware tools status is NotRunning" on a Veeam backup job
Hi guys,Been trying to crack down this one with Veeam but so far nobody there was able to help so hopefully here. I'm getting the event above (see screenshot) on only one server. Been working fine 3...
View ArticleStoreGrid / Vembu BDR Alternatives?
My company is currently offering Vembu BDR / StoreGrid service to a few of our clients, but frankly it sucks, so we might be looking to move to a different platform; for those of you who are "cloud"...
View ArticleIssue with Backups on Veeam Backup & Replication 8.0.0.2030
Hi,Over the past couple of nights some of our VM's have failed because of the below error message "Could not allocate processing resources within allotted timeout (82800 sec) Error: Timed out waiting...
View ArticleHyper-V host backup on Unitrends, all volumes? Or will that duplicate the VMs?
On a Unitrends Appliance, if I setup a backup of a Hyper-V host machine should I use the Protect all volumes option? Or will that create a duplicate backup all the VMs, which are backed up in the VM...
View ArticleAnyone in the Crashplan Partner Program?
Hello all,Anyone in the Crashplan Agent Partner Program? I'm possibly going to make a change from Carbonite. My main issues with Carbonite are:- The Carbonite InfoCenter is not at all reliable. It'll...
View Article*.managemybackups.com
This seems like a silly question, but for the life of me I can't figure out what company uses [name].managemybackups.com. Has anyone come across this company before?
View ArticleBest Way to backup users Documents
Hey guys,Currently I backup all my users documents in the office by using a mixed script of xcopy and robocopy commands. Just to get their Documents folder backed up to my NAS.What I'm really looking...
View ArticleWeird Backup Issue
This is just a shot in the dark in case someone else has come up with this before. I've been using R-Drive Image for my backups. Good, basic, cheap program that easily handles all the basics. Just the...
View ArticleRecommendation for a backup solution
Dear All,For a small shop with one HyperV host on Windows Server 2012 R2 with 2VMs running I need a reasonable backup solution. As a backup target I was thinking to use a RDX disks.What do you...
View ArticleSynology NAS BeyondCloud
I am looking at the Synology BeyondCloud BC115j 3 TB for a customer's off-site /secondary backup.This will be done from a domain server with xcopy or RoboCopy to push the data to the drive over the...
View ArticleHyper-V Backing Up Problem
Hello guys,I was having a problem backing up my VM in Hyper-V. Before I was using Altaro to backup Hyper-V it is working fine. But one day, when the Backup Process is running the VM stop's on...
View ArticleVeeam testing - setting up retention
I am going thru a trial with Veeam and had some questions about how best to setup retention. The backup job itself only has "restore points to keep" as an option, there is not an "archival" option....
View ArticleThe NetBackup Development Team is doing an AMA this Friday, 14 August at 2.00 pm
The NetBackup Development Team is doing an AMA this Friday, 14 August at 2.00 pm EDTThat’s right, we have pulled together experts from all over the world to answer (just about) any questions you have...
View ArticleEmails backup or archiving- local backup to NAS
Dear All,Was looking for any cheaper solution for take backup of emails from all pc's.Since whole email data resides in pc and backup in pc's, so no backup for email too.What do say for NAS somehow but...
View ArticleBackup documents on Google Drive
I love Google Docs and have quite a few documents in my account. A few days ago I logged into my account and did not see any documents. I was really shocked to see that. I logged out and logged back in...
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