DPM cant contact agents
Hey guys,We're using DPM 2010 which was working fine until last night...I come in this morning and for some reason, it can't contact any of the agents on various servers.After a quick poke around,...
View ArticleIn need of a good imaging solution
We have several clients with computer labs or standardized workstations and would like to be able to use imaging to decrease our labor times when replacing workstations or Hard drives. A rash of faulty...
View ArticleSymantec Backup Exec Exchange wont back up
Hi, Some of our clients are runningSmall Business Server 2011 StandardSymantec backup Exec 14.0.1798In these setup's there exchange is not being backed up.Does anyone know any common reasons for this?
View ArticleUneasy on Sunday morning: A waterfall in the server room
This is the 313th article in the Spotlight on IT series. If you'd be interested in writing an article on the subject of backup, security, storage, virtualization, mobile, networking, wireless, cloud...
View ArticleSymantec Backup Exec 2010 R3 - "Loading Medium" appears - backup "stops"
Hi,i changed the Directory for my Differential backups to a new NAS.Now BE starts to backup ans suddenly changes it's state to "Loading Medium".Then BE stops continuing backing up and the MB/s drops down.
View ArticleSimplest and relatively robust backup solution
Hi,I'm new to this forum and not crazy familiar with IT, so although I read a few threads, apologies if this question has been asked already in a different way.I have only 4 PCs connected to 1 HP...
View ArticleSingapore user facing problems with Unitrends
Hi Guys,Current Setup for UnitrendsAppliance 822 with attached NAS (notE-Sata) for Archiving. Replicated to another R-822 at DR Site.1.Requireto Backup 5TB of Data (28 Servers, Exchange and SQL).2.Need...
View ArticleDedupe Block Size
I've been playing around with Backup Exec 2012 for a bit trying to tweak deduplication to a usable performance level. I use BE 2012 running on Server 2008 R2 standard, 2 procs, 32 GB of usable RAM. We...
View ArticleBackup / Restore Active Directory
Hello,At my workplace, the previous network administrator pretty much screwed the entire network something awful. I am hoping to set fire to the whole thing and start fresh. In server 2003 smb can you...
View ArticleNew Netbackup Media (Tapes)
Hi All,I am new to Netbackup and trying to navigate the interface is proving challenging...I need to add a new month tape for June this year and a year tape for July/14 and a few more more for 2015 and...
View ArticleBackup solutions - comparison
Hi, I have received considerable help on this site for many of my technical issues so thought it was time to contribute, and what better a topic than BACKUPS.Preface: We currently have a mixed...
View ArticleExchange Backup recommendations
Hi all,Looking into backup software for 2012 server running Exchange 2013.History - years ago used BE. Had multiple issues with it - backups not running, getting hung up etc. That was on exchange...
View ArticleIs this a Backup Assist problem or an Rsync Problem?
Hope that someone can help me with this frustrating problem!I am using Backup Assist by Cortex and I quite like the software and it works well now that I have learnt how it works.My backups are in the...
View ArticleNeed a good backup solution for Production machines
Hello All,I need help in finding a good solution for taking daily backups of the production machines.we have currently 3 production servers with SQL Databases and some other application.My sceneario is...
View ArticleBest Backup/VR Program?
I'm in the market for a new backup system for my company and everyone seems to have the best there is out there, so I'm reaching out to get advice/opinions on what is the best. Here's some of the...
View ArticleBacking up to tape antiquated?
I have 52 TB of data replicating to 2 different large SAN storage disk arrays with 70TB each. What would be the best 'protection' project to archive this data? another colo with the same disk backup or...
View ArticleDATTO backup solution What do you think?
Hey guys i wanted some input about a company called Datto. They have a solution like unitrends and we are trying to figure out what to go with. I know many people here support Unitrends but has anyone...
View ArticleUnitrends Cost?
I just got a quote from CDW for Unitrends (WITH NO PHYSICAL APPLIANCE, SOFTWARE ONLY) for almost $6,000. I fee like this is quite high.I need to backup 4 hosts (6 physical processors) and one physical...
View ArticleAnyone use Datto?
I have a Datto device that is not syncing offsite. The local data is backing up but when sending it offsite it hasn't finished successfully since February. We have a roundtrip device already on it's...
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