Unitrends, the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
We're looking to update our backup strategy, so we're researching different vendors. I've been first assigned Unitrends to research. Whatever solution we come up with will need to be an appliance, and...
View ArticleBarracuda energize updates worth it or not?
Got a barracuda backup 490 about a year ago and it works. very simple to setup. but they want $900 a year for energize updates. is it worth it or not?
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 ArticleRemove OneDrive Folder from being added to destination.
Dear all,I think I already know the answer to this but I am just wondering if there is a way to get rid of onedrive folder being added to wherever you set onedrive to base it's sync from.So just as an...
View ArticleVeeam reverse-incremental backups: issues excluding VM SCSI disks
Morning all,Using Veeam B&R (latest version, all updates), along with Hyper-V Server 2012 R2 and second generation VMs (Server 2012 R2). I'm trying to exclude a SCSI disk from a VM but it doesn't...
View ArticleWhat is the correct way to backup and restore ShoreTel Director 14.2?
Running 14.2Build 19.42.2005.0I have been googling and can't seem to find the correct way to backup the shoretel director. Some recommend to run "c:\Program Files (x86)\Shoreline...
View ArticleUnitrends login pop-ups
Anyone having issues with frequently getting this pop-up after I believe updating to version 7.4."Summary: Error communicating with system.Cause: Call was unsuccessful.Detail: [System] Error: Your...
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 ArticleVM backup solutions that allow restoration to new host
I have finally won my boss over on VMs, and we have implemented a few clients now with a great deal of success. My boss had me testing our current backup solution to see if we could restore a VM backup...
View ArticleWindows Server Backup - corrupted backup catalog - any way to fix it?
Hello everyone,I'm getting extremely frustrated with this utterly useless piece of crap called Windows Server Backup.I did a backup of a Domain Controller running Windows Server 2008 SP2. The backup...
View ArticleFOG or Clonezilla server? Which one will achieve my aim?
We have a manufacturing site that has multiple industrial PC's to run machinery. Each PC runs Windows XP or Windows 7 with custom software that was installed by the vendor. As part of our disaster...
View ArticleBackup Exec 2012 and Hyper-V 2012, slow incremental backups
Hi,I’m trying to confirm that Backup Exec 2012:s GRT and incremental needs to compare the whole vhd file at every backup?We are trying to backup ~5TB VHD with GRT/incremental and it:s to slow... (Our...
View ArticleIs Appassure the Devil?
I inherited Appassure licensing to deploy in our environment for the new backup and recovery solution; an upgrade from good ol' Symantec Backup Exec. Many dollars, headaches, and pieces of hardware...
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 ArticleVeeam backup question re. snapshot data
We had some Veeam people give a presentation on Veeam backup and recovery, and to my surprise it was stated that Veeam will not back up snapshot data with the virtual machines running on VMWAre ESXi...
View ArticleAcronis True Image does not recognize license
Hi ,We have Acronis True Image 11 (yes I know it's old) , we do a lot of clean install backups from a bootable USB. No problem so far untill today. We installed our first Win 8.1 laptop in the office...
View ArticleOff site backup of a Truecrypt container
Hello all,We have created a Truecrypt container for confidential data on a client's laptop.For offsite backup for this client we are using Carbonite.Given the Truecrypt container is 20GB, can anyone...
View ArticleDisaster Recovery Testing with Unitrends
I need some help in how to perform a Disaster Recovery Test using Unitrends. I currently use a Recovery 713 Appliance and I archive the data off to tape once a week. In the event of a true disaster,...
View ArticleWhat is the best enterprise cloud storage/backup solution?
I was looking further into Unitrends and Evault.Was wondering what your guys thoughts were...
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