2012 Backup Fails
I am sure everyone has figured this out already.... My backups fail with the error message: Windows Server Backup failed with error "The version does not support this version of the file format"I...
View ArticleProtecting Mac's In A Windows Environment
How are you doing this? End user on their own with Time Machine? Pushing the files to the server? etc?Looking for someone that's nailed a best practice
View ArticleVault2Cloud ongoing problems.
I'm having ongoing lingering issues with Vault2Cloud. We purchased a 713 appliance with the vault2cloud server. The appliance has exceeded our expectations. Our Vault2Cloud service has fallen way...
View ArticleWhats the cheapest way to build a 100TB backup disk array?
So I've been given the task of finding a way to run a full backup followed by incremental backups in the future to back up about 98TB of data (pre-raid). I'm thinking about purchasing 33x3tb drives...
View ArticleVeeam 7 with Hyper-v
Hi all- I have installed server with Windows server 2012 data center R2 on a Physical server, enabled Hyper-v and created a VM in it with Windows server 2012 standard edition. Both OS (the main...
View ArticleReferences for Unitrends
Hi all,I'm currently putting together a business case for switching to Unitrends for our backup solution. As part of that process, I need to provide at least 3 references from companies that are...
View ArticleHelp with backup software choices for server to NAS
Spiceheads,I am looking for alternatives to Acronis to back up 6 servers (4 physical and 2 virtual) to a QNAP NAS device.I currently pay yearly fees (about $800) to keep Acronis Backup and Restore...
View ArticleHow do I justify Vmware Essentials cost for backups?
Since virtualizing half of our servers we are looking for a new backup solution. (we currently use backup exec 2010, to tape) As we have both physical and virtual machines (and currently using ESXi...
View ArticleHow do I identify the files in the Veeam backup chain?
I have had a couple of full backups fail on one of my backup jobs. I'm using Veeam Backup & Replication 7.0.The first failure occurred when the storage array hosting the backup location went...
View ArticleRant warning... I'm DONE with Backup Exec
You know, I like the fact that technology is always moving forward (in most cases) and I consider myself to be a pretty adaptive guy. But this Backup Exec 2012 garbage has got to be one of the worst...
View ArticleHow to force Backup Exec 2012 media server always use backup LAN in all jobs?
I am having an issue whereby we have the Symantec Backup Exec 2012 SP4 running on Windows Server 2008 R2 configured as only Media server, which has connectivity to the organization production LAN with...
View ArticleCreate a Separate Volumes to Separate DPM images?
I am new to DPM. It's working for the most part but I cannot seem to get separate volumes. It just wants to add to the pool. I can get it to give me the option to create a custom volume, but then...
View ArticleHDD Cloning
Currently upgrading our computers, I have to setup numerous computers. HDD cloning seems like the best way to copy all of the software and updates/settings to the other machines I need to deploy. I...
View ArticleBackup Solution for Small Business
Hello everyone,I'm reaching out to SpiceWorks to obtain information on low cost backup solutions for our business of less than 25 employees. We have two host servers, one running exchange and the...
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Hey SpiceHeads, Here at Acronis, we knowthat you often perform superhuman feats. So to that end, we’ve produced alimited number of superhero capes for you!The astounding abilitiesacquired through these...
View ArticleBare-Metal Recovery - Different Hardwares
Hello guys,We are searching our new backup solution. Actually we have 72 networks. All of them have tape units (Dell,IBM LTO3-4-5-6 tapes). We have some servers on that networks are really old models...
View ArticleUnitrends and MSPs
Hi all,Are any MSPs out there using Unitrends to backup their clients? We are looking at a few different possibilities but I wanted to give Unitrends a real good look because of the raves and reviews...
View ArticleRestoring to a TEST company from a broken transactional backup chain
Hoping I can find a solution here, I did do a search and did not find what I was looking for. If I am repeating another post, my apologies. Here is my scenario. Our Accounting Manager would like our...
View ArticleSymantec Backup Exec - Windows Server 2012 Support
I'm finding this absolutely hard to believe, but from everything I'm reading, Symantec Backup Exec still doesn't support Windows Server 2012? I just got done migrating about 2TB's worth of data to a...
View ArticleBackup Exec 2012: verify (from tape) is slow
Hi, an overage Rate is ~ 2862 MB/min. LTO5For comparison, the overall backup for this tape drive (LTO5) is 1670 MB/MIN. for around 1.250 TB. Containing ~ 3M of files :)LTO6 provides ~2.692 MB/MIN.While...
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