Offsite Backup to Drobo 5D on OSX Server
Hi All,I am in the process of setting offsite backups up to backup our file server containing about 2TB of files from a Dell Powervault with Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Standard on it in the office...
View ArticleTesting a Microsoft Exchange backup
I am running Microsoft Exchange 2010 that is installed on Windows 2008R2. I am using Windows Backup to do a full backup of the server every night to removable media. I would like to test the disaster...
View ArticleBatteries not included: A tantrum, some tears and a new UPS
This is the 322nd 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 ArticleWindows Backup on Server 2012 fails with Incorrect function error
I am trying to get a Windows Server 2012 box to backup to a NAS. However it fails everytime no matter what I select to backup (System State, BMR, single file etc),the job will fail giving an Incorrect...
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...
View ArticleUnitrends 813 appliance, restore vmware VM crash vcenter VPXD
Here is the beast.I am evaluating unitrends appliance.Mostly we are interested in VM backups.I have a simple setup.Vcenter appliance 5.5->esxi 5.1U1 host->VMI register vcenter + esxi as clients...
View ArticleDon't understand Unitrends new products.. RMS, UVB, RDR
With the purchase of PHD it seems 3 new products have appeared.I can't seem to read past all the marketing jargon on the website to see what your new products do. No where on the website just seems to...
View ArticleAppAssure 5 and external drives
I'm having a difficult time with AppAssure 5. I have a customer that in the pre-AppAssure environment used to take home a backup each week in an external hard drive. They would like to do the same...
View ArticleNAS box that supports AD and NTFS permissions
Server 2008R2; We need an ethernet-enabled NAS box that will have backup software built-in with interface to set up jobs (full/differential). Must support AD and NTFS permissions so they are...
View ArticleLooking for new backup process
Good morning,I am looking for advice on developing a new backup procedure for my newly upgraded servers. I have 2 Hyper-V Server 2k12R2 hosts, both installed on vhdx which are mounted at startup. In...
View ArticleLooking at a backup solution with Dell DR4100 or Nimble storage
We currently have about 5 TB total(mostly docs/images) that needs to be backed up with a retention policy of at least 90+ days. I know the DR4100 can probably do the job. But I have also been...
View ArticleBackup Exec 2014
Has anyone upgraded to Backup Exec 2014 yet? Pros and Cons?Thanks,Alex
View ArticleGoogle loves tape backup / RAID 4
I see people wanting to get off of tape backups a lot (we use tape monthly and disk for daily/weekly). This article about Google's backup process mentions they use tape heavily "because it's not disk"...
View ArticleUnitrends Free Edition and Free ESXi
I started looking at unitrends for my esxi server. It is a 2 processor AMD server with 5-7 vm's running at any given time. The results bothered me somewhat so i thought i'd ask you guys. maybe it's...
View ArticleEaseUS Advanced Server vs Acronis Advanced Server (SBS) backup solutions
Hi, I'm comparing two products for backup of Windows SBS 2011 : EaseUS Backup Advanced Server 5.3 Acronis Backup & Recovery 11.5 Advanced Server SBS Edition. I'm wondering if anyone can provide me...
View ArticleIs it just me or does Backup Exec 12.5 suck badly?!
A little background... one of two tape loaders on our Exchange server dies which means we can no longer do bricks-level backups using the installed 10.5 without buying a new loader. As we're...
View ArticleClone a hard drive over a network
I know there is multiple pieces of software that allows you to clone a hard drive right at the machine with the hard drive attached (we are using AOMEI), but we are in need of software that will allow...
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 ArticleLarge NAS offsite backup
I have a client who has a Drobo. They are currently using 8TB of data and adding about 10GB a week on average.They only have ADSL for internet access. The Drobo has a two drive fault tolerance however...
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