Quickest way to copy 1 TB file from Linux server to portable storage?
What is the quickest way to copy a 1 TB file from a Linux server (PowerEdge 1950) to portable storage for offsite backup?Specifically, I want to copy my Veeam backup from NAS to portable storage for...
View ArticleVeeam Backup Question
Currently we have 2 sites with a Fiber WAN run between them. I would like to backup all of our vm's to an external hard drive and take them to our second site and restore them in our environment...
View ArticleDo I really need a Veeam proxy?
I have a small network with two identically speced Dell R720XD ESXi 5.5 hosts. Host A is processing all 12 production VMs on its local storage and is located in Building A.Host B is my DR host and is...
View ArticleUnitrends 823 performance issue
I've got a Unitrends 823 that is currently causing me ulcers, and lost backups. By lost I mean that they aren't happening. I had a drive fail in April that was replaced. Since then, performance has...
View ArticleVeeam backing up Oracle Database?
Hello all, New to Spiceworks. Longtime Experts-Exchange user. Hope all is well on the IT front. Question for people about Veeam. I heard it has a hard time or rather clugey method of making sure Oracle...
View ArticleWorkstation Backups
I am looking for Workstation Backup softwareNeeds:Deduplication - Hopefully across all computers.CompressionCentral Management.Too automatically backup when destination is available. Many laptop...
View ArticleClonezilla make image of size of data not size of disk
I went to use clonezilla today to make a back up image of a few systems. I had always used for imaging before, so this wan't an issue. I went to make the image, and i noticed at least it looked like...
View ArticleThe day four backups wasn't enough
This is the 327th 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 ArticleBackup Exec 2012 to 2014 update discussion thread
Hi all,Our BE2012 installation has always been a little flaky (jobs randomly putting themselves on hold, NDMP backup fails, continually having to recreate jobs etc) and as we have the option I'm...
View Articleshadowprotect backup issue
hi all,I have started a manual full backup on one of our Database servers Yesterday 30th June at 3:41 PM hoping it will finish with in 1 hour as it normally do.that server has got5 partitions and I...
View ArticleSyncrify, anyone?
I am looking into using Syncrify for backing up files from a local server to a remote site via a VPN. Has anyone used it before? Any opinions? In my research, it appears to be the best private cloud...
View ArticleWindows Backup to multiple disks
Hi there, I currently have windows server backup running on an SBS 2008 machine that backs up the systems drives to a USB 3 hard drive every night. This works great, and I have added another disk to...
View ArticleWhat is best central backup solution for workstations and laptops ? Suggestions
What is best central backup solution for workstations and laptops ? Please send me some suggestions.Dear EE's,I need your expertise in choosing a backup solution for my office workstations and laptops....
View ArticleWhat is the best way to set up a backup to SAN
I'm starting to play around with setting up a new backup system at my company. I plan on backing up to a SAN drive hosted on a NAS: the backups would then be copied to a 2nd NAS via Rsynch or similar...
View ArticleExchange 2007 Restore
I'm looking for advice on restoring an Exchange database to a recovery storage group on the Exchange 2007 server. The Unitrends administrator's guide seemingly contains a conundrum. Our server has six...
View Article12 - 18 month hard drive lifespan
I get hard drives die but after having our two 813 appliances one had 1 hd go bad and the other had 2 (not at the same time) but we got new drives delivered and everything was great... until yesterday....
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 ArticleSuggestions for backup software
I need some assistance from my fellow Spiceheads. Management here is refusing to buy into the concept of implementing a full back-up solution because they can't see past the financial outlay.Even...
View ArticleVeeam Backup Proxy
My backups were taking forever and stacking up in the queue. I created a new VM and added it as a backup proxy. This seems to have fixed our problem.My question is - why did this work? Is it too much...
View ArticleAnyone using BackupAssist?
If you are using this product, can you share some dos and don'ts or good, the bad, and the ugly?thank you.
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