Removing old Servers from Backup Exec 2014?
Just installed my first Production BE 2014. Coming off a trial version that had been in place for nearly the full 60 days allowed.A couple of very small niggles in the process which I'll cover in a...
View ArticleTape Drive Purchase: Advice Needed
I have a network of around 12TB, all backed up to a NAS storage. I want to backup the NAS storage to another physical location, but moving 11TB of data over network is will mean extra monthly data line...
View ArticleCreating a Ghost Boot Disk for Dell T5500
I've been trying to create both a PC-DOS and Windows PE boot disk to pull an image from our T5500s, and I've had no success. None of the drivers from Dell seem to work, and the universal drivers do not...
View ArticleGood replacements for Symantec Backup Exec in non-virtual environments.
So I've taken on some clients that have existing servers running critical roles of varying types, SQL, DC, Exchange, Etc. and it seems like they are all running Symantex backup exec. Generally when I...
View ArticleHave you tested Veeam Backup Enterprise Plus WAN acceleration?
Just wondering if anyone has done any testing of the Veeam Enterprise Plus product over lines (10 mbs) and noticed a large improvement in performance? What size VM's do you back up between offices?
View ArticleBackup Storage needed
My DPM Server, a Dell R720xd, is running out of free space. I thought I buy a Dell MD1200 with 12x4TB and attach it. Problem is, the quote I got is way to high in my opinion. Can anybody recommend a...
View ArticleAdvice on backup solution for Hyper-v environment
Hi all,Just after some advice if possible...We have a main physical server (currently windows 2008 r2 but soon to be 2012 r2) which runs 5 hyper-v VMs.. These hyper-v VMs are our internal servers (DC,...
View ArticleStoragecraft and # of backup files
I am running storagecraft for my backups and so far everything seems to be working great, but I am confused about the number of backups I have. I am using Image Manager to roll my files together....
View ArticleUnitrends (UEB) unable to expand storage on additional device ...
Hello. Just started testing UEB VM for VMware. Currently on my second attempt after having to wipe my first setup. Now looking like I need to wipe again and start my 3rd attempt. I have three vSphere...
View ArticleUnitrends Question
I have a quick question. Say you install the Unitrends appliance on the same host as the other 4 VM's you want to backup. You back up the data to a NAS/USB drive or whatever. Something completely...
View ArticleServer W2K3 won't backup to FreeNAS server
I just assembled a FreeNAS server from an old OptiPlex 755, 2x750gb hdd's and 4 gb RAM. All seems to be well, except that I have one W2K3 server that complains that " the backup file name could not be...
View ArticleInformal and Unscientific Backup Exec 2012/2014 poll
I know there's hundreds (maybe thousands) of unhappy BE2012 users out there. I am one of them. Quick recap: Installed 2012 in 8/13. After 6 weeks (3 of them with a Backline engineer), I still couldn't...
View ArticleHeadaches with Exchange backups using Backup Exec 2012
A couple months ago we started to transition our backups (Exchange, SQL, and SharePoint) to Backup Exec 2012 from Microsoft DPM 2010. We were having a lot of problems with DPM so we looked for a new...
View ArticleWindows / CentOS Enviroment - Using NAS / LTO Tape Drives - Good Backup Solution
I work for a manufacturing company that has pieces of machinery in the shop that will use files that have stored on a local NAS system to figure out part layouts and the like. We also use MAS and...
View ArticleNo Appliance Server Image Backup?
Video: Storage Switzerland conducts a whiteboard discussion with Zetta.net about the company's no appliance image backup approach and the benefits to users. Backup appliance users, what do you think?...
View ArticleHow should I handle DPM 2012 R2's shortcoming with tape verification?
I evaluated and, eventually, we decided on Data Protection Manager 2012R2 as our backup solution. Overall I'm rather please with DPM. However, I just encountered a rather surprising shortcoming of...
View Article(Australia) Cloud/Hosted Infrastructure for Disaster Recovery
Hi,I'm looking at Disaster Recovery options for my organisationat the moment. We're a small organisation in terms of IT footprint running a couple of hyper V hosts, up to 10 VMs running out of our head...
View ArticleBest Backup software for server to nas backups
Hello everyoneI am looking for a backup software to backup the files of my client from their servers to a nas. I currently use a synology nas. 1 possibly 2 ESXi Host v5.5 so it's a virtual environment,...
View ArticleI need an online backup solution what is best ???
I need an online backup solution what is best ???I will be backing up from a Synology appliance-Thanks !!!
View ArticleMove Backup File with Batch File
I am running a backup of a folder in windows 7. It creates a file and dumps it into a folder. I'm trying to make a 5 batches (1 for each day of the work week) to move it into a network share folder....
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