Back up solution for small MSP
Hello all,We currently have ~25 clients utilizing an existing off site BDR solution. We have 2 Primary SAN's retrieving back up data from clients over the WAN as well as a secondary guy backing up the...
View ArticleWindows Server Backup recover issue
I've got an issue restoring a full 2008 R2 server from a Windows Server Backup. As I understand it, as it is a system backup, it won't be accessible from the WSB GUI in Windows, you have to access...
View ArticleVeeam and CrashPlan pro
Can I use Veeam B&R V7 to backup a file server with 800gb of data to a Synology Nas and the same time Install CrashPlan Pro on file server to backup the file server to the CrashPlanPro cloud?How...
View ArticleVeeam backup for rotated media
hi guys,I can't find registry values in veem 7.0.0.871 to configure rotated media according to https://www.veeam.com/kb1154I had look my HKLM\Software\Veeam\Veeam Backup and Replication\ on my server...
View ArticleBackup Plan advice
Hi Guys,We are a non profit Govt agency. we get no funding from the government but if we are in profit we give that to government.I need some advice on my current backup plan.No of Servers (VM):...
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 ArticleVeeam backup
hi,we use shadow protect as our backup software for all our servers. i want to try veeam on my PC for testing.every time i try to install it on my PC i get stuck at license agreement screen. the next...
View ArticleFree Easy Backup Solution
Hi Guys,Our Ready Nas Backup system decided not to work anymore today. :(In the interim I need to backup my 3 Hyper V VM's. I saw two free programs namely Altaro and Veeam - Which one do I use in the...
View ArticleUnitrends Backup Error
Good morning all. I am getting this error on my Unitrends backup. Has anyone seen this before? This backup is working on 3 guest servers and only one is coming up with this error.Limited messages due...
View ArticleCollective reliability of DFSR, Hyper-V replica & Shadow Copy for backups
I am currently planning to backup solution for our school. I'm considering a few options including Veeam. I'd like to ask the Spiceworks community their thoughts on using some of Microsoft's built in...
View ArticleRelease Notes Or Bugfix Notes?
4 updates were pushed out to my DPU Unitrends-monitoringUnitrends-RRUnitrends-rr-windowmgrUnitrends-vprotectThe version number is 7.5.0-5.2014082214.CentOS5There are no bugfix notes on these post 7.5...
View ArticleBest Disk Imaging Software?
It is opinion seeking time again.I would like to add to my disaster recovery plan by including images of all my servers. I plan to take regular snapshots and save them to a NAS and the ability to bare...
View ArticleUnitrends Confusion
It was my understanding that Unitrends Free Edition would support the free version of VMware (ESXi). Once my Unitrends switched over to free it stopped the file-level backup. I understand this because...
View ArticleBackup Suggestions - Moving from Daily Full to Incremental
Just looking for advise on this really.Being a 1 man IT band for a company of nearly 200 staff I've always tired to work on the side of caution and overkill when it comes to backups to cover myself. So...
View Articlefull vs diffferential/incremental
Hello, I was wondering, you all guys that use full back + differential/incremental backups, its complicated.you make a full backup on mondayok rest of the week you choose diff/incr backupsif...
View ArticleBackup Software
Hi,Im looking for a backup software that can:* Copy files from multi source (Drive, Network over SMB). Option to exclude subfolders * Supports backup of MS SQL Databases* Compress it in a password...
View ArticleDoes anyone have Acronis Backup Advanced 11.5
Does anyone have Acronis Backup Advanced 11.5 and have it working well? I've been trying to use this software for just under a year and I've never had to babysit a program so much. Today while trying...
View ArticleDatto: How to get the service to work on a 2003 SBS box?
We have a customer that has a Server 2003 SBS box and for some reason it won't take the agent. When I add an agent it sends me an email saying that the agent was added but when I look at my portal it...
View ArticleUK Based Cloud Backup
Hi,I have an estate with the typical MS products (2008 onwards, Exchange, SQL, AD etc) with some Citrix in there too. It is mostly virtualised using a mix of XenServer and HyperV.Im looking to sort our...
View ArticleState of Backup 2014
Introduction:As a small to medium size businesssolution architect I have run into about every backup scenario you could thinkof. Risk mitigation as of late has been a concern of mine.As small business...
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