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Unitrends Roadmap Question

This will probably be a Katie passing it along to a Unitrends technical resource answer but if anyone has any knowledge that would be beneficial.I attended VMWorld last week, and one of the big focus...

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HP Data Protector not backing up cluster elements

We're running HP Data Protector 8.00 as our backup solution. The cell manager server is on a Windows 2008 R2 box. I have two servers running Windows 2012 R2 in a failover cluster, with five file server...

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What backup solution do you use for servers?

We use Veeam run incremental backups during the week and full backups during the weekend.Our full backups are taking all weekend to complete. Some of the backups take as long as 18 hours.We want to cut...

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Just setup a Dell DR4100, i'm trying to decide CIFS vs OST methods on backing up

Which method provides better job rate (speed)?Which one is easier for restores?These are just the first few questions off the top of my head.  All the forums I have read seems to be pointing me in the...

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Backup Exec 2014 - Thoughts?

So Backup Exec 2014 has been out a couple of weeks now and just wondered if anyone is using it and how they find it?I am stuck on 2010 at the moment as I found out the hard way I couldn't migate my BE...

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Windows 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...

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Unitrends Replication Speed

I am replicating to Unitrends.Speed tests on the Internet connection show 3 Mbps down, 2 Mbps up.Per Meraki MX60, Unitrends replication averaged 750 kbps over the past 48 hours (consistent - no major...

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Power Backup for new server

I just got a new server for my school and am now looking to replace our old power backup and just looking for some suggestions. Thanks

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DPM 2010 backups keep failing with semaphore timeout expired!

A little background:We have two DPM servers. DPM1 is primary, DPM2 is secondary (located on a remote site). Both servers are running Windows 2008 R2 and DPM 2010. The secondary DPM server backups the...

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Who is still using Netware 6.5 and why?

I'm working with a longtime consulting friend of mine on a project he's inherited at his organization. The customer is a small financial bank in the mid west with a five smaller brand offices with a...

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Why should I NOT use Poweredge 2900 as DIY NAS

Getting my first NAS and after looking at prices of 8-bay off the shelf NAS systems, I decided to build my own. So far, 2900 looks like an excellent base. I am hoping someone more experienced with...

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Informal 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...

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Customized Disk Backup For Veeam Data Centers

When it comes to Veeam environments, disk backup architecture matters. Veeam has a number of capabilities, like CBT backups and recovery-in-place, that makes VM data protection and recovery seamless...

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Backup Exec 2014 slow backup of SQL2014

We purchased BE2014 with the SQL agent to backup a new SQL2014 server that is running on Windows server 2012.  The database we backed up is 465GB and took 5hrs to backup on the BE2014 server.  We have...

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Acronis?

I am in a start up company that does have a good budget but with any business saving money is critical. We only have 4 servers and 5 users right now. It is going to be a web server, but that data...

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Veeam - Support

So getting an error on my new File server 2012R2 when attempting to back it up.Warning message from vm1: The guest OS has reported an error duringquiescing. The error code was: 5 The errormessage was:...

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home network backup concept

I'm currently working on a small backup concept for my home network. I'm building myself a new NAS that will be running FreeNAS and I'm not sure how I want to backup my data from the FreeNAS to a...

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Barracuda energize updates worth it or not?

Got a barracuda backup 490 about a year ago and it works. very simple to setup. but they want $900 a year for energize updates. is it worth it or not?

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Unitrends 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...

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State 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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