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New Requirements for Enterprise Disk Backup
With the growth of virtualization, the explosion of unstructured data and the proliferation of big database applications, the requirements for enterprise disk backup appliances is changing. Moving...
View ArticleUEB - True Point-In-Time Restore
We have been able to get back to testing our Free UEB and were testing the restore capabilities on a test Linux VM. What we have observed is that UEB does not provide a true point-in-time recovery.Our...
View ArticleBuffalo NAS and Rsync
I have a buffalo nas at my office and a file server running freenas 9 at my house.which method would you suggest i backup from the buffalo to my freenas box?Ive seen rsync but im not 100% sure if it...
View ArticleV2P with Backup Exec 2014
With BUE2012 you were able to do a V2P in a round about way (which involved disabling the sysprep on the restored physical server). Is there newer more robust V2P functionality in BUE2014? If found...
View ArticleDual boot SSD and SATA hard drive with same image for backup?
I'm curious if anyone has tried this or would be able to make recommendations before I dive into it this weekend. I recently built a new desktop and I have an SSD running my OS and programs and a...
View ArticleBackup Policy
Hi Guys,Just wanted to understand and open a discussion on the different backup and retention policies that you folks have, currently we backup everything to tape using netbackup with a 30 day snapshot...
View ArticleSVI Folder - Backup yay or nay?
I'm trying to figure out whether or not I need to actually backup this folder and struggling to find a specific answer to it - perhaps it's subjective?Basically, my existing backups are "failing" as...
View ArticleNeed backup of large but simple Linux setup
We have 2 Linux servers with approximately 10 TB of data on each and one with 24 TBMost of the data is on read only partitions so that only 6 TB is available for adding data. The type of data is mainly...
View ArticleRestore report - Where is the restore point I used?
I just had a request to restore some files from the same place that I had done a restore last week. I didn't recall which point in time I had used so opened a Restore Report, thinking that would show...
View ArticleWant to talk me out of this...
I'm currently using 2 instances of Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V to host 4 VMs on one server and their replicas on another, identical server. I am also backing up the VMs with StorageCraft Shadow Protect as...
View ArticleReevaluating our backup software
Hello,We are reevaluating our backup software. We're currently using Syncsort BEX 3.4 and if we continue using Syncsort will upgrade to DPX 4.3.Each of our 5 large offices have NetApp SAN's as their...
View Articlequickest way to backup a Windows Azure VM while running
Hi all,Can anyone recommend the 'quickest' way to backup a VM running on Azure without shutting it down? I only need to backup the data (VHD) but not sure on the best way to do this... i found...
View ArticleBecause I don't get punched in the face enough...we're gonna do an AMA on Reddit
Let's have a frank, honest conversation about Backup Exec 2014...Fri 17 October at 1.00 EDT: Join the Backup Exec development family for a Reddit AMAGreetings intrepid data center wranglers! Earlier...
View ArticleUnitrends & Storage Network
Hi Everyone, I have a fairly typical setup with a few VM hosts and am using NAS storage for the VMs. I have 1Gbps connection for the VM's which the general office network. On the back end I have a...
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 ArticleHow Do I backup Hyper V installed on Windows 8?
On my test 2012 hyper v host I have windows server backup running and backing up the vms. How do I do the same on windows 8 enterprise hosting a small hyper v install? Thank you
View ArticleVembu only replicates to Amazon, but missing virtual restore there?
I've had a very hard time understanding the support answers from Vembu regarding their new BDR solution.Is it correct that offsite replication can only go to Amazon, and that the only way to restore is...
View ArticleZmanda Cloud Backup alternatives
Just got an e-mail form Zamanda saying because Amazon Web Services is discontinuing DevPay they are shutting down their Zmanda Cloud Backup software. Can anyone recommend an alternative backup software...
View ArticleUnitrends Licensing feature string
Hello, I have received a license for the free edition but no feature string. I've tried making one up but the license won't apply. Have I missed something? Can one of you guys from Unitrends help me...
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