network status has changed Unitrends 712
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Let's say I have a UEB instance backing up a Windows file server to a NAS. What methods does UEB support to dump a weekly copy to some form of removable media such as a USB drive?
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Hello Spiceheads, I've recently installed Unitrends Enterprise Backup (using an NFR license) and when I attempt to archive my backups to a CIFS (SMB) share, I get the "Failed to write archive profile...
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I have a friend that has a small business who asked for a backup solution. There are no servers and his primary concern are his local files and quickbooks. He is also concerened about security and...
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I'm curious to know whether Veeam have introduced a remote console for B&R or whether it is part of v7 out in Autumn?
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We have a company we partner with who have asked for some advice on replacing their ageing server and backup setup. The server is the easy part. Their current backup regime consists of copying their...
View ArticleRant warning... I'm DONE with Backup Exec
You know, I like the fact that technology is always moving forward (in most cases) and I consider myself to be a pretty adaptive guy. But this Backup Exec 2012 garbage has got to be one of the worst...
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What do you use to back up your servers? I recently started with a new company, and there is no backup in place. I am a little concerned because some of the servers are....let's just say "a little...
View ArticleBackup Exec 2012 SP2 2010 SP3 beta news
We’ve been listening. And we’ve been working. The Backup Exec Engineering, Product Management and Quality Assurance teams have been working hard to make BE the solution that you relied on and believed...
View ArticleSymantec backup Exec restore of System state
i am trying to restore a server's system state and i have booted the server in active directory safe mode but i cant logon. if i boot normally, i can logon using the domain admin credentials. please...
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Schrödinger’s backup: When good documentation goes bad
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View ArticleDell Appassure - Repository Full Errors?
Hi there, We are about 6 months into using the Dell Appassure backup system and still having issues! When it works it appears to be an excellent system. getting the thing to work, and stay working is...
View ArticleUnitrends and Tape Archives (headaches)
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View ArticleAnother Veeam Backup question. This one about FreeNAS and NFS
Maybe I'm not reading correctly. So I'm prepping my backup strategy, see this post, and during testing, setup a CIFS share on FreeNAS as a backup target for Veeam. Backups worked flawlessly. So, next...
View ArticleBackup solution for cloud based server
Hey everyone, I'm looking into a backup solution for a server hosted by racks pace. its a Server 2008 R2 machine, anyone have any experience or advice on any solution? Rack space has their own...
View ArticleSymantec Backup Exec 2012
I'm a Help Desk tech but am sometimes called on to administer the backup servers. Does anyone know of any guides or How-tos for Symantec Backup Exec 2012?
View ArticleBackup time increased by 5 hours overnight
Running BE 2010 R3 Suddenly overnight our backups increased by 5 hours. nothing was changed on any of the servers, no updates, nothing. I've narrowed it down to one server but getting nowhere fast,...
View ArticleLooking for Linux equivalent of ShadowProtect
I'm currently evaluating ShadowProtect and love it. The only problem is lack of Linux support. I need to support Linux, Solaris and Mac Servers. Does anybody know of a product that does the following,...
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