[SOLVED] Open Source backup solution? Good Choice? vs Commercial solution
Currently I am using Emc Avamar it is great and I will continue to use it for my company. The problem is that I have to offshoot three smaller companies from my larger one. I would like to have some...
View ArticleRecovery Appliances and SQL 2014
So, MSSQL 2014 was released on Apr 1 (that's nearly 7.5 months ago as of this writing), and apparently it's still not supported for backup with my Recovery appliance. Not only that, but apparently...
View Article8.0 releases Dec 1st!
Just read some reports and even though there isn't any "big" news for vmware users im still excited to see what gets improvements.EDIT: Here are some links......
View ArticleBackup to tape issues following Veeam B&R Essentials V8 upgrade
Hi all,Running Veeam B&R Essentials v8 here, recently upgraded from a fully working installation of v7 with all patches - now we've started to have strange issues with our Backup to tape jobs;...
View ArticleEncrypted Offsite Backup Files Veeam
hi, We use Veeam backup and replication to backup virtual servers. When veeam backs up, does it encrypt the data.I mean the virtual machines?In case if we lost the external backup drives ,is it...
View ArticleData Protection Manager 2012 R2 & Azure Online Help
Heyyyyy Everyone,We utilize Microsoft Data Protection Manager 2012 R2 for our local backups. I recently signed up for a trial of Microsoft Azure to try out the built-in Online backup with DPM 2012.I...
View ArticleBE2012 missing 1,5TB in storage ???
So yes , for now we are still sticking with Backup Exec 2012 ... not really sure why.Anyways , I have this weird problem ... the backup server seems to run out of space gradually. Whatever I do (reduce...
View ArticleVeeam 8 - Who's Installing It Today?
I was pleased to see that Veeam 8 is finally GA. I was wondering who was planning on installing it today. I am going to wait a little bit until I see what type of issues arise.How long are you waiting?
View ArticleWhat is your preferred cloud storage service for small business servers?
As the topic says, what is your preferred cloud storage service for a small business server? I'm looking at about 500GB of storage that needs to be backed up offsite in case of a disaster. I'd also...
View ArticleRecommendations for a USB3 External Drive
My home computer has a 120GB SSD as the boot drive and a 3TB disk used for most of the data. I currently use a 500GB WD My Passport drive to backup the vital data about once a month or so. However my...
View ArticleVeeam - Any Way To Keep An Older Backup?
Is there any way in Veeam to keep an old restore point so it doesn't get over written? I have a 14 day retention, but I'd like to keep a backup that ran a week ago longer than the 14 days.
View ArticleBackup Solution Help
Hello,I am looking to get the backup situation at my company in order. We have purchased Veeam and the product works great. However, the whole solution needs more work...I am looking to re-purpose a...
View ArticleQuestion about HVBackup
So I really like the Script, I've been trying it out on our 2012R2 HyperV.I've ran into a bit of a tough pickle there. Our backup server for now is just an old server with 2tb drive. Our new box is...
View ArticleAnyone Using Unitrends Backup and Nimble Storage Snaps Together?
We just installed a Nimble Storage SAN about two weeks ago and now that everything has settled we were talking to them about turning on their array based VMWare Snapshots. When we got to talking about...
View ArticleBacking up 2003 physical servers, only once before upgrade
I am upgrading some old Windows 2003 physical servers to new hardware and a Hyper-V virtual environment. The old environment uses NTBackup (ahh!) and the new servers will backup with Veeam. The...
View ArticleAcronis 11.5 Backup in a Workgroup Configuration
I have a network where all the devices and the backup server hosting Acronis 11.5 are in a workgroup. Do I have to visit each PC and install the agent? Can it still be done remotely then added to...
View ArticleIs rsync.net expensive or value for money?
I have been trialling out rsync.net for a couple of months as I wish to move away from my current backup platform. The reason being I have determined that the problem with my backup (where the backup...
View ArticleVeeam automatic schedule restore
hi Does Veeam 7 or 8 provide automatic schedule restore ? Thanks
View ArticleWhich Unitrends should I try?
I want to evaluate Unitrends for backing up mixed environments with both physical and virtual servers. I see there is a 15 day trial that appears fully functional, and there is the free Spiceworks...
View ArticleNeed a new backup solution!
We recently virtualized all of our servers with VMware. We have 2 esxi 5.1 servers with about 15 VM's and about 1.5TB of data. We have outgrown our tape backup and are looking for a cloud and/or...
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