Windows Server Backup and offsite storage.
We are going to replace are backup solution due to the high costs. I am trying to come up with a solution that will be as inexpensive as possible but still be as protected as possible. Here is what I...
View ArticleVeeam offsite backup strategy question
I have a HyperV host with 6 VM's. They are replicating every 15 minutes (via hyperv replica) to a second host on my LAN that is in a building about 1000ft away (via wireless bridge). The second host...
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Issue with backing up virtual machines using Net backup 7.6
I recently upgraded my backup infrastructure to Netbackup 7.6 and this morning I configured my virtual machine jobs and tried running the backups but it keeps failing with the below error..I have 2...
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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 ArticleOffsite backup storage for SMB recommendations
We are SMB ( 30 users). Around 9 VMs. VMWare esxi 5.5 Planning to use any offsite backup services to store our backups, which we might need in case there is a onsite disaster.Our initial backups are...
View ArticleDell PV TL2000/4000 Server 2012 R2 Veeam B&R 7 Driver install problem
I want topass along what was (to me) useful information that Dell support was unable to provide at tier 1.Since our shop only recently made the change from Symantec Backup Exec 2010 to Veeam Backup and...
View ArticleReplicating Windows Backups Offsite
I am using Windows Server Backup and Windows Backup and Restore to make backups of servers and workstations to external hard drives connected to the machines. Each machine has its own external hard...
View ArticleOutlook Backup like MozBackup?
I can't stand working with Outlook on our network. Our e-mail is hosted offsite and it just seems like Outlook (like 2003) doesn't play nice with it. Things are moving along just fine until I find out...
View ArticleUnitrends Appliance Hardware Refresh
So I got signed up for the Unitrends 3 year maintenance plan that gives us a "free" hardware refresh and I'm mentally preparing for how I'm going to do this by first looking for some documents and...
View Articledata mirroring vs backup
Would you consider CA ARCserve D2D r16.5 for Windows sufficient for data recovery and business continuity or would you add an additional backup procedure?
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Multiple backup systems costing you MILLIONS in downtime and data loss?
EMC recently published a studythat showed the massive amount of money being lost each year on data loss and downtime. The numbers were staggering. The most staggering number in from that study was...
View ArticleHow to keep file history on nas drive
Hi I have a 500 GB Buffalo NAS drive that I backup to an external Hard Drive using robocopy. The problem that I have is that if a file were to be deleted from the Buffalo drive it would also be deleted...
View ArticleSmall remote office backup solution
Hi everyone, looking for some suggestions on a suitable local backup process, particularly in regards to media and hardware, for a very small remote office.Irun a couple of SMB-sized data centers with...
View Articlebarracuda backup server problems
I have a barracuda backup 890 and i am having some problems with it. I am wondering if any other spiceheads are having these same issues. I havent had a night of all successful backups for about 3...
View ArticleNAS + RAID backups
Greetings,I am looking to get others opinion on what devices do you prefer for backups wity RAID 1 setup? I have 3 drives at 2TBs and will be swapping 1 drive weekly for offsite use (take one home with...
View ArticleAppassure Replay Error
Hi everyone. We use Appassure Replay version 4.7.2.59082 and are having an issue where it is sending tons of errors. I would like to figure out what is causing it since they are not really important...
View ArticleUnitrends support for Nimble/NetApp snapshots
Hello,I'm trying to see if Unitrends supports using the native snapshots in Nimble or NetApp storage arrays. I want to keep the efficiency gained with deduplication and compression on these platforms,...
View ArticleBackup Exec 2012 "Physical Volume Library Media not found"
Hi,Running Backup Exec 2012 (14.0 Rev 1798) on a Windows Server 2008 R2 VM connected to an ESXi 5.5 host. SAS HBA adapters are in pass-through mode and connected to the VM. Tape drive is a DELL...
View Articleclonezilla Live CD wont restore image to same size disk
I have an image of a Dell Optiplex 755 that is 250.0GB but when I try to restore this image to another exact same machine with the same specs and the exact same HD spec.. The OS is windows 7 Pro(Yes I...
View ArticleMy backup jobs got struck with error "waiting for backup infrastructure resource
My backup jobs got struck with error "waiting for backup infrastructure resource availability". I Rescanned the backup repositories. No issue. Restarted the jobs. But still i am facing the same issue....
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