Small Business Cloud Backup Solution?
We have a few customers using Synology NAS devices.We have in the past been using local USB based backups for these devices, but more and more want to move their backups to the cloud.However we...
View ArticleSchedule to test backups
After reading a great post:http://community.spiceworks.com/topic/726308-why-testing-a-backup-solution-is-just-as-important-as-h...I really started thinking. Herr Director said that he tested 1 random...
View ArticleBackup Software Guidance
I am writing this today to solicit any insight anyone might have regarding either Symantec 2014 and/or comparable programs. Backup Exec 2010 R3 is currently being used and I am relatively happy with...
View ArticleBad Day in the Chi ... thoughts anyone ??
CRAZY IT Scenario that is unfolding in front of me right now ....Feels like I am rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic !!Evidently.....An AD password was changed that disconnected our "PHD Virtual...
View ArticleRAID NAS to Google Drive?
A while back I replaced the numerous hard drives and NAS drives around the house with 1 RAID NAS. I got the WD My Cloud EX2 6 TB which is running at RAID 1 for 3tb of storage. It works great and I love...
View ArticleSlow Windows Server Backups
We have a file server on our network that we use as a central backup target for all servers running Windows Server Backup. Every night all of our servers run a scheduled full backup including system...
View ArticleBackupAssist
Does anyone currently use or have prior experience with BackupAssist? I am reviewing possible cost effective backup solutions for one of my sites and this seems very reasonable and manageable. The only...
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 ArticleHP Data Protector issue with only one Server(file Server) no backup.
Dear Seniors,we are facing an issue details given belowHP Data Protector issue with only one Server(file Server) no backup, other four servers completely backed up with the same devices media library....
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Farewell 2014, we have a treat for you!!
Our beloved Spiceheads, we are delighted to give you a very special farewell offer for 2014, we are giving a 50% discount on any cold storage plan, Please visit https://www.zoolz.com/pricing select...
View ArticleHow to safely keep tape drive cartridge for a long time ?
Hi all,We want to keep out LTO 6 cartridges which contains old data, in safe environment. I know cartridges must be kept away from magnetic field and microwave. Is there any special box, vault for this...
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Hyper-v Server Core 2012 R2 hung "Backing Up" using Veeam
I keep having an issue using Veeam to backup our VHD's. I can't figure out if its the way Veeam is doing something or a bug in Hyper-V. I never saw this issue prior to using Veeam. It seems like about...
View ArticleHight Level Questions on Veeam Offsite Backup and Replication Setup
Hight Level Questions on Veeam Offsite Backup and Replication SetupCurrent setup:Veeam installed on VM local to production VM’s.4 Jobs on local Veeam installation:VM’s backing up to Linux NFS...
View ArticleVeeam 8.0 Trial
I have setup an ESXI 5.0 host with a Virtual Windows Server R2 running Veeam 8.0.I then created a test SLES 11 SP3 server on our production ESXI 5.0 server.I was wondering about the File Level restore...
View ArticleDoes When Veeam Quiesce when it takes a backup copy?
When Veeam takes a backup copy of a VM from an ESXi, does it Quiesce the file system?The reason I ask is that my boss wants to start doing backups of our non-quiesce aware file-based databases (FoxPro...
View ArticleWhat is the latest way to clone a hard drive partition?
What's the best free software out there to use to clone a hard drive partition in Windows 7 / 8? Thanks.
View ArticleAWS Storage Gateway (cached) - How does it work?
Fellow Spiceheads,I'm looking into Amazon's Storage Gateway for setting up a file store for our companies call recordings that would upload calls to S3 for easy access for a couple of months before...
View ArticleSocket Error 10053 Causing Extended Backup Times
Hi,Currently I’m using CA ARCserve Backup r16 SP1 and receiving the following message from the activity log,“Reestablished TCP connection to client agent SERVERNAME@IPADDRESS for network error...
View ArticleUnitrends 7.4 Slow VMware Backups
Anyone who has upgraded to Unitrends 7.4 seeing increased backup times with VMware 5.1? Our full backups take 12 hours longer than they did on 7.3. Also, since they took away the "Last 24 hours"...
View ArticleHow to protect and backup 2003 FSMO DC on VShpere Essentials
I have purchased 'Essentials' and I have only two Vm's but my most important vm is a Windows 2003 Server as the FSMO Domain controller that I want to backup. I am new to Vmware and have tested out...
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