How is BE 2012 SP2 working for those that have uprgraded?
Now that SP2 for BE 2012 has been out for a week or so, how is it going for those that have upgraded to it already? Any issues with the upgrade itself? Any quirks or gotchas since upgrading? Software...
View ArticleSymantec Backup Exec 10d Unknown Media hell
Hi Guys, I know you are the font of all knowledge and I am in need of some help. We currently have Symantec Backup Exec 10d for all our backups and this has been running fine until we have introduced...
View ArticleWhy Should I choose Unitrends over BackupExec?
I am currently in charge of finding a new backup solution, and after several weeks, a ridiculous number of sales phone calls, and a sense of nostalgia for the old days when things were just a little...
View ArticleAdvanced VM SQL Server Backup & Recovery - Live webinar on August 13
Hey Everyone, Join VMware vExpert Rick Vanover for Advanced VM SQL Server Backup & Recovery, a live webinar on August 13 -...
View ArticleMS DPM 2012 Backup Jobs Don't Run - Disappear
Hello All, On 7/25 at midnight (morning) my DPM 2012 instance just stopped backing anything up. New jobs get scheduled, but instead of running, they just disappear. If I want to run any backups, I...
View ArticleLooking for a new backup & disaster recovery option that's dependable/reliable
Looking for a new backup & disaster recovery option that's dependable/reliable. Currently using MS backup and system restore for my laptops and pc's. Which normally proved sufficient, but as of...
View ArticleArchive data, how do you handle it?
So, with our new VMware solution, I've freed up a physical machine (Dell R710 w/ 8GB RAM). I was thinking about dropping Win2012 and some 4TB SATA drives on it to create an archive server, but cost is...
View ArticleBackup Exec 12 program restore?
Is there a way to restore a program to the current state as of the last backup if we backed up the filesystem, registry, and database? This is on a bare metal physical server. My experience has been...
View ArticleCentralized backup?
Hi, I'm trying to create a centralized backup server. I.e everything i need backed up, gets backed up onto the backup server, then that backup does a remote backup. The thing is, i can accomplish this...
View ArticleWhat do you use for your onsite backup storage?
I am implementing a new storage system and am looking for recommendations for inexpensive, but reliable SAN storage. We have IBM SANs for the virtualization environment, but those are just overkill...
View ArticleCopying Veeam backup
Currently waiting for Veeam 7 so I can duplicate backups to tape... In the mean time, I'm wanting to copy an annual backup to tape. In order to be able to restore from it in event of a failure of the...
View ArticleExchange 2010 Backup Error using Backup Exec 2010
I get the error below but everything is OK, the DBs are visible from the job DAG selection list and i am able to select them. Logged a call with Symantec and they advised that Exchange 2010 Service...
View ArticleBackup Exec 2012 VMware and Windows Agent licensing
We have Backup Exec 2012 with the VMWare agents to backup our VMWare vSphere environment, this provides backups at the VM level successfully. I noticed the GRT options in the backup job which I would...
View ArticleApp to migrate user data from old PC to new?
Does anyone know of an app that can be run on a source PC that will copy all data to a temporary location i.e. NAS and that when you sit down on the new PC it will copy it back to the same location?...
View ArticleMigrating WAMP server to another Computer
i have a PHP application running on Wamp i want to switch over to a new computer how do i go about migrating the wamp installion so that the application runs after trnsfer
View ArticleUnitrends told by VMware that my 100GB thin vm is really 235GB
I have 8 vms on ESXi 5.1 hosts that are thin provisioned. 2 of those vms are being reported to Unitrends as having block changes across the entire disk, and therefore Unitrends is showing backup sizes...
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...
View ArticleAppassure has slow performance on large drive backups
I recently inherited a network with 30+ virtual machines. Most, including my trouble server, run as virtual Windows 2008 R2 Standard servers on an ESX5.1 host. The disks are stored in a Lefthand P4000...
View ArticleChoosing Unitrends for Backup Solution?
Hi Everyone, I'm the Systems Admin for my company and pretty new, but we (I.T Manager and myself) plan to get a backup solution for the company. Right now, we have about 100-200 computer systems and...
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