Katie from Unitrends (and her dog) want you to attend!
Hey there Spiceheads! Katie from Unitrends and her dog, Holtz, wanted to tell you about the Unitrends Livestream going on next week. I'm posting it for her...because only Spiceworks employees can...
View ArticleData Backup
I am planning to have back-ups in place for Business Critical data and Employee Personal Data. As part of this we are keen on exploring different options for this, few are: o Dedicated Server for...
View ArticleKatie from Unitrends (and her dog) want you to attend!
Hey there Spiceheads! Katie from Unitrends and her dog, Holtz, wanted to tell you about the Unitrends Livestream going on next week. I'm posting it for her...because only Spiceworks employees can...
View ArticleLaptop backup drive gone
Backed up new laptop to disc drive and now the recovery drive is gone. Is this normal? How do I recreate or restore the recovery drive?
View ArticleAlternative to Mozy Pro cloud backup
Does anyone have any recommendations for a cloud backup solution for 500gb to 1tb of data? Currently using Mozy Pro and I hate this program (Slow backups, slow interface) In the next renewal I would...
View ArticleAcronis Support - Your Thoughts
So I've just spent two hours talking to Acronis support UK (India). Initial issue, Dell Vostro 230 unsupported N/W - unable to image as a result My "tech" sent me his "resources" , pages form the...
View ArticleStarting to get a littttllle bit annoyed now...
So a while back (3/4 weeks) we found on one of our large servers (8tb) a few folders were missing. I say a few... I mean a lot... After lots of talks / back and forth with logs + tunnels I got told to...
View ArticleBackup Exec 2010 R3 new SP2
Here is the part: .... o Microsoft data deduplication-enabled volumes (backs up and restores data in non-deduplicated data format) (Non-GRT only) o ReFS (Resilient File System) (Non-GRT only) o New...
View ArticleHow To Backup DHCP Configuration and Restore?
I am currently setting up a new server and I have DHCP on another server that I am trying to convert over. Is there any way to back up the configuration of DHCP and restore it easily?
View ArticleBackup Software
Hi there, Spiceheads! I'm looking for a solution that would allow me to backup fewer than 10 desktops (no mobile users here) and all connected to the network all the time. Have a couple of different...
View ArticleRobotic tape library not in BE 2012 anymore.
Well I have a wild issue going on. I went to log into my BE 2012 machine today and it does not have my robotic library listed anymore. it has both the tape drives and will try and catalog the tapes. I...
View ArticleBackup Exec 2012 Alternative
Hello, We are currently using trialing backup exec 2012 and it's been somewhat of a headache. I would like to know what other people suggest that is a good price. We are a non-profit so the price of...
View ArticleUnitrends DNS Problem
I'm trying to set up Unitrends Enterprise Backup for testing on vmware. I've downloaded and deployed, but keep having issues with configuring networking - I can ping ip addresses from the console...
View ArticleClonezilla: Network is Unreachable
My fellow IT person has been using Clonezilla for a few months to image desktops and laptops. I am trying it today on a server and am having nothing but problems. It really shouldn't be this...
View ArticleChoosing a NAS for Offsite Backup
Trying to choose between synology and Buffalo NAS for offsite backup. The buffalo has Windows storage server 2012 as it's OS. Would the windows OS be a better choice? Other than that the synology...
View ArticleFree Small Business Backup Software
Does such a thing as Free Small Business Backup Software exist? I have a small budget and spent $350 on a 4TB NAS. All the software I am seeing is Non Commercial except for FBackup. Has anyone ever...
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 ArticleBackup confirmation
Hello, we are using multiple backup devices and I have a question if possible to generate a "script" send by email if backup were succesfull or not. The backup is handled by following command:...
View ArticleUnitrends system load spikes beyond warning level | slow, failing backups
Having a few failures on a Unitrends appliance. Checking the load, I see the following:http://imgur.com/a/tohhg What could be causing the load to hover in the red all the time, and rocket into low...
View ArticleAnyone out there backing up their Windows Servers to a cloud service?
Hello All, I was asked today to research a couple options for backing up our DC and Exchange server to a cloud service. Anyone have any recommendations? I would like to be able to backup their entire...
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