Symantec Sr Leadership is doing a G+ Hangout today at 1.00. Care to join?
Hello Spiceworks A couple weeks back, there was a thread on reddit in r/sysadmin taking Symantec to task for several different things. The OP related a story of an interaction with a sales rep that...
View ArticleNeed encrypted backup solution
I am looking for a new backup solution for my servers. It is really important that I have something that will store the backups in an encrypted format on the backup server. After they are encrypted...
View ArticleData that doesn't change vs backup strategy?
I'm wondering what others are doing in the following regard: We've got departments that are converting their microfiche records to digital. This is a fairly large volume of data that will never change...
View ArticleBackup Exec 2012 (2) Servers Sharing (1) Tape Drive - Issue with Overwriting
I can't seem to get my backups to work the way I think I should be able to. Here's my Setup - 2 Physical Servers - Dell R420's 1 - Windows 2008 R2 Standard running MS Sql Full Copy of Backup Exec...
View ArticleBackup 500GB of data to how big a storage?
Hi we have a 500GB volume almost filled so about 500GB worth of data. Also we have exchange on seperate volume which is 26GB Now we backup things to a disk of 1.5 TB but it can only hold 2 backups....
View ArticleBackup Exec 12 taking long to complete
One remote backup job we have runs considerably slower compared to the rest of our backups. When I look at the Job log the backup slows in three parts. Is there any way to drill down further to see...
View ArticleDoes SQL Server come free with Data Protection Manager 2012 (DPM 2012)?
I'm getting ready to order DPM 2012. A review of documentation and articles on the web leaves me unclear as to whether I need to also buy SQL Server or does SQL Server come with DPM 2012, free of charge?
View ArticleAnother reason to love Unitrends: When things break...
Received a notice earlier from Unitrends Support about a new ticket being opened, then a little later I received the following email: Our Valued Customer, Unitrends experienced a hardware malfunction...
View ArticleChanging the company's backup dynamic
Good afternoon, folks! I'm after a bit of advice regarding my current employer's existing backup procedure and how I can improve it. I took over as the 'IT Manager' here 11 months ago and, for the...
View ArticleVeeam Backup & Replication 7 - total disaster
As you might know, VBR7 was launched late this August and since then many hundreds of customers were posting numerous bug reports on Veeam's forums. I, myself, happen to be their customer and I...
View ArticleBackup software for Mac environment
Hey Spiceworks Community, first post on the site. I don't deal with many all Mac environments, but I have a new client (marketing agency) and they need a backup solution. All their data (mainly photos...
View ArticleCustomer wants to DR backup 2 Win2K servers.
with the ability to restore to dissimilar hardware. Not many agents seems to support Win2K anymore. Backup Exec 2012 and Appassure do not. Still waiting to hear back from Unitrends.
View ArticleExchange Restore recovery area
I am working on weekly test restores and am having a bit of a problem with the Exchange DB restore to a recovery area. The restore it self goes great, it first restores the full DB backup and then the...
View ArticleVeeam Backup & Replication 7.0 R2 is now released!
Hello SpiceHeads, We're more than happy to announce Veeam is the first to support both vSphere 5.5 and Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V with Veeam Backup & Replication 7.0 R2. We've got 260 change...
View ArticleWindows Server 2012 Essentials centralized backup on NAS
Hi, I'm looking at buying a replacement for our trusty ML310 G4, but I'm stumbling on backup solution. I can't stop flip-flopping between centralized backup solutions and folder redirection + external...
View ArticleNone Re Writable backup
We need a viable solution for a none Re Writable backup solution. We currently use 8 Blu-ray discs but this solution is getting a bit tedious. Has anyone got any other ideas apart from tape?
View ArticlePhysical server backup recommendation
Have a couple of old Windows 2003 servers, one running Exchange 2003 and one AD/file/print. Customer isn't interested in replacing hardware right now so I'm at least trying to get decent backups in...
View ArticleBackup Strategy
I am looking for a Backup strategy for approximately 30-50 users with inhouse AD,Exchange 2010 Please include a offsite backup strategy, onsite backup strategy. Also include the software you would...
View ArticleRandom Full Backups
Another question about eval (expired) - I am backing up a number of VM Guest using Incremental Forever. The backups are running fine, however it seems like it is randomly repeating the Full Backups....
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