Incremental Forever - Synthetic Rollups
Wanted to see what others had seen with this. Basically we have all vm backups set to incremental forever, and no minimum retention per our installers recommendation. The idea being it would keep as...
View ArticleWhat Is Protection Storage?
Protection storage does more than just deduplicate data. It is a universal backup repository which allows multiple platforms and applications to protect data using their native backup utilities. As...
View ArticleAppAssure - any happy users in Spice land?
We are seriously considering AppAssure and I have gone as far as setting up two core servers as a POC between two of our locations and have had success backing up VM's between the two locations and...
View ArticleDATTO backup solution What do you think?
Hey guys i wanted some input about a company called Datto. They have a solution like unitrends and we are trying to figure out what to go with. I know many people here support Unitrends but has anyone...
View ArticleManager bought BackupExec 2012 for Win 2012 server
So, now I'm stuck. I need to backup this NAS. I have a tape library/drive. I need cheap software (very cheap) that will backup this NAS reliably to the Tape drive. Any advice? Besides throwing in the...
View Articleunitrends and netapp vss provider
I have a windows2008 and netapp. The server has netapp sanprive to connect the lun. Experts out there , do you know which vss provider unitrends uses to backup this pass-through lun? Does it have to...
View ArticleCloud-based Backup w/ Long-term Storage Requirements
I need a better backup solution that symantec backup exec. We have struggled with BE 12 for over a year and it's time for it to go. I have long-term storage requirements of retaining a yearly backup...
View ArticleQuantum Superloader 3 drive assessment test failed
Hi I just need some advice, we bought quantum Superloader 3 years ago it is out of warranty. We are using Retrospect 7.6 for backup and since three years it is working fine. Retrospect start marking...
View ArticleCSV backups with Veeam
Hi guys I’ve got a Server 2012 r2 cluster setup with 6 x 2012 r3 nodes and I’m testing Veeam 7 for VM backups – the VHD / VHDX’s are located on a CSV running on top of a software-based SAN. I’ve got...
View ArticleGood Cloud storage/endpoint backup for business? (also shared folders)
Hi All, Looking for a product to back up our endpoint clients, but at the same time, allow us(IT admin) to create a folder structure and manage user permissions on shared folders (e.g only allow...
View ArticleQNAP/Backup Exec, USB failure
Hi, We have been running quite successfully for 6 months Backup Exec 2012 connected to a QNAP which still performs quite happily. However We had a USB drive (tuoro 4gb) which too has been running...
View ArticleVeeam backup server disk configuration?
Hi all, I'm on a real budget here with our infrastructure migration project (from SBS 2003!) - just wondering, would RAID6 be sufficient in terms of write performance for a Veeam / Hyper-V backup...
View ArticleVeeam Cloud
I have implemented Veeam in my environment and am currently backing up my entire VM network. I want to get Veeam Clould set up for disaster recovery reasons and am having trouble getting it...
View ArticleUnitrends Free Edition and ESXi 4.1 Backup issues
Hi All, I have implemented a Unitrends installation for one of our clients with the new 8 VM free install The site has 3 ESXi 4.1 hosts (Essentials) and a vCenter Server VM. My question is that all of...
View ArticleUnitrends Replication
I have a NFR(not for resale) client on unitrends and would like to be able to replicate it. I am already replicating my Enterprise edition(license paid for). So i have a licensed enterprise edition...
View ArticleLearn how WD Arkeia™ network backup compares to Unitr**** Recovery-Series
Learn how WD Arkeia™ network backup compares to Unitr**** Recovery-Series and Unitr**** Enterprise Backup. This webinar will compare the products based on performance, hardware specifications, and...
View ArticleBackup Exec 2012 R2 update – news about WS 2012 R2 support & target GA
And a Spicy good day to all... This morning on our Symantec Connect forum, Sr Dir of Backup Exec Product Mgmt Brian Greene dropped a blog laying out some details of the immediate future for Backup...
View ArticleExaGrid Review?
I was looking at Exagrids EX5000 system, but i've been told some not so pleasant things about exagrid. This was however told to me by an HP vendor, so I wanted to get the public opinion. Is anyone...
View ArticleMonitoring multiple vendor backup
I'm looking for software that can monitor multi vendor backups. Right now the backup software we're using is: - Acronis - Symantec Backup Exec (2010 + 2012) - VEEAM - Altaro Basically the check we're...
View ArticleNAS to NAS Copy/Backup
Hello, We have a NAS box (called NAS-01) for holding material files for our render farm. I'm looking at a way to easily copy this to another NAS box (called NAS-02), in case there is a failure on...
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