Import CrashPlan archive into new computer
Hi,I'm testing CrashPlan. I have backed up on one MAC running Mavericks. It backs up and restored ok!I've now attached the external hard drive to another MAC and installed CrashPlan. Is there a way to...
View ArticleAs a company, how are veeam - are they easy to deal with?
The reason I ask is Shadowprotect are now a pain to deal with since they took the distribution back in house for Europe!We purchased 9 copies of the server edition back in 2010 from the old distributor...
View ArticleXenserver backup solutions
Hey guys, I am in need of a backup solution for my 5 Xenserver hosts, each has about 3 guests (Server 2003, 2008, 2012 and some linux servers). Full VM backups would be good, but what I really need is...
View ArticleSymantec Backup Exec 2012
I'm running Backup Exec 2012 SP3 and have always wondered how I could fit so many full Exchange 2007 backups onto one LTO4 tape. So further digging in, I calculated the backup sets size column and come...
View ArticleSuggested Backup solution?
Hey there, fresh into the SpiceWorks community so I thought i'd fire away straight off the bat.I'm looking into different backup solutions and wouldn't mind a few tips.We are upgrading and will...
View ArticleArchiving email on an Exchange Server
Just as a matter of curiosity, how many people actually archive all of their email? I just had someone ask me about this and this got me thinking. I don't archive 99.9% of the emails I get and the...
View ArticleFree ESXi Gets Free Backup & Recovery
Just got this in a email:Unitrends Free Edition and Free ESXi – it’s official. Unitrends takes great pride in being an industry innovator and creating products that enhance the customer value of VMware...
View ArticleBare Metal Recovery - using Unitrends Failed!
Hi,I have installed and registered the free UEB edition on the free ESXi 5.1 host.I was trying to recreate a virtual machine from an existing bare metal iso created by Unitrends.setup:1. the vm is...
View ArticleBackup practices / methods
This is more of an informative query as my backups are running and functional.Now the query that was put forward to me was something like this; "Please investigate best practices for running backups"....
View ArticleRecovery Question
I have a single ESXi host running a handful of client VMs, one of which is UEB. I have my backups writing to external USB storage. My question is if the host drives go down and the UEB VM (and...
View ArticleNeed some solution for a backup reserve
Hi guys,Right now we are doing a daily backup of approximate 400GB in tape, and we keep the backups for a period of three months. The backup of this 400 GB takes almost 24 hours to finish, but we would...
View ArticleFreeware backup software for Win 2008 R2 for incremental backup over NAS Box?
Hi Folks,Is there any freeware backup software for windows server 2008 R2 to take incremental backup of custome folders and files over NAS box? Please let me know if you have used any freeware...
View ArticleBackup to External USB, Drive Letters Change
SBS 2011. Backing up to an external 1TB hard drive. This runs each weekend (during the week we backup differentials to an internal cartridge).What I am finding is the user is unplugging the external...
View ArticleUnitrends lock out
The product has been amazing but something odd is happening now.For some reason I am now getting this error when trying to login:Summary: Your username and/or password were not recognized.Detail:...
View ArticleNeed a solution to backup 3TB of data on a Windows 2003 file server.
Hi all,We currently have a challenge on backing up our file server within a reasonable amount of time. Here is the details on what's currently involve:File server is a Windows 2003 box running as a VM...
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Update #3 for Veeam Backup & Replication 7.0 is available!
Hello SpiceHeads,Information was already posted on our vendor page but might be relevant here as well. We've got excellent news and ready to give you the newest patch #3 for Veeam Backup &...
View ArticleWhere is the BDR Marketplace Going?
We sell a lot of different servers and storage appliances at my company and I find it interesting watching what's happening in the Backup and Disaster Recovery marketplace especially as it relates to...
View ArticleBackups (Virtual / Physical)
Looking for suggestions on a new backup system that will cover both Virtual and physical.I already have Veeam for my virtual machines.Looking for an all-in-one package or something to supplement Veeam...
View ArticleDell r710 + freenas = win?
Quick intro about us:Nationwide SMB with 10 locations and 200 users (Is that considered enterprise?)Total raw uncompressed/undeduped data is below 4TB at 5% annual growth15 physical servers on dell...
View ArticleBacking up with 7zip
I'm entertaining the idea of moving away from the built-in "Windows Server Backup" program and using something more open such as 7zip. I'm trying to find some information about verifying the backup....
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