TSM Backups Failing
on a cluster server TSM keeps failing ...I stoped and restarted the TSM Client...NGI ReRan TSM thru the Wizard....NGtoday I reinstalled the TSM Client and ran it thru the Wizard using" Previosly used...
View ArticleTape Library replacement
Hi AllWe currently implement D2D2T2D, backing up our 3TB SAN. Our existing Quantum tape library has failed. The unit is out of warranty, so rather than spending money on repair/replacement, it...
View ArticleReviewing Online Backups
HelloReviewing online backups for our Non profit Health Care facility. Demands are not excessive , likely under 1 TB of data, small differentials , but will need snapshots and ability to restore file...
View ArticleUnitrends log WBPS_16.log 4GB and growing
Noticed that one of the Unitrends logs is about 4GB and growing by a few kB every few seconds. Is this normal? All the other logs are a handful of kB.
View ArticleBackup Exec & selling my kidneys...
Hey everyone,I was just quoted 9K to purchase Backup Exec with what im assuming is 2 clients.I need to back up my file server, and exchange both under 1TB all together. I have the media for storage,...
View ArticleBacking up to Azure
I'm playing around with 2012 R2 Essentials server and just configured backup to Azure.Wondering what are the possibilities with Azure backup. If for some reason there is a server breakdown is it...
View ArticleSlow Backup of a server only at night.......
Hi,Currently I have a domain controller taking 2 hours and 43 min each night to backup. If i was to backup the same server in the day it completes in 1 hour and 25 min.Backup Server Setup;Dell...
View ArticleStorageCraft Pre-Sales Questions
Hello and thank you in advance,I run an MSP and I am looking into standardizing our BDR service with StorageCraft. I would like to replicate the data to our datacenter. Most of our clients are very...
View ArticleUEB Tasker crashes
Hi Lads and Lasses,Over the last few months, the tasker service on my UEB virtual appliance has silently crashed a couple of times and as a result, no backups have been performed.Is there a way to send...
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 ArticleQNAP - Timing out
Got a QNAP TS-1269U (Version 4.1.0) NAS that takes my backups.It times out after about 10 hours, killing my jobs at the time. The timeout range is really precise at 10hours, +-3 minutes.Any idea where...
View ArticleBlack Thursday: 24 hours, 2 outages and countless cups of coffee
This is the 292nd article in the Spotlight on IT series. If you'd be interested in writing an article on the subject of backup, security, storage, virtualization, mobile, networking, wireless, cloud...
View ArticleSharePoint Backup in Unitrends
HiIf you are using Unitrends and SharePoint are you backing up your SharePoint Farm via the Unitrends Application aware backup or just backing up the SQL Databases supporting the SharePoint Farm.Are...
View ArticleBackup Exec 2010 VMware ESXi 5.5
Can I install Windows agent on a Win2008 server hosted by free ESXi server?I want to backup some files to a tape.
View ArticleBest Practice for Backing up Virtual DCs?
I have Unitrends UEB and am currently backing up my physical DC using a Windows agent, my question resolves around my 2 virtual DCs. What is recommend best practice to back them up, can I just use...
View ArticleBackup only the datastores without registering the VMs.
Anyone know if there is a solution out there that will backup raw datastores into an ESX host without registering the VMs? We have over 4,000 VMs and want a different solution than one that leverages...
View ArticleSymantec backup exec, connectivity issue
Running now in too deep, need some help.My setup:Hyper-V 2012r2 cluster with 2 server and 3vm, with one being DC (so DC is virtualized).3rd server 2008r2 running Symantec backup v-ray 2012 v 14.0All...
View ArticleConvert backup .DAT files to .IMG files
Hey everyone,I recently backed up a colleagues documents and settings using the default 'Files and Settings Transfer Wizard' on Windows XP (Service Pack 3), reinstalled XP's Service Pack 2 and tried to...
View ArticleVeeam - change jobs from Reverse-Incremental to Incremental - what to consider?
I need to change our Veeam jobs from Reverse-Incremental to Incremental. (Reason: We've got a site-to-site Rsync going that copies the latest backup updates to the DR site, and it apparently copies...
View Articleveeam backup fail
i have a strange error while making a backup with veeam 6.5 the error is "Error: Client error: VDDK error: 1.Unknown error Unable to retrieve next block transmission command. Number of already...
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