Any suggestions on reading LTO4 tapes through Windows
We have several tapes that we need to know 1)what backup service was used for the backups and 2)when the tapes were written and we would like to be able to see them through either Windows or another...
View ArticleClonezilla Settings For Cloning a Compromised Drive
We have a computer that has potentially been compromised. I want to clone the hard drive to look though the logs without affecting the original drive. What settings should I use and pay attention to in...
View ArticleHow to Print Barcode label for LTO backup tapes?
Can anyone tell me how to get or print labels with a Barcode on that I can stick on my LTO tapes (Data Cartridge) that my Overland tape library can read?I was told of a font that could do the trick but...
View ArticleAre Backup/DR appliances too much for my needs?
Hey Spiceheads,I'm the IT manager of an architectural firm with 2 offices in adjoining states. We're at about 50 employees. I have 3 critical physical servers, a few other less critical, and about 4 or...
View ArticleImaging Options
I discovered yesterday that the computers(2) that run a production machine in our plant is running Windows 2000. The company that made the machine is out of business and the chances of getting a...
View ArticleFailover from physical to ESXi free VM
Hi all,At my main site I have 5 physical servers running.At my contingency site I have 2 physical servers, running the free version of ESXi, housing these 5 servers, the data of which is sitting on a...
View ArticleServer 2008 r2 Backup
HiI want to use the Server 2008 r2 backup but I believe that the sector size for the external HD backup media needs to be 512b and not 4k. Please could anybody recommend a drive that will work?! I need...
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 ArticleWhat backup solution?
We currently use hodgepodge of backup software to back all of our data up. We would like to switch to a central backup solution. Ideally it would be able to do the following:Provide daily backups...
View ArticleIs there a way to test LTO 2 tapes to see if they should be replaced?
The title kin do f says it all looking for a ways to test tape media and determine if it should be replaced. We have some very old tapes in rotation and we receive errors all the time during the...
View Articlevss and system reserved area
Hi AllI have been having issues with vss and the 100mb system reserved volume (win 2008r2)...it is failing to copy it. Obviously this is bad as it is where bootmanager residesI think the issue is lack...
View ArticleHot bare metal error
Hi all, apologies for posting so many questions lately!As mentioned in a previous post, ive recently added a new client to the protected systems, we are pretty small IT wise (3 servers, 50 desktops)I...
View ArticleFirst attempt at iscsi replication
Phase 1 of testing was to create the iscsi target via the MS 2012r2 Role and get it accessible from our Xen pool, which it is working without fail there.Phase 2 of testing is now where Im hitting my...
View ArticleTape Tracking Software
Does anyone have any recommendations?I am looking for some form of software or spreadsheet that is used for a log of our tapes. Ideally this would be a computer kiosk setup inside our server room that...
View ArticleAnyone with NovaStor/NovaBackup Experience?
My company has been using NovaBackup for a year now. The old setup was kind of hodge podge setup and we want to take a more active, better management role over it. So, we rebuild the backend on new...
View ArticleHelp! Backup Exec taking 38 hours to backup 1.5 TB (speed average 1,138.00MB)
Just recently re-setup backup exec 12.5. It has always been installed and was setup prior to me coming on board 3 years ago. I never messed with it as I didn't know anything about it and it just...
View ArticleManager Information Systems
Retrospect 7.5 is not recognising IBM LTO Gen 4 SCSI drive when using Windows Server 2008.
View ArticleBackup Exec 2012 - Gradual Slowdown of Job Rate
Hi,Hi I am currently running Backup Exec 2012. It is set up to backup to a RAID 5 Synology NAS and then replicate to a 1 bay Synology NAS. (N.B. I do have another post regarding moving to Veeam,...
View ArticleUnitrends Free - Not Adding 2012 R2 Guest
I am trying to demo Unitrends Free to see if I want to use it and eventually purchase it in the future. I've installed it on my HyperVisor and when I try to add a VM, I get the error:Summary: Error...
View ArticleRestoring a Windows Share to a CIFS folder on VNXe using Symantec BE 2010
Good day experts,I have been asked to help out on a project in which a file share is being migrated from a windows 2008 Share, to a CIFS shared folder on a VNXe3100 SAN. The backup is housed on the...
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