How do you backup a SAN?
I know the ideal solution is to probably have a second SAN, but how do you backup a single SAN environment? Do you just backup the hosts or VM's indivually, or is there a way to do a complete backup...
View ArticleProper storage for hard drives used for backup archiving.
Hello,In January we started using an Unitrends appliance (Recovery 833) for our backup solution, I am pretty happy with it so far. The solution included using their archive unit, moving us from a tape...
View ArticleTSM headaches
I love IBM Servers. However TSM is a big pain. It's complex and most of the stuff I want automated has to be typed in command line sentences. Or so i've experienced so far. My main gripe is that I have...
View ArticleBackup, offsite storage, and retention policy ideas?
Would anyone care to share their policy on their backup strategy including offsite storage and retention? I have been looking at some templates but was wondering if anyone would like to share one that...
View ArticleEaseUS Advanced Server vs Acronis Advanced Server (SBS) backup solutions
Hi, I'm comparing two products for backup of Windows SBS 2011 : EaseUS Backup Advanced Server 5.3 Acronis Backup & Recovery 11.5 Advanced Server SBS Edition. I'm wondering if anyone can provide me...
View ArticleVMware ESXi Acronis Backup Advanced for VMware 11.5 and SAS tape autoloader
I just started at a company and they want to implement an in house backup system using tapes. Currently we have 2 HP Proliant dl160g6 servers running VMware ESXi with 2 VM's per server. What was...
View ArticleWhat are you guys having success with for database backup and replication?
Hey Guys,I am moving to a new shop where they are going to be backing up numerous hosted instances and databases with a SQL related product they have for clients. I currently use Shadow protect to back...
View ArticleVMware ESXi Acronis Backup Advanced for VMware 11.5 and SAS tape autoloader
I just started at a company and they want to implement an in house backup system using tapes. Currently we have 2 HP Proliant dl160g6 servers running VMware ESXi with 2 VM's per server.What was...
View ArticleVeeam Backup to Cloud Solutions - Any Suggestions
Hi All,Does anyone have suggestions on "fast" cloud storage? Currently I have been testing sending various size backups to windows azure storage blob and the times have been underwhelming, 10GB will...
View ArticleHow do you backup a SAN?
I know the ideal solution is to probably have a second SAN, but how do you backup a single SAN environment? Do you just backup the hosts or VM's indivually, or is there a way to do a complete backup...
View ArticleShadowprotect collapsed monthly
Shadowprotect 5, been using it for 2 years. On each of my servers...The last base image is 1/21/13There was a collapsed monthly on 3/31/13The next collapsed monthly was on 4/2/14 but where are the...
View ArticleCan uninstall trial agent from BE...
I'm currently using Backup Exec 2010 R3Installed trial version of the Hyper-v agent. The agent only sees a few of my virtual machines. Apparently this is due to BE not supporting server 2012....
View ArticleBackup Exec-Access Denied System State Server 2012
We just performed a migration this last weekend of our domain controller from Server 2003 to Server 2012. I added the new server to Backup Exec 2012 and tried to perform a backup but it failed on...
View ArticleNew IBM TS3200 Library
Hi,I have installed our new TS3200 and I can see the drives in my Backup Exec 2010 Software. However, is there a specific software to install so that Library itself shows up and is controlled by Backup...
View ArticleUnitrends Users...
We are working on getting info together to meet with the CEO about switching from our current Tape / Backup Exec backup solution to Unitrends and my boss was asking if I was able to find some Unitrends...
View ArticleArchiving with the Recovery 312
I would like to know if I can archive to an existing NAS from a Recovery 312? Is this a built in feature or does it require an optional purchase? Also what kind of processor is in the 312. The unit...
View Article0kb for VMs on Hyper-V 2012R2 Windows Server Backup
I've a Windows Standard 2012R2 Hyper-V Host with 5 VM's (assorted server 2008R2 up) which after various changes and cleanups etc now does a full VSS backup successfully. The server is a 4x500GB RAID 10...
View ArticleHP MSL4048 Tape Library Failure
Our tape library is currently down. We have an HP MSL4048 tape library. I'm getting the following error in event viewer. I'm not exactly sure what this means, and why it surfaced. It states it's...
View ArticleFree Desktop Backup Solutions?
Hey all, just browsing around for some programs to do a full backup of a local desktop for free. I have just been using Backup utility embedded in windows, but now I'm interested in playing with a few...
View ArticleWindows Backup Not Doing It's Only Job
I have been messing around with windows back up on a server now for a few days when I get time but still have had no luck.Currently it is scheduled to backup to a shared drive which is a Dell ??????,...
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