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Commvault storage policy
Hi I set up a storage policy last month and every seven days it was meant to back up sql, sql transaction logs and 3 windows servers (full system state), they are located on a remote site. The first ...
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Veeam Backup failing. Cannot create a shadow copy of the volumes containing writers data
We have a Windows Server 2003 R2 SP2 VMWare VM that is failing Veeam backups with the following error:
Failed to prepare guest for hot backup. Error: VSSControl: 1 Backup job failed. Cannot create a ...
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How to troubleshoot tape backup issues via mt on Linux for Windows backups?
I have an HP Ultrium 448 tape backup that is being recognized without seeming issue on Ubuntu. I am able to see it at /dev/st0.
When I issue mt -f /dev/st0 offline, the tape ejects. When I issue mt ...
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Windows Server 2003 activity monitoring and reporting
I have BackupExec 2012 attempting to backup a Windows Server 2003 VMWare instance.
I often get unable to quiesce error: "The virtual machine may be too busy to quiesce to take the snapshot."
I've ...
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Practical way of keeping up-to-date backup servers?
What is the approach generally used when you want to have backup physical servers?
Currently I have a Linux server running a database, a samba share, a webapp and some scripts; and a Windows Server, ...
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How to make full system backup in windows server 2003? [closed]
I´d like to know how to full backup windows server 2003 system. I was told that 2003 backup tool cannot make such a thing as opposed to windows server 2008.
Thanks.
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Issues with API in free version of VMware ESXi 5.0
We are using Linux box on Esxi 5.0 server to take VMDK backups of all windows servers on that EXSi 5.0; we are using VMware native API to do that; but after the trail period of 60 days, these API's ...
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VB6 application backup using SQL 2005 suddenly failing
We have a windows server 2003 R2 machine running MSSQL 2005, and our XP workstations all run a VB6 application which calls the SQL backup utility to backup a 700 Mb database. A couple of weeks ago all ...
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Will Windows Backup automatically ask for more media, if needed?
Alright, I know that this is a very simplistic question, but I'm not sure where else to ask this, and it appears to me via the FAQ, that this is the correct place to ask questions about backup on ...
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How can I check the contents of a backup tape on Windows Server 2003
I have a tape that was backed up long time ago, probably 5-6y, on a Windows Server 2003. Now I have a situation that I want to check up what was backed up on that tape back then. The backup wasn't ...
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Restoring Microsoft SQL databases to a different disk partition on the same server
We have a SQL Server 2005 box running Windows Server 2003 R2 Std 64bit. We have two production databases residing on one partition (which is an iSCSI software target), that partition got apparently ...
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Active Directory Disaster Recovery in a Small Business
This is hypothetical question, but one I’m sure that someone must have encountered and/or given some thought to before.
Situation:
Consider this, a small business is running an Active Directory ...
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Is it possible to quiesce ms-access for a database backup using VSS?
I was on the phone today with a remote site backup provider and they talked about using Volume Shadowing Service to make a fast database-aware backup. They said that in order for this to work, it ...
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Acronis True Image failing to backup
I have Acronis True Image 9.5 on Windows 2003 standard edition and it started failing to backup.
Firstly it gave the error that it was unable to make a backup because of bad sectors on the disk. This ...
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Full backup, files copy or VSS for disk replacement on a Windows 2003 server?
I have to replace all disks of a Raid 5 volume for more space on a Windows 2003.
I want to see what is the more reliable method to backup or move data of this volume (about 800 Gb).
In first I was ...
