Creating a new domain controller, sync then use as a backup offline active directory server
We want to create a new domain controller. Allow it to sync and then shut it down as a backup offline Active Directory server. Will this work? If we bring it up when the others can not be reached? We will update it one time a week or maybe 2 times a month.

Answer Question   |  November 2, 2010  5:58 PM
Active Directory, Backup hardware, Domain Controller, Domain Controller Building, Offline Backup

Backing up an entire Joomla system running on a hosted server
How can you backup the entire Joomla system running on a hosted server?

Answer Question   |  November 8, 2011  8:29 PM
Backup, Backup and Recovery Hardware, Backup and restore, Backup hardware, Backup software, Hosted servers, Joomla

Active Directory 2003 backup
Can you backup your AD schema? What is best practice for backing up Active Directory 2003? Is there any difference in backing up 2008?

Answer Question   |  November 8, 2010  8:38 PM
Active Directory, Active Directory 2003, Active Directory 2008, Active Directory backup, Active Directory Backup and Restore, Backup hardware

Wiping hard drives in 100 PCs
We are donating 100 PCs. How can I quickly and effectively wipe all their hard drives? I have looked into Mban and it looks promising but would I be better doing that or pulling all the drives and formatting multiple ones at the same time? What are best practices for doing this?

Answer Question   |  October 13, 2010  2:22 PM
Backup hardware, Backup storage, HARD drive, Hard drive erasure, Security in 2010, Storage, Storage management

Help setting up one machine as a backup
I need to setup one machine to backup all others on my network. It will be grabbing approx. 500 GB of data across 12 machines. What is the best way to set this up? I have a GB network and all the machines stay on at night. I need to be able to restore a [...]

Answer Question   |  July 23, 2010  6:07 PM
Backup, Backup hardware, Data backup, Data backup solutions, Gigabit ethernet

Disk Backup using eSata removable disks
I am thinking about using eSata removable disks for backup using BackUp Exec 11d. And I would like to hear from anyone who has done this. I am also considering CPS across the LAN using a NAS hot swapable device. I currently use SDLT tape and process 500GB+ for a full backup; 14GB on a [...]

Answer Question   |  December 2, 2009  11:17 AM
Backup & recovery, Backup Exec 11d, Backup hardware, Backup to Disk, Disk-based backup, eSATA, NAS Hot-Swappable Devices

Data backup horror stories
I recently asked you what advice you would give to someone greener than you in data center security, and Mrdenny and Labnuke99 made some great points about frequently doing checks to make sure your backups are doing what they’re supposed to do. What I want to know is, do you have any data backup stories [...]

Answer Question   |  June 19, 2009  9:52 PM
Backup & recovery, Backup hardware, Data backup, Storage

cross platform netwok backup
My supervisor would like to put together a network backup solution for a small lab (about 15 people give or take). We have people using macs and pcs (running both win xp and vista) as well as a linux nas which holds our database. We are looking for a way to backup data from all [...]

Answer Question   |  February 3, 2009  11:20 PM
Backup hardware, Backup server software, Backup software, Network Backup, Online Backup