XP Boot/finding backup data
A SearchStorage.com reader recently asked: Please tell me how to erase tape in win2003,And how to make winxp Boot Fastly(Takes time in starting up windows) and how to see the backed up datas after taking the backup.

Answer Question   |  October 11, 2005  2:36 PM
Backup & recovery, Storage, Storage products and equipment

EMC Celerra vs. HP Windows storage server
A SearchStorage.com reader recently asked: Do you think that a NAS gateway solution EMC Celerra NS704G is comparable with an HP Windows storage server appliance DL585 proliant based machine. I am especially interested in a performance comparision.

Answer Question   |  August 25, 2009  2:33 PM
Backup & recovery, EMC, EMC Celerra, Storage, Storage products and equipment, Windows Storage Server

Hitachi NSC55/Sun StorEdge 9985
A SearchStorage.com reader recently asked: What’s the difference between the Hitachi NSC55 and the Sun StorEdge 9985? I know Sun re-brands and sells Hitachi gear, are these the same box?

Answer Question   |  October 25, 2005  2:31 PM
Backup & recovery, Storage, Storage products and equipment

HP Dataprotector vs. EMC Networker
A SearchStorage.com reader recently asked: What’s best: HP Dataprotector or EMC Networker

Answer Question   |  August 6, 2009  2:28 PM
Backup & recovery, EMC, HP Dataprotector, Storage, Storage products and equipment

selling used equipment
A SearchStorage.com reader recently asked: We have a whole bunch of the following usedStorage equipment we are looking to sell. Sun Microsystem StorEdge D1000, A3500, 6500. All in the rack with power supply. All equipments were pulled from a working enviroment. We also have a Compaq Storagework TL895 look like new. Please can you advice [...]

Answer Question   |  October 11, 2005  2:26 PM
Backup & recovery, Storage, Storage products and equipment

HBA compatibility
if an hba is compatible with a fiber switch, does it matter that it’s compatible with a disk array on that switch? OR just being able to communicate with the switch allows it to work with the disk array? Thanks..

Answer Question   |  October 25, 2005  2:22 PM
Backup & recovery, Storage, Storage products and equipment

“map drive” IFS
Hello, We have a ?LAN without any server Windows OS in it? , so everybody is a client (with fixed IP). The only ?server? we have, is our iSeries i5 (V5R3) with iSeries Access(CA) installed (also on the clients). We cannot ?map drive? the IFS f.e. root with QS6555A8Aroot (or anything else on the iSeries; [...]

Answer Question   |  November 4, 2010  2:49 AM
390, Access, AS/400, Backup & recovery, Data analysis, Database, DB2, DB2 Universal Database, Desktops, Development, Hardware, IBM, Mainframe, Management, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Windows, OS, RPG, Security, Servers, SQL Server, Storage, Tech support

Help developing backup strategy for large data volumes
I have three remote sites/servers I support daily for data backups. We use Veritas BackupExec v10 and the data resides on a Clarion CX500 with direct 2gb fibre connectivity to the media host. The tape library is a Dell Powervault LTO2 scsi attached to the server. The problem is extremely long backup times for one [...]

Answer Question   |  September 28, 2005  11:43 AM
Backup & recovery, Veritas

Question about iSeries Full Save
Graham has a question about modifying his use of the SAVLIBBRM command. He writes: “If I decide to omit objects from the SAVLIBBRM command for a FULL save of a library, would BRMS regard this library as the ‘last full save’ of the library if doing a restore from a *CUML save?” What do you [...]

Answer Question   |  September 27, 2005  10:09 AM
AS/400, Backup & recovery, IBM

Run SAVSYS in restricted state
Rose would like to know, “Is it possible to use IBM’s Advanced Job Scheduler to run a SAVSYS in restricted state? If so, do you know of any existing sample code?” – Michelle Davidson, editor, Search400.com

Answer Question   |  September 22, 2005  8:21 AM
AS/400, Backup & recovery, IBM

CX-500 LUNs
A SearchStorage.com reader recently asked: Am presenlty Testing the I/o performance on the new CX-500 San From Emc And Hba From Emulex,The LUn Size is 1 TB and when doing the Testing with SQlIO Tool with a I/o block size-8 i get 39.3 MB/sec for Random write requestes but when doing the same with Random [...]

Answer Question   |  September 25, 2008  10:53 AM
Backup & recovery, CX500, Emulex, HBA, LUNs, RAID 10, SAN, Storage products and equipment

Emulex HBA and Clariion CX500 compatibility
A SearchStorage.com reader recently asked: Are you aware of any known compatibility issues between Emulex HBA’s and Clariion CX500′s ?

Answer Question   |  September 2, 2005  10:51 AM
Backup & recovery, Storage, Storage products and equipment

EMC CX-500 LUNs
A SearchStorage.com reader recently asked: we have a EMC CX-500 with navisphere 6.0 in a switch fabric enviroment. how to find out, via command line, the LUN’s that has been assigned to storage group and deivce name that appears on the host. LUN 101 <–> hostA: /dev/dsk/c0t1d5

Answer Question   |  February 4, 2009  10:47 AM
Backup & recovery, EMC CX500 LUN, LUN, Storage, Storage products and equipment

ARCserve 2000 issues
A SearchStorage.com reader recently asked: I have installed ARCserve 2000 Client Agents onto a Compaq Server. I ran the Register IT and received a successful registration message. The services would not start. Tried the following: A?Checked Client Agent for Windows Used Client Agent Service Manager to try and start the services. Failed. A?Checked Service Control [...]

Answer Question   |  March 23, 2009  12:10 PM
Backup & recovery, Storage, Storage products and equipment

bechmark test on video card
A SearchStorage.com reader recently asked: Is lower better? I just did a bechmark test on my video card using a software that cane with my system, the first time I got a score of 73, after letting the progam optimize the card it dropped to 43

Answer Question   |  August 26, 2005  12:06 PM
Backup & recovery, Storage, Storage products and equipment

Backup examples
A SearchStorage.com reader recently asked: Are there any example documents out there for the Management and Maintenance of Backup Media(Tapes)?

Answer Question   |  August 27, 2005  11:59 AM
Backup & recovery, Storage, Storage products and equipment

Veritas Backup Exec 9.1 errors – not backing up
I’m running Veritas Backup Exec 9.1 on a windows 2000 PDC. I just upgraded to SP4, and when I rebooted the Veritas install wizard came up saying I needed to install. So I went thru the process and rebooted and check all my settings and they were still all in there. My backup was scheduled [...]

Answer Question   |  October 14, 2009  12:58 PM
Backup & recovery, Backup Exec, Backup Exec Error Messages, Veritas Backup Exec 9.1

Need help restoring spooled file in BRMS
A Search400.com member needs your help. He has an i825 iSeries and is trying to restore a spooled file saved in BRMS. The problem is the tape backup was on an old 620 machine. Does anyone have any advice? Michelle Davidson Editor Search400.com mdavidson@techtarget.com

Answer Question   |  August 17, 2005  8:57 AM
AS/400, Backup & recovery, i5, iSeries, OS/400

Can you backup a SQL Server 7.0 database while users are using the database?
I know you can back up SQL Server 2000 databases while users are using the database, and I am certain that you can do the same for SQL Server 7.0, but I want confirmation if someone does not mind.

Answer Question   |  February 3, 2009  11:59 AM
Backup & recovery, SQL Server 7, SQL Server backup

Selectively removing data from a backup tape
Is there any method available to remove selected data from a backup tape without erasing the tape? I have several tapes with numerous backup sets on them and need to remove selected data from each backup set while maintaining the remainder of data in each backup set. The need arrives from data existing in the [...]

Answer Question   |  August 15, 2005  10:45 AM
Backup & recovery, DataCenter, Storage products and equipment