Backup Questions


Restoring an Exchange 2003 backup to Exchange 2007
We used to have an Exchange 2003 environment that backed up full storage groups va Brightstor to tape. we have recently rolled up to Exchange 2008 with out an issue (And are now backing up to TSM yeppy – no more Brightstor.) Just been asked to restore a users mail box that left a few [...]

Answer Question   |  December 16, 2008  1:00 AM
Backup, Backup & recovery, BrightStor, Exchange 2003, Exchange 2003 Backup, Exchange 2007, Restore, TSM Backup
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5 pts.

Backup Exec 11D error after Exchange Server 2007 SP1 upgrade
This is the issue i am running into my Backup Exec 11D jobs fail since Exchange Server 2007 SP1 upgrade was completed get this message in my logs Unable to complete the operation for the selected resource using the specified options. The following error was returned when opening the Exchange Database file: -514 The version [...]

Answer Question   |  December 9, 2008  9:09 PM
Backup, Backup Exec 11d, Backup Exec Error Messages, Exchange 2007, Exchange Server 2007 SP1, Symantec Backup Exec 11D, Veritas Backup Exec
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16,755 pts.

Backup Exec 11d Catalog problem
I just installed Backup Exec 11d on a Windows 2003 server with sp2. I am using an Ultrium lto2 tape drive. It works fine except I have two tapes filled with data that were created on a different installation. One tape went through inventory and catalog fine. The other goes through inventory, but won’t catalog. [...]

Answer Question   |  December 8, 2008  3:43 PM
Backup, Backup Exec 11d, Backup server hardware, Backup software, Backup to Tape, Symantec Backup Exec 11D, Tape backup, Ultrium LTO-2 Tape Drives, Windows Server 2003
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5 pts.

EMC Network Backup Client/Agent backup for SQL 2000/2005 databases on Polyserve Matrix
Hi, I am new with running SQL 2000/2005 instances on Polyserve Matrix servers. We use EMC Network as a corporate backup strategy. Can someone tell me will there be any problems using this backup tool for SQL instances on the Polyserve Matrix?

Answer Question   |  December 8, 2008  10:17 AM
Backup, EMC backup, HP PolyServe Matrix Server, PolyServe Matrix Server, SQL Server 2000, SQL Server 2000 backup, SQL Server 2005, SQL Server 2005 backup, SQL Server backup
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5 pts.

Backup – Access Denied even with full control
I run windows xp professional on my HP laptop. a while ago i setup accounts for family members that may wish to use it so they didnt mess anything of mine up. I had a folder called “backup” that I created whilst running under the default “administrator” profile. When I created their accounts including my [...]

Answer Question   |  December 8, 2008  5:09 PM
Access denied, Administrative privileges, Backup, Data Recovery, Permissions, Windows XP, Windows XP backup
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5 pts.

Entire System Backup
Before i was using small tape for Entire System Back up(Fmt5gb)but now i am using big tape (Qic 4gb) it take too long time to finish the back up how can i reduce the time

Answer Question   |  December 30, 2008  5:12 AM
AS/400 backup, Backup, Backup to Tape, Entire System Backup, EntireSystemBackup, FMT5GB, iSeries backup, Tape backup
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5 pts.

Best way to copy 50GB folder of various .dv files to multiple DVD
What is the best / easiest way to copy a 50GB folder across multiple DVDs to have as backup. Trying to use imgburn but am not having much luck.

Answer Question   |  November 4, 2011  9:23 PM
Backup, Backup & restore, Backup to DVD, Digital Video
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20 pts.

How do I prove that a full backup of Fi-Co when restored onto another system is a true and good copy of the source system.
Hi, during a change freeze and after a full offline backup I am restoring this backup of my current production Fi-Co system onto another server to act as a system reference before making major changes to my live production system. My question is how do I prove to my business colleagues that the restored (reference) [...]

Answer Question   |  November 30, 2008  7:43 PM
Backup, Data integrity, Fi-Co, FICO Backup & Recovery, Restore, SAP backup, SAP FICO
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5 pts.

FileMaker Pro v8 SAN Backup
We are running a mission critical application on Filemaker. The FileMaker server, a Dell Poweredge 2650, is configured to conducts scheduled backups 5x daily. However, the backups are saved on the server itself. We want to move the backups to the SAN and conduct the backups at non peak usage times. Does anyone have any [...]

Answer Question   |  July 7, 2009  6:45 PM
Backup, Backup & recovery, Database Backup Strategies, Dell PowerEdge 2650, Filemaker Pro, FileMaker Pro 8, FileMaker Server, SAN, SAN Backup, Scheduled Backup
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55 pts.

Backup tapes usage
when backup is running how do i check that, the backup is using which tapes drive and to ensure which ATL it’s using?

Answer Question   |  November 24, 2008  6:49 AM
ATL, Automated Tape Library, Backup, Backup & recovery, Tape Backups
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15 pts.

Combining HSM and Backups
Were looking at replacing our tape backup system, and at the same time were thinking our expending our storage by getting a HSM solution. What we are not sure of is whether these two issue should be combined. My original vision was that a good tape based HSM system (Tivoli,…) and a tape robot would [...]

Answer Question   |  November 24, 2008  1:00 PM
Apple, Apple Xserve, Backup, Backup software, Hierarchical Storage Management, HSM, MAID, Massive Array of Idle Disks, NFS, Tape Backups, Tivoli Storage Manager, Xserve
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5 pts.

Can I backup to disk with BRMS?
Can I backup to disk with BRMS?

Answer Question   |  December 8, 2008  10:07 PM
AS/400 backup, Backup, Backup Recovery and Media Services, BRMS
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5 pts.

Exchange server 2007 recovery storage group backup
Has anyone successfully restored a backup of an Exchange 2007 store/database using the Recovery Storage Group features of Exchange 2007? I keep running into issues restoring the database, not emails. Using Symantec Bakup exec 11d

Answer Question   |  November 20, 2008  6:08 PM
Backup, Backup & recovery, Exchange 2007, Exchange Backup, Exchange Backup & Restore, Recovery Storage Group, Symantec Backup Exec 11D
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1,695 pts.

Ntbackup How do i configure NTbackup to send me mail on outlook when a certain backup fails?
How do i configure NTbackup to send me mail on outlook when a certain backup fails?

Answer Question   |  November 18, 2008  2:29 PM
Backup, NTBackup, NTBackup Configuration, Outlook
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5 pts.

Adding a tape containing spool files to brms
how do i add a new tape containing spool files to brms, so that i am able to retore the spool files when i am done. thanks. viv

Answer Question   |  November 17, 2008  4:09 AM
Backup, Backup Recovery and Media Services, BRMS, Restore spool files, Spool files, Tape Backups
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5 pts.

backup exec 12.5 fails GRT backup on WSS 3
I’ve been trying to get Backup Exec 12.5 to do a proper GRT backup of our sharepoint site. the site IS running on the WID (MSEE##) sql express. The GRT backup (yes all the agents are installed) starts and does fine with the config, admin, & search. Then it gets to the content db and [...]

Answer Question   |  November 7, 2008  8:59 PM
Backup, Backup Exec, Backup Exec 12.5, GRT Backup, SharePoint, Windows SharePoint Services, WSS
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30 pts.

File backup with windows server2003
Hi! I have let’s say 10 PC-s with Xp Pro connected into a LAN, and one PC with Windows Server 2003 Enterprise R2 . I’d like to know, how could I use he Server PC to make automatic backups of specific files or folders witch are on the Xp Pro PC-s, on the Server PC-s [...]

Answer Question   |  November 5, 2008  4:27 PM
Backup, File Backup, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 Backup
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5 pts.

How widespread is de-duplication in your data center?
How widespread is de-duplication in your data center? Backup/archive de-dupe? Integrated into every file server? Being considered but not yet implemented?

Answer Question   |  November 18, 2008  3:38 PM
Backup, Data Center management, Data Deduplication, De-duplication, Dell Storage
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30 pts.

ABT database backup from SQL Server 2000
hi please tell me that, if i am using vb as front end and sql server 2000 as backend then for giving the facility of implicit periodical data backup at project, how can i go……through vb coding…

Answer Question   |  November 4, 2008  10:22 AM
Backup, Data backup facility, Online backups, SQL Server 2000, VB, Visual Basic
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5 pts.

Backing up SQL Server 2005 databases to a tape drive
I am currently running SQL Server 2005 and I’ve set up a maintenance plan that backs up my databases to the disk. I’d like to change that and backup my databases to a backup tape drive that’s attached to a backup server. Can this done, and if so, how?

Answer Question   |  October 28, 2008  6:00 PM
Backup, Backup to Tape, SQL Server 2005, SQL Server database
2,585 pts.