How to set up a disaster recovery (DR) VLAN to replicate data

I am new to disaster recovery (DR) and IT management. I have a production site with Cisco switches, and I'm backing up data to a storage area network (SAN). I have a GB link to a remote office and would like to replicate data to another SAN at the remote location. How do I set up a DR virtual LAN...

How to configure disaster recovery with BrightStor ARCserve Backup

i wanna know how to make disaster recovery to the arcserve backup?

Configuring a disaster recovery plan for Exchange Server 2007

I have disaster recovery plan for my Exchange server in mind, but I like to know if you have any idea how to configure it appropriately. I have a production server running Exchange Server 2007, and I backup with Data Protection Manager 2007 every 15 minutes. I like to have a virtual machine on...

DR for Exchange 2003 in SAN

I have been given a task of setting up Disaster Recovery for Exchange 2003 Infrastructure. We have several Exchange Servers in each of the 2 Sites. Each Site will be a Recovery Center for each other. I'd like to set up a block level Exchange DR between the 2 Sites. All Exchange data are currently...

Copying our disaster recovery database on a SQL Server

We are using log shipping on our SQL Server as our disaster recovery solution. When we want to test our disaster recovey with a test transaction, not production, we need to use the secondary copy. However, we don't want to stop it and lose consistency between disaster recovery and the production...

Restore deleted 3rd party applications with F11 System Recovery?

Does F11 restore delete 3rd party applications?

Disaster Recovery

Hello there This is Faisal Rafiq, kindly send me the best link of Windows Disaster Recovery articles. Thanks.

Windows 2003 - computers at different locations with the same ip

've been tasked designing a plan to allow users to use their credentials on the servers at our diaster recovery site. I'm a unix guy, and am swimming way past the ropes. Here is the situation: We have a datacenter for our production servers. It is a Windows 2003 level domain, with all Windows...

Monitoring and management of real time RPO and RTO

Does it is practically possible to monitor and manage real time RPO and RTO for Disaster recovery environment?

Is anyone using Dell MessageOne for email continuity and archiving?

I am tasked with gathering information and comparing Dell's MessageOne archiving and email continuity service, and compare it with our current Symantec Enterprise Vault. This is fairly difficult, because MessageOne is still fairly new, and it will be impossible to find someone that has used both....

Configure User Profile after server formatting

Hi, I have 90 machine in company Last Two Incidence Server has to be formated after that install ad ,dns and all But after that every user profile has to reconfigure bze of shareing and network problem any type of solution to after the formating server no need to reconfigure the user profile ...

How organizations deal with network design for disaster recovery

I am looking for some information about how organizations deal with network design for disaster recovery. Specifically, my issue is about DNS domains, and whether to have a single network with a redundant warm site in a single domain shared by production processing, requiring unique IP addresses...

Replicating SAN to DR Site

We are looking to build a warm DR site across town. How are other companies managing to duplicate their data in a reasonable time to another location? We are looking to copy around 150 GB per day. We don't need up to the minute data, up to the hour or two is acceptable.

Using NTBACKUP to recover from system failure in Exchange 2003

I’m working for small company and is documenting and testing a disaster recovery plan for all my servers. The problem I keep running into is finding a plan that works using NTBACKUP to restore my exchange 2003 running on Windows server to its original state if system completely failed. I done...

To have unique server names and IP addresses in secondary dedicated warm site, or not?

I'm not sure which is the lesser of two evils. To go with recovery to a secondary site that emulates production (including exact domains, server names and IP addresses), or to have sedcondary site systems that have unique IP addresses and server names all on the same domain. Anyone know of...

I set up a second Exchange server on a single domain, but installed AD on it before finding out this is not advised.

I set up a second Exchange server on a single domain, but installed AD on it before finding out this is not advised. Can you tell me what problems it causes and whether or not I can just use DCPROMO to remove the AD component without causing problems. I ultimately need to have redundant copies of...

Data Security

I do all my business from my laptop, my question is what is the best way to restore my files and folders along with my OS incase of a virus or machine failure? Thank you. ~Akhtar

How can I design my networks for disaster recovery (DR) NB?

We have designed two data centers in different locations. One is the main and the other is disaster recovery (DR). How can I design my networks for DR NB? My main data center is designed with 3800 series with fail over.

What should I do when I meet the message "Backed up volume disk quota" while Disaster recovery Backup takes place?

I have backed up the system with "BrightStor ARCserve Backup r 11.1", and it took more time than I estimated. then I checked the log of Backup, and I found the message "Backed up volume disk quota." I think this is the reason it took a lot of time. Then I wanna know if there is the way that...

Recovering ADIC (You DR pros ought to get that one)

I am interested in the conversations that we are having in our organizations and customers regarding disaster recovery. Those of us with experience having these conversations, I am curious and I hope that you will share some of your thoughts on the subject. Here is some food for thought: What is...