NTBackup for daily server backup
Why just 3 backups? Many small businesses keep at least 5 backups available to lessen the chances of having a bad backup that is not able to do a full restore of their data. The more backups you have available the better. What happens if a file is discovered to be missing because someone accidentally [...]
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| March 10, 2011 3:31 PM
Backup, NTBackup, NTBackup Configuration, Server Backup, Windows Backup Utility, Windows Server backup
Why just 3 backups? Many small businesses keep at least 5 backups available to lessen the chances of having a bad backup that is not able to do a full restore of their data. The more backups you have available the better. What happens if a file is discovered to be missing because someone accidentally [...]
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| March 10, 2011 3:31 PM
Backup, NTBackup, NTBackup Configuration, Server Backup, Windows Backup Utility, Windows Server backup
How to take the backup with reducing time
what backup are you doing? image or data or?? if you do for data, and you cannot wait so long, then do real time replication to another hdd then only move to tape later..it also depends a lot on read write speed so many factors need to be considered
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| March 10, 2011 1:39 PM
AS/400 backup, Backup, Backup and Recovery, iSeries
what backup are you doing? image or data or?? if you do for data, and you cannot wait so long, then do real time replication to another hdd then only move to tape later..it also depends a lot on read write speed so many factors need to be considered
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| March 10, 2011 1:39 PM
AS/400 backup, Backup, Backup and Recovery, iSeries
Free IT Book: Ubuntu Unleashed, 2011 Edition
Answered <b>SAV & Cisco IronPort Email Security Plug-In</b> <a href=”http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/sav-cisco-ironport-email-security-plug-in/”>here</a>. Some of my favorite <a href=”http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/open-it-forum-what-are-your-favorite-windows-7-blogs/”>Windows 7 Blogs</a>. Answer to <b>Server Installation on VMware</b>, <a href=”http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/server-installation-on-vmware/”>here</a>. Another answer to <b>Win7 clients randomly disconnecting from Windows Server 2008 R2</b>, <a href=”http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/win7-clients-randomly-disconnecting-from-windows-2008-r2-server/#comments”>posted here</a>. An opinion about <b>Advantages/Disadvantages of UNIX vs. Windows</b> <a href=”http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/advantagesdisadvantages-of-unix-vs-windows/#viewquestion”>here</a>.
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| March 7, 2011 11:42 PM
AS/400, Channel, CIO, CRM, Database, DataCenter, Development, Exchange, Giveaways, IT answers, IT Books, ITKE Contests, Linux, Lotus Domino, Microsoft Windows, Mobile, Networking, Oracle, SAP, Security, SQL Server, Storage, Ubuntu, Virtualization, VoIP, Windows Server
Answered <b>SAV & Cisco IronPort Email Security Plug-In</b> <a href=”http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/sav-cisco-ironport-email-security-plug-in/”>here</a>. Some of my favorite <a href=”http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/open-it-forum-what-are-your-favorite-windows-7-blogs/”>Windows 7 Blogs</a>. Answer to <b>Server Installation on VMware</b>, <a href=”http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/server-installation-on-vmware/”>here</a>. Another answer to <b>Win7 clients randomly disconnecting from Windows Server 2008 R2</b>, <a href=”http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/win7-clients-randomly-disconnecting-from-windows-2008-r2-server/#comments”>posted here</a>. An opinion about <b>Advantages/Disadvantages of UNIX vs. Windows</b> <a href=”http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/advantagesdisadvantages-of-unix-vs-windows/#viewquestion”>here</a>.
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| March 7, 2011 11:42 PM
AS/400, Channel, CIO, CRM, Database, DataCenter, Development, Exchange, Giveaways, IT answers, IT Books, ITKE Contests, Linux, Lotus Domino, Microsoft Windows, Mobile, Networking, Oracle, SAP, Security, SQL Server, Storage, Ubuntu, Virtualization, VoIP, Windows Server
Preference of fiber channel over ethernet in FC switch?
On my McData switches MIB is FA Mib 3.1. I don’t see any config options for SNMP other than target and port. You shoulsd be able to go in and pull all 3 log sets: Link incident, open-trunking reroute, and event logs. You can also gather all logs at once. ——— You probably aren’t overloading [...]
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| March 4, 2011 7:57 PM
Ethernet, FC Switch, Fiber Channel, McData, McData switches, Switches, What's Up Gold
On my McData switches MIB is FA Mib 3.1. I don’t see any config options for SNMP other than target and port. You shoulsd be able to go in and pull all 3 log sets: Link incident, open-trunking reroute, and event logs. You can also gather all logs at once. ——— You probably aren’t overloading [...]
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| March 4, 2011 7:57 PM
Ethernet, FC Switch, Fiber Channel, McData, McData switches, Switches, What's Up Gold
Suggested services to move to from Mozy
It’s hard to give you a solid answer without knowing where in the world you’re located. There are NUMEROUS data centers that offer off-site storage / cloud services / DR off-loading at reasonable or competitive pricing. Whereabouts do you work/live? may give us a better way to assist you in narrowing your choices down… ——– [...]
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| March 4, 2011 7:34 PM
Backup, Cloud Backup, Cloud Computing, Cloud storage, Mozy, Storage managed service providers, Storage management
It’s hard to give you a solid answer without knowing where in the world you’re located. There are NUMEROUS data centers that offer off-site storage / cloud services / DR off-loading at reasonable or competitive pricing. Whereabouts do you work/live? may give us a better way to assist you in narrowing your choices down… ——– [...]
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| March 4, 2011 7:34 PM
Backup, Cloud Backup, Cloud Computing, Cloud storage, Mozy, Storage managed service providers, Storage management
SQL Server Data File Storage
Based on your config, and the comments about your storage system you probably only need one or two physical files per file group. The smaller the files in each file group the quicker it would be to do a partial database restore allowing you to keep the system online and have less data missing (or [...]
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| March 4, 2011 7:31 PM
SAN, SQL 2008, SQL Server, SQL Server 2008, SQL Server database
Based on your config, and the comments about your storage system you probably only need one or two physical files per file group. The smaller the files in each file group the quicker it would be to do a partial database restore allowing you to keep the system online and have less data missing (or [...]
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| March 4, 2011 7:31 PM
SAN, SQL 2008, SQL Server, SQL Server 2008, SQL Server database
Backup strategy for Windows Server 2003 with 40 clients
I think the process u have taken is okay ! If possible consider Network Accessible Drives (NAS). They are cheap and reliable. Then u may use ROBOCOPY (a small tool, absolutely free) from Microsoft in conjunction with Microsoft Scheduler to backup files to the NAS drives. I hope u have to use ntbackup…. Another way [...]
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| March 2, 2011 11:14 AM
Active Directory, Backup Strategy, DHCP, DNS, Exchange 2007, Windows Server 2003
I think the process u have taken is okay ! If possible consider Network Accessible Drives (NAS). They are cheap and reliable. Then u may use ROBOCOPY (a small tool, absolutely free) from Microsoft in conjunction with Microsoft Scheduler to backup files to the NAS drives. I hope u have to use ntbackup…. Another way [...]
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| March 2, 2011 11:14 AM
Active Directory, Backup Strategy, DHCP, DNS, Exchange 2007, Windows Server 2003
Software to ensure users store files in a central location only
In Windows Server Platforms, setting Group Policy Objects / Folder Redirections will allow you to limit / force users to save data in a specified location..
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| March 1, 2011 8:49 PM
Cloud Computing, Cloud storage, Storage, storage as a service, Storage Managment, Storage products and equipment
In Windows Server Platforms, setting Group Policy Objects / Folder Redirections will allow you to limit / force users to save data in a specified location..
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| March 1, 2011 8:49 PM
Cloud Computing, Cloud storage, Storage, storage as a service, Storage Managment, Storage products and equipment
AS/400 Record Count
Thanks Tom I got impatient and whipped up something myself. * <pre> PGM PARM(&pLib &pFile &pRcdCnt) DCL VAR(&pLib) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(10) DCL VAR(&pFile) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(10) DCL VAR(&pRcdCnt) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(10) DCL VAR(&vADD) TYPE(*Dec ) LEN(9 0) /*——————————————————————-*/ /* Build file in QTEMP with Member List */ /*——————————————————————-*/ DltF Qtemp/QAFDMBR MonMsg CPF0000 DSPFD &pLib/&pFile *MBR OUTPUT(*OUTFILE) + OUTFILE(Qtemp/QAFDMBR) [...]
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| March 1, 2011 2:06 AM
AS/400, AS/400 Records, CL Program, MBR, V5R4
Thanks Tom I got impatient and whipped up something myself. * <pre> PGM PARM(&pLib &pFile &pRcdCnt) DCL VAR(&pLib) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(10) DCL VAR(&pFile) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(10) DCL VAR(&pRcdCnt) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(10) DCL VAR(&vADD) TYPE(*Dec ) LEN(9 0) /*——————————————————————-*/ /* Build file in QTEMP with Member List */ /*——————————————————————-*/ DltF Qtemp/QAFDMBR MonMsg CPF0000 DSPFD &pLib/&pFile *MBR OUTPUT(*OUTFILE) + OUTFILE(Qtemp/QAFDMBR) [...]
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| March 1, 2011 2:06 AM
AS/400, AS/400 Records, CL Program, MBR, V5R4
TWO Free IT Books: Multicore Application Programming & The Rails 3 Way
“Backup Exec 12.5 does not Backup all mailboxes” are answered here… http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/backup-exec-125-does-not-backup-all-mailboxes/
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| February 28, 2011 10:54 PM
AS/400, Channel, CIO, CRM, Database, DataCenter, Development, Exchange, Giveaways, IT Books, Linux, Lotus Domino, Microsoft Windows, Mobile, Networking, Oracle, SAP, Security, SQL Server, Storage, Virtualization, VoIP, Windows Server
“Backup Exec 12.5 does not Backup all mailboxes” are answered here… http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/backup-exec-125-does-not-backup-all-mailboxes/
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| February 28, 2011 10:54 PM
AS/400, Channel, CIO, CRM, Database, DataCenter, Development, Exchange, Giveaways, IT Books, Linux, Lotus Domino, Microsoft Windows, Mobile, Networking, Oracle, SAP, Security, SQL Server, Storage, Virtualization, VoIP, Windows Server
Exchange mail store won’t mount after restoring OS from backup, but .edb file was on another drive that stayed current?
Sounds like exchange 2003, If so check the following, Make sure that the Database name and server name is exactly the same as it was, Go on the the DB properties before mounting and check the box that the DB can be overwritten by a restore, otherwise it wont mount at all, If the name [...]
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| February 28, 2011 12:47 PM
Backup and restore, Exchange 2003, SBS 2003, Small Business Server, Small Business Server 2003
Sounds like exchange 2003, If so check the following, Make sure that the Database name and server name is exactly the same as it was, Go on the the DB properties before mounting and check the box that the DB can be overwritten by a restore, otherwise it wont mount at all, If the name [...]
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| February 28, 2011 12:47 PM
Backup and restore, Exchange 2003, SBS 2003, Small Business Server, Small Business Server 2003
Mirror Disk to single disk
The short answer is: if the target machine have the HDD interface (SCSI, PATA or SATA), yes. Once you say that the RAID where the disk was a member has failed, you should investigate the reason for that. Re conducting this disk in another machine without knowing if it is in “good shape” will probably [...]
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| February 27, 2011 11:05 PM
Data Recovery, Mirrored Drives, RAID
The short answer is: if the target machine have the HDD interface (SCSI, PATA or SATA), yes. Once you say that the RAID where the disk was a member has failed, you should investigate the reason for that. Re conducting this disk in another machine without knowing if it is in “good shape” will probably [...]
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| February 27, 2011 11:05 PM
Data Recovery, Mirrored Drives, RAID
Failover clustering in windows 2003 environment.
You can setup a majority node set without having a shared quorum. However, you will need at least 3 nodes to be useful since it require (n/2)+1 voting nodes to attain a quorum. Follow the directions here if you decide to proceed: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc783784(WS.10).aspx That said, as others have noted, you can create shared storage on [...]
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| February 24, 2011 9:48 PM
Backup & recovery, Clustering, Failover, Microsoft Windows, SAN, SCSI, Storage clustering, Storage products and equipment, Windows Server 2003
You can setup a majority node set without having a shared quorum. However, you will need at least 3 nodes to be useful since it require (n/2)+1 voting nodes to attain a quorum. Follow the directions here if you decide to proceed: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc783784(WS.10).aspx That said, as others have noted, you can create shared storage on [...]
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| February 24, 2011 9:48 PM
Backup & recovery, Clustering, Failover, Microsoft Windows, SAN, SCSI, Storage clustering, Storage products and equipment, Windows Server 2003
Drivers for HP Proliant ML 110 Tower Server
We normally buy the DL and BL range and always get the drivers with which is HP Smartstart, so yes im sure you shouldve got it with, But no worries you will be able to get all the info you need including drivers from the hp website, here is a link to the G6 not [...]
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| February 24, 2011 9:26 AM
HP ProLiant, HP ProLiant ML110, HP Servers
We normally buy the DL and BL range and always get the drivers with which is HP Smartstart, so yes im sure you shouldve got it with, But no worries you will be able to get all the info you need including drivers from the hp website, here is a link to the G6 not [...]
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| February 24, 2011 9:26 AM
HP ProLiant, HP ProLiant ML110, HP Servers
How use NTBackup command in Windows Server 2008 r2
If you have used the Windows Backup application before in other Windows Server versions, you know that it is called NTBACKUP and you can run it, using that command, from the command line. If you attempt the same command in Windows Server 2008, you will find that you get an error. This is because the [...]
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| April 19, 2013 7:53 AM
NTBackup, NTBackup Configuration, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2
If you have used the Windows Backup application before in other Windows Server versions, you know that it is called NTBACKUP and you can run it, using that command, from the command line. If you attempt the same command in Windows Server 2008, you will find that you get an error. This is because the [...]
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| April 19, 2013 7:53 AM
NTBackup, NTBackup Configuration, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2
Rolling back Windows Server 2003 to a restore point
To restore everything precisely the way it was at some particular point, create an image of the drive on CDs, using Norton Ghost or other imaging utilities. U can also use NTBackup for backing up the everything!
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| February 24, 2011 6:18 AM
Automation, Backup and restore, Restore Points, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 Backup
To restore everything precisely the way it was at some particular point, create an image of the drive on CDs, using Norton Ghost or other imaging utilities. U can also use NTBackup for backing up the everything!
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| February 24, 2011 6:18 AM
Automation, Backup and restore, Restore Points, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 Backup
Application for backing up multiple servers
Hi Melanie, It would be helpful to know a little more about the data being backed up, Exchange, SQL, File Servers, any specific software/application, backup window(s) and hardware used. Even so, being based on Windows, I would say that System Center Data Protection Manager from Microsoft would be a assertive choice. You will probably want [...]
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| February 22, 2011 10:21 PM
Backup servers, Network Backup, Server Backup, Windows Server 2008
Hi Melanie, It would be helpful to know a little more about the data being backed up, Exchange, SQL, File Servers, any specific software/application, backup window(s) and hardware used. Even so, being based on Windows, I would say that System Center Data Protection Manager from Microsoft would be a assertive choice. You will probably want [...]
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| February 22, 2011 10:21 PM
Backup servers, Network Backup, Server Backup, Windows Server 2008
Restore SQL Server after OS loss
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ DISCUSSION: What sql server are you using, and what type of backup did you make +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ I am using SQL Server 2008r2 x64 on WINDOWS 2008r2 x64. I made a full backup of all files. However the drive the data is located on is in tact. When using oracle I just need to create [...]
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| February 20, 2011 7:46 PM
Backup, SQL Server, SQL Server backup, SQL Server backup and restore
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ DISCUSSION: What sql server are you using, and what type of backup did you make +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ I am using SQL Server 2008r2 x64 on WINDOWS 2008r2 x64. I made a full backup of all files. However the drive the data is located on is in tact. When using oracle I just need to create [...]
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| February 20, 2011 7:46 PM
Backup, SQL Server, SQL Server backup, SQL Server backup and restore
Open IT Forum: What’s high on your priority list for 2011?
Our software was developed over the last 15 years. Durring that time there has been a constant turnover in staff and seldom was there anyone with much prior experience. As a result, we have a lot of spaghetti code and it is overflowing with hard coding. Our goal this year is to rewrite our main [...]
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| February 16, 2011 9:24 PM
AS/400, Channel, CIO, Cloud Security, CRM, Database, DataCenter, Development, Exchange, Linux, Lotus Domino, Microsoft Windows, Mobile, Networking, Open IT Forum, Oracle, SAP, Security, SQL Server, Storage, Virtualization, VoIP, Windows Server
Our software was developed over the last 15 years. Durring that time there has been a constant turnover in staff and seldom was there anyone with much prior experience. As a result, we have a lot of spaghetti code and it is overflowing with hard coding. Our goal this year is to rewrite our main [...]
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| February 16, 2011 9:24 PM
AS/400, Channel, CIO, Cloud Security, CRM, Database, DataCenter, Development, Exchange, Linux, Lotus Domino, Microsoft Windows, Mobile, Networking, Open IT Forum, Oracle, SAP, Security, SQL Server, Storage, Virtualization, VoIP, Windows Server
Storing and updating text files on Fibre Channel switches
The fiber switches are not designed for data storage. —————————– Agreed – Switches are transports, not storage devices…
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| February 16, 2011 2:10 PM
FC Switch, Fibre channel, Fibre channel switches, Switches
The fiber switches are not designed for data storage. —————————– Agreed – Switches are transports, not storage devices…
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| February 16, 2011 2:10 PM
FC Switch, Fibre channel, Fibre channel switches, Switches
