Free IT Book: Network Security Technologies and Solutions
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Answer Question   |  December 19, 2010  6:35 PM
Cisco, Disaster Recovery, Giveaways, IT Books, Network security, Network Security Management, RAID 5, RAID Array, SMTP, VLAN, WAN

Saving AS/400 Libraries on tape disk
Good day to all, I am new user of AS/400. I need to know how take backup of specific libraries on tape disk, step by step procedure, how to prerequisite services end and start after taking backup. Thanks, Regards, Tahir Ali

Answer Question   |  December 25, 2010  9:12 AM
AS/400 backup, AS/400 Library, Tape Backups, Tape libraries

Can I use two ultra320 and one ultra3 on same disk array for RAID 5?
I am planning to use raid 5 and my disk array consist of two ultra320 and one ultra3. Since the transfer rate of ultra3 is slower is it going to affect the whole transfer rate and wasteful to use two ultra320?  Also should I use a ultra320 or ultra3 raid controller?

Answer Question   |  December 14, 2010  4:10 PM
RAID 5, RAID 5 Performance, RAID Array, Raid Controller

Backup process for several IIS hosted website
Can we create an automated process for backing up several IIS hosted websites? We want 3 backups spread out over the course of the day and it should also include mySql backups as well.

Answer Question   |  December 13, 2010  3:25 PM
Backup and restore, IIS, IIS Server, MySQL, MySQL backup, Server Backup

Freeware Backup system for Windows Server 2003
Hi Needing some advice! At the moment I have a backup system that’s running from a script. I need something that’s more manageable and flexible. Until next year when our school budget is renewed, I would like to know if there’s a free ware backup system for Server 2003. Ideally I would like to go [...]

Answer Question   |  February 19, 2013  12:05 PM
Backup, Server Backup, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 Backup

Risks in taking tape backups home in the car rather than moving them securely to secure storage
How can I convince a client that taking tapes home in the car is risky, even if they are encrpted?

Answer Question   |  December 21, 2010  6:55 PM
Backup and restore, Backup encryption, Data Encryption, Open IT Forum, Tape Backups

Backup for SonicWALL Pro 3060
We need to backup our SonicWALL pro 3060 running OS enhanced software how can we do that and restore to a test box?

Answer Question   |  December 10, 2010  3:25 PM
Backup and recovery software, Backup and restore, SonicWALL, SonicWALL Pro 3060

Creating a backup DNS server on Windows Server 2008 Active directory network
On a windows 2008 ad network how do we create a backup dns server? Can we have it answer queries automatically if the first one is not available? Is replication automatic?

Answer Question   |  June 27, 2011  3:19 PM
Active Directory, Active Directory backup, Backup Server, DNS, DNS Backup, DNS server, Network Backup, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 Active Directory

QINTER will not go down due to keyboard error
We shut down QINTER at 3:30 AM to do a quick backup. We have 5.4. When someone leaves a terminal or PC session on with a keyboard error (last night was an “invalid F key pressed”) QINTER will not go down all the way! It sits there until the session is physically terminated at the [...]

Answer Question   |  December 12, 2010  3:13 PM
AS/400, AS/400 backup, AS/400 backup and recovery, Backup, Backup and Recovery, iSeries, QINTER

Crytal Reports 2008 printing
We are runing Crystal report v2008, the page number would not be printed on the report but you can see on the screen. we did not have such problem when we were using v9. Please help

Answer Question   |  December 8, 2010  1:22 AM
Crystal Reports 2008, Crystal Reports 9, Crystal Reports printing, Quantum

Scheduling defrags and chkdisks across data centers
Can we schedule defrags and chkdisks across our datacenters on a central schedule using a central server? What software will allow for this?

Answer Question   |  February 1, 2012  6:29 PM
CHKDSK, Data Center management, Data center operations, Defrag, Defragmentation, Scheduled Tasks

Using online backups for corporate disaster recovery capability
Has anyone got any experience of using (3rd party supplied) online backups as a way of creating a DR capability.  If they have, what potential risks were faced and mitigated?  

Answer Question   |  February 16, 2011  4:45 PM
Disaster Preparedness/Recovery, Disaster Recovery, Disaster recovery and business continuity, Disaster recovery services, Disaster recovery software, Online backups

Migrate, backup and restore all servers in data center
We want to migrate all servers in our datacenter to be backedup with backup exec instead of brightstore. Can we convert or import the database to bring in backup records and still be able to restore?

Answer Question   |  December 21, 2010  2:59 PM
Backup and restore, Backup Exec, Data center design, Data Center management, data center servers, Data Center Storage

Copying LTO 3 Drive to tape
We back up everynight to a LTO3 drive. Can we copy the tape to send it to multiple locations and not just store it in our datacenter? We use brightstore.

Answer Question   |  December 8, 2010  2:57 PM
Data center consolidation, Data Center management, Data Center Storage, LTO 3 tape library, LTO3 Tape Drive, Tape Backups

suitable replication adapter available for the sun storage array 2540.
Suitable replication adapter available for the sun storage array 2540

Answer Question   |  December 3, 2010  4:42 AM
replication adapters, Storage arrays, Sun StorageTek 2540, VMware

Can I remove my RAID 0 configuration
Can i remove my RAID0 configuration beacuse i want to make changes in RAID configuratuion

Answer Question   |  December 2, 2010  9:33 AM
Dell PowerEdge, Dell Poweredge 2950, RAID 0, RAID configuration, Windows Server 2003

Hard disk recovery
How to find or get back the file that I deleted from the Recycle Bin?

Answer Question   |  December 2, 2010  12:30 AM
Backup and Recovery, Hard disks, HDD, Windows XP Professional

Ascertaining Good tape backups without test restores
Other than test restores, how are you ensuring that the backup tapes are valid and good? Is there any other way?

Answer Question   |  November 8, 2011  5:47 PM
Backup, Backup and Recovery, Backup and Recovery Hardware, Tape Backups

How can we offer backup service over network
Several customers reside in the same data center with totally separate networks but all internet comes in from the same ISP. Can we offer interested clients backup service over the network for sale? How can it be implemented?

Answer Question   |  November 8, 2011  3:06 PM
Backup and Recovery Hardware, Data Center Clients, Data Center in 2010, Data Center management, Network Backup

Recovering SATA hard disk and data after faulty connection
I accidentally connected my PC cabinet fan power plug into my SATA hard disk power, causing the HD power connector to spark. After that, my PC isn’t recognizing the HDD and there’s no power reaching it. How can I recover my data? Is it fried?

Answer Question   |  November 2, 2011  6:40 PM
Backup and recovery software, Data Center in 2010, Data Center management, Data Recovery, Hard disk performance, hard disk storage, HDD, HDD failed, SATA hard disk, SATA Hard Drive