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?
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| November 8, 2011 3:06 PM
Backup and Recovery Hardware, Data Center Clients, Data Center in 2010, Data Center management, Network Backup
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?
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| 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?
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| 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
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?
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| 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
Free IT Book: Enterprise Web 2.0 Fundamentals
For an introduction to next-generation web technologies, Enterprise Web 2.0 Fundamentals is a great place to start. Learn how to leverage cloud computing and user-generated content along with business and technical best practices. To win this, simply answer one of the questions listed below and provide a link to your answer in the discussion area [...]
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| December 6, 2010 4:13 PM
Giveaways, HTTP, IT answers, IT Books, ITKE Contests, Radius Server, SAN, Sybase, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, Wireless router
For an introduction to next-generation web technologies, Enterprise Web 2.0 Fundamentals is a great place to start. Learn how to leverage cloud computing and user-generated content along with business and technical best practices. To win this, simply answer one of the questions listed below and provide a link to your answer in the discussion area [...]
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| December 6, 2010 4:13 PM
Giveaways, HTTP, IT answers, IT Books, ITKE Contests, Radius Server, SAN, Sybase, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, Wireless router
Synchronising SANs before replication
What is the best approach to synchronising SANs before I start replicating? Should I do a full tape backup and recovery and then start replication?
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| December 6, 2010 11:34 AM
Backup and Recovery, Data synchronization, SAN, SAN management, Tape Backups
What is the best approach to synchronising SANs before I start replicating? Should I do a full tape backup and recovery and then start replication?
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| December 6, 2010 11:34 AM
Backup and Recovery, Data synchronization, SAN, SAN management, Tape Backups
Error message when installing Windows Server 2008 onto Dell PowerEdge 2800 x64bit
I’m trying to install 2008 x64bit on a poweredge 2800. RAID 1 is configure. When W2K8 installation cd ask where to install I select load driver, select the right PERC 4e, format the drive and click next, I get and error saying unable to find drive for installation…Can you help!
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| November 29, 2010 5:21 PM
Dell PowerEdge, Dell PowerEdge 2800, PowerEdge servers, RAID 1, RAID configuration, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 error messages
I’m trying to install 2008 x64bit on a poweredge 2800. RAID 1 is configure. When W2K8 installation cd ask where to install I select load driver, select the right PERC 4e, format the drive and click next, I get and error saying unable to find drive for installation…Can you help!
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| November 29, 2010 5:21 PM
Dell PowerEdge, Dell PowerEdge 2800, PowerEdge servers, RAID 1, RAID configuration, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 error messages
Is there are way to shrink sybase database to reclaim physical space at OS?
We have a database with 15GB freespace, we want to shirnk it and reduce device size so the physical space can be recliamed at the OS level also. Is it possible?
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| November 24, 2010 9:59 AM
Data storage, Data storage management, Sybase, Sybase 12.5.0.2, Sybase Databases
We have a database with 15GB freespace, we want to shirnk it and reduce device size so the physical space can be recliamed at the OS level also. Is it possible?
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| November 24, 2010 9:59 AM
Data storage, Data storage management, Sybase, Sybase 12.5.0.2, Sybase Databases
Can a 4 bay external hard drive have different hard drive sizes?
I have a “Mediasonic 3.5-Inch USB 2.0 and eSATA Pro Box 4-Bay Enclosure HF2-SU2S2″ and it has 4 hard drive slots, can each hard drive be a different size or must they all be the same for it to operate. Im not trying to raid, I just want to access 4 hard drives with 1 [...]
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| November 4, 2011 7:30 PM
Data storage management, External Disk Drives, HARD drive, Hard Drive Installation, Hard drive space, HDD
I have a “Mediasonic 3.5-Inch USB 2.0 and eSATA Pro Box 4-Bay Enclosure HF2-SU2S2″ and it has 4 hard drive slots, can each hard drive be a different size or must they all be the same for it to operate. Im not trying to raid, I just want to access 4 hard drives with 1 [...]
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| November 4, 2011 7:30 PM
Data storage management, External Disk Drives, HARD drive, Hard Drive Installation, Hard drive space, HDD
Not compressed backup of databased with data compression enabled
Hi All, currently recent databases version comprise features of data compression for storage optimization such as Oracle Advance Compression or DB2 Compression. My question is regarding backup of these databases with compression enabled when there’s already a compression/deduplication hw product for backup storage saving. Is it possibile to have not compressed backup file (using RMAN [...]
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| November 23, 2010 5:05 PM
Backup and restore, Backup storage, Data Deduplication, Data storage, Data storage management, DB2
Hi All, currently recent databases version comprise features of data compression for storage optimization such as Oracle Advance Compression or DB2 Compression. My question is regarding backup of these databases with compression enabled when there’s already a compression/deduplication hw product for backup storage saving. Is it possibile to have not compressed backup file (using RMAN [...]
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| November 23, 2010 5:05 PM
Backup and restore, Backup storage, Data Deduplication, Data storage, Data storage management, DB2
Backing up a Joomla website without plugin
How can we backup a Joomla website without a plugin? We need the db and the files associated with it for disaster recovery.
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| November 23, 2010 4:42 PM
Backup and Recovery database, Backup and restore, Database Recovery, Disaster Recovery, Disaster Recovery Database, Joomla
How can we backup a Joomla website without a plugin? We need the db and the files associated with it for disaster recovery.
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| November 23, 2010 4:42 PM
Backup and Recovery database, Backup and restore, Database Recovery, Disaster Recovery, Disaster Recovery Database, Joomla
AS400 Backup Job Submitted but not run
I have setup my AS400 to run weekly backups. But all that happens is the job gets queued and is subsequently never run. I have backup jobs on queue for last couple months. I have even changed the backup setting so that I am sure the selected library is not in use, but still the [...]
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| December 2, 2010 1:03 PM
AS/400, AS/400 backup, AS/400 job scheduler, Backup, DSPLOG
I have setup my AS400 to run weekly backups. But all that happens is the job gets queued and is subsequently never run. I have backup jobs on queue for last couple months. I have even changed the backup setting so that I am sure the selected library is not in use, but still the [...]
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| December 2, 2010 1:03 PM
AS/400, AS/400 backup, AS/400 job scheduler, Backup, DSPLOG
Changing external cartridge ID on IBM TS3100 tape library attached to an iSeries
We have an IBM TS3100 tape library attached to an iSeries, but no media management software. Is there any way to change the external cartridge id ? INZTAP always defaults to the meaningless cartridge id.
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| March 13, 2012 4:14 PM
IBM Tape Libraries, Tape Backups, TS3100, TSM Tape Library
We have an IBM TS3100 tape library attached to an iSeries, but no media management software. Is there any way to change the external cartridge id ? INZTAP always defaults to the meaningless cartridge id.
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| March 13, 2012 4:14 PM
IBM Tape Libraries, Tape Backups, TS3100, TSM Tape Library
Cloud computing and SAN career suggestions
Hello, I’m Ravi, currently working professional in bpo. I did my graduation in BA, i want to get in to the IT Field. I’m intrested in doing SAN(storage area network) & Cloud Computing course. Could you please tell me whether it is a good one for me to do this course & if its possible [...]
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| June 20, 2011 9:37 PM
BPO, Cloud Computing, IT career development, IT career planning, IT careers, SAN, Storage careers
Hello, I’m Ravi, currently working professional in bpo. I did my graduation in BA, i want to get in to the IT Field. I’m intrested in doing SAN(storage area network) & Cloud Computing course. Could you please tell me whether it is a good one for me to do this course & if its possible [...]
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| June 20, 2011 9:37 PM
BPO, Cloud Computing, IT career development, IT career planning, IT careers, SAN, Storage careers
Tomorrow at 4PM ET: ITKE Rolls Out New Badge System
Badges are almost here and we could use your help. Friday at 4pm ET, we will be launching the new badge system so we need you to stay vigilant and let us know if you notice anything odd with your badges, your profile, or the site. Be aware that [strong]we are planning to experience some [...]
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| May 26, 2011 6:55 PM
AS/400, Business Intelligence, Channel, CIO, CRM, Database, DataCenter, Developement, Exchange, Linux, Lotus Domino, Microsoft Windows, Mobile, Networking, Oracle, SAP, Security, SQL Server, Storage, Virtualization, VoIP, Windows Server 2003
Badges are almost here and we could use your help. Friday at 4pm ET, we will be launching the new badge system so we need you to stay vigilant and let us know if you notice anything odd with your badges, your profile, or the site. Be aware that [strong]we are planning to experience some [...]
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| May 26, 2011 6:55 PM
AS/400, Business Intelligence, Channel, CIO, CRM, Database, DataCenter, Developement, Exchange, Linux, Lotus Domino, Microsoft Windows, Mobile, Networking, Oracle, SAP, Security, SQL Server, Storage, Virtualization, VoIP, Windows Server 2003
Restoring file from NTBackup
Is it possible to restore file from an ntbackup operation to another server and if so is this a security risk?
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| November 17, 2010 3:48 PM
Backup and restore, NTBackup, Restore files, Security management, Security protocols, Server Security
Is it possible to restore file from an ntbackup operation to another server and if so is this a security risk?
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| November 17, 2010 3:48 PM
Backup and restore, NTBackup, Restore files, Security management, Security protocols, Server Security
Media Mount Fail on Symantec Backup Exec 12
We have a tape rotation system that uses 10 tapes and so we have two weeks worth of backups. A few months ago, we started getting this media mount failed error for just one tape (Wednesday 2 tape). We tried replacing that tape with a brand new one and still get this error each time [...]
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| November 12, 2010 5:36 PM
Backup and Recovery, SBS 2003, Small Business Server, Small Business Server 2003, Symantec Backup Exec, Symantec Backup Exec 12
We have a tape rotation system that uses 10 tapes and so we have two weeks worth of backups. A few months ago, we started getting this media mount failed error for just one tape (Wednesday 2 tape). We tried replacing that tape with a brand new one and still get this error each time [...]
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| November 12, 2010 5:36 PM
Backup and Recovery, SBS 2003, Small Business Server, Small Business Server 2003, Symantec Backup Exec, Symantec Backup Exec 12
Avamar vs. TSM – an Avamar scale to a large enterprise datacenter environment?
We’re a large TSM shop. But we also have a large distributed environment where we’ve recently implemented EMC’s Avamar backup solution. We’re now being asked to look at the TCO of replacing TSM with Avamar in our datacenter environment. We’re only looking at our VMware and NAS areas right now. My question is, who out there has any [...]
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| November 19, 2010 4:49 PM
AIX, Avamar, Backup and Recovery, Backup and recovery software, Data Center in 2010, Data Center management, EMC, Linux, TSM Backup
We’re a large TSM shop. But we also have a large distributed environment where we’ve recently implemented EMC’s Avamar backup solution. We’re now being asked to look at the TCO of replacing TSM with Avamar in our datacenter environment. We’re only looking at our VMware and NAS areas right now. My question is, who out there has any [...]
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| November 19, 2010 4:49 PM
AIX, Avamar, Backup and Recovery, Backup and recovery software, Data Center in 2010, Data Center management, EMC, Linux, TSM Backup
System Center Environmental Monitoring
does microsoft’s system center have environmental monitoring capabilities?
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| November 11, 2010 3:02 PM
Microsoft System Administrator, Microsoft System Center, Microsoft System Center Operations Manager, Remote Environmental Monitoring
does microsoft’s system center have environmental monitoring capabilities?
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| November 11, 2010 3:02 PM
Microsoft System Administrator, Microsoft System Center, Microsoft System Center Operations Manager, Remote Environmental Monitoring
SQL SERVER SAN Setup
I do not know much about SAN’s, I want to setup a SQL Server to use a SAN. 1. Should I use a SAN drive to install the OS or is it best practice to install the OS on a local drive on the server? 2. Should I install SQL SERVER on the SAN or on a [...]
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| November 15, 2010 9:15 PM
SAN, SQL, SQL 2005, SQL Server, SQL Server 2005, SQL Server 2005 (32-bit)
I do not know much about SAN’s, I want to setup a SQL Server to use a SAN. 1. Should I use a SAN drive to install the OS or is it best practice to install the OS on a local drive on the server? 2. Should I install SQL SERVER on the SAN or on a [...]
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| November 15, 2010 9:15 PM
SAN, SQL, SQL 2005, SQL Server, SQL Server 2005, SQL Server 2005 (32-bit)
iSeries TS3100 web interface ‘locked by another user or interface’ error message
Trying to use TS3100 web interface, get login screen and enter id/pw, get message that ‘Management Interface is locked by another user or interface’. This persists beyond several power cycles oif the library and a couple IPLs of the attached iSeries box as well. How to unlock/rectify? Thanks! Carter
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| November 10, 2010 7:38 PM
AS/400, AS/400 IPL, IBM TS3100, iSeries, TS3100
Trying to use TS3100 web interface, get login screen and enter id/pw, get message that ‘Management Interface is locked by another user or interface’. This persists beyond several power cycles oif the library and a couple IPLs of the attached iSeries box as well. How to unlock/rectify? Thanks! Carter
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| November 10, 2010 7:38 PM
AS/400, AS/400 IPL, IBM TS3100, iSeries, TS3100
Setting up RAID 1 +0 on a Dell Server that doesn’t support it
How can we setup raid 1+0 on a dell server that software does not support it? Poweredge 6600, perc3 raid card. Windows 2003 R2.
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| November 8, 2010 9:06 PM
Data Center in 2010, Data Center management, Dell servers, PERC Arrays, PowerEdge, RAID 1, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2
How can we setup raid 1+0 on a dell server that software does not support it? Poweredge 6600, perc3 raid card. Windows 2003 R2.
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| November 8, 2010 9:06 PM
Data Center in 2010, Data Center management, Dell servers, PERC Arrays, PowerEdge, RAID 1, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2
