Would you go with iSCSI or Fibre Channel for mass storage in this case?
Is there any TPS benchmarking available in deciding whether to go for Fibre channel or iSCSI? We are using Oracle database which requires a Terabyte of storage and will be operating at the 1000TPS at peak level. In this case – should we go for iSCSI or Fibre Channel as the mass storage device? Thank [...]
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| June 23, 2009 3:19 PM
Fibre channel, iSCSI, Oracle Benchmark Testing, Storage Channel, Storage management, Transactions Per Second
Is there any TPS benchmarking available in deciding whether to go for Fibre channel or iSCSI? We are using Oracle database which requires a Terabyte of storage and will be operating at the 1000TPS at peak level. In this case – should we go for iSCSI or Fibre Channel as the mass storage device? Thank [...]
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| June 23, 2009 3:19 PM
Fibre channel, iSCSI, Oracle Benchmark Testing, Storage Channel, Storage management, Transactions Per Second
Data backup horror stories
I recently asked you what advice you would give to someone greener than you in data center security, and Mrdenny and Labnuke99 made some great points about frequently doing checks to make sure your backups are doing what they’re supposed to do. What I want to know is, do you have any data backup stories [...]
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| June 19, 2009 9:52 PM
Backup & recovery, Backup hardware, Data backup, Storage
I recently asked you what advice you would give to someone greener than you in data center security, and Mrdenny and Labnuke99 made some great points about frequently doing checks to make sure your backups are doing what they’re supposed to do. What I want to know is, do you have any data backup stories [...]
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| June 19, 2009 9:52 PM
Backup & recovery, Backup hardware, Data backup, Storage
Crystal Reports migration issue
I have report created with CR basic for VS .NET 2003. Some time ago i have to put this report to project crearted in VS 2008. IDE automaticly converted the report to the newest version of CR. Report include one subreport. When this report is printed from .NET 2003 project it looks fine. When i [...]
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| June 17, 2009 12:01 PM
Crystal Reports, Crystal Reports migration, IDE, VB.NET 2003, Visual Studio, VS 2003, VS 2008
I have report created with CR basic for VS .NET 2003. Some time ago i have to put this report to project crearted in VS 2008. IDE automaticly converted the report to the newest version of CR. Report include one subreport. When this report is printed from .NET 2003 project it looks fine. When i [...]
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| June 17, 2009 12:01 PM
Crystal Reports, Crystal Reports migration, IDE, VB.NET 2003, Visual Studio, VS 2003, VS 2008
Low level formatting for Microsoft Vista
I reinstalled vista os in hope of reinstalling a fresh copy of program, but the program installation it keeps on detecting old copy of this program. I had formatted both drives on machines. How can i remove these hidden program copies? Is there a better way of formatting?
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| May 20, 2011 10:29 PM
Hard drives, Microsoft Vista, Vista installation
I reinstalled vista os in hope of reinstalling a fresh copy of program, but the program installation it keeps on detecting old copy of this program. I had formatted both drives on machines. How can i remove these hidden program copies? Is there a better way of formatting?
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| May 20, 2011 10:29 PM
Hard drives, Microsoft Vista, Vista installation
DS3200 and VMware ESX 3.5 configuration
Can anyone lead me to some documentation concerning setting up a ds3200 with ESX 3.5? I want to use the ds3200 to place my vmxf files.
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| June 17, 2009 5:52 PM
DS3200, IBM System Storage, VMware ESX 3.5
Can anyone lead me to some documentation concerning setting up a ds3200 with ESX 3.5? I want to use the ds3200 to place my vmxf files.
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| June 17, 2009 5:52 PM
DS3200, IBM System Storage, VMware ESX 3.5
Transaction Log – SQL Server 2005
How do i find out what transaction log file was last applied to a database?
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| June 23, 2009 4:11 PM
Backup & recovery, SQL Server 2005, SQL Server backup, SQL Server transaction logs
How do i find out what transaction log file was last applied to a database?
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| June 23, 2009 4:11 PM
Backup & recovery, SQL Server 2005, SQL Server backup, SQL Server transaction logs
SAN material
From where should I start to master the concepts of SAN-storage area networks? Do we have a proper sequence, like where to start and carry on?
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| June 20, 2009 9:17 PM
SAN, SAN architecture, SAN certificate, SAN management, Storage Area Networks
From where should I start to master the concepts of SAN-storage area networks? Do we have a proper sequence, like where to start and carry on?
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| June 20, 2009 9:17 PM
SAN, SAN architecture, SAN certificate, SAN management, Storage Area Networks
Veritas Backup Exec 10.0 and Exchange 2007
Hi all, Quick, simple question. Can the Backup Exec Exchange Agent from version 10 be used on Exchange 2007?? Currently we are running exchange 2000 and looking to upgrade to exchange 2007 in the next month. Seems all queries tend to point towards an upgrade unfortunately. Any answers would be greatly appreciated. Thanks and regards,
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| June 15, 2009 11:01 PM
Backup, Backup Exec Agent for Exchange, Exchange 2007 backup, Veritas Backup Exec 10
Hi all, Quick, simple question. Can the Backup Exec Exchange Agent from version 10 be used on Exchange 2007?? Currently we are running exchange 2000 and looking to upgrade to exchange 2007 in the next month. Seems all queries tend to point towards an upgrade unfortunately. Any answers would be greatly appreciated. Thanks and regards,
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| June 15, 2009 11:01 PM
Backup, Backup Exec Agent for Exchange, Exchange 2007 backup, Veritas Backup Exec 10
Restore old Exchange 2000 maibox from Backup Exec old backup
Dear all, We upgraded our exchange 2000 to exchange 2007 sp1 last serveral month and we phase out the old exchange 2000. However, our user would like to restore the exchange 2000 mailbox from the last year. We don’t know how to restore it from the old backup tape as the old exchange 2000 already [...]
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| June 17, 2009 6:59 AM
Exchange 2000, exchange 2000 restore, Exchange 2007, Exchange Backup, Exchange migration, Veritas Backup Exec 10
Dear all, We upgraded our exchange 2000 to exchange 2007 sp1 last serveral month and we phase out the old exchange 2000. However, our user would like to restore the exchange 2000 mailbox from the last year. We don’t know how to restore it from the old backup tape as the old exchange 2000 already [...]
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| June 17, 2009 6:59 AM
Exchange 2000, exchange 2000 restore, Exchange 2007, Exchange Backup, Exchange migration, Veritas Backup Exec 10
Redisgn Best Practices
I work in a Novell/Netware environment and we are workin to outsource our GW and change it to Outlook. I feel like our network is just a bunch of piece thrown around to do jobs but they don’t function as a cohesive unit. I’m working to find the best redesign ideally switching to Active Directory [...]
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| June 15, 2009 7:52 PM
Domain Controller, Linux, NAS, Novell, Unix, Windows Server 2008
I work in a Novell/Netware environment and we are workin to outsource our GW and change it to Outlook. I feel like our network is just a bunch of piece thrown around to do jobs but they don’t function as a cohesive unit. I’m working to find the best redesign ideally switching to Active Directory [...]
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| June 15, 2009 7:52 PM
Domain Controller, Linux, NAS, Novell, Unix, Windows Server 2008
Raid 5 How do I setup?
I have a server with four drives and I want to install a raid 5 configuration Do i need to keep one disk at a different volume, not raid 5, to run the OS ?
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| June 15, 2009 4:44 PM
RAID, RAID 5, RAID5, Storage
I have a server with four drives and I want to install a raid 5 configuration Do i need to keep one disk at a different volume, not raid 5, to run the OS ?
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| June 15, 2009 4:44 PM
RAID, RAID 5, RAID5, Storage
sytem tape usage
Tape cartridge percent used
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| June 26, 2009 4:07 PM
AS/400 backup, Tape Backups
Tape cartridge percent used
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| June 26, 2009 4:07 PM
AS/400 backup, Tape Backups
Migrating from BackupPC 2.1.2 to BackupPC 3.1
i have older version backuppc-2.1.2 but i want to install new version backuppc-3.1. in that case what are the changes to be make.i need detail explanation on this.
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| June 17, 2009 10:25 AM
Backup, BackupPC, BackupPC 2.1.2, BackupPC 3.1
i have older version backuppc-2.1.2 but i want to install new version backuppc-3.1. in that case what are the changes to be make.i need detail explanation on this.
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| June 17, 2009 10:25 AM
Backup, BackupPC, BackupPC 2.1.2, BackupPC 3.1
Restore a Single Email Message from 2+ years!
We have a legal request to restore an deleted email message from 2006. The user is still on the network currently, and I have looked in her mailbox, scanned for possbile .pst and archive files to no avail. The last administrator used NT Backup and I found a backup from 2005 that I would like [...]
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| June 15, 2009 2:21 PM
.PST files, Exchange 2003, Exchange Backup & Restore, NTBackup
We have a legal request to restore an deleted email message from 2006. The user is still on the network currently, and I have looked in her mailbox, scanned for possbile .pst and archive files to no avail. The last administrator used NT Backup and I found a backup from 2005 that I would like [...]
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| June 15, 2009 2:21 PM
.PST files, Exchange 2003, Exchange Backup & Restore, NTBackup
What is the difference between TSM and Veritas Backup Exec
please find some diffrence between tsm and backup exec
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| June 8, 2009 10:19 AM
Backup & recovery tools, IBM Tivoli Storage Manager, Veritas Backup Exec
please find some diffrence between tsm and backup exec
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| June 8, 2009 10:19 AM
Backup & recovery tools, IBM Tivoli Storage Manager, Veritas Backup Exec
Hard Drive replacement procedure
I have a Dell Latitude D 620 Laptop. I would like to upgrade the internal Hard Drive. What is the procedure to copy the entire HD to an external HD, swap out the internal drive, and then completely restore all of the SW ?
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| June 8, 2009 7:35 PM
Hard Drive Installation, Hard drives, Internal hard drives
I have a Dell Latitude D 620 Laptop. I would like to upgrade the internal Hard Drive. What is the procedure to copy the entire HD to an external HD, swap out the internal drive, and then completely restore all of the SW ?
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| June 8, 2009 7:35 PM
Hard Drive Installation, Hard drives, Internal hard drives
Dell PowerVault MD3000i alert question
I have the alerts setup already for the critical alerts but would like to know ifwhen the system fails over from primary to secondary node (activepassive). Is there a way to do this?
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| June 8, 2009 3:12 PM
Dell PowerVault MD3000i, MD3000i, SAN arrays, Storage Failover, Storage management
I have the alerts setup already for the critical alerts but would like to know ifwhen the system fails over from primary to secondary node (activepassive). Is there a way to do this?
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| June 8, 2009 3:12 PM
Dell PowerVault MD3000i, MD3000i, SAN arrays, Storage Failover, Storage management
RAID 1 with 4 SATA II drives
I have a M/B with an integrated nVidia SATA II RAID controller. The M/B died the other day leaving me in a pickle. In an act of desparation, I took the four SATA II drives out of the server and put them into another server with a similar nVidia SATA II RAID controller. To my [...]
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| June 8, 2009 12:26 PM
nVidia SATA II RAID controller, RAID, RAID 1, SATA 2
I have a M/B with an integrated nVidia SATA II RAID controller. The M/B died the other day leaving me in a pickle. In an act of desparation, I took the four SATA II drives out of the server and put them into another server with a similar nVidia SATA II RAID controller. To my [...]
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| June 8, 2009 12:26 PM
nVidia SATA II RAID controller, RAID, RAID 1, SATA 2
SANDISK data life span
Is it possible to get data corruption on a sandisk compact flash if it has been stored without power for 4 or 5 years.
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| January 30, 2012 6:38 PM
Data corruption, Flash drive, SanDisk, SanDisk CompactFlash, USB Flash drives
Is it possible to get data corruption on a sandisk compact flash if it has been stored without power for 4 or 5 years.
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| January 30, 2012 6:38 PM
Data corruption, Flash drive, SanDisk, SanDisk CompactFlash, USB Flash drives
how to recover database if it is deleted
How can I recover the database if it is deleted?
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| June 22, 2012 12:08 PM
Backup & recovery, Database Recovery
How can I recover the database if it is deleted?
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| June 22, 2012 12:08 PM
Backup & recovery, Database Recovery
