Windows 2003 Enterprise server not seeing new HDrives
Hi there. We have a windows 2003 server here in the office that we just put 4 new 34.6gb HDs in for a total of 6. The drives are running RAID 5. When we first put them in the HP system management software the admin uses to track the RAID arrays and what not had [...]

Answer Question   |  June 4, 2009  1:51 PM
Hard drives, Logical Drive, RAID, RAID 5, RAID Array, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition

HDDs for VMWare ESXi 3.5
I’m about to purchase a new server to run VMWare ESXi 3.5 The specs are: Intel SR2500 Server with RAID SR2500ALLXR 2x Intel Xeon Quad 5420 CPU 12GB DDR2 667 ECC REG RAM 2 extra Intel SR2500 Server with RAID SR2500ALLXR @$ 3,850 +GST 1x Intel Xeon Quad 5420 CPU 12GB DDR2 667 ECC REG [...]

Answer Question   |  June 10, 2009  6:34 AM
SATA, Storage management, VMware, VMware ESXi 3.5

Cannot find Windows XP ID key
I have just formatted my hard drive and discovered that the Windows XP ID key can not be found. What do I do?

Answer Question   |  June 23, 2009  2:41 PM
Hard drives, ID key, Windows XP

Blade servers for a small business?
Anyone have any good advice or servers they have used in a small business environment. Looking at Dell, HP, Sun and maybe IBM. Not looking to break the bank. Any guidance is appreciated.

Answer Question   |  June 5, 2012  2:48 PM
Blade servers, Dell PowerEdge, Dell servers, HP BladeSystem, HP Servers, IBM BladeCenter H, Server Selection, Sun Blade Servers, Sun Servers

CPU overhead on DASD quota products
We are considering use of one the OEM products that allows real-time tracking of DASD dataset usage and setting quotas on usage with optional prevention of allocations over budget. I have unsuccessfully tried to find anything information on what processor overhead these products carry. Example Products: DTS Software DLimit BMC Mainview SRM Reporting (used to [...]

Answer Question   |  June 17, 2009  11:01 AM
DASD, DASD quota overhead, Direct access storage device, Disk quota management

Reduce Backup duration
I am trying to look for solutions to reduce the system downtime from the weekly maintenance. The system is not avaiulable for aboout 5 hoours due to backup and IPL. I was inclined towards a HA solution like iTera but management isn’t ready to move fwd. I do have a backup iseries box and I [...]

Answer Question   |  July 11, 2009  3:51 AM
Backup, Backup & recovery, High Availability, IPL

Redirecting CA-View Output to DASD
How do you get the output from CA-View into a DASD dataset?

Answer Question   |  May 28, 2009  5:25 PM
CA, CA View, DASD

hourly backup schedule
have a question about client schedule settings. My problem is that I am using TDP for MS SQL and i want to backup database logs every hour but only during productive hours, e.g. from 6am til 5pm. The only way I solved is to create each schedule for each hour, because if i set parametres [...]

Answer Question   |  May 28, 2009  12:35 PM
SQL, SQL Backup, TDP

Image backup and ntbackup of exchange 2007
i m running a exch 2007 with winserver 2003. on DELL 2950 server A ,all things work fine, i have also taken image backup by Acronics software of the C drive of my exchange server A,this image has also been tested by restoring on another DELL server B of same specs which also work fine [...]

Answer Question   |  May 28, 2009  12:12 PM
Exchange 2007, Exchange Backup, Exchange Backup & Restore, Image Backup, NTBackup

How to view the speed of data replication in veritas?
Consider that there exists a 2Mbps link between the primary and Secondary which is used as Rlink. 1. If the data is being synchronized from Primary to secondary, then is there a way to know the speed in which the data is being synchronized. 2. Is the entire 2Mbps bandwidth completely used for synchronization? 3. [...]

Answer Question   |  May 27, 2009  8:34 AM
Veritas Volume Manager

How to view all the volumes of a Diskgroup?
What command should be used to view all the views of a disk group? or What command should be used to view the relation between volumes and disk groups. For eg: Which Volumen belong to which Disk group.

Answer Question   |  August 19, 2009  8:28 AM
Veritas Volume Manager

Backing up mailbox stores for Exchange 2007
which exchange server 2007 on windows server 2008 do i install the remote agent symantec 12.5 on and back up?

Answer Question   |  June 4, 2009  11:40 PM
Backup Exec for Windows Servers, BEWS 12.5, Exchange 2007, Exchange 2007 backup

Need help configuring IBM BladeCenter H via Qlogic 6502 FC switches to IBM DS3400 storage array…
I could use any help with configuring the above SAN solution. There is one BladeCenter H chassis with ten HS21 blades; two Cisco 20-port FC switch modules for the BladeCenter; two QLogic 6502 FC switches, and a dual controller IBM DS3400 storage array with ten 450 GB SAS drives. HBAs are Emulex 4GB expansion cards [...]

Answer Question   |  August 27, 2009  7:02 PM
FC SAN configuration, IBM

Event ID: 2803 and 17137 Question
I have recently installed SQL 2005 Express and Symantec Backup Exec for Windows 2003 SBS. I have not created any backup jobs and do not have an Active SQL DB just yet. However the following Information Events are being logged under Application Event every 5 minutes. Is this normal and is it necessary? The following [...]

Answer Question   |  June 24, 2010  4:54 AM
Backup software, SQL, SQL Express

metadata
I have been told that when examing a floppy dik the metadata showed no inconsistencies and that the dates are taken from the system clock and GMT. Is it therefore possible to manipulate the dates so they are both consistant with each other and what would have been tested on a disk to show GMT.

Answer Question   |  May 22, 2009  2:45 PM
Backup & recovery, Metadata, VMware ESX Backup, VMware ESXi

Error Message backing up public folders in Exchange 2003
I have recently installed Acronis Recovery for Exchange and it seems to work very well. However, the log contains hundreds of messages similar to “Error while reading the Public Folder//Database/name-68352703.EML message”. The referenced database is a contacts database and does not contain email. I would like to understand the error and fix it. Acronis help [...]

Answer Question   |  May 20, 2009  4:25 PM
Acronis Recover for Exchange, Exchange 2003, Exchange Backup, Exchange Backup & Restore

Difference between DAS & NAS storage system?
Hi, I have newly started to work on Storage Doamin. We a LACIE configued in our Company..its a new stoarge based company. We work on Cluster based stoarge system where we need to configure Master & slave. we attached all nodes into a primary storage pool. Now I am quite confused whether is it a [...]

Answer Question   |  February 10, 2010  3:48 PM
DAS, Direct Attached Storage, NAS, Storage hardware, Storage Systems

EMC Celerra NX4
Has anyone installed a symantec BE Linux agent on the Celerra? If so can you give me detailed instructions. Thanks

Answer Question   |  August 20, 2009  11:23 AM
Backup Exec for Linux Servers, EMC Celerra NX4, Linux Backup, Symantec Backup Exec

VMware ESX 3.5 Recovery and rescue command
Hi i m using esx server 3.5 in my production environment with 30 virtual machines.i can take backup of all the virtual machine and restore them in case of any disaster .please tell me what are the recovery and rescue command for esx server and how can i backup/restore esx configuration in case of any [...]

Answer Question   |  May 20, 2009  7:42 AM
Backup, VMware, VMware ESX 3.5, VMware ESX Backup

SAP – ABAP
how to transport data dictionary(table) content from test environment to quality?

Answer Question   |  May 20, 2009  6:10 AM
ABAP, Data Dictionary, SAP, SAP ABAP, SAP development