Mount command for backup
Is there a command to permanently mount a backup tape on tape drvie for recovery of data.

Answer Question   |  April 11, 2009  5:53 PM
Backup, Mount Command, Tape backup, Tape Drive
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20 pts.

RSTLIB (Restored Object – Change Date & Time
During a rstlib, how can I reatin the last change date and time of an object from the saved object on th tape, I;ve noticed the change date and time is set to the restore time and and date once the retore is coomplete

Answer Question   |  April 13, 2009  2:11 PM
RSTLIB, Tape backup
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5 pts.

design a strategy for implementing various applications in one database
how can i design a strategy to run multiple applications on one database to ensure a conflict-free database storage?

Answer Question   |  April 14, 2009  1:14 PM
Database, Database administration, Database approach, Database archiving, Database Storage
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20 pts.

Exchange 2003 Server out of Disk Space
I have an exchange server 2003 that has ran out of disk space. I have the .edb (62+gig) & the .stm (19+gig) on one drive (out of space). The log files on another drive. I can start the store but it wont stay mounted long no disk space. I have removed all other files off [...]

Answer Question   |  April 13, 2009  2:27 AM
Disk quota management, Exchange 2003, Exchange 2003 administration, Exchange 2003 mailbox management, Exchange 2003 mailbox quotas
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5 pts.

How to do recovery data on Tape?
Today, when we run the EOD process, the ‘Tape before’ we used is full, and when we tried to inztap the new tape, there is an error msg: can’t allocate Tap01, so we can’t do the inztap and we decide to used the ‘Tape after’. And when we do the dsptap, we can’t find the [...]

Answer Question   |  June 3, 2009  10:30 PM
AS/400 backup and recovery, Backup, EOD process, Incremental backup, Tape Backups
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5 pts.

VMware ESXi install error on Dell PowerEdge 1950
trying to install ESXi on a Poweredge 1950, with a 2 drive RAID 1, PERC 5i controller configuration, but when the ESXi image boots I get the following error: ‘Unable to find a supported device to write the ESX Server 3i 3.5.0 image to’ Can anyone help User submitted question

Answer Question   |  April 13, 2009  3:36 PM
Dell PowerEdge, Dell Poweredge 1950, RAID 1, VMware, VMware ESXi 3.5, VMware ESXi error messages, VMware ESXi Installation, VMware on Dell PowerEdge
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16,755 pts.

SAN Cluster Backup best practices
The following question was recently submitted via e-mail by a user: I currently use SAN based clusters with 10 2-node passive and active clusters. They work fine, but I want to know: What happens if we shut down the nodes unexpectedly (eg, power failure) and when we go to start them, they don’t work? In [...]

Answer Question   |  April 9, 2009  8:48 PM
Cluster Backup, Cluster Management Console, SAN, SAN Backup, SAN-based Clusters
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4,265 pts.

Tracking IOPS in Netware 6.5
I need to track the IOPS that our Novell servers are using in order to spec out a SAN solution. I have been unable to find any tools or utilities that would allow me to do that. Does anyone know of a way to monitor disk usage and IOPS?

Answer Question   |  April 15, 2009  7:05 PM
IOPS, Netware 6.5, SAN
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340 pts.

LCR vs SCR
What are the main differences between LCR and SCR? I would like to replicate exchange data to provide high availability in case the main Exchange server fails or has an issue. What would be the failover procedure?

Answer Question   |  April 8, 2009  4:49 PM
Exchange 2007, Exchange Backup & Restore, Exchange Disaster Recovery, LCR, SCR
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20 pts.

Access rights for Storage Team members
We are having to justify the access rights that our storage team members have to the Windows, VMWare, and Unix servers. Our storage team is also responsible for all backups, restores, and disaster recovery. Can any one provide a best practices or a already compiled list of access rights that they have identified a storage [...]

Answer Question   |  April 8, 2009  2:04 AM
Access Rights, Disaster Recovery, SAN, Storage Engineer, Storage management, User authentication
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5 pts.

Exchange 2007 TSM GUI
After I installed the TSM Exchange TDP (Exchange 2007 CCR cluster) and tried to launch the GUI I got an error that the exchange server was unavailable. I did some digging and found out I had to launch the GUI from the tdp command line using tdpexc /excserver=exchangeservername on a clustered exchange server. On the [...]

Answer Question   |  April 21, 2009  4:32 PM
Backup software, Exchange 2007, Exchange Backup & Restore, Tivoli Storage Manager
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56,975 pts.

Exchange 2007 TSM backups
We are testing backups and restores using Tivoli Storage Manager Exchange TDP. So far I am happy with the results but I am testing it on a newly created Exchange 2007 CCR server with only 3 mail boxes in one mail store. Does anyone have experience with TSM and Exchange 2007 and can tell me [...]

Answer Question   |  January 18, 2010  4:27 PM
Backup and recovery software, Exchange 2007, Exchange Backup, Exchange Backup & Restore, Tivoli Storage Manager
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56,975 pts.

What are your top 3 reasons for archiving data?
What are your top 3 reasons for archiving data? This question is sponsored by Iron Mountain.

Answer Question   |  March 3, 2011  1:38 PM
Archiving, Backup, Data archiving, Online Backup
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15 pts.

Exchange Server 2003 failover
Hi, I am using Exchange 2003 server with windows server 2003 Std. I want to create a fail over of this running server any software or any way then i can create on line backup server of exchange except clusering. Thanks in advance Sachin

Answer Question   |  April 7, 2009  7:17 AM
Backup, Exchange 2003, Exchange 2003 administration, Exchange 2003 Backup, Exchange 2003 disaster recovery, Exchange 2003 failover, Exchange Disaster Recovery, Windows Server 2003
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5 pts.

restore MBR
I have a copy of MBR (512 Bytes) on a thumb drive. How do I actually restore it to a system that won,t boot?

Answer Question   |  April 7, 2009  6:37 PM
Master Boot Record (MBR), MBR, MBRbatch
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15 pts.

Data recovery on Windows XP external drive
hi..im using windows XP professional,and i have external hard disk to back up my files..im copying some file to my external hard disk when the computer hangs and I unplug the external disk to the USB of my computer but when i check it again the filenames of the files and folder in the external [...]

Answer Question   |  September 1, 2010  3:49 AM
Backup & recovery, Disaster Recovery, Recovery, USB hard drives, Windows XP
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5 pts.

Backup And Restore
I’m trying to find the fastest way to backup a library amongst others and restore it to a new library in order to make it available for inquiry mode while the production library is available for Monthend processing. Currently the process is to do a backup of a few libraries (approx.2.5 hrs) and then restore [...]

Answer Question   |  May 5, 2009  6:34 PM
AS/400 backup, AS/400 backup and recovery, Backup and restore, SAVF, Virtual backups
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10 pts.

External Hard Drive Repair
I took apart a LaCie 2TB external hard drive because one of the drives was bad; it was clicking when I turned the hard drive encasement on. It has 4 500 GB hard drives set to RAID 0, and two hard drive controller cards so the hard drives are set in pairs as 1 master [...]

Answer Question   |  November 2, 2011  4:42 PM
External hard drives, Hard drive repair, LaCie, RAID 0
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27,310 pts.

Fiber Ports on Cisco 2950 24 port switch
I have fiber connected to my 2950 but it does not work. I did a light test with the fiber strands and they are good. Is there anything else tyhat I am missing that must be done.

Answer Question   |  May 14, 2009  12:22 PM
Cisco 295, Cisco switches, Fiber optic networking, Fiber Ports, Switches
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5 pts.

Commands for system backup
How can get the entire data backup of as400 server?

Answer Question   |  April 6, 2009  6:53 AM
AS/400 backup, AS/400 commands, Backup, System backups
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50 pts.