NTFS editor
It looks like I have a corrupt folder in an NTFS file system. Way, way back, pre-Symantec, Norton Utilities used to have a low-level file system (FAT) viewer and editor. This came in handy when file system errors were encountered. Is there any measure I could take to view and perhaps edit the NTFS file [...]

Answer Question   |  June 11, 2009  6:19 AM
File system recovery, NTFS, Recovery

Tracking DMX storage allocation
How are you tracking your storage allocations from your DMX to your servers? We began with the Excel-based design workbook that EMC delivers at the end of the installation engagement & that works up to a point. I’ve written code that loads the info into SQL & does some reporting on it, but is there [...]

Answer Question   |  August 6, 2009  6:08 PM
DMX, EMC, Storage management, Symmetrix

Backup to an external drive
How can I specify as target drive an ext. drive.? Right now a: is only option. Am using W XP Home Edition

Answer Question   |  November 1, 2011  12:47 AM
Backup, Backup and Recovery Hardware, External hard drives

How to configure disaster recovery with BrightStor ARCserve Backup
i wanna know how to make disaster recovery to the arcserve backup?

Answer Question   |  April 15, 2011  8:41 AM
ARCserve Backup 12, Backup, BrightStor ARCserve Backup 12, Disaster Recovery, Disaster recovery planning

LaCie Firewire Drive keeps disconnecting
I’m having a problem with a LaCie 2GB Firewire drive. It disconnects at random times when it is in use. I have another LaCie 1.5GB Firewire drive connected to the same card and server that has no problems. The LaCie firmware updater gives me a BSOD on my server when I try to use it. [...]

Answer Question   |  April 10, 2009  5:00 PM
BSOD, External hard drive, firewire, LaCie, LaCie FireWire Drive

Export catalogs in Veritas Backup Exec 10.0
How to export catalogs in veritas Backup Exec 10.0

Answer Question   |  March 20, 2009  7:09 AM
Backup, Server Backup, Veritas Backup Exec 10

Data Dictionary Update
We had an external raid fail that had plenty of data. We have since unmounted the raid. However, the data dictionary views are still seeing this drive and are therefore giving an error when trying to query the views. How can we update the data dictionary?????

Answer Question   |  March 21, 2009  7:33 PM
Data Dictionary, External RAID, RAID

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Answer Question   |  March 20, 2009  1:48 PM
AS/400, CRM, databse, DataCenter, DataManagement, Development, Exchange, Linux, Mobile, Networking, Oracle, SAP, Security, SQL Server, Storage, Virtualization, VoIP, Windows

SAP DBA backup with BRTOOLS
how to take sap dba backup in tivoli storage manager using BRTOOLS

Answer Question   |  June 4, 2011  9:12 AM
BRTOOLS, SAP administration, SAP backup, SAP DBA, Tivoli Storage Manager, TSM

Backup Exec 12.5 error 1603 when installing remote agent
Using backup exec 12.5 and get the error 1603 when trying to install remote agent. Using Windows Server 2003

Answer Question   |  March 19, 2009  6:03 PM
Backup Exec, Backup Exec 12.5, Backup Exec Error 1603, Backup Exec Error Messages, Windows Remote Agent, Windows Server 2003

External USB hard drive keeps using the same drive letter as a mapped natwork share
I have an XP Professional computer that I use to backup the contents of a network share (just for redundancy’s sake). The problem I keep having is that when I connect the hard drive, it keeps assuming the drive letter of a network share that already is being used. This is a problem as I [...]

Answer Question   |  November 2, 2011  2:08 PM
External hard drives, Mount points, Windows XP, Windows XP Professional, Xcopy

compact flash size
I want to check the size of the SF Compactflash on SUP 720

Answer Question   |  March 19, 2009  12:09 PM
Cisco Catalyst 6509-E Switch, SanDisk CompactFlash, SUP 720

how to avoid problems with the storage AS/400
Hi, I want to know if you have used the STRWCH command to prevent the CPF0907 (serious storage condition). I’m looking for a way to prevent the operators miss the error message (it is not requesting reply and sometimes they press enter and the message dissapears from the screen). Thank you in advance for your [...]

Answer Question   |  March 18, 2009  2:14 AM
AS/400, AS/400 storage, CPF0907, Storage, STRWCH

Configuring a disaster recovery plan for Exchange Server 2007
I have disaster recovery plan for my Exchange server in mind, but I like to know if you have any idea how to configure it appropriately. I have a production server running Exchange Server 2007, and I backup with Data Protection Manager 2007 every 15 minutes. I like to have a virtual machine on a [...]

Answer Question   |  May 1, 2012  6:23 PM
Disaster Recovery, Exchange 2007, Exchange Server 2007, Exchange Server disaster recovery

RAID 5 configuration on Dell PowerEdge 2800 hard disk failure
Using DELL Poweredge 2800 with a Raid 5 configuration of 2 hard drives capacity 85GB Ultra 320 SCSI. Hard disks have been showing failure. I tried to bring the hard drives ONLINE by FORCE option provided in the utility manager to configure RAID and got the hard drives up but couldn’t login to windows server [...]

Answer Question   |  March 17, 2009  5:57 PM
Backup, Dell PowerEdge 2800, iSCSI, RAID, RAID 5, RAID configuration, Restore, Windows Server 2003

Computer does not detect SATA hard drive in BIOS
PLEASE HELP!!! Brand new hard drive 160Gb Samsung SATA. BIOS does not detect it, tried everything. From replacing the “data cables”, “power converter plugs” on the power supply, upgrading my BIOS. There is no RAID setting in my BIOS only the option to “enable/disable SATA”. The BIOS detect it once and I installed my operating [...]

Answer Question   |  March 19, 2009  8:32 AM
BIOS, Hard Drive Installation, SATA hard drives, Unable to detect SATA hard drive in BIOS

ASP wise backup in iSeries
Hi, I want to take ASP(Auxilary Storage Pool wise backup)is it possible if yes than please let me know the process?thanks……..

Answer Question   |  March 16, 2009  9:27 PM
ASP Backup, Auxiliary Storage Pool, iSeries backup

Has anybody compared Data Domain with other DeDupe vendors?
And how does Data Domain stack up? Thanks!

Answer Question   |  March 11, 2009  6:32 PM
Data Deduplication, Data Deduplication Software, Data Domain

Windows Server 2008 backup utility
I noticed that in windows server 2008 new backup utility it only says you can backup entire volumes. Is there a work around to be able to backup specific files or folders? Thanks

Answer Question   |  March 11, 2009  2:39 PM
Backup and Recovery Hardware, Windows Backup Utility, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 Backup Utility

Backup Exec 12 daylight savings issue
Scheduled jobs on Backup Exec 12 have missed their scheduled time since daylight savings The server and client have the right time but cant seem to fix the problem.

Answer Question   |  March 17, 2009  2:09 PM
Backup, Backup Exec, Backup Exec 12, Backup Exec Error Messages