How Volume Shadow Copy works in Windows system?
Hi, I am curious how “Volume Shadow Copy” works in Windows system. I understand that during a Windows backup, the Windows actually creates a volume shadow copy of your data to create an accurate point-in-time copy of the contents of your hard drive, including any open files or files that are being used by the [...]

Answer Question   |  February 4, 2009  2:33 AM
Backup, Backup software, Volume Shadow Copy, Windows backup software

Where does the rest of the memory space in diskettes go?
Examples: in a floppy disk supposedly containgin 1.44mb about only 1.38+ is really available. in a flash drive of 1Gig, only about 986mb is really available.

Answer Question   |  February 2, 2009  2:16 AM
Disk space, Memory

Does the log_file_name_convert parameter only rename the redo log files in a dataguard?
Hello I’ve installed a Oracle RAC 10gR2 with two nodes and using the dataguard in a single database. I’m using a different SAN to both environments (all the servers are linux). I’m using the physical mode for replications and using the OMF (I’m using the ASM to handle the storage with the OMF option). But [...]

Answer Question   |  January 27, 2009  7:14 PM
ASM, Dataguard, OMF, Oracle RAC, Oracle RAC 10g R2, SAN

VMware ESX 3.5 not able to create a new datastore
I am trying to create a new virtual machine on the VMware ESX 3.5 server. The server is a Dell Poweredge with a 1TB SATA disk. I am not able to open the datastore screen and create a new datastore. Any advice?

Answer Question   |  February 2, 2009  3:28 PM
datastore, Dell PowerEdge, SATA, VMware, VMware ESX 3.5, VMware ESX DataStore

Disk failed in RAID 5 Dell Poweredge 4400 can i create new container
I have a server Dell Poweredge 4400. Windows 2000 server running a RAID 5 with 4 disks. One of the disks has failed due to a container being deleted. If I create a new container and put the remaining 3 drives in it will I lose the data on them? Any suggestions for a proper [...]

Answer Question   |  February 27, 2009  3:16 PM
Backup, Backup & recovery, Backup and Recovery Hardware, Backup servers, Dell PowerEdge, Dell PowerEdge 4400, Rebuild Disks, Windows 2000 Server

Disk in Array is not recognized RAID 5 configuration
I have a Highpoint ATA 454 RAID controller set up in a RAID 5 configuration with 4 disk. One of the disks in the in array is no longer recognized as a member because of one bad block. How can I “unmark” this disk as defective, and force it as a member of the array?

Answer Question   |  January 27, 2009  3:11 PM
Array, ATA, Highpoint ATA 454 RAID controller, RAID 5, Raid Controller

Looking for NAS solution
I have a number of IDE drives (between 250GB – 500GB) that I have out grown over the years. I was curious whether anyone is aware of a NAS (100/GB Int) device or similar chasis / enclosure (USB/Firewire) that accepts IDE drives and is affordable? I would prefer to have all three connections. I need [...]

Answer Question   |  February 2, 2009  3:08 PM
IDE hard drives, NAS, RAID, SATA, Storage management, Storage pricing, Storage products and equipment

Brick Level backup for exchange server 2007
I need for Brick Level backups for Exchange 2007 mailboxes. What options exist for Brick Level backups?

Answer Question   |  January 26, 2009  2:15 PM
Brick-level backup, Exchange 2007, Exchange Backup, Exchange mailbox management

How to backup all the shared folders from NAS storage to tape drive?
I have one NAS storage in my LAN network. It is UNIX os & it is on the Workgroup not domain. I created for each employee his own folder on the storage to backup his critical files. I have more than 500 employees in my company. Currentlly, I bought one server (Windows 2003 ) with [...]

Answer Question   |  January 26, 2009  7:14 PM
Backup, LT04, NAS, NAS backup, Shared folders, Tape backup, Windows Backup Utility

Looking for email archiving solution
Archiving solution for Email; File Server; and Sharepoint, including journaling for Email and eDiscovery capabilities. Currently have 1700+ mailboxes on 4 exchange servers most over 1GB, some as high as 16GB, no storage policy in place today, running most access to outlook via Citrix. total mailbox store are approaching 1TB of storage. ~70% to 75% [...]

Answer Question   |  April 28, 2009  4:41 PM
Email archiving, Email archiving software, Outlook

Exchange 2007 SP1 is running on ESX3.5 VMware memory leak
Exchange 2007 SP1 is running on ESX3.5 VMware. (mailbox VM and HT/CAS running on another VM) 16 Gig Ram allocated to mailbox server 5 Storage groups Runs GREAT for about one week then needs to be rebooted because of a memory leak? This is most noticeable when the Backup Exec job that backs up the [...]

Answer Question   |  January 22, 2009  4:40 PM
Backup Exec, Exchange 2007, VMware, VMware ESX 3.5

Need new backup solution for 1TB of data
We are looking for a new type of backup for our server. We currently are using a tape drive but the tapes are worn and do not meet our storage needs. We have received some quotes on different products and we aren’t sure what is the best way to go. Right now our options are [...]

Answer Question   |  February 3, 2009  4:29 PM
Backup, Backup Server, NAS, Server management, Storage management, Tape Backups

iSeries backup encryption on LT04?
Hi, We are looking to encrypt our backups and having looked about it appears that using a fibre attached LT04 in the tape library where the encryption is done at hardware level would be the best /cheapest option. It is the best option for us as it also says that no software is required, however [...]

Answer Question   |  March 17, 2010  12:38 PM
Backup Recovery and Media Services, BRMS, Encryption, iSeries, iSeries backup, LT04

Backup Exec 12? Anyone had experience with it.
We are currently using Backup exec version 10 and thinking of moving up to 12 . Is it worth it? Thanks

Answer Question   |  July 5, 2010  3:32 PM
Backup, Backup Exec, Backup Exec 12, Backup Exec Upgrade, Exchange Backup

Backup Exec 11d on Windows Server 2003 SBS is hanging
I have a Windows 2003 SBS server running Backup Exec 11d SP3 After installing MS updates from the most recent cycle, the BE Server service hangs in a “starting…” state. I have performed a full uninstall and reinstall, testing with each listed patch level to no avail. I enabled debugging in BE, and log_beserver.txt goes [...]

Answer Question   |  January 21, 2009  3:27 PM
Backup, Backup Exec, Backup Exec 11d, SBS 2003, Windows Server 2003

Archiving mailboxes over 2GB in size
I have several users within my domain who have mailboxes over 2GB in size. These users have now left the domain and their mailboxes require archiving off the exchange server. Am I to believe that I can archive to a pst file, if so how is this possible. On the other hand if there is [...]

Answer Question   |  March 25, 2011  5:37 PM
Email archiving, Exchange Archiving, Exchange email archiving, Exchange mailbox management

SAN questions – SAN array sizing
1. SAN: Can it support multiple concurrent accesses? 2. What are the trade-off’s between SAN array size and number of concurrent indexer processes (take note indexers will be constantly polling, renaming and deleting files) if i am creating an indexer? 3. SAN: Upon scaling are there any potential bottlenecks or limits?

Answer Question   |  January 20, 2009  4:32 PM
Array, SAN, SAN management, SAN Scaling

User profile storage in AS/400.
Hello, How to calculate profile storage? Is there any chart is available for this? I really gets confused when I was dealing with profile storage. Thanks in advance… Regards, Nitin

Answer Question   |  February 5, 2009  8:07 PM
AS/400 storage, Profile storage

Is ATL 3.0 still good?
I’m reading http://www.microsoft.com/msj/0299/atl3Activex/atl3Activex.aspx but it’s from 1999. Is it still good?

Answer Question   |  January 16, 2009  7:25 PM
Active Template Library, ATL

What is the best storage/backup solution?
What is the best storage/backup solution?

Answer Question   |  January 8, 2011  2:01 PM
Backup, Backup software, Linux backup software, Linux storage, Windows backup software, Windows storage