To have unique server names and IP addresses in secondary dedicated warm site, or not?
It can be tricky to have the same address range across a WAN, in 2 distinct locations. Will you be recovering ALL your servers in one fell swoop, or possibly just some of them? Would you then plan to migrate back to the original (or a new) data center, again phased for at once? Do [...]
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| September 2, 2008 1:18 PM
Disaster Recovery, IP addressing, Network design
It can be tricky to have the same address range across a WAN, in 2 distinct locations. Will you be recovering ALL your servers in one fell swoop, or possibly just some of them? Would you then plan to migrate back to the original (or a new) data center, again phased for at once? Do [...]
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| September 2, 2008 1:18 PM
Disaster Recovery, IP addressing, Network design
Backup/Restore a DB from Microsoft SQL Enterprise Manager to SQL Server Management Studio Express
Yes you can. SQL Server 2005 (including express) will within the throw an error message when trying to restore over an existing database unless you check the Replace Existing check box on the options tab of the restore window. When using the RESTORE DATABASE command you need to use the WITH REPLACE option to avoid [...]
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| August 29, 2008 6:02 AM
Backup, SQL Enterprise Manager, SQL Express, SQL Server backup and restore, SQL Server Management Studio
Yes you can. SQL Server 2005 (including express) will within the throw an error message when trying to restore over an existing database unless you check the Replace Existing check box on the options tab of the restore window. When using the RESTORE DATABASE command you need to use the WITH REPLACE option to avoid [...]
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| August 29, 2008 6:02 AM
Backup, SQL Enterprise Manager, SQL Express, SQL Server backup and restore, SQL Server Management Studio
Looking for high-level course on Backup and Recovery
Honestly, it might not really be worth it to get a course on backups because there’s no industry standard from which to teach. Every vendor has something that makes them different. Your best bet is to talk to a VAR about what you want to do, and take their recommendation as a starting point and [...]
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| August 28, 2008 6:31 PM
Backup, Career development, Training
Honestly, it might not really be worth it to get a course on backups because there’s no industry standard from which to teach. Every vendor has something that makes them different. Your best bet is to talk to a VAR about what you want to do, and take their recommendation as a starting point and [...]
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| August 28, 2008 6:31 PM
Backup, Career development, Training
Installing SQL Server over a SAN
The first thing to do is to decide how you want to use the disks. A standard SQL installation will have one LUN for the data and another LUN for the logs. Ideally the logs will be on a different set of disks so if you lose one set, your recovery time is decreased by [...]
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| August 28, 2008 6:09 PM
SAN, SQL Server installation, Storage Area Networks
The first thing to do is to decide how you want to use the disks. A standard SQL installation will have one LUN for the data and another LUN for the logs. Ideally the logs will be on a different set of disks so if you lose one set, your recovery time is decreased by [...]
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| August 28, 2008 6:09 PM
SAN, SQL Server installation, Storage Area Networks
RAID I want to take Ghost image for windows in RAID5 and able to restore the image again
You should have no problems doing this, provided your boot media is set up correctly… BWith a “standard’ RAID 5 setup (whatever that means), you will have a minimum of three (3) drives, with parity information striped across the equivalent of one drive. What I mean is that if you are using three 100GB drives, [...]
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| August 28, 2008 2:13 PM
Backup, Ghost image, RAID, RAID 5
You should have no problems doing this, provided your boot media is set up correctly… BWith a “standard’ RAID 5 setup (whatever that means), you will have a minimum of three (3) drives, with parity information striped across the equivalent of one drive. What I mean is that if you are using three 100GB drives, [...]
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| August 28, 2008 2:13 PM
Backup, Ghost image, RAID, RAID 5
Are you using both Fibre Channel and iSCSI in your storage environment?
<b>Add to the discussion below</b>.
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| August 27, 2008 8:47 PM
Dell Storage, Fibre channel, iSCSI
<b>Add to the discussion below</b>.
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| August 27, 2008 8:47 PM
Dell Storage, Fibre channel, iSCSI
How full is my backup tape?
Hi, Do you use/have BRMS? I believe in BRMS there are reports available for this sort of information. If you don’t have BRMS then you may be able to work it out from the data from a DSPTAP output, using the number of blocks/records already used and the total number of blocks/records (but I’m not [...]
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| August 27, 2008 2:31 PM
AS/400 backup, IBM i, System i, Tape Backups, V4R3
Hi, Do you use/have BRMS? I believe in BRMS there are reports available for this sort of information. If you don’t have BRMS then you may be able to work it out from the data from a DSPTAP output, using the number of blocks/records already used and the total number of blocks/records (but I’m not [...]
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| August 27, 2008 2:31 PM
AS/400 backup, IBM i, System i, Tape Backups, V4R3
Seeking opinions about Ahsay online backup service
For all online backup, file sharing and storage related info, I recommend this website: <b>http://www.BackupReview.info</b>
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| August 27, 2008 1:56 AM
Ahsay, Backup, Online backup software
For all online backup, file sharing and storage related info, I recommend this website: <b>http://www.BackupReview.info</b>
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| August 27, 2008 1:56 AM
Ahsay, Backup, Online backup software
how can we access the SAN/ storage which is attached to solaris server from a linux server/box over the network
Assuming you are talking about files (not email or database data), then just create a file share on your solaris host’s LUN and access it from the linux server. If you need disk level access to the storage (for databases or email), you will have to attach the Linux server to the storage and carve [...]
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| August 26, 2008 4:35 PM
Dell Storage, Linux servers, SAN, SAN storage, Solaris 10
Assuming you are talking about files (not email or database data), then just create a file share on your solaris host’s LUN and access it from the linux server. If you need disk level access to the storage (for databases or email), you will have to attach the Linux server to the storage and carve [...]
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| August 26, 2008 4:35 PM
Dell Storage, Linux servers, SAN, SAN storage, Solaris 10
Partitioning Tables
Can you post the SQL queries and explain plans for both? That may tell us nothing or may tell us the whole story. The partitioning will be faster if less blocks are retrieved, trace it, explain plan it and you will be able to see what each is doing and why it may or may [...]
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| August 26, 2008 2:23 PM
Partitioning, Table partitioning
Can you post the SQL queries and explain plans for both? That may tell us nothing or may tell us the whole story. The partitioning will be faster if less blocks are retrieved, trace it, explain plan it and you will be able to see what each is doing and why it may or may [...]
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| August 26, 2008 2:23 PM
Partitioning, Table partitioning
Disk needs to be checked for consistency…
Do you have an internal company helpdesk? I would take it to them for review. Some of the things they will look at include: Windows event log – what errors show up in these logs around the time the computer freezes? Any new software installed lately? Could anti-virus been updated with a bad definition file [...]
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| August 25, 2008 6:04 PM
FAT32, Laptops
Do you have an internal company helpdesk? I would take it to them for review. Some of the things they will look at include: Windows event log – what errors show up in these logs around the time the computer freezes? Any new software installed lately? Could anti-virus been updated with a bad definition file [...]
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| August 25, 2008 6:04 PM
FAT32, Laptops
LTO HH
Half heights are a little bit slower than full heights. Same cartridge capacity.
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| August 25, 2008 3:58 PM
Tape drives
Half heights are a little bit slower than full heights. Same cartridge capacity.
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| August 25, 2008 3:58 PM
Tape drives
RAID DP vs. RAID 4
Check out this: RAID tutorial: Picking the Right RAID level – SearchSMBStorage and RAID – SearchStorage.
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| May 15, 2013 6:52 AM
Oracle, RAID 4, RAID DP
Check out this: RAID tutorial: Picking the Right RAID level – SearchSMBStorage and RAID – SearchStorage.
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| May 15, 2013 6:52 AM
Oracle, RAID 4, RAID DP
How do you restore and recover RMAN incremental backup on a new Host in different HDD partition?
Hi What error are u getting while restoring and what commands are u executng for resoring. regards http://www.oracledbarea.blogspot.com
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| August 23, 2008 4:02 AM
Oracle backup, Oracle Recovery Manager, Recovery Manager, RMAN
Hi What error are u getting while restoring and what commands are u executng for resoring. regards http://www.oracledbarea.blogspot.com
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| August 23, 2008 4:02 AM
Oracle backup, Oracle Recovery Manager, Recovery Manager, RMAN
autobackup
Hi, You can configure rman controlfiel autobackup by rman> Configure controlfile autobackup on; regards http://www.oracledbarea.blogspot.com Hello, This website should be able to help you get this setup. http://www.acs.ilstu.edu/docs/oracle/rac.101/b10765/rmanops.htm
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| August 23, 2008 3:35 AM
Backup, DBA, Oracle backup, Oracle Recovery Manager, RMAN
Hi, You can configure rman controlfiel autobackup by rman> Configure controlfile autobackup on; regards http://www.oracledbarea.blogspot.com Hello, This website should be able to help you get this setup. http://www.acs.ilstu.edu/docs/oracle/rac.101/b10765/rmanops.htm
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| August 23, 2008 3:35 AM
Backup, DBA, Oracle backup, Oracle Recovery Manager, RMAN
Writing over unallocated disk space
Hi, Would <a href=”http://www.zdelete.com/zdwizard4.htm”>This</a> be what you’re looking for? Just google for “disk wiper” and you’ll find more of these tools. Regards, Martin Gilbert.
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| August 22, 2008 2:31 PM
Desktops, Unallocated Disk Space, Windows XP
Hi, Would <a href=”http://www.zdelete.com/zdwizard4.htm”>This</a> be what you’re looking for? Just google for “disk wiper” and you’ll find more of these tools. Regards, Martin Gilbert.
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| August 22, 2008 2:31 PM
Desktops, Unallocated Disk Space, Windows XP
nCipher
Hi, nCipher is Multi Platform application. See website for more information… http://www.papertrail.co.za/sa/nc_keyauthority.pdf Regards, TPinky
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| August 21, 2008 4:07 PM
Data protection, nCipher
Hi, nCipher is Multi Platform application. See website for more information… http://www.papertrail.co.za/sa/nc_keyauthority.pdf Regards, TPinky
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| August 21, 2008 4:07 PM
Data protection, nCipher
data storage
A simple external harddrive with a backup utility would be able to have anything and everything on your computer saved on it. -Schmidtw ________________________________________________ There are many ways to do it locally, on LAN or on internet. On internet there are plenty of free trusted sites available that store your files and permit you to [...]
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| August 21, 2008 10:55 AM
Data storage, Data storage software
A simple external harddrive with a backup utility would be able to have anything and everything on your computer saved on it. -Schmidtw ________________________________________________ There are many ways to do it locally, on LAN or on internet. On internet there are plenty of free trusted sites available that store your files and permit you to [...]
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| August 21, 2008 10:55 AM
Data storage, Data storage software
SCSI & ATA
A comparison of SCSI and ATA concludes that the difference lies in: 1. Connectivity – ATA supports internal storage while SCSI supports both internal and external storage 2. Speed – ATA speed ranges from 100/133/150 MB/sec while SCSI speeds up to 320MB/sec 3. Hot Pluggable – ATA does not support hot pluggable while SCSI does. [...]
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| August 20, 2008 7:15 PM
ATA, SCSI
A comparison of SCSI and ATA concludes that the difference lies in: 1. Connectivity – ATA supports internal storage while SCSI supports both internal and external storage 2. Speed – ATA speed ranges from 100/133/150 MB/sec while SCSI speeds up to 320MB/sec 3. Hot Pluggable – ATA does not support hot pluggable while SCSI does. [...]
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| August 20, 2008 7:15 PM
ATA, SCSI
NDM and SPACE
Sorry forgot to mention that we are doing this in a batch mainframe job.
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| August 19, 2008 7:14 PM
NDM, Space allocation
Sorry forgot to mention that we are doing this in a batch mainframe job.
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| August 19, 2008 7:14 PM
NDM, Space allocation
