Can i retrieve a lost folder with no backup?
If the folder is gone, and it’s no in the recycle bin, then it’s pretty much gone. You can try the data recovery software, but as other people have been writing to the disk, odds are there is nothing left to recover. As for the temp files, make sure that the users have the right [...]
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| July 7, 2008 10:39 PM
Backup & recovery, Temporary files
If the folder is gone, and it’s no in the recycle bin, then it’s pretty much gone. You can try the data recovery software, but as other people have been writing to the disk, odds are there is nothing left to recover. As for the temp files, make sure that the users have the right [...]
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| July 7, 2008 10:39 PM
Backup & recovery, Temporary files
Industry standards for SAN attached disk cost
Each vendor will have different prices. It will also depend on the size of the disks. For 73 Gig spindles the cost per Gig will be higher than if you purchase 1TB spindles. For example the EMC storage that I just purcahsed: FC 173 Gig spindles ~ $6 / Gig FC 400 Gig spindles ~ [...]
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| July 7, 2008 10:37 PM
SAN, SAN storage spending
Each vendor will have different prices. It will also depend on the size of the disks. For 73 Gig spindles the cost per Gig will be higher than if you purchase 1TB spindles. For example the EMC storage that I just purcahsed: FC 173 Gig spindles ~ $6 / Gig FC 400 Gig spindles ~ [...]
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| July 7, 2008 10:37 PM
SAN, SAN storage spending
Backup and Recovery….Is it possible to perform encrypted saves? Using BRMS or whatever…
Hello, When using BRMS to save data encrypted, additional software is required. In the BRMS manual, SC41-5345-06, the following is stated “BRMS provides you with the ability to encrypt your data to a tape device. This encryption solution is hardware independent, meaning no need for any encryption device. To use the encryption function, you need [...]
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| July 7, 2008 6:28 PM
Backup, Backup & recovery, Backup encryption, BRMS
Hello, When using BRMS to save data encrypted, additional software is required. In the BRMS manual, SC41-5345-06, the following is stated “BRMS provides you with the ability to encrypt your data to a tape device. This encryption solution is hardware independent, meaning no need for any encryption device. To use the encryption function, you need [...]
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| July 7, 2008 6:28 PM
Backup, Backup & recovery, Backup encryption, BRMS
what is the best approach for backing up exchange servers?
Hello, I would suggest you to go Symantec Backup Exec with the Exchange Agent. You will be able to backup the entire Exchange Server along with the Mailbox stores and the Public folder stores. You will be able to restore an individual e-mail from the backup without dismounting the Stores. Regards Dev Hi I use [...]
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| July 5, 2008 2:22 PM
Backup, Exchange, Exchange Server
Hello, I would suggest you to go Symantec Backup Exec with the Exchange Agent. You will be able to backup the entire Exchange Server along with the Mailbox stores and the Public folder stores. You will be able to restore an individual e-mail from the backup without dismounting the Stores. Regards Dev Hi I use [...]
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| July 5, 2008 2:22 PM
Backup, Exchange, Exchange Server
recover of deleted AD Account’s Mailbox
This fix is for EX2007 – not sure if it was the same for EX 2003….”When you delete a user account and the related mailbox, the mailbox is retained as a disconnected mailbox according to the retention setting” If you recreate the user account in AD, you should then be able to go into Exchange [...]
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| July 4, 2008 9:42 PM
.PST files, Backup & recovery, BrightStor ARCserve Backup, Exchange 2003, Exchange Server backup
This fix is for EX2007 – not sure if it was the same for EX 2003….”When you delete a user account and the related mailbox, the mailbox is retained as a disconnected mailbox according to the retention setting” If you recreate the user account in AD, you should then be able to go into Exchange [...]
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| July 4, 2008 9:42 PM
.PST files, Backup & recovery, BrightStor ARCserve Backup, Exchange 2003, Exchange Server backup
What’s the best way to backup files online?
I am finding that Backup4All is a good third party backup manager. I was backing up to my website. Recently I set up a remotely cohosted server and use backup4all between my production server and the offsite server.
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| July 4, 2008 5:19 PM
Backup, Backup & recovery, Carbonite, Dell Datasafe, Online backup software, Synchronization, Yahoo Briefcase
I am finding that Backup4All is a good third party backup manager. I was backing up to my website. Recently I set up a remotely cohosted server and use backup4all between my production server and the offsite server.
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| July 4, 2008 5:19 PM
Backup, Backup & recovery, Carbonite, Dell Datasafe, Online backup software, Synchronization, Yahoo Briefcase
System Properties mis-reporting used disk space?
It could be any number of things. The most likely cause is you have a lot of system restore points. That data is stored in the system recovery folder. You don’t actually get access to that folder so when you add up all the used space in the folders the number will be different than [...]
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| July 4, 2008 5:17 AM
Hard drives, System monitoring, Vista
It could be any number of things. The most likely cause is you have a lot of system restore points. That data is stored in the system recovery folder. You don’t actually get access to that folder so when you add up all the used space in the folders the number will be different than [...]
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| July 4, 2008 5:17 AM
Hard drives, System monitoring, Vista
Using a .bak file with SQL Server 7
Hello, a bak file is a backup so in order to use it it needs to be restored in SQL. If you have the same db and want to restore on this right click the db you have and choose restore otherwise you can create a new db that will be a restore for this [...]
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| July 4, 2008 5:07 AM
BAK, SQL Server 7.x
Hello, a bak file is a backup so in order to use it it needs to be restored in SQL. If you have the same db and want to restore on this right click the db you have and choose restore otherwise you can create a new db that will be a restore for this [...]
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| July 4, 2008 5:07 AM
BAK, SQL Server 7.x
Backing up and restoring a LIVE database in SQL Server 2000
Indexes are backed up as part of the full database backup. One reason why the database will be running slower is because the live database has most of the database in cache already, while the server you are restoring to does not have any of the data in cache. All the data needs to be [...]
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| July 2, 2008 8:22 PM
Database backup and recovery, Indexes, LIVE database, SQL Server 2000
Indexes are backed up as part of the full database backup. One reason why the database will be running slower is because the live database has most of the database in cache already, while the server you are restoring to does not have any of the data in cache. All the data needs to be [...]
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| July 2, 2008 8:22 PM
Database backup and recovery, Indexes, LIVE database, SQL Server 2000
Setting database security to prevent restoring databases on other SQL Servers
Once a database is restored to another SQL Server that database is now under the total control of the new server. Any security that you set can be overwritten by anyone on the new server that has the correct server level rights. If you have data which is sensitive and this is a potential problem [...]
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| July 2, 2008 8:17 PM
Database backup and recovery, Database security, Security, SQL Database, SQL Server
Once a database is restored to another SQL Server that database is now under the total control of the new server. Any security that you set can be overwritten by anyone on the new server that has the correct server level rights. If you have data which is sensitive and this is a potential problem [...]
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| July 2, 2008 8:17 PM
Database backup and recovery, Database security, Security, SQL Database, SQL Server
Error message when attempting to backup Active Directory
Assuming that you have Exchange installed: *Open Active Directory Users and Computers snap-in. Locate the Group that user is a member of (ie, Administrators) *Select Exchange Tasks, then select Unhide Membership. *Run REPADMIN /SYNCALL and REPADMIN /REPLICATE *Make sure there is enough space in Tape or drive *Also check the following <a href=”http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;891957″>http://support.microsoft.com/default…b;en-us;891957</a> If that [...]
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| July 2, 2008 2:21 PM
Active Directory, Backup, Volume Shadow Copy
Assuming that you have Exchange installed: *Open Active Directory Users and Computers snap-in. Locate the Group that user is a member of (ie, Administrators) *Select Exchange Tasks, then select Unhide Membership. *Run REPADMIN /SYNCALL and REPADMIN /REPLICATE *Make sure there is enough space in Tape or drive *Also check the following <a href=”http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;891957″>http://support.microsoft.com/default…b;en-us;891957</a> If that [...]
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| July 2, 2008 2:21 PM
Active Directory, Backup, Volume Shadow Copy
Virtual Storage Help
Check out Cybernetics – my disclaimer that I’m a sales engineer for them – Look at the miSAN D-Series in particular. It has many of the same features and performance as the vendors you listed but typically with a much lower up front and total cost. Feel free to email me directly – kevinm at [...]
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| July 1, 2008 6:47 PM
DataCore, EqualLogic, FalconStor, LeftHand Networks, SAN, Virtual storage, VMware
Check out Cybernetics – my disclaimer that I’m a sales engineer for them – Look at the miSAN D-Series in particular. It has many of the same features and performance as the vendors you listed but typically with a much lower up front and total cost. Feel free to email me directly – kevinm at [...]
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| July 1, 2008 6:47 PM
DataCore, EqualLogic, FalconStor, LeftHand Networks, SAN, Virtual storage, VMware
Disk mirror
different disks with same volume size can be mirrored
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| June 30, 2008 4:17 PM
Disk mirroring
different disks with same volume size can be mirrored
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| June 30, 2008 4:17 PM
Disk mirroring
how to write a subrouting to perfome ripple sort on the elements of a character array
‘Ripple Sort – traverse the array and interchange if in the wrong order Public Sub RippleSort(A() As String) As String() Dim NumOfEntries As Long, NumOfTimes As Long, i As Long, j As Long NumOfEntries = UBound(A) NumOfTimes = NumOfEntries – 1 For i = LBound(A) To NumOfTimes For j = i + 1 To NumOfEntries [...]
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| June 30, 2008 1:53 PM
Bubble sort, Character arrays, Development, Ripple sort
‘Ripple Sort – traverse the array and interchange if in the wrong order Public Sub RippleSort(A() As String) As String() Dim NumOfEntries As Long, NumOfTimes As Long, i As Long, j As Long NumOfEntries = UBound(A) NumOfTimes = NumOfEntries – 1 For i = LBound(A) To NumOfTimes For j = i + 1 To NumOfEntries [...]
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| June 30, 2008 1:53 PM
Bubble sort, Character arrays, Development, Ripple sort
.Bak file to convert Sqlserver 7.0
You’ll want to use the RESTORE DATABASE command to restore the database back into the SQL Server. The syntax will be something like this. <pre>RESTORE DATABASE YourDatabase FROM DISK=’D:YourBackupFile.bak’</pre>
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| June 28, 2008 8:36 PM
BAK, SQL Server 7.x
You’ll want to use the RESTORE DATABASE command to restore the database back into the SQL Server. The syntax will be something like this. <pre>RESTORE DATABASE YourDatabase FROM DISK=’D:YourBackupFile.bak’</pre>
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| June 28, 2008 8:36 PM
BAK, SQL Server 7.x
Can I change the warning message for MS 2003 Disk Quota’s?
You can customize mailbox quota messages (aka mailbox limit warnings.) Being able to customize these types of warnings have always been a very common request among Exchange admin’s, but unfortunately too complex for most to accomplish as it involved editing MDBSZ.DLL with RLQUIKED which is included with the Resource Localization Toolset. Quota Message Service for [...]
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| June 26, 2008 2:35 PM
Disk quota management, Windows Server 2003
You can customize mailbox quota messages (aka mailbox limit warnings.) Being able to customize these types of warnings have always been a very common request among Exchange admin’s, but unfortunately too complex for most to accomplish as it involved editing MDBSZ.DLL with RLQUIKED which is included with the Resource Localization Toolset. Quota Message Service for [...]
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| June 26, 2008 2:35 PM
Disk quota management, Windows Server 2003
combining archived notes .nsf files
Open the All Documents view in the archive, Select All, then Copy n Paste to your master mail file. Turn off the Archiving from the master file. Note: Notes documents are records, you can copy n paste a Notes document from any Notes file to any other Notes file, just like documents in a Windows [...]
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| June 25, 2008 1:58 PM
Archiving, Lotus Notes, NSF
Open the All Documents view in the archive, Select All, then Copy n Paste to your master mail file. Turn off the Archiving from the master file. Note: Notes documents are records, you can copy n paste a Notes document from any Notes file to any other Notes file, just like documents in a Windows [...]
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| June 25, 2008 1:58 PM
Archiving, Lotus Notes, NSF
Move HD with K2000 to new computer
this is the 3 ways i think you should follows… check the cmos set-up and change the first boot setup to hard disk…. Or check if the cable you connect to the hard disk was from the IDE 1 socket..ok. OR put a window 200o server to repair the hard disk. Even if you can [...]
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| June 24, 2008 10:51 PM
0x0000007b, Blue Screen of Death, BSOD, Hard drives, Hardware, inaccessible_boot_disk, Windows 2000 Server
this is the 3 ways i think you should follows… check the cmos set-up and change the first boot setup to hard disk…. Or check if the cable you connect to the hard disk was from the IDE 1 socket..ok. OR put a window 200o server to repair the hard disk. Even if you can [...]
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| June 24, 2008 10:51 PM
0x0000007b, Blue Screen of Death, BSOD, Hard drives, Hardware, inaccessible_boot_disk, Windows 2000 Server
SAN storage solutions on SQL Server
Given that database applications are very IO intensive, it is advantageous to spread the data across multiple disk platters which allows data to be read or written faster (parallel vs. sequential processing). SAN infrastructures are ideal for doing this. Disk arrays are created on the SAN, and then the arrays are broken up into smaller [...]
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| June 24, 2008 10:22 PM
RAID 5, SAN, SAN storage, SQL Server
Given that database applications are very IO intensive, it is advantageous to spread the data across multiple disk platters which allows data to be read or written faster (parallel vs. sequential processing). SAN infrastructures are ideal for doing this. Disk arrays are created on the SAN, and then the arrays are broken up into smaller [...]
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| June 24, 2008 10:22 PM
RAID 5, SAN, SAN storage, SQL Server
Syncing Software recommendations
For that much data and more then likely this is going to be highly senstive data that you are looking for pretty much continous syncing. For what you are trying to accomplish I would highly suggest looking at a replication application such as Steeleye Lifekeeper as it will provide you with full volume level replication. [...]
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| June 24, 2008 3:58 PM
Backup, Backup to Disk, RAID, RAID 5, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2
For that much data and more then likely this is going to be highly senstive data that you are looking for pretty much continous syncing. For what you are trying to accomplish I would highly suggest looking at a replication application such as Steeleye Lifekeeper as it will provide you with full volume level replication. [...]
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| June 24, 2008 3:58 PM
Backup, Backup to Disk, RAID, RAID 5, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2
