Lost info on external drive

I was using a Sandisk 80G external drive. I was working on a word document saved on it. I saved many times while working on the document. When I tried to close it, I was prompted as asked if I wished to save the document before closing. I clicked on yes and the prompt went away but the document...

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What are the steps for deploying a backup Exchange server?

I have Exchange Server 2003 running on a Windows 2003 server and I want to deploy a backup Exchange server in case the primary Exchange server fails. Can you please give me some ideas on how to achieve this?

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Duplicate SQL Server 2005 database

What is the best way to duplicate a SQL Server 2005 database to another server as a standby machine? Can I do this with another installation and some scripting? I have a separate box with SQL 2005 already installed. Can I backup and restore from one machine to the other using scripts and no human...

ITKE1,067,690 pointsBadges:

Fresher on storage sizing

I just want know the idea behind storage sizing

manasa123455 pointsBadges:

Sun Storage 7410 Unified Storage System

Question about the Sun Storage 7410 Unified Storage System. Can the Network Management port use static IP instead of DHCP? How do you set this? Getting an error when I try using the Browser User Interface. Thank you. Moderator Note: This is a submitted question

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VMware ESXi 3.5 error when installing on IDE drive machine

I am trying to install VMware ESXi 3.5 on a machine with an IDE drive and am getting the following error message: “Unable to find a supported device to write the VMware ESX Server 3i 3.5.0 image to”.

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Rebuilding File/Applicaiton Server 2003 – Need Suggestions

Hi Guys, Here's our situation; our file and application server 2003 is running out of disk space on the C: drive (10 Gig Volume)!  We are using Netbackup software. Has anybody had to rebuild (Restore) a App/File server with Netbackup and if so what are some of the pitfalls to look out for. Will be...

Magoo105 pointsBadges:

Top Storage Twitter experts to follow?

Assistant Community Editor Melanie Yarbrough put together a list of top storage experts to follow on Twitter, but we'd love to get your suggestions, too, particularly if you're an expert worth following yourself!

Michael Morisy8,643 pointsBadges:

How to configure RAID 5

I just want to know how to configure RAID 5? I don't have knowledge about RAID. I'm not sure why it's used so can you please give me knowledge from top to bottom.

Admire5 pointsBadges:

Using different disk sizes in a RAID 5 array

Hi, Is it possible, and/or advisable to use different size disks in a RAID 5 array? If I have 2 arrays  each of 6 disks, all the same size, the first array being RAID 5 and want to use the second as a backup of the first, how would be the best way to configure the 2nd? Is it possible to partition...

Paddy135 pointsBadges:

Migrating MySQL hosts

We need to migrate a MySql database from one host to another. Will a simple backup and restore work? Are there references to the database inside itself? Will this work?

NewnanIT1,110 pointsBadges:

SQL Server 2005 backup

How to take backup of live site in SQL Server 2005?

Amin4rmOvexTechnology250 pointsBadges:

NAS or SAN?

We have a need to run numerous virtual servers from a NAS/SAN. The questions is, which should we choose? THe product we support (Citrix XenServer) supports either for backend virtual system storage and can run VM's from either. Currently, our needs are small. We have about 10 virtual servers that...

Isdpcman20 pointsBadges:

Hard disk recovery

How to find or get back the file that I deleted from the Recycle Bin?

Eogy60 pointsBadges:

Removing Journals from Itera DR system

We are discontinuing the Itera DR system. How can I remove the existing journals that have not been synced? I have one that has an exempt library but I still want to remove the journal. We are having disc space issues and need gain some space. We are no longer on support so I'm flying blind right...

barohar5 pointsBadges:

Active passing storage arrays

I understand that active-active storage array provides load balancing. But what is the difference between active-passive storage array and active-standby storage array ?

vigneshK15 pointsBadges:

Back up encryption

I'm trying to develop a backup strategy for my company who has two iSeries, one on East coast & one on West coast. Currently we backup to tape and the data is encrypted as the tapes go off-site for storage. I was hoping to do something like 'cross-site' mirroring between the two iSeries to...

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Flash Drive Reliability….

I am wondering about the long-term reliability of using Thumb Drives for long term storage as compared to Floppies,(Which the 1.4M makes them obsolete anyway, plus I don't tend to trust them for long-term.), HDD's, CD's, DVD's, Tape backups, etc.

Saigo15 pointsBadges:

Disaster Recovery for Exchange 2003 server

How to recover the Exchange 2003 server on the new hardware?

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Error message

Error : e0009b51 - The logon account does not have the appropriate privileges. Assign the Windows user rights \"Back up files and directories\" and \"Restore files and directories\" to the specified logon account, or use another logon account.

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