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Making copies of data so that the copies may be used to restore the original after a data loss event, or for historical retention.

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Backup your unix server via shell access

I am looking to backup my dedicated unix server which is running Parallels Plesk Panel v10.4.4_build1013111102.18 os_CentOS 6. The server has Plesk installed but there are some limitations to it's backup settings. I would like to backup to an FTP…
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Restore utility error

I want to restore a .bkf file created on SBS 2003, to a SBS 2011. I have downloaded and instaled restore utility, but I am getting this error Unable to write data to c:\foldername This security id may not be assigned as the owner of this…
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Can DPM 2007 back up virtualized Domain Controllers?

I'm reading this article on caveats and best-practices for running DCs in VMs. It states that the only way to back up a virtualized DC would be to use Windows Server Backup on the guest, due to interactions with Active Directory, and USN rollback,…
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Backup Laptops/Desktops To Server Fast/Simply

Is there anyway to backup various laptops/desktops connected through my network to my server. I can put any kind of operating system on this server. I was thinking maybe there is some type of clonezilla that will work for this task. So yes I do…
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Linux - Splitting a backup into two steps

I create a tarball using tar zcf arhive.tar.gz dir/ and this works ok. Now I wanted to split this into two simple archives, one only for images, the other -- for everything else. It seems that there's not a trivial and clean way to do this. For tar…
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SQL and Shadow Protect Server

Rolling out a Server2008R2 box with SQL2008R2 on it to trial some new payroll software. I have ShadowProtect virtual licences for my VM's and this box will get one. My question is: What is the best practice for backing up this SQL database? Will the…
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VMWare VMs to Data Domain storage via EMC Networker backup: Do I need a storage node?

I've got several VMs (Windows Server 2003-2008 R2, application servers, Exchange, SQL, small file servers) residing on ESXi 4.1 hosts. We recently purchased a Data Domain system allowing us to backup our data and have it deduplicated, compressed,…
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Optimal RAID setup for 2 low-workload modelling servers?

Possible Duplicate: What are the different widely used RAID levels and when should I consider them? My team at work uses a pair of servers each with a 2.7TB RAID 10 array composed of 8x 750GB hard drives. They are set up in different physical…
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Mirroring an entire machine

What's the most appropriate way to constantly mirror all the settings and data from one Linux machine to another? I have a critical server, which I'd like to have a "hot spare" available for in case any component failure takes it offline. I have…
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Volume retention for bacula

Let's say I want to use ONE tape a week for incremental. I would alternate two tapes per month so that a tape gets used every other week. I'll run a FULL every Saturday morning at 12:01am. If I run an incremental Tues-Fri at 12:01am would the…
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Symantec Backup Exec 2010 not compressing data anymore

I am using Symantec Backup Exec 2010 in conjunction with an HP Storagewors 2024 tape library system. It used to compress the data well. As we are using 400/800gb tapes. For awhile now it is just going a 1:1 compression and is taking a lot of…
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Can Windows Server 2008 R2 do backups to remote locations?

I have a WS2008 R2 box that does local backups of all my PCs, databases, etc. I do replication to a few drives. I want to be able to backup across the network, offsite, to say a drive at my office or home. I can't find any documentation that does…
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Efficient plan for backing up EC2 instance, EBS volumes and RDS DBs

I have an EBS-based EC2 instance (ebs_vol_1) which mounts and extra EBS volume (ebs_vol_2), and DB in RDS. Is tacking a snapshot of ebs_vol_1 & ebs_vol_2, enough for preventing data-loss? Is there a way to set it up, so it automatically takes the…
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Clarify volume retention for me?

I'm using Bacula but this would pertain to any backup solution. I'm using LTO5 tapes (1.5TB/3TB), but my data is nowhere near that capacity for the time being. So if I set the retention for my incrementals to 4 weeks, what happens to the tape if…
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LTO-4 Tape Physical Storage

We have moved to an LTO-4 tape backup system. It works great and now we have a stack of physical tapes lying around that need to be stored and ultimately secured. I was curious what options exist for storage containers that will not cause harm to…
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