Making copies of data so that the copies may be used to restore the original after a data loss event, or for historical retention.
3
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2answers
215 views
Is it necessary to back up the System Volume Information folder?
On a Windows Small Business Server 2011, I have redirected the shadow copies for all volumes to a single, dedicated volume. This volume contains no other data; the only folder is System Volume ...
0
votes
0answers
82 views
Recovery Storage Group: Mailbox Not Found
I've recently encountered a problem where I need to recover some previously deleted exchange mailboxes from backups in Exchange 2007.
What I've done so far is gone to our backup, recovered the ...
0
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2answers
63 views
What is the length of magnetic band in a DLT tape? [closed]
We are currently destroying our old DLT tape (some are 30 years old...), and we are amazed by the length of the band inside.
We would know what is it length ? It looks infinite ! (+1)
1
vote
1answer
120 views
How can I check the contents of a backup tape on Windows Server 2003
I have a tape that was backed up long time ago, probably 5-6y, on a Windows Server 2003. Now I have a situation that I want to check up what was backed up on that tape back then. The backup wasn't ...
1
vote
2answers
458 views
How to transfer large files by FTP or other ways?
We have 18 GB files on server for our website. I tried to take backups using cpanel backup wizards. Since, the files are growing, cpanel backup wizard is now creating corrupted zip files. So I found ...
1
vote
1answer
93 views
Backing up Server 2008 using Amazon S3 / Google Storage [closed]
I am interested in rolling my own sever backup routine using Amazon S3 or even Google Storage as my storage host. I currently use Mozy Pro (I opted into their new pricing model which allows me share ...
0
votes
2answers
95 views
Accessing data on SAS drives if server fails
If my server goes down, how can i access the data on the SAS drives?
I don't have another server to plug them into, and even then connecting the drive to a different controller (while keeping the ...
4
votes
2answers
184 views
How to use an FTP server as backup space for Windows Server 2012
I wanted to use an FTP location as backup for scheduled Windows Server 2012 Backup.
I can't make it work because Windows refuses to accept the network location as drive. Even with "FTPUse" (socket ...
-1
votes
1answer
199 views
How to backup your VPS on dropbox?
I'm having a VPS which is currently using 10GB storage. Apart from this I have a 50GB dropbox account. I want to use dropbox as a backup for my VPS and there should be automated weekly backups. Is ...
2
votes
3answers
77 views
Disk image compression drops
I'm using partclone to take disk images with this command:
partclone.ntfs -c -s /dev/$mypartition | lzop -c > /my/nfs/share/mypartition.lzo
The partition size is 34.1 GB with 33.8 GB used.
The ...
1
vote
2answers
98 views
Hourly database backup
I have a VPS with Kloxo control panel, I want to have database backup from one of my websites in every 2 hour. How i can do this? Kloxo doesnt support Hourly backups, only support daily, weekly and ...
1
vote
0answers
86 views
Remote backup/recover ubuntu solutions
I have rented cloud hosting and want to implement backup to external cloud storage.
I was thinking to implement some script to be launched by crone every 24 hours.
But i want some advises from ...
3
votes
1answer
278 views
rsync / rsnapshot
I am using rsnapshot and my config is as follows:
config_version 1.2
snapshot_root /home/user/.snapshots/
cmd_cp /bin/cp
cmd_rm /bin/rm
cmd_rsync /usr/bin/rsync
cmd_ssh /usr/bin/ssh
...
2
votes
2answers
141 views
Robocopy with local catalog of remote data for incremental backup
I am currently using robocopy to an extremely slow destination. The compare between source and destination files can take a while to run through.
Since the destination will never change (apart from ...
0
votes
0answers
128 views
Upload database backup from mysql to Amazon S3 or Glacier without creating local file
Is there a tool that makes possible to backup a Mysql database to Amazon S3 or Amazon Glacier without having o create a local file with the database contents?
Something like that:
mysqldump -u ...
3
votes
2answers
72 views
Is it useful check data integrity in one DAT tape?
I backup my data every day on tape using one drive DAT HP Storageworks DAT 160. I use one tape for every day and I turn them weekly. Every monday I check one tape randomly recover some files saved on ...
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votes
3answers
106 views
Downloading a 20GB directory from a server [closed]
I have to get a 20GB directory from my server to my desktop. It has probably millions of files, and I can't tgz them because for some reason it won't write the file past 7.5GB. What's the best way to ...
1
vote
2answers
69 views
rsnapshot stats
I'd like to retrieve the following stats from rsnapshot
files synced
added files
modded files
deleted files
Is there a feature to retrieve these in rsnapshot, or is there another product that's ...
1
vote
0answers
76 views
Is this a good backup strategy for a small VPS? [closed]
I have a VPS with Linode for hosting websites and I'm trying to come up with a good backup strategy. I don't want to use their backup service as it doesn't let you restore single files and someone ...
0
votes
1answer
126 views
location of mysql database files when using direct admin to create the databases
I would like to know where the database files are located when using directadmin.
I use phpmyadmin to create the databases.
When I check /var/lib/mysql directory I cannot see the database I created.
...
0
votes
1answer
147 views
Restore mysql databases that is created using direct admin
PS: I'm sorry my description is a bit long. I am just trying to give all the information.
At first, I was not able to login to direct admin. I research on the web on what are the causes and found out ...
2
votes
2answers
246 views
Reduce the I/O priority of Windows Backup (Windows Server 2008 R2)
I have a PostgreSQL running on Windows Server 2008 R2 x64 box.
And I have scheduled a backup everyday from the RAID 1 DB disk to a dedicated standalone disk. They are SAS 15k on Dell PERC 6i. I am ...
0
votes
3answers
64 views
Microsoft Server Backup Training [closed]
I was curious as to if anyone knew the quickest and most reliable way to locate someone certified in training for MS Server Backup?
I need to locate a Microsoft Partner that can train and/or ...
61
votes
8answers
3k views
How to backup 20+TB of data?
We have a NAS server at the company I work for that is being used for storing photography sessions. Each session is approximately 100gb. Over the last couple of years this server has accumulated 10+ ...
0
votes
0answers
30 views
How to create a new instance from a snapshot of Amazon EC2? [closed]
How to restore an instance or create a new instance from a snapshot in Amazon EC2 Micro instance?
I tried many guides but nothing worked. I already tried it 25 times but failed all the time,
25 ...
0
votes
1answer
69 views
Updating to Windows Server 2012
I am currently running Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise edition. A few weeks back I got the new server OS on a disk. I'm planning to upgrade the server by doing a full install, not an update. Well, ...
0
votes
2answers
109 views
How do I copy files between harddrives on Ubuntu CLI?
I have a dedicated server with a 120gb main ssd. The server happens to come with a couple of 3000GB hard drives. I'd like to use them to back up my main drive.
Preferably, I'd like one as an exact ...
1
vote
0answers
107 views
Backing up VMs to a tape drive
I've got myself one of these fancy tape drives, HP LTO2 with 200/400 GB cartridges.
The st driver reports it like this:
scsi 1:0:0:0: Sequential-Access HP Ultrium 2-SCSI T65D
I can ...
1
vote
1answer
109 views
Restore data from overwritten LVM
I lost all of my data (8 TB) which I collected over the past few years yesterday because I made some seriuos mistakes during the remounting of my LVM.
I run a XenServer5.6 installation with additional ...
0
votes
2answers
362 views
Veeam backup iSCSI drive
We have an ESXi virtual machine currently being backed up using Veeam B&R 6.5.
The virtual server itself has an ISCSI drive attached (Windows iSCSI Initiator), but it is not included within the ...
20
votes
8answers
1k views
How do I protect business critical data against fire?
We have 72 hard drives that contain our webcast inventory. The number is increasing. We're located in a frame building and we are afraid of not only fire, but catastrophic fire.
I've priced fireproof ...
2
votes
1answer
33 views
Nightly backups (and maybe other tasks) causing server alerts
I have two independent alert notification systems for my servers. The server is a virtual machine on Linode and one of the alerts comes from Linode. The other monitoring system we use is New Relic. ...
0
votes
1answer
156 views
How should I Backup / Restore my Ubuntu server onto a different host?
I have an Ubuntu Server hosted with Amazon Web Services, but I'd like to back it up, and know that I can restore it to a different server. (local dev server, competing cloud server, ec2 server in a ...
0
votes
1answer
44 views
Backup of files in XP Mode application
I've recently installed a 16 bit application in Windows XP mode on our HR department's desktop and I'm looking for ideas to backup the system up. Only one folder requires backing up.
The desktop is ...
2
votes
2answers
98 views
Progress at fetching large file over sftp
I would like to get large file over sftp. I execute following commands:
kopparberg:dev marek$ sftp -P 678 marek@server
marek@server's password:
Connected to server.
sftp> cd backup
sftp> get ...
2
votes
1answer
83 views
FreeBSD restore of /rescue
I'm running a restore from a previous backup of my FreeBSD system, and run into trouble when restoring / (excluding mount-points). The problem is that /rescue fills the / partition (to the extent that ...
0
votes
0answers
113 views
Does live backup of dovecot mail store require dsync?
When backing up an mdbox mail store in Dovecot 2.1 is it necessary to use dsync first to copy it to another directory? Or is it safe enough to simply tar the mdbox directory with dovecot running?
...
1
vote
1answer
206 views
Windows Server Backup fails to backup Hyper-V VM with “Access is denied”
I'm trying to use Windows Server Backup on my Windows Server 2012 box to backup my Hyper-V VMs. I created a backup job but each job ends with some "Access is denied" errors.
One of my VMs (Linux ...
0
votes
0answers
128 views
Bacula multi client disk backup with volume rotation
I am planning an enterprise-level network backup solution with the following requirements/restrictions:
Local and remote servers with heterogenous operating systems (Linux,Windows)
Backup policy ...
4
votes
3answers
231 views
Copying files between linux machines with strong authentication without encryption
I'm looking for a suitable program to copy files from one linux machine to another one. The program should be able to do authentication but it should not do encryption. The reason behind the latter is ...
1
vote
0answers
174 views
TFS 2012: Backup Plan Fails with empty log file
I have a Team Foundation Server 2012 installation with Power Tools, and I defined a backup plan using the wizard found in the "Database Backup Tools" in the Team Foundation Server Administration ...
1
vote
1answer
98 views
Failed Simple Maintenance Plan only when Full Backups do not run
Let me start off that I'm new to SQL administration and have inherited an older server that serves the main DB for our day in/out operations. So, my apologies in advanced to my beginner questions.
...
0
votes
0answers
97 views
What RAID level for a backup server?
I'm building a server with 12 x 3TB disks to use daily backups. I'm thinking to use RAID50 to get a good 27TB usable space.
The disks will be used brutally to backup 9 servers with 1.5TB of data once ...
0
votes
2answers
219 views
Configuring Backup Exec 2012 using USB hard drives as media
I have found some information on this but have not found the exact answers to these questions.
Background
I have installed backup exec 2012 (with agents for databases)
I have configured a storage ...
1
vote
1answer
55 views
rsync incremental as a get
Is it possible for rsync to be used on 1 backup server and then connect to all the other servers and grab files and backup incrementally?
my current command: (how ever this is more a PUT then a GET)
...
0
votes
1answer
51 views
Why would Windows 2008 lose its backup schedules at shutdown?
We recently powered down a Windows 2008 server for a weekend as the building power supply was being worked on.
Right up until this shutdown, the backups have been happily running daily every day ...
0
votes
1answer
108 views
Centos VPS server backup
I have a quick question. I would like to create a backup of my entire centos VPS, including mysql. Would this work?
tar -zcvpf /backup/testbackup.tar.gz --directory /
Can I restore a tar backup by ...
0
votes
0answers
46 views
Backup volume size per server HP Data Protector?
Hej,
Is there a way to view how much space all backup files for a single server on HP Cell Manager occupy? The info is viewable from Cell Manager itself, but I see no way to export it from GUI.
...
6
votes
6answers
696 views
Does a CDN still work even when my server is down?
I am a website owner planning to use Amazon's cloudfront S3. I have been reading all the stuffs about what a CDN can do but i still have an unanswered question.
Does a CDN still work even when my ...
0
votes
2answers
94 views
MySQL Backup - incremental
I know that you can use mysqldump. I am currently dumping the following way:
${MYSQLDUMP} --single-transaction -u ${MUSER} -h ${MHOST} -p${MPASS} $db | ${GZIP} -9 > $FILE
From my understanding ...
