Entries Categorized as 'Backup'
January 11, 2012
StorageCraft has recently announced ShadowProtect version 4.2.0. There are some important points worth mentioning. INSTALLERS There are now only 2 installers (instead of Std, SBS, Desktop, etc.) ShadowProtectSetup_4.2.0.exe (Standard) ShadowProtectSetup_MSP_4.2.0.exe (MSP version) UPGRADES < 4.0.1 Installed If the current version of ShadowProtect installed is older than 4.0.1, you must deactivate it, uninstall it, reboot, then [...]
Posted in Backup, Disaster Recovery, Downloads, ShadowProtect 
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August 5, 2011
I ran into an interesting issue where our monitoring software (GFI MAX) wasn’t detecting the installation / existence of our backup software (ShadowProtect MSP Edition). THE SOFTWARE Windows Server 2008 R2 installation (brand new install) Current GFI MAX monitoring agent (v 8.8.2) ShadowProtect MSP Edition (v 4.15.10.125) As you can see from the screen shot [...]
Posted in Backup, Managed Services, ShadowProtect 1,133 Comments »
July 11, 2011
Microsoft Partners who subscribe to the Microsoft Action Pack Subscription (MAPS) can now download Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Essentials (formerly codenamed “Breckenridge”). Title: Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Essentials File names: SW_DVD9_Win_Storage_Server_Essentials_2008_R2_English_Install_X17-30240.IMG & SW_CD_Win_Storage_Server_Essentials_2008_R2_English_Clt_Restore_X17-30259.IMG Date Available: 05/16/2011 Language: English File size: 4,572 MB Download URL: Click here Note: A Microsoft Partner Network login and [...]
Posted in Backup, Downloads, MAPS, WHS 630 Comments »
June 23, 2011
Each month when we do test restores of client servers, we pick a few files to demonstrate and verify that the files are valid. And typically the files we choose are JPGs because you can ‘see’ that there is content in them, not just some hollow Word or Excel doc that ‘looks’ OK. Using JPGs [...]
Posted in Backup, HowTo, SBS 2008, SBS 2011 788 Comments »
April 27, 2010
The Kentucky Small Business Server User Group (KYSBSUG) meeting #74 last week on Hard Drive Recovery had a fantastic turnout! I’d like to thank all who attended and a special thanks to Craig Mayfield for a killer presentation! Here are the links for the resources mentioned in the presentation: Streaming recording of the entire presentation [...]
Posted in Backup, Downloads, HowTo, KYSBSUG 649 Comments »
March 1, 2010
I really hate carrying around physical CDs/DVDs for programs I use a lot. Normally I just convert all my discs into ISOs with the free ImgBurn program (which totally rocks) and then throw the ISOs onto my Toshiba 320 GB portable USB drive. Then when I’m on-site if I need a CD, I just mount [...]
Posted in Backup, HowTo, Virtualization, Windows 7 681 Comments »
March 27, 2008
Nice video interview from EDGE with Sean Daniel, Program Manager for Windows Small Business Server 2008. If you haven’t seen the Cougar interface yet, this video is a treat. Plus, Sean gives a tour of the new backup as well. SBS 2008 PM Interview and Demo Source: http://edge.technet.com/Media/SBS-2008-PM-Interview-and-Demo/ Rating 3.00 out of 5
Posted in Backup, Cougar, Microsoft, SBS, Videos 289 Comments »
September 25, 2006
The 2006 SBS Partner Tour that rolled through town last week really sparked a lot of dialog. For example, I got a call from an SBSer today asking for clarification on SBS R2. They wanted to know if they need to upgrade a client to SBS R2 just to increase the Exchange store limit. In a [...]
Posted in Backup, Exchange, Microsoft, SBS 711 Comments »
September 20, 2006
This info comes courtesy of Andrew Delozey at Interprom. The Issue: Nightly backup was repeatedly failing within one minute of starting. The Error: Volume shadow copy creation: Attempt 1. “MSDEWriter” has reported an error 0x800423f4. This is part of System State. The backup cannot continue. Error returned while creating the volume shadow copy:800423f4 Aborting Backup. [...]
Posted in Backup, Microsoft, SBS, Support 124 Comments »
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