Remote Installation
Why is it that the remote installation never seems to work? I think in about 30 site installs, I have been able to use it once. I have a site, with some existing 5.2.0 agents and some new...
View ArticleVirtualboot best practices??
Hi all,First of all apologies if this has already been discussed, but i have had a look through the forums and cant find anything yet.I have been using ShadowProtect for a couple of years now and have...
View ArticleSecurity best practice for DAS?
Hi we use around 10 copies of ShadowProtect Server to backup various VM's etc, and image manager to-do continuous incrementals to a DAS volume which works great.How does StorageCraft recommend...
View ArticleSPX replacing Server Edition
Was incredibly disappointed to hear this today. My biggest problem with this, is that there is no longer a Central Management component. A simplified way of seeing all of the servers in one view. I...
View ArticleBacking up in Azure
Hi there,I am hoping SP is still a solution in Azure... I have a server that is being backed up daily with Azure backup. I would like hourly backups and, since MS doesnt do that, I was hoping to use SP...
View ArticleBackup Failure -31 A device attached to the system is not functioning
Hello ! I'm having troubles in my backup jobs. I had a weekly scheduled backup job that backup a virtual DC on a network share.. It was working perfectly... making incremental backup each 2 hours.....
View ArticleMoving ShadowProtect to a new server
We're about to replace a Windows Server 2003 (the existing server) with Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials (the new server). We currently have ShadowProtect v5.0.1 running on the existing server.I'm...
View ArticleCannot restore Mac files saved to a Windows Server SMB share from Storagecraft
We have a Server 2008 R2 system. Several clients are Macintoshes connected to the server using SMB shares. Storagecraft backed up the files without complaint.Fast-forward. There was a Cryptowall...
View ArticleSql .mdf file has earlier time stamp from backup image taken
Hi all,I'm trying to get my head wrapped around why my SQL .mdf file would have a different modified date that whn my backup was taken. I know that there were changes to the database during that time...
View ArticleJob Missed during the hourly schedule
Hi All,Just wondering if anyone has seen this before?Basically the job is setup with the following settings.C & D Drive are backed up with with Incrementals that run Mon-Fri from 8:05am to 6:05pm...
View ArticleFinding out what is making such large incrementals
What have people done or is there a way to figure out what is causing my OS partition incremental every hour to be 800meg to a gig in size? I am going through files/folders but the Data Partition...
View ArticleBlank Desktop after Restart
Hello, I restored a disk image using HIR and MBR restore. The machine booted fine the first time and after login I saw my normal desktop. Windows prompted for a restart. After the restart and logging...
View ArticleTo Split the image file or not to split the image file
When configuring backup jobs there is the option to split the image into smaller files. Why would you want to split the image file versus just having one large image? What is the best practice for this...
View ArticleFull Backup events not following Schedule
The issue I am having with Shadow Protect client is I have incremental backups running from Mon - Fri with two destinations being backed up (Will 11 backups per destination each day) Starting at 8:05am...
View ArticleBacking up Server 2008 w/virtual box VM running
I'm looking for some guidance on a good solution for backing up a single physical server, with a possible gotcha. This server is running a linux VM through virtualbox.read more
View ArticleCan I install and use a server license on a workstation installation?
Can I install the server edition on a workstation?Would the server edition license work on the workstation?
View ArticleDoes ShadowProtect "verify" an incremental image after backup?
Twice now in two months we've had a problem where ImageManager couldn't rollup a daily image because one of the incrementals was bad. Exact error from IM log -11-Dec-2015 13:41:07 sbset 505...
View ArticleRetention Policy Adjustments
I've inherrited a ShadowProtect 5.2 environment and need to make some changes to the retention schedule on some of the jobs. I want to confirm that if I do make changes what the impact will be on the...
View ArticleResuming an Aborted process
Hi I am using ShadowProtect to backup all data assets at the company I work for. So far we have almost 3.5TB of data.read more
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