One question, I get asked quite often in the last years, is how to change the name (and therefore URL) of an Enterprise Vault Server. Especially, when the installation is a few years old, it was best practices, not to use a full qualified server name as server alias in Enterprise Vault, but just a […]
Heute ist der 30. September 2019. Für viele mag dieser Tag nur einer von vielen sein, für mein Team und mich ist er ein besonderer: Seit heute ist DOCKS by PingUs in Betrieb. DOCKS by PingUs ist ein netzwerkbasiertes Speichersystem zur Ablage von Datensicherungen. Es vereint die Vorteile von Sicherungen auf Magnetband mit der Hochverfügbarkeit
Learn how to exclude folders on critical resources without breaking the SDR functionality in Backup Exec.
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Recently I experienced an error message when connecting to a vCenter environment, stating “Log Disk Exhaustion on <put you vCenter name here>”. So the question was raised, how to increase the disk space for the log volume. First, we need to figure out, which hard drive contains which type of data: Disk(VMDK) Default Size(Tiny) Mount
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Recently I got the request to manually create a Java keystore (.jks) to be used on a linux-based webserver. The certificate to be used had two “issues”: It was provided as a .pfx file It didn’t contain the certificates of the intermediate CAs Since I use a Windows 10 workstation, I had to assure, that
Again, I had the chance to assist Veritas EMEA in updating (and extending) the official Backup Exec Best Practices Guide. The guide goes into detail on how to configure your backup server’s hardware and how you can tune Backup Exec to get the best performance. In addition you’ll find answers to some of the most
Today, Veritas released the new edition of Backup Exec, version 16. Well, you might say that’s no big deal, there’s a software release every other day from one of the major IT vendors. But nevertheless, this one is different.
On August 2nd, Veritas released Feature Pack 5 for Backup Exec introducing a new technology called “Instant Recovery”. This technology allows administrators to stand up a virtual machine directly from a backup taken with Backup Exec. There are quite a lot articles on the Web that describe that feature and its benefits from a technical
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On August 2nd 2016, Veritas released Feature Pack 5 for Backup Exec 15. So, what’s new here and is it worth the effort to upgrade? Support for New or Updated Platforms and Applications SQL 2016 SQL 2014 SP2 Exchange 2016 CU2 Exchange 2013 CU13 SharePoint CUs 2013, 2010 SharePoint 2013 with SQL 2016 instance Customizable
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Last week I was asked by a colleague, whether I’d heard of a problem backing up Windows 2012 R2 Active Directory domain controllers when the Backup Exec server was running an elder operating system. And yes, I know about this problem but wasn’t aware that I did not only forget to write about it here,