Can Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 be used for ftp?
I am trying to buy a rack storage for network backup and the units I've seen come with Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 or Windows Storage Server 2012. I have 2 questions. Can I use the rack storage to...
View ArticleWindows Server 2012 - Windows Server Backup (WSB) Antivirus Exclusions for...
This is a problem which appears to have resurfaced after reportedly being fixed in Symantec. The Symantec support person asked that I post a question in Technet to see if we can get a quicker answer:...
View ArticleBackup completed with warnings every other night.
The system is a Dell R720 running Microsoft Server 2012 with Hyper-V. The backup is configured to run every night at 2:30AM and backup the System state, 2 VMs and Host Component. Every other night...
View ArticleBackups failing, Unable to create a VSS snapshot
Hi, hoping someone can help me out.I have a Standard 2008 Server, that is running Virtual Server 2005. There are two virtual machines and we are using Backup Assist for backup purposes.Backups are...
View ArticleHow to perform a system restore under windows 2008 server?
Hello,I have successfully performed 21 system backups on my windows 2008 server using the system backup utility.My system is down and I want to restore from one on the backups. I boot to the...
View ArticleHP recovery manager fail. error FFFFFFF 15
I recently restored my computer to factory settings and backed up all my personal information to an external hard drive. I was trying to restore my files from the hard drive but "HP Recovery Manager...
View ArticleWindows Server 2012 VSS error "The system writer is missing"
Hello All,I have a HP server that I have just installed Server 2012 standard, SQL Server 2012 and Sharepoint 2013.When I try to take bare metal backup I get the error: "The system writer is missing", I...
View ArticleBackup of exchange2010 databases fails on 2008 r2
Hi there!We have a Powershell scripts that makes backup of Exchange databases on remote network location.This is the part of the script:wbadmin start backup -backupTarget:$backuplocation...
View ArticleSystem state backup error in Windows Server 2012, same error as KB980794
Hi,looking for Support on Volume Shadow Service error with Server 2012 cluster.The exact same error resolved by this hotfix and registry fix for Server 2008 is...
View ArticleThe backup operation that started at "" has failed with following error code...
Any backup that includes system state is failing. We are using Backup Exec 2012 but during troubleshooting are now just trying to backup the system state using Windows Server Backup and consistently...
View ArticleWindows Server 2012 - Windows Server Backup (WSB) Antivirus Exclusions for...
This is a problem which appears to have resurfaced after reportedly being fixed in Symantec. The Symantec support person asked that I post a question in Technet to see if we can get a quicker answer:...
View ArticleBackup completed with warnings every other night.
The system is a Dell R720 running Microsoft Server 2012 with Hyper-V. The backup is configured to run every night at 2:30AM and backup the System state, 2 VMs and Host Component. Every other night...
View ArticleScheduling backups correctly
HiI have server 2012 standard as a PDC and exchange 2013 server.I have been battling to set up a predictable backup schedule.What I want to do is run a full backup on Sundays and incremental backups on...
View ArticleWindows Server 2012 VSS error "The system writer is missing"
Hello All,I have a HP server that I have just installed Server 2012 standard, SQL Server 2012 and Sharepoint 2013.When I try to take bare metal backup I get the error: "The system writer is missing", I...
View ArticleCan Hyper-V Replica work with Windows Azure VMs?
One of the scenarios shows Hyper-V Replica replicating to a service provider. Can it work with Windows Azure VMs?ThanksBill ZackBill Zack
View ArticleWhat is DNS? How do I test it?
Well I have not configured DNS on Windows Operating Systems for a while, and, today I thought I would look up a tutorial and start practising. However, I am not sure how to create a DNS which I can...
View ArticleRobocopy and reset archive attribute...incremental backup
For several days I try to find cmd solution to make incremental backup. Want to force robocopy/xcopy to reset archive attribute on source files when doing mirroring but with no success. I want to make...
View ArticleWindows Server 2008 R2 Backup failing with error - 0x8004231F
Hi,I have Windows Server 2008 R2 Web Edition. Everything was working fine until recently. I tried checking for the log files, but I see that there are no log files that are created now in the location...
View ArticleWindows Server Backup Shadow Copy
Hi. I was reading the following article and I came accross the folowing line "shadow copies can degrade the performance of write operations for the volume they are on." I wanted to know where the...
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