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  1. BackupGurus

    Preventing DHCP leases

    Guys, group policy is well off base b/c markettm is hitting the nail on the head about worms. I wouldn't be too concerned about latency from remote sites...even VPN sites would have a total round trip latency under about 80ms (unless you're crossing the big pond). Cisco Security Agent could...
  2. BackupGurus

    Trouble with exec8.6 logon

    Jamaz...let me clarify on the agent passwd. change. You'll need to sync the new password on the backup server and all remote agents. If you've already done so it sounds like a critical DLL isn't registered correctly and an uninstall/reinstall might help. FYI, if you do this be sure to make a...
  3. BackupGurus

    DFS problem with Excel

    Another limitation of Excel (tested up to Office XP) is a 128 character limit for the path. Anything longer won't be editable. When did we leave the 16 bit days again? ;) www.easiestfilesystem.com
  4. BackupGurus

    Newbie Active Directory Question

    DFS would work great. As mentioned, setup Server A as your DFS root. DFS is automatic for replication but has about a 15 min. lag without further configuration. There's tons of solutions to file replication from a batch file to a scheduled backup program. www.easiestfilesystem.com
  5. BackupGurus

    Preventing DHCP leases

    markettm, If you have Cisco switches why not create a separate VLAN for consultants and have two separate zones-One RADIUS controlled, one for your consultants. On your routers config your ACLs so that only your Radius-enabled VLAN routes to the network and the 'consultant' VLAN only routes to...
  6. BackupGurus

    Does anyone use Putty and is it safe?

    We use the heck out of Putty and love it! I'd highly recommend that you force a SSH2 handshake which you can config. through putty. There are a few people out there that can hack SSH. I've seen Internet sys-admins discussing this topic in-depth. A strong password helps but putty creates...
  7. BackupGurus

    What needs to back-up in Exchage

    This can be done a couple of different ways... For simplicity I've outlined the per-mailbox store method. From Exchange System Manager go to: Administrative Group-->First Admin. Group-->Server Name-->DB Name (has the yellow icon)-->Store Name (has the mailbox icon). Right click on the store...
  8. BackupGurus

    Backup failing even though data is backed up.

    The problem is in your selections...manually recreate the backup job or just the file/folder selections. I'd recommend the text mode view rather than the GUI to double-check the listing. FYI-This is a historic BE problem but it's been fixed in 8.x and I've never seen this crop up in 2.5+...
  9. BackupGurus

    need a good back up schedule

    This sounds like a high value database and what happens if one of those tapes fail? If you have 1/2 of your fulls backed up on a bad tape when will you know? How much longer would it take to restore all of those Inc.s from the one good full? This is a trees for the forest issue...invest in...
  10. BackupGurus

    E2k Backup

    Most likely it's the service accounts referenced for the Exchange services...check the older servers and replicate the account info to the newer ones. Do the same for the BE Agents on the new servers as well. This should allow you to see them fine....
  11. BackupGurus

    Slow Backup (Storageworks vs80)

    Chiming in with Steveot (Good advice!): Backing up to a networked share will determine if it's host connectivity related or network related. I'd add that you should backup to/from the same servers for a fair comparison. If space is an issue for D2D backups create a small backup job and...
  12. BackupGurus

    Trouble with exec8.6 logon

    It may be restating the obvious but did you change the password through the services applet? When you changed the network password in AD you'll need to change the corresponding password in the logon fields for the service. Otherwise, restart the BE engine and then the remote agents. Create a...
  13. BackupGurus

    Restoring Exchange to test server.

    I've seen it work redirected to a separate server name; however, in this instance setup a separate AD forest on the same machine, point DNS to the localhost, and ideally keep it on a subnetwork (e.g. VLAN) from your production environment. Restore the mailbox.... Alternatively, you can place...
  14. BackupGurus

    What needs to back-up in Exchage

    VSI and Badmail aren't Per Se required for backup but backing up the entire EXCHSRVR root is highly recommended. For the best DR Capability+Speed balance I'd recommend staying away from a brick, or per-message backup. Instead, with Exchange 2000 or later enable deleted mailbox retention for a...
  15. BackupGurus

    HDD vs Tape or other for backup?

    Ok, we are an ASP; however, our recommendation isn't so much a sales pitch as it is common sense. Varying levels of RAID always suffer from the risk of a double-drive failure. If you loose your parity drive on RAID1 and still have your data drive then you're OK. Loose both and you're toast...
  16. BackupGurus

    Offsite backup solution

    For Veritas their solution would be Netbackup 5.0. It's completely heterogeneous with clients for nearly any major OS. Within Netbackup you can define a drive mapping (e.g. to your NAS) to backup to. Finally, 5.0 is new and has received great reviews. Concerning Availl it only runs on...
  17. BackupGurus

    VM-Ware

    If I understand you correctly you want to backup the entire contents of a virtual OS within Vmware...correct? If you do want to backup the virtual OSs then boot to the host OS and make replicas of the virtual OS files. You can find the location of these files through clicking properties on the...
  18. BackupGurus

    HDD vs Tape or other for backup?

    First off, we're in accordance with everyone else that the author should provide more detail concerning the requirements for backups. Specifically, the backup timeframe, actual data size (Gb used), and types must be considered in order to provide accurate suggestions. However, we'd argue that...

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