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How to implement snapshots
more frequent recovery points. When properly implemented, snapshot data can be used to restore lost files or recover from more substantial data loss. Features like data deduplication are also appearing in snapshots to reduce disk storage requirements, allowing for many more snapshots and longer retention periods. Below are a series of best practices to...
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How to implement disk-to-disk backups
or compression software when retrieving those backup files later on. For example, if you need to restore a lost Word file from a disk backup, the file should be readily accessible in its native form. Otherwise you'd need to decompress the .zip or .tar package or restore the backup volume to locate the one item you need -- a troublesome and error-prone process.
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Has the restore process changed at all?
at virtual machines, there are a few things you need to consider. The restore process can be just as it has been traditionally. If you have an agent-based backup system, you can restore a single file back into the virtual machine just as we have in the past.
But, if you are doing system-level backups where you are... More...
Can you perform a backup of a virtual machine when it is live?
There are a couple different methods depending on what your restore goals are. You can take a virtual machine image, and you can take a snapshot or backup of that while the virtual machine is still writing to that image. But, that's like walking up to a server and pulling the plug, then plugging it back in...
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What data is actually being backed up when a virtual machine image is backed up?
agent on there, we're backing up the files, and everyone's happy. If we need to restore a file or an email, it's fairly simple. We go back into the agent and recover it.
In a virtual server environment, the actual virtual machine image is stored as a single file. So, that's very different. The operating system, the... More... |