Brien M. Posey

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SharePoint data recovery solutions By Brien M. Posey
Restoring Microsoft SharePoint Server 2007 components from a data backup is usually a fairly simple process, but things can -- and sometimes will -- go wrong.

A typical restoration consists of these five steps:

Log onto the SharePoint server with administrative credentials, open the Central Administration... More...

How to back up and restore a certificate store By Brien M. Posey
Generally speaking, nobody is going to argue the point that you should back up your servers on a regular basis. Even so, some servers are definitely more important to back up than others. While it's important to back up your domain controllers, for example, it isn't absolutely critical in most cases. If a domain... More...
Problems with backing up and restoring Exchange Server data, Part 2 By Brien M. Posey
In my previous tip, I wrote about troubleshooting Microsoft Exchange data backups and restorations. In this next tip, I will present some of the most common causes of Exchange Server backup and restore failures.

You can't perform an incremental or a differential backup

Normally, Exchange Server allows you to... More...

REMOTE BACKUP SOLUTIONS
E-mail Recovery, Restoration, Search & Analysis by Kroll Ontrack

Working directly with your existing Exchange backup architecture and procedures, Ontrack PowerControls quickly and easily restores message-level items from any previous full backup. After all, a backup program is really only as good as its ability to restore lost data. No more need for time...
Comprehensive Backup and Recovery of VMware Virtual Infrastructure Symantec BE 12.5 for Windows Server by Symantec Corporation
x and its underlying components using Symantec Backup Exec 12.5 for Windows Servers and the Backup Exec Agent for VMware Virtual Infrastructure (AVVI). Server virtualization is quickly becoming a standard technology in many data centers today. While VMware augments hardware utilization...
ESG - A Compelling Disk Backup Story by ExaGrid Systems, Inc.
This ESG white paper explores how disk-based backup has emerged and why it is so critical in today's storage environments. Read this white paper to also learn how one company has blossomed in the disk market and the products they offer. Over the past few years, disk-based backup has truly...
Tape Backup Performance and Reliability Best Practices by Dell | EqualLogic
discusses best practices related to tape backup performance and reliability, troubleshooting automated tape libraries, and managing long term tape archives. This document discusses best practices related to tape backup performance and reliability, troubleshooting...
WAN Optimization Solutions by Hewlett-Packard Company
Today's typical WAN causes data transfer to be difficult and not seamless. Read about how WAN Optimization can help mitigate the effects of high-latency links as well as increase effective throughput. Never before have wide area networks (WANs) been more critical to business success than they are today. Large corporations in...
Related Knowledgestorm Podcasts
Podcast: Optimize your Network for Better Business Outcomes by Hewlett-Packard Company
leading edge application acceleration to mobile workers, and speed up backup procedures associated with disaster recovery. Your network has never been more critical to business success than it is today, with employees, customers and partners relying on it to communicate easily and transfer large quantities of...
Time to Rethink Backup and Recovery - Virtualization Changes the Paradigm by Vizioncore Inc.
to run more of their production applications. This raises the bar for backup and recovery applications like vRanger Pro. Virtualization is becoming more widely used and accepted. As the level of use rises, experienced users are adopting virtualization to run more of their production applications. This raises the...
Addressing Backup and Recovery in a Consolidated Server Environment: Practical Advice from a Field-Proven Expert by Datalink/NetApp
This podcast discusses the pros and cons of using VMware Consolidated Backup for local backup and recovery, where it makes sense to use consolidated storage in a virtual environment, and the challenges of DR in a consolidated server environment. Organizations are deploying server virtualization at a rapid pace...