Backup

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Wot – no VSS writers ?

This entry was posted in Backup Software Tips and tagged VSS Windows Backup on March 17, 2015 by HAL

A clients backup failed and on inspection I noticed that the command “vssadmin list writers” which should report the status of the writers that support backups of various components came back blank. Yes Completely Blank !! So that could explain the backup failure and the subsequent issue where I was unable to view the backup […]

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Make sure your Synology Nas is secure

This entry was posted in Backup Security Software Storage and tagged Synology on June 19, 2014 by HAL

A article claiming that internet facing Synology NAS are being exploited in a attack on synthetic currency Dogecoin. The article is here and is worth a read. Its hard to see why you wouldn’t take on board the new releases of DSM and the packages you use. One of the factors suggesting this is a concerted […]

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A need for speed – transferring lots of small files ?

This entry was posted in Backup Tips VMware and tagged Richcopy VMWare on November 19, 2013 by HAL

A client data recovery process led to a useful tool which improved the transfer speed through the use of multiple threads – the issue was that the backup repositiory had many folders with large numbers of small files which made up a substantial amount of data. The data was stored in a vmware vm backup […]

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Instant WordPress on a USB stick!

This entry was posted in Backup Software Wordpress and tagged Wordpress on May 20, 2012 by HAL

Whilst researching some how-to’s on WordPress I came across a free piece of software called “Instant WordPress”. One of the claims it made was to be able to run WordPress from a USB key! That’s quite a claim I thought so I downloaded the software from Instant WordPress and gave it a go. I installed the software on […]

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Use Protection

This entry was posted in Backup Security Tips and tagged backup security on March 20, 2012 by HAL

In a recent article by the BBC the issue of cyber-attacks was highlighted as a major danger to small companies and indeed a Threat Awareness Survey stated that over 50% of respondents said that they didn’t feel in danger because they were a “small company”! They were under the misapprehension that only large enterprises should […]

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My new SBS 2011 fails to backup using inbuilt SBS Backup, please advise.

This entry was posted in Backup Tips on January 17, 2012 by HAL

Hal, I have just finished installing a new SBS 2011 server for my company.  Once it completed I installed all waiting updates and then rebooted.  I have now tried to configure the SBS Backup and it fails within 2 minutes after starting. Error message is ‘Backup unsuccessful. A volume shadow copy service operation failed. Unknown […]

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