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tom_garrity · 05-09-2007

We have way too many skipped files in our backups. They include PST, CDX, DBF, XML, DOC and other file extensions (including WINSTEMP.MDB). We purchased AOFO to overcome this problem, but the issue persists. I would appreciate your ideas, if you h...

tom_garrity · 03-20-2007

About one year ago, I attended a Backup Exec technical & sales seminar. I understood one of the presenters to make a strong statement that differential backups are preferred to incremental. Now, some of our locations use incremental and some differ...

tom_garrity · 05-09-2007

I have looked for the same thing. Here are some thoughts. First, right click the volume (e.g., C:) in Windows Explorer and go to Properties > shadow copy components. It's got to be enabled. Also, someone may have pointed it to a different volume. ...

tom_garrity · 05-09-2007

Hi Adam - I am not certain this will meet your needs, but here's what we do. We create all jobs by policies. The policy includes a primary backup template which backs-up to disk. A second template is a "Duplicate Backup Set Template." It automati...

tom_garrity · 03-21-2007

Communications issues are possible. Do not use the SCSI port on a RAID controller to connect a tape drive (see KB).Drivers & firmware must be up to date.Do you have searchable items in your Event Logs?

tom_garrity · 03-20-2007

A good way to combine disk-to-disk and tape backups is to use Policies.Within the policy, you will create two templates. The first template backs-up to disk, then a duplicate template backs up the same data to tape. While the tape is working, the n...

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