Using Backup Exec with Hyper-V 2.0
Introduction Using Backup Exec to backup virtual environments that use Hyper-V 2 (Windows Server 2008 R2) as hypervisor may be not as simple as it first looks. In this paper I want to cover some of the reasons why partners and customers struggle getting reliable backups in those environments, especially when using clustered Hyper-V installations.How to rotate external harddisks - BE 2012
External hardisks, whether they are USB or eSata, are increasingly used as backup media, in place of tapes. If you are using more than one external harddisks, you would want to set them up so that there are minimal adminstration after the initial set-up. You should be able to swap disks without having to modify your backup jobs. My previous articleBE 2012 - Restoring data from a defunct server
Suppose you need to restore data from a defunct server, i.e. a server which does not exist in the BE 2012 media server. How do you do so? BE 2012 is server-centric, so the procedure is slightly different from that for the previous versions of BE. Currently, there is only 1 server in the BE 2012 media serverRestoring individual files/folders from a VM backup
I want to restore individual files/folders from my VM backup, but when I expand the machine, I don't see the individual files/folders. This scenario is often encountered by users and you got to check two things. 1) The file GRT is enabled in the VM backup job.
