Configure ImageManager To Replicate To The Remote Vault – via Internet

The following are instructions on how to configure ImageManager to replicate to The Remote Vault via your Internet Connection. Replicating base backup images to the Seeding Drive: Add the backup folder to Mange and replicate to ImageManager – Start Managing Folder… Then check your Retention settings… (Note Version 6 allows for Global settings under Agent[…]

Configuring Shadow Protect Optimising For The Remote Vault

The Remote Vault has automated functionality to verify backup images are received at the very least every 3 hours. If no images are received for any volume, then a red flag is triggered alerting support of a possible issue. So to elimanate fals positives the following is the recommedend backup schedule for any given server/workstation[…]

Configuring Servers For Incremental Image Based Backups

When you start using incremental image based backups like Shadow Protect, it is best to make some changes on your Servers to get the most out of your Image Repositry, especially expensive remote storage. Install an additional disk or create an additional partition to relocate the following applicaitons/settings from your OS and Data drives: Virus[…]

6 Things To Get Right In Your Online Backup System

Are you considering setting up an online backup system for your business? With the rapid evolution of cloud computing it is now much more efficient to do your backups on line. Online backup is now becoming the best value solution, with easy to use backup software and much cheaper storage costs. The new backup software[…]

When Did You Last Check Your Backups?

Are you sure that your backup system is working effectively to protect your business from disaster? How many people do you know who thought they had an effective backup system in place and when their system crashed they found that they had lost important information? Sadly I know quite a few people who have lost[…]

Cloud Computing – A New Years Resolution

As we leave 2012 behind us we look forward to a new year for our businesses. But what should we do in 2013 to improve our business? One of the most important things we can do for our business and our customers is to improve our data management particularly backup and recovery processes. It gives[…]

What Will A Mini-Disaster Cost You?

Last week I talked about mini-disasters. Mini-disasters are local catastrophes that are much more likely to affect your business than the large-scale environmental disasters that scare us the most. By a strange coincidence a few days after I posted the mini-disaster story I was called by one of my new clients. Late on Friday afternoon[…]

Not A Storm In A Teacup – How Mini Disasters Can Affect Your Business

When we think about the natural disasters that can affect our businesses we immediately think of bushfires, floods, earthquakes, blackouts, storms and lightning strikes, or strong winds. These can affect your business operations, computers and your information and data. But it is not the large-scale disaster, that is most likely to affect your business, instead[…]