September 3, 2010

Commvault iDataAgent and Remote Public Folders

There is a change in behaviour between Commvault version 7 and version 8 in the way that the Public Folder iData Agent handles public folders, which can lead to some undesirable outcomes.

Review of GFI Backup Business Edition

GFI has recently released two backup products, a free one for home users and a paid product for business users. I downloaded and tested the Business Edition to see if it was as easy to install and use as they claim.

Some Recent Articles

Here are some of the blog posts I’ve written for other sites in the the last few weeks.

Exchange Server 2007 Backup and Recovery

Read my five part series covering the fundamentals of Exchange Server 2007 backup and recovery. Learn how to backup each of the Exchange 2007 servers roles and then recover from common disaster scenarios.

Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 2 Announced

Microsoft has announced that Service Pack 2 for Exchange Server 2007 will be released in Q3 of this year.  The MS Exchange Team has listed some of the key new features in their blog post here. A welcome addition is the new volume snapshot backup plugin for Windows Server 2008.  Currently Exchange Server 2007 cannot [...]

Event ID 9554 and Backup Exec 11d backup failures for Exchange Server 2007 Mailbox Servers

You may encounter an issue with Backup Exec 11d performing backups of Exchange Server 2007 Mailbox Servers using Granular Restore Technology (GRT) when the backup job is targeted at tape media. The backup job fails with the following error: Backup- \\SERVER.domain.local\Microsoft Information Store\First Storage Group V-79-57344-33928 – Access Denied. Cannot backup directory Mailbox Database and [...]