A few people have noticed that Exchange 2010 on SBS 2011 Standard edition, has Circular Logging enabled by default on the Exchange Databases. They’ve wondered why this is happening. First up a history lesson. In SBS 2003, Exchange 2003 was configured by default to have Circular Logging disabled. This is great from a recovery perspective as it allows the … [Read more...]
How can I avoid large incremental backups with Trend Micro WFBS and StorageCraft ShadowProtect ?
In Trend Micro Worry-Free Business Security 6.0 and higher, Trend have implemented new technology that reduces the size of pattern files distributed to the client machines. This combined with other architecture changes means that there is quite a lot of disk activity and change at certain times during the day. The disk activity is really a reorganisation of the … [Read more...]
Things to do on SBS 2008 after you do a restore
If you use ShadowProtect or any other backup program to restore your SBS 2008 server to alternate hardware, OR if you have it virtualised and you move it from one virtualisation host to another, then there are a few things you simply MUST do to ensure things work correctly with SBS 2008. First thing is that upon the first boot, you must use F8 to get into Safe mode. From … [Read more...]
How can I use ShadowProtect and Head Start Restore to move a server quickly?
I blogged some time back about how I moved a terminal server which was a Hyper-V guest from Sydney to Brisbane in 7 seconds. People have asked me how I did that so I figured I’d put some notes together for you on how to use ShadowProtect to move a server quickly from one platform to another. You might not achieve the same 7 seconds that I did, as it depends on many … [Read more...]
Disaster Recovery from the Cloud…
I’m sure you’ve all heard about the massive rain and flooding that is affecting Queensland here in Australia at the moment. My heart really goes out to those poor souls affected in the floods as they will likely have lost everything. Few so far have lost their lives which is I guess so very fortunate. Possessions can be replaced, life however never can. … [Read more...]