I decided to do some very basic performance testing of non Windows based NAS devices that I’ve got here at in my lab / production network. The aim of this is not to come up with a winner or loser, but to understand what levels of performance I might expect from these NAS devices. I’ll break this testing up into two categories, and tonight's blog post will feature the non … [Read more...]
How to convert a ShadowProtect Backup to a VHD
I use a number of different backup products in my SBSfaq.com office environment, one of those is ShadowProtect. My Terminal Server is Windows Server 2008 R2 and it’s been running on top of a Windows 8 Hyper-V server as I test it out. I’ve had ShadowProtect running inside the Guest Virtual Machine so as to ensure I got a solid backup of my data should something go … [Read more...]
What NOT to do with ShadowProtect.
Let me start by saying that StorageCraft ShadowProtect is not in the slightest way at fault for the story I’m about to relay. The customer who should know better is entirely at fault. Let this be a warning to users of ShadowProtect, that there are things you do not understand and you should not mess with at all. We’ve got a client at Correct Solutions who has a … [Read more...]
How to upgrade to ShadowProtect 4.2.1
StorageCraft has recently released ShadowProtect 4.2.1 on their download site. This upgrade is a little different to most in that there’s a few things to watch out for. firstly, you can only upgrade to 4.2.1 if you are already on 4.1.5. If you are not on 4.1.5 then you need to remove and reinstall ShadowProtect and reconfigure the jobs etc. Download the … [Read more...]
Windows failed to start – 0xc000000e Error
Been doing a bit of work recently for a customer in migrating their physical environment into a virtual test environment. We’ve used ShadowProtect IT Edition as part of that solution. On some of the servers, we’ve received one of two errors. Status: 0xc000000e Info: The boot selection failed because a required device is inaccessible. or File: … [Read more...]