I’m running StorageCraft ShadowControl ImageManager on one of my Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Essentials servers as it acts as the host for all my ShadowProtect backups. Sometime this week, my ImageManager started to log two errors when it did it’s daily processing. Process folder exception: Unable to synchronize with directory contents Sync exception: SyncFiles … [Read more...]
StorageCraft and Kaseya working together
Well the leap year is a time for all kinds of strange things happening. Women can propose marriage to men is just one example. Today is no exception (I’m in the US still so it’s still Feb 29th). StorageCraft and Kaseya have today announced a new partnership that will see the backup technology that Kaseya previously used being replaced by StorageCraft … [Read more...]
StorageCraft and Kaseya working together
Well the leap year is a time for all kinds of strange things happening. Women can propose marriage to men is just one example. Today is no exception (I’m in the US still so it’s still Feb 29th). StorageCraft and Kaseya have today announced a new partnership that will see the backup technology that Kaseya previously used being replaced by StorageCraft … [Read more...]
How can I re-register my StorageCraft VSS Provider?
Recently while troubleshooting a system for a client, I ran across the situation where the StorageCraft VSS Snapshot provider disappeared. When you ran the vssadmin list providers command, you only got the list below. I then decided to see if the service was present by running the services console and it was not even listed. That’s right the StorageCraft Shadow Copy … [Read more...]
ShadowProtect – Best Options for MBR and Track Zero
When you restore a ShadowProtect image to a new computer, there is often confusion about the right settings to chose for the boot partition. Jack Alsop from StorageCraft here in Australia recommends the following options. Restore MBR is needed – and Jack recommends you restore an Original Windows MBR unless the disk subsystems is 100% identical to avoid issues. Restore … [Read more...]