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...]
Upgrading to StorageCraft ShadowControl from ImageManger loses settings
I attended the training today in Sydney on StorageCrafts most current product releases. During the training I decided to remotely upgrade 2 of my ImageManager 4 Installations to the newer version now called ShadowControl 5. I’d love to say that the installation went without flaw, but sadly that's not the case. In the two installation I’ve upgraded so far, both … [Read more...]
How can I reactivate my ShadowProtect IT Edition License?
ShadowProtect IT Edition comes on a USB key now for some time. As part of the way to control licensing, StorageCraft require you to reactivate it every 90 days. That way if you lose your key, they can invalidate your license and give you a new one knowing that whoever finds your key can’t use it for more than 90 days. Here’s how to reactivate your ShadowProtect IT … [Read more...]
Toshiba R600 vs Porsche 911 Carrera… Toshiba lost.
No – this is not a test to see how fast a Toshiba can reboot vs a Porsche 911, but a story from Jeff Wilson from VelocIT Business Systems and a member of the SMB IT Professionals organisation in Australia. Jeff tells the story of an urgent call he had from a customer over a weekend where the customer needed him to look at something urgently – ie before Monday. Being … [Read more...]