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My 4 golden backup rules – Part 2: Schedule restores and back up backups

Scheduling restores (disaster recovery training) and backing up backups (offsite backups) are essential for every modern backup strategy.
My 4 golden backup rules – Part 1: Don’t schedule backups and don’t configure backup jobs

In this article I argue that backup methods relying on schedules and backup job configurations are no longer...
Raffle: Blackbird recovery for AD – Recovery and rollback

Now that you have a general idea about the architecture and capabilities of Blackbird recovery, I will give you...
Raffle: Oops!Backup – ReverseDelta and laptop backups

In my previous post, I described Oops!Backup’s CDP features and its advantages over conventional backup tools. Today, I will...
Raffle: Oops!Backup – Continuous Data Protection for client computers

Altaro is raffling 15 licenses of their nifty backup tool for desktops and laptops. Each license is worth US$37....
Review: Backup laptops with Seagate Freeagent Pro

Do you have users in your organizations who never logon to the corporate network with their laptops? In such...
DPM 2007 RC is ready for download

Data Protection Manager 2007 RC is finally out. I have been waiting for this already for some time. Just...
Technical differences between DPM 2006 and DPM 2007

Jason Buffington, the "Data Protection Guy" at Microsoft explains the difference between DPM 2006 and DPM 2007 (Data Protection...
Review: Symantec Backup Exec 11d and Continuous Protection Server – Conclusion

In this last post of my series about Backup Exec 11d and Continuous Protection Server (CPS), I will sum...
Review: Securing Exchange with Backup Exec 11d and Continuous Protection Server (CPS)

Backup Exec 11d now offers CDP functionality for Microsoft Exchange. In this third post of my series about Backup...
Review: How Symantec Backup Exec 11d interacts with CPS

Last week, I introduced Symantec Continuous Protection Server (CPS). Today, I will discuss, how CPS interacts with Backup Exec...
Review: Symantec Backup Exec 11d – Continuous Protection Server (CPS)

This article is part of a series about my experience during my trial of Backup Exec 11d and Continuous...
Symantec Backup Exec 11d: Conventional backups at its ends?

I just installed Symantec Backup Exec 11d and was somewhat surprised that there are no major changes to the...
Review: Microsoft Data Protection Manager Version 2 (DPM v2)

I was quite surprised when someone from Microsoft told me that DPM v2 Beta 1 not only allows backups...
Symantec Backup Exec 11d with continuous data protection for Exchange and SQL Server

The final of Backup Exec 11d will be available on the 6th of November. It will support backups of...
Download Microsoft Data Protection Manager 2006 SP1

Service Pack 1 for DPM 2006 is now available. It is interesting that SP1 was released after the beta...
Microsoft Data Protection Manager Version 2 supports Exchange, Sharepoint and SQL Server

I was quite surprised when I found out about this today. I didn't expect that Microsoft Data Protection Manager...
CDP for Exchange not yet ready for prime time?

I just added a new tool to my collection of CDP tools for Exchange. Atempo LiveServe for Microsoft Exchange...
Review: Lucid8 DigiVault-Continuous Data Protection for Exchange

Some days ago, I posted a list of backup tools for Microsoft Exchange supporting Continuous Data Protection (CDP). Meanwhile,...