THE OFFICIAL BLOG OF THE SBS "DIVA" : Backup

This should help a lot of people with there backup woes on SBS2008

bradley — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 09:10:00 GMT

Don Murphy in the SBS2k list said..

Quite a few months ago I ran into an issue with ShadowProtect on SBS 2008. Long and the short of it is there is an issue in the Exchange vss writer that was fixed in Update Rollup 9.

This should help a lot of people with there backup woes on SBS2008.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/970162

It appears as DPM issue but Shadowprotect and other applications that use the vss writer experienced issues as well.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/968621/

Don Murphy

Backup and Restore Small Business Server 2003 using Data Protection Manager 2007

bradley — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 01:04:00 GMT

Corporate America: The Technical Side: Backup and Restore Small Business Server 2003 using Data Protection Manager 2007.:
http://ctsitguru.blogspot.com/2008/09/backup-and-restore-small-business.html

Stealing from a newsgroup pot from Andrew Alaniz --

I know this is late, but I wanted to hit up as many forums as I could with 
what I have recently found regarding SBS 2003 and DPM 2007.

Please review my blog at http://ctsitguru.blogspot.com my latest entry 
details performing a bare bones restore of SBS 2003 with DPM 2007.  The catch 
is you must have the Enterprise agent in order to use the System Restore Tool.

I too ran into the issue where the SBS is the only DC/DNS in the network and 
so how do DPM then know it even exists if it fails.  You must first keep 
recovery points using the SRT and file level backups using DPM.

A few other quirks with SBS:

-Do not run DPM backups of the information store or SQL server while also 
running SBS backups.  You will run into issues with conflicts in the 
transaction logs.

-DPM does not recognize WSS2.0 as SharePoint therefore you cannot use it to 
perform file level backups of SharePoint.

-Make sure you have lots of disk space on the server running DPM because any 
decent backup plan for SBS is going to take up a bit of space.

Can't please them all can you?

bradley — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 05:28:00 GMT

http://weblog.infoworld.com/enterprisewindows/archives/2008/09/exchange_backup.html

Show me an Enterprise customer and they probably are not using ntbackup to backup Exchange.

Show me a SBS 2008 server and there's a backup api under the hood that is included in the product because we're spoiled because our Backup wizard in 2k3 backed up Exchange as well

Show me some of the consultants and they are freaking out that Win2k8 backup can't backup to tape.

Can't please them all can you?

And if you want to backup to disk in the 2k8 era.... http://www.backupassist.com/BackupAssistV5/beta/v5Beta_Announcement.html Affordable solution right there.

Buy her a bigger purse

bradley — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 01:20:00 GMT

http://uksbsguy.com/forums/p/2096/6544.aspx

I got one question about backup... Strong beliver of tapes but now not supporting what is the poor PA meant to do now when the external HDD do not fit in her handbag.

Seriously though, apart from now having to buy 3rd party, what was Microsoft thinking about transporting backup media offsite, external HDD are very delicate if dropped."

One word. Or rather one link...

http://www.wdc.com/en/products/index.asp?Cat=9

Okay so maybe 2...

http://www.amazon.com/CaseLogic-Small-External-Drive-Case/dp/B000HDJT4S/ref=pd_bxgy_e_text_b

If a gal can't fit THAT into her purse... buy her a bigger one.

Native tape is dead in 2k8. Folks, either deal with it, plan on backupassist and get over it. It is what it is and no amount of "tape is better" arguing will change this. I have never "dropped a drive" enough to lose data.

If you ask your clients, ask them if they even like rotating tapes at all and if the answer is no, check out www.efolder.net as well.

A few years ago we NEVER thought the native backup was good enough...so it's funny how things change.

P.S.... the backup support only for harddrives is a Windows Server 2008 requirement. This isn't unique to SBS.

About that cloud....

bradley — Fri, 30 May 2008 03:15:00 GMT

Some online backup services insecure - heise online UK:
http://www.heise-online.co.uk/news/Some-online-backup-services-insecure--/110771

Does the cloud have maintenance windows that match your needs for maintenance?

Read that. The Cloud has issues. Be aware of that.

Latest VSS hotfix -- 949391

bradley — Sat, 24 May 2008 03:19:00 GMT

When Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) tries to delete hardware support snapshots on a computer that is running Windows Server 2003 or an x64 version of Windows XP, the operation may fail:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;949391

...and I requested the hotfix via email

(edit 10:34 p.m. received hotfix)

Debit to cash... now THAT was my favorite journal entry

bradley — Wed, 21 May 2008 02:49:00 GMT

I met Jan Spring, VP of Sales of Efolder (www.efolder.net ) in New Orleans and she and Jim Muglia (long lost relation of Bob Muglia, Senior VP of Server and Tools -- trust me long story-- ask him sometime) talked about Efolder. About 5 seconds into the setup I was already sold on the concept for my flat file PDF beast of a Windows 2008 box. I liked their attention to detail, to encryption, and the manner in which they made sure you could get your data back and still be as uber paranoid as you wanted to be.

To ensure that you can not only encrypt your data but get it back I had to laugh at their listing of questions you can set for reset/get back your narly encryption password. You can make it as paranoid as you want it to be and still get your data back.

But there was one question that I just had to laugh about.....

That one. Why? Because my "accounting background" showed up. My very first thought for what that question meant was my favorite debit or credit entry explanation or something.

In accounting we do general journal entries and that was my first thought was "Okay like debit to Cash ....." until I went...duh.... you idiot.

For those in the partner space you can 'brand' it as your backup. Don't ask me the prices as they are channel only, ask Jan all about it. Her email address is jspring@efolder.net

Jim, in addition to doing flat file storage, is using StorageCraft and then parking the StorageCraft image on Efolder. Kewl huh!

Making an image

bradley — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 03:37:00 GMT

A couple of people pinged and asked if I could have done a StorageCraft backup instead of the EnCase one I did for the examination of the laptop. Honestly it would have been easier. EnCase is sometimes a bear to get it to make a true boot image of the acquired drive. The issue is not really whether Storagecraft could have done a better job (it could), an easier job (way easier), but rather more of a standard in the Industry. If I know that an examination will not be used for court reasons, StorageCraft is actually my preferred imaging tool (remember of course that the ITPro version is the one that works with a bootable iso and thus doesn't touch the drive/make any inpact to the date stamps). EnCase along with Paraben are two of the heavy hitters in litigation. If you go into court you merely say "I acquired it using EnCase" and there's not a lengthly voir dire (that's Attorney speak for "we question the heck out of it to see if we can poke holes") of the tools used in the process.

EnCase takes a hash of the drive, has "EnCase scripts" to examine for certain information (emails, sensitive data, queries, etc). It's more of a situation that if I'm doing a 'casual' investigation, I'll do StorageCraft to a vmware/vpc. If a courtcase, it's the full blown EnCase.

The key is the right tool for the right situation. You must have a block image/doesn't touch the data imaging program that ensures that the original data is not written to during the acquisition process.

And that's the key, select the right tool for the job.

StorageCraft and VMware/VPC

bradley — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 07:23:00 GMT

When in Virtual PC or VMWare and restoring a StorageCraft image you have to think of where you are at.

First off.. you need to share out the location of where the image is at. Then you boot the StorageCraft ISO into the virtual PC or VMware. Choose option one that uses the vistaPE boot sequence. Then, inside StorageCraft, you assign an IP address in the range of the IP address of the machine that holds the image. In my case my box was at 192.168.000.002 and I gave the IP of the StorageCraft 192.168.000.050.

Then I mapped a drive letter. In my case as I'm restoring this on a machine that is a workgroup the syntax is \\Machinename\Sharedfolder and entered the username and password.

So now I ensured that a partitioned out in the Virtual PC a larger space then my backup ..and I began the restore process. The first thing it wanted me to do was to partition the drive I had set up and then it wanted to reboot the image. But when it rebooted it just sat there with a blinking curser.. AH I forgot to go into the boot sequence of the VPC/VMware and make it boot from the cdrom (or in this case ISO) of the StorageCraft first.

Once it did that I started the restore wizard again....

But this is definitely something you want to practice and document the process. When something blows up is not the time to be fumbling around trying to figure this stuff out.

But when it works... and you now have a virtualized copy of the exact desktop at the office (yes it's retail not OEM in case the licensing folks are reading) of XP that you can put under Vista just in case you need it, it's priceless.

Catalog a backup file

bradley — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 07:44:00 GMT

From the mailbox tonight ...which is kinda fitting since I'm using a backup for my lost SYSVOL issue...

Sometimes there's a backup you need that just isn't listed in your tape (or hard drive) catalog.

Click on Restore, and then on Tools and see that "Catalog a backup file" there... click that to have the restore program read the backup file and build a new catalog for you.

Getdataback to Get Data Back

bradley — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 07:38:00 GMT

Bob Nitrio pinged me the other night that I paved over my ISO repository in my zeal to test out Bitlocker and at the time I was running Longhorn. He suggested GetDataBack from http://www.runtime.org/ to get my ISO's back.

As you can see in the image below it was indeed going to be able to do just that. All I had done was to repartition and reformat. That doesn't destroy data at all as you can see.

When you do an Oh #%@# the best thing you can do is to stop and ensure that you do no more damage to a disk. As you can see it was easily able to see everything and would have gotten that drive back in about 2 and 1/2 hours. I ended up deciding to not worry about it as I've already received all of the media in the mail to replace it and there were old betas on that drive that I didn't want or need back and it was just faster to use the MagicISO program to rip ISO's from the dvd's I've received.

But. Let this be a lesson.. IF I had wanted to get it back, disk recovery utilities would have done exactly that. The key is to not write data OVER THE TOP. Formatting, no prob. Reparitioning over the top ... no prob. Writing over the top of data... and we start to have a big problem and possibly lose or damage data. But the next time you do a big wince.. a REALLY big wince.... stop. You may be able to get that data back.

Either have a backup ..or don't care

bradley — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 05:39:00 GMT

I just winced just a little bit.. in my testing of bitlocker on my beta test box I just accidentally paved over the drive on that server that stored all the downloaded ISO's from the beta site. Fortunately, while I can do a little wince at the time it will take me to pull them down again from TechNet and the beta's I'm in, it's not a huge loss (mainly because I'm in the unlimited bandwidth USA mind you).

But I didn't have a backup of that drive I paved over. Fortunately I can replace it... but the fact is that I had no backup and thus lost the data.

http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/library/cbc28269-5146-4672-9161-8872697897061033.mspx?mfr=true

So what things will you wince over? And do you have a backup?

I may have blown off all those ISOs... but I got Bitlocker to work... so for that it was worth it! ;-)

A shrinking backup window

bradley — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 07:38:00 GMT

Chris reminded me while we were in AU of the adjustment he made to the backup program in SBS....

Here’s my blog article on modifying bkprunner.exe to use /FU to restore SBS performance when backing up to file:http://chrisara.blogspot.com/2007/09/modifying-sbs-2003-sp1s-bkprunnerexe.htmlThe reason for /FU is documented here:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/839272

Beer for a laptop

bradley — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 06:03:58 GMT

http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/10/19/laptop.beer.ap/index.html

While it's admirable that he's offering beer for a return of his laptop that has the business financials and the logos, the reality is that for any business, one shouldn't get into this situation in the first place. With online backups, Windows home server, even a spare harddrive, there's no excuse these days NOT to have a backup of key critical information.

Here's hoping he gets the laptop back. Here's also hoping that he's learned his lesson.

Online backup - is it for every data?

bradley — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 00:33:00 GMT

To: sbradcpa@pacbell.net

Dear IDrive-E User (susan_bradley) ,

Scheduled Backup status.
Scheduled Time : 10/11/2007 2:55:23 AM
----------------------------------------------
Backup Set name : susan_bradley 
Backup Operation : Scheduled 
Version No: 1.1.2.1 
Total backup set size = 5.56 GB 
[ 10-11-2007 03:22:41 ]  [Incremental Backup]Backed up file  C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\My Documents\crm.txt
[ 10-11-2007 03:22:41 ]  [Incremental Backup]Backed up file  C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\My Documents\crmfamily.txt
[ 10-11-2007 03:22:42 ]  [Incremental Backup]Backed up file  C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Windows\UsrClass.dat.LOG
[ 10-11-2007 03:28:20 ]  [Full Backup]Backed up file  C:\Documents and Settings\msmvps\My Documents\KB942027\324862_intl_i386_zip.exe, 5.41 MB 
[ 10-11-2007 03:28:43 ]  [Incremental Backup]Backed up file  C:\Documents and Settings\msmvps\My Documents\SQL Server Management Studio\Settings\CurrentSettings-2007-08-04.vssettings
[ 10-11-2007 03:28:50 ]  [Full Backup]Backed up file  E:\Public Content\Websites\msmvps-cs21\blogs\paleo\Outlook.jpg, 31.25 KB 
[ 10-11-2007 03:28:53 ]  [Full Backup]Backed up file  E:\Public Content\Websites\msmvps-cs21\blogs\paleo\Outlook2.jpg, 22.21 KB 
[ 10-11-2007 03:28:56 ]  [Full Backup]Backed up file  E:\Public Content\Websites\msmvps-cs21\photos\cache\1000.1603.1242703.640x480.LogoMVPSmall.jpg.jpg, 3.27 KB 
[ 10-11-2007 03:29:08 ]  [Full Backup]Backed up file  E:\Public Content\Websites\msmvps-cs21\blogs\brianmadsen\WindowsLiveWriter\Gardenprojectitstakingshape_FCF7\fence1.jpg, 77.17 KB 
[ 10-11-2007 03:29:12 ]  [Full Backup]Backed up file  E:\Public Content\Websites\msmvps-cs21\blogs\brianmadsen\WindowsLiveWriter\Gardenprojectitstakingshape_FCF7\fence1_thumb.jpg, 22.06 KB 
[ 10-11-2007 03:29:19 ]  [Full Backup]Backed up file  E:\Public Content\Websites\msmvps-cs21\blogs\brianmadsen\WindowsLiveWriter\Gardenprojectitstakingshape_FCF7\fence2.jpg, 76.50 KB 
[ 10-11-2007 03:29:20 ]  [Full Backup]Backed up file  E:\Public Content\Websites\msmvps-cs21\blogs\brianmadsen\WindowsLiveWriter\Gardenprojectitstakingshape_FCF7\fence2_thumb.jpg, 21.81 KB 
[ 10-11-2007 03:29:23 ]  [Full Backup]Backed up file  E:\Public Content\Websites\msmvps-cs21\blogs\brianmadsen\WindowsLiveWriter\Gardenprojectitstakingshape_FCF7\fence3.jpg, 76.51 KB 
[ 10-11-2007 03:29:24 ]  [Full Backup]Backed up file  E:\Public Content\Websites\msmvps-cs21\blogs\brianmadsen\WindowsLiveWriter\Gardenprojectitstakingshape_FCF7\fence3_thumb.jpg, 22.17 KB 
[ 10-11-2007 03:29:27 ]  [Full Backup]Backed up file  E:\Public Content\Websites\msmvps-cs21\blogs\donna\WindowsLiveWriter\FakeOctober2007CumulativePatch_120F1\fake22_2.jpg, 78.29 KB 
[ 10-11-2007 03:29:29 ]  [Full Backup]Backed up file  E:\Public Content\Websites\msmvps-cs21\blogs\donna\WindowsLiveWriter\FakeOctober2007CumulativePatch_120F1\fake22_thumb.jpg, 15.85 KB 
[ 10-11-2007 03:29:31 ]  [Full Backup]Backed up file  E:\Public Content\Websites\msmvps-cs21\blogs\donna\WindowsLiveWriter\FakeOctober2007CumulativePatch_120F1\fake_2.jpg, 88.48 KB 
[ 10-11-2007 03:29:33 ]  [Full Backup]Backed up file  E:\Public Content\Websites\msmvps-cs21\blogs\donna\WindowsLiveWriter\FakeOctober2007CumulativePatch_120F1\fake_thumb.jpg, 16.30 KB 
[ 10-11-2007 03:29:35 ]  [Full Backup]Backed up file  E:\Public Content\Websites\msmvps-cs21\blogs\donna\WindowsLiveWriter\FakeOctober2007CumulativePatch_120F1\header_2.jpg, 53.06 KB 
[ 10-11-2007 03:29:36 ]  [Full Backup]Backed up file  E:\Public Content\Websites\msmvps-cs21\blogs\donna\WindowsLiveWriter\FakeOctober2007CumulativePatch_120F1\header_thumb.jpg, 9.44 KB 
[ 10-11-2007 03:29:40 ]  [Full Backup]Backed up file  E:\Public Content\Websites\msmvps-cs21\blogs\ehlo\WindowsLiveWriter\ExchangeServer2007SP1Overview_81C6\e2k7_sp1_overview_3.gif, 36.31 KB 
[ 10-11-2007 03:29:41 ]  [Full Backup]Backed up file  E:\Public Content\Websites\msmvps-cs21\blogs\moss\WindowsLiveWriter\LesKPIsdansMOSS_EC06\clip_image002.gif, 10.64 KB 
[ 10-11-2007 08:00:47 ]  [Incremental Backup]Backed up file  D:\SQL Backups\msinfluentialscs\MSinfluentialbackup.bak
NOT SUCCESS:[ Error : Retrying... ]  [ 10-13-2007 12:34:46 ]  [Incremental Backup]  D:\SQL Backups\msmvps-cs\msmvpsmainbackup.bak  
BACKUP START TIME : 10-11-2007 03:22:00 
BACKUP END TIME : 10-16-2007 18:16:10 
Backup Cancelled     [Backed up Files : 23/24] 
----------------------------------------------

Backup Cancelled.

If for the last few days the speed of the blog totally sucked...that was why.  I was testing out an online backup solution.

And while it may make sense for incremental files, and normal workloads, If you are attempting to pull over a 5 gig clump 
of a backup of a SQL database it makes no sense at all.  It was taking DAYS to backup that clump.  Obviously one needs 
to do a SQL aware backup or something, but even still, while flat "normal" file backups may make sense online, not sure if
every file backup does.

One locally attached USB later and we have what was taking DAYS to backup, now backed up in minutes

VSS hotfixes

bradley — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 19:07:00 GMT

On the topic of VSS hotfixes, Chris was saying that the optimal VSS hotfixes are now:

A new Volume Shadow Copy Service update is now available that fixes various Volume Shadow Copy Service problems in Windows Server 2003:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/913648/en-us
Availability of a Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) hotfix rollup package for Windows Server 2003 to resolve some VSS snapshot issues:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/940349/en-us
are needed for the server

and
An update is available to optimize the way that the Shadow Copy Client accesses shadow copies in Windows Server 2003 and in Windows XP:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/903234/en-us
is needed for the workstation

But if you have SP2 installed, you have KB913648 already installed.

And don't forget you can request that hotifx via email... To resolve this problem, submit a request to Microsoft Online Customer Services to obtain the hotfix. To submit an online request to obtain the hotfix, visit the following Microsoft Web site: http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=6294451. I got mine in about 2 hours last night.

Availability of a Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) hotfix rollup package for Windows Server 2003 to resolve some VSS snapshot issues

bradley — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 06:58:00 GMT

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/940349
Availability of a Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) hotfix rollup package for Windows Server 2003 to resolve some VSS snapshot issues

Chris says there's a new VSS hotfix... okay mark your watches... it's almost midnight pacific and I'm requesting an email hotfix.

To resolve this problem, submit a request to Microsoft Online Customer Services to obtain the hotfix. To submit an online request to obtain the hotfix, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=6294451

Your request was successfully submitted to Microsoft. A Microsoft Professional will respond to you via e-mail within 8 business hours. (it NEVER has taken 8 business hours to get these hotfixes via email)

Would you like a terrabyte or two?

bradley — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 07:02:00 GMT

http://www.lacie.com/us/products/product.htm?pid=10882

I terrabyte for about $300

2 disk raid for about $400 - http://www.lacie.com/us/products/product.htm?pid=10953

And both in Ethernet or USB 2.0

Wasn't it just yesterday that I thought a 1 gig hardrive was huge? Wow how time flies and prices drop and sizes increase in just a few years isn't it?

StorageCraft Hardware Independent Restore

bradley — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 21:45:00 GMT

Okay so read this... and then go back and read it again and let it sink in of exactly what this means to your backup strategies.

StorageCraft has put their HIR (the Hardware Independent Restore) that "oh my goodness wow I can restore to ANYTHING" that Mark Crall demo'd in New Orleans and will be demo-ing at www.SMBnation.com that used to be only in the IT Pro edition into the Desktop and Server versions. The download won't be there until Wednesday ...but wow.

News Release
For Immediate Release
StorageCraft Releases ShadowProtect Server Edition 3.0 and ShadowProtect Desktop Edition 3.0
Disk-based backup and disaster recovery software includes hardware independent restoration (HIR) to and from virtual and physical systems

DRAPER, Utah, U.S.A. – Aug. 21, 2007 – StorageCraft Technology Corporation, a provider of innovative disk-based backup, disaster recovery, data protection and security solutions for servers, desktops and laptops, today announced the release of StorageCraft ShadowProtect Server Edition™ 3.0 and ShadowProtect Desktop Edition™ 3.0, the latest versions of the award-winning ShadowProtect™ line of disk-based backup and disaster recovery software.

ShadowProtect Server Edition 3.0 and ShadowProtect Desktop Edition 3.0 include hardware independent restoration (HIR), allowing IT administrators to backup, restore or migrate server, desktop and laptop systems to any environment, whether physical or virtual.

“ShadowProtect has revolutionized the way we approach data backup and recovery,” said Dave Watts, president of NetFusion, Inc., a Los Angeles-based systems consulting firm specializing in outsourced support for small to medium-sized businesses. “ShadowProtect allows us to recover an entire server from scratch in an hour or two, and ShadowProtect 3.0 even allows us to restore to different hardware!”

HIR Features Give Disaster Recovery and System Migration Flexibility

ShadowProtect Server Edition 3.0 and ShadowProtect Desktop Edition 3.0 allow IT professionals to restore or migrate servers, desktops and laptops in any environment – whether virtual or physical.

In addition, ShadowProtect can migrate to new systems with tremendous flexibility – whether from a physical machine to another physical machine (P2P), a physical to a virtual machine (P2V), a virtual machine to another virtual machine (V2V) or even from a virtual machine to a physical machine (V2P). ShadowProtect Server Edition 3.0 and ShadowProtect Desktop Edition 3.0 support virtualization solutions, such as VMware platforms and Microsoft Virtual Server and Virtual PC, for quick and reliable disaster recovery, system migration and consolidation.

“We’ve engineered ShadowProtect 3.0 to help IT professionals protect every Windows system in their computing environment,” said Scott Barnes, chief technology officer at StorageCraft. “This means there aren’t any limitations on the types of Windows systems you are backing up or migrating to – whether virtual or physical.”

Improved Recovery Features

The improved features in ShadowProtect Server Edition 3.0 and ShadowProtect Desktop Edition 3.0 also make it easier to recover servers, desktops and laptops following a catastrophic failure. New features in ShadowProtect include tools that help administrators get systems up and running in minutes.

ShadowProtect Server Edition 3.0 and ShadowProtect Desktop Edition 3.0 have an improved recovery environment which includes additional drivers to make it easy to recover systems and data. In addition, ShadowProtect allows IT professionals to dynamically load drivers to provide complete flexibility in adding new storage controller drivers or NIC drivers, for example.

Additional features in ShadowProtect Server Edition 3.0 and ShadowProtect Desktop Edition include:

· Bootable recovery CD based on Windows Vista; includes automatic hardware detection and network support;

· New Verify Backup Image tool to ensure backup files are recoverable;

· Additional optical media support (CD-R/RW, DVD+-R/RW, Blu-ray R/RE—both single and dual layer)

· Windows Vista support;

· Network throttling during backup for improved performance;

· Improved image management;

· Visual partitioning support;

· Remote management of recovery environment;

· Improved user interface;

· Bare metal recovery of servers, desktops and laptops in minutes;

· Ability to take online or cold state backup images without the need to install software;

· Simple view to quickly recover files and folders or update backup images;

· Network Configurator to manage domains, mapped drives and network resources.

“ShadowProtect has changed the way we protect our clients’ most valuable assets – their data,” adds NetFusion’s Watts. “Before implementing ShadowProtect, we backed up our clients’ data to tape, once a day. With ShadowProtect, we backup our clients’ servers to disk – even their Exchange servers – every 15 minutes, instead of once a day. ShadowProtect gives us the flexibility to restore from any one of those points in time.”

Pricing and Availability

StorageCraft ShadowProtect Server Edition 3.0 and ShadowProtect Desktop Edition 3.0 are available now through the StorageCraft Web site and through authorized StorageCraft distributors, managed service providers (MSPs) and value-added resellers (VARs). Volume discounts are available.

For additional information about ShadowProtect Server Edition 3.0, ShadowProtect Desktop Edition 3.0 or to learn more about volume licensing, please call +1 801 545-4700 or visit: http://www.storagecraft.com/solutions/protect.

About StorageCraft Technology Corporation

StorageCraft Technology Corporation provides innovative security, disaster recovery and data protection solutions for servers, desktops and laptops. StorageCraft delivers software products that reduce downtime, improve security and stability for systems and data and lower the total cost of ownership for servers, desktops and laptops.

www.storagecraft.com.

ShadowProtect, ShadowProtect Server Edition and ShadowProtect Desktop Edition are trademarks of StorageCraft Technology Corporation. Other company and product names may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.

Watching the backup...

bradley — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 23:29:00 GMT

Backup Status
Operation: Backup
Active backup destination: File
Media name: "Small Business Server Backup (02).bkf created 6/22/2007 at 12:30 AM"

Volume shadow copy creation: Attempt 1.
Error returned while creating the volume shadow copy:0x8007000e.
Error returned while creating the volume shadow copy:Not enough storage is available to complete this operation.

Aborting Backup.

----------------------

The operation did not successfully complete.

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=166840

http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windows.server.sbs/browse_frm/thread/bd1e795a6906b17d/3bdd7b5148b90732?lnk=st&q=&rnum=3&hl=en#3bdd7b5148b90732

(sign) I have to reregister those dlls' again? Hmmm.. it seemed to fail the night before last but worked okay last night (this is the home server)... so I think I'll just keep an eye on it...but remember Mark Crall's sage words... you have a hardware failure RIGHT after the backups fail....otherwise the info is as follows:

1. Open a command prompt and change directories to \windows\system32 (this
is important when you begin registering the dlls).

2. Run the following command to stop the service:
net stop vss

3. Then register the following dlls and services (be sure you're still in
the windows\system32 directory at your command prompt):

regsvr32 ole32.dll
regsvr32 vss_ps.dll
Vssvc /Register
regsvr32 /i swprv.dll
regsvr32 /i eventcls.dll
regsvr32 es.dll
regsvr32 stdprov.dll
regsvr32 vssui.dll
regsvr32 msxml.dll
regsvr32 msxml3.dll
regsvr32 msxml4.dll

II.According to the error message, the issue maybe related to COM+, please
refer to the following steps to reinstall COM+:

Reinstall COM+

1. Backup and then delete HKLM\Software\Microsoft\COM3
2. Boot to Recovery console and rename clbcatq.dll to ~clbcatq.dll. Be
sure to use the tilde.
3. Boot to normal mode and in Control Panel, open the Add or Remove
Programs tool, and then open the Add/Remove Windows Components tool. Do not
make any changes, just click "Next". This reinstalls COM+.

After that, please run the following commands on the server to re-register
the services and binaries again:

Cd windows\system32

Net stop vss
Net stop swprv

regsvr32 ole32.dll
regsvr32 vss_ps.dll
Vssvc /Register
regsvr32 /i swprv.dll
regsvr32 /i eventcls.dll
regsvr32 es.dll
regsvr32 stdprov.dll
regsvr32 vssui.dll
regsvr32 msxml.dll
regsvr32 msxml3.dll