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I know that there are plenty of posts that deal with issues related to external USB drives on servers, such as problems when rebooting the server, or the server acting strange when a USB drive is not removed properly. But until today, I had not encountered...
In my never ending quest to find low-cost (OK ... free) utilities, I recently needed to find a file-syncing utility for several small clients. Specifically we were looking for a utility to sync one or more folders from a computer to an external USB hard...
We've had some recent posts in one of the SBS listserves asking how to manage Outlook archived PST files for users, and it was asked if the PST files could be stored on the server. Microsoft's KB 297019 specifically says that .pst, .ost, and ...
There's always a fine line between tweaking to make something work, and tweaking just because you can. I'm not sure what camp this post belongs in. BKRunner.exe is the SBS program that wraps around the NTBackup utility. BKRunner generates the...
More and more people are hooking up USB hard drives to their servers to do daily or image backups. A word of caution: if you find that your server will not reboot, it may be due to your USB drive getting in the way. Unplug your USB drive and if the server...
I struggled for quite a bit this evening trying to transfer my Quicken 2007 over to my Vista workstation and get it up and running. I encountered two issues that several other people have also encountered, but the solutions were not always exact or correct...
Two years ago I decided to invest in some USB external hard drives and appropriate software, and then on a routine basis, go around and make a full image backup of each workstation and laptop in the office. [Routine defined as "whenvever I have a...
One of the common questions we get in the SBS newsgroups is: “I'm using the SBS Tape Backup Wizard. How can I have it eject the tape when it is finished?” The answer is that the SBS Tape Wizard does not provide an option to have the tape eject...
Some folks in the SmallBiz community were asking about recommendations on UPS's. Here was the original post: Since UPSes were mentioned recently, I was wondering what you all are recommending for your clients with a lower-end server. At the high end we...
This is a short compilation of responses from SBS consultants on how they are using external hard drives for SBS backups. Please add your thoughts and experiences First, read Susan's blogs on: (1) Overview: http://msmvps.com/bradley/archive/2004/09/29...
Situation: When you try to access the "Manage Small Business Server Backup" inside "Server Management", and you get the following message: “You do not have the correct permissions to view this page. For more information contact your system administrator...
Situation: SBS 2003 Premium Edition. I have installed ReportServices for SqlServer 2000. Errors occur on backup - event id 6004, Description: Sqllib error: Database RptServer is not simple. Solution: Open SQL Manager and go to the properties of each database...
Les (u da man) Connor's six steps for moving SBS to a new server: 1. Install the loopback adapter(s) to hold the nic configuration(s). 2. Use ghost 2003 to image the existing server to a media that can be connected to the new server. 3. Move any hardware...
This information comes from Les! I've yet to see ghost fail, and I've tested various scenarios with SBS. I suspect other imaging solutions will have similar success, but haven't used anything other than ghost. disk (scsi) to tape (dds) disk (scis) to...
Mark Fulton posted recent issue with new SBS2003 installation. After installing Veritas BackupExec 9.1, he got a BSOD. Here's what he wrote for the resolution: I have been using Veritas BackUp exec for some time on my Win2K network and with the installation...
Here's a link to a Microsoft KB article (233427) that identifies those files and folders that NTBackup does not include in the backup and restore process: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;233427
Thanks to Merv for this post: Yes, Ghost (2003) can be used to do this but you'll need a spare drive (IDE will do) to hold the image you create. Do a complete backup of your server first for safety. Create a set of Ghost boot disks. Boot into Ghost from...
Someone asked why the built in Backup is taking up more tape space than what would be expected. This KB deals with your issue: Backups on Windows Small Business Server 2003 may use more backup media space than expected: http://support.microsoft.com/default...
Robocopy FAQ: http://www.winnetmag.com/WindowsScripting/Article/ArticleID/39119/39119.html Download details: Windows Server 2003 Resource Kit Tools: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=9D467A69-57FF-4AE7-96EE-B18C4790CFFD&displaylang...
The Backup Wizard won't write to REV drives b/c IOmega set them to look like CDs, and the Wizard looks at whatever that attribute is. NT Backup looks at the drive just fine, though. Since the Wizard actually configures NT Backup, the best workaround to...
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