Category Archives: Disaster Recovery

File Server Resource Manager Quota Adjustment – Quick and Dirty

Posted on June 18, 2016 by Phil

DR tests are fun.  Manually flipping file servers w/ Robocopy as the synchronization mechanism is not.  Hurry up, Server 2016, you’re my only hope. We ended up having to make some quota adjustments on the fly to handle data changes … Continue reading →

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DPM 2012 R2 Search Recovery Point Action Failing to Produce Results

Posted on November 20, 2014 by Phil

Recently I’ve had to switch from Backup Exec 2014 to Microsofts System Center Data Protection Manager 2012 R2 to handle our Exchange 2013 CU5 backups due the Backup Exec 2014 not supporting the Exchange 2013 SP1 + Server 2012 R2 … Continue reading →

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#IAMMEC Session Report: Ex2013 Planning and Deploying High Availability

Posted on September 26, 2012 by Phil

Lagged Copies Dealt with automatically by the system but the tradeoff is that it can be automatically played forward in case it’s needed SafetyNet is what was Transport Dumpster, now it’s Transport Dumpster on Steroids Lagged Copy is 7 days, … Continue reading →

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#IAMMEC Session Report: Exchange 2013 High Availability & Business Continuity

Posted on September 25, 2012 by Phil

Simply put, Scott Schnoll is and always will be a legend among the Exchange crowd.  He always gives some great talks. Let’s hop right into it: Storage Enhancements Multiple Databases per volume Number of copies must equal the number on … Continue reading →

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