Jon Ferraez

How to use OneDrive to securely backup your backup

by Jon Ferraez, on Apr 17, 2015 10:04:21 AM

OneDrive is a cloud storage and file sync service that offers users 15GB of free cloud storage to try out their services. It's a great way for users to test …

Categories:Tips and TricksCloud Backup

How to Restore a Single File from a VMware Backup of a Virtual Machine

by Jon Ferraez, on Mar 6, 2015 8:20:14 AM

When it comes to restoring files from a virtual machine, 80% of the typical recovery cases that we see only require a single file to be restored from a backup …

Categories:Tips and TricksVirtual Environments

How to Replicate Virtual Machines (VMware)

by Jon Ferraez, on Feb 4, 2015 9:30:35 AM

In an earlier post we discussed, What is Virtual Machine Replication? and what it can do for your business. Now we want to take a deeper dive into how to …

Categories:Tips and TricksVirtual Environments

VMware VM Backup Best Practices

by Jon Ferraez, on Feb 3, 2015 12:21:16 PM

This article is designed to walk you through VMware VM backup best practices using the Virtual Dashboard available within NovaBACKUP software. Using the native "Change Block Tracking" (CBT) feature available …

Categories:Best PracticesTips and TricksVirtual Environments

Bare Metal Restore to Smaller Drive

by Jon Ferraez, on Feb 3, 2015 8:20:16 AM

A bare metal restore refers to a technique used to restore an entire system (applications, OS, files) to a blank or "bare metal" hard drive that is free of any …

Categories:Storage TechnologyTips and TricksDisaster Recovery

Small Business Backup: Where to Backup Data

by Jon Ferraez, on Sep 16, 2014 4:56:54 PM

Most small businesses understand the importance of backing up their business data, but don't always know the specifics of where to backup data or how to implement fail-safe measures to …

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