Reduce Storage Costs with Windows Server 2012 Data Deduplication
by Bridget.Giacinto on Jun 4, 2015 3:52:24 PM
Data is growing exponentially and along with it, the storage requirements to house that data. Data duplication, (means of reducing redundant data) is one way companies are reducing their raw data size and thus their storage costs. Repeated, duplicate data is a problem that all compani …
Virtual Exchange Server Backup: What You Need to Know
by Oscar Pineda on Apr 23, 2015 4:27:01 PM
When it comes to Exchange Server backup in a virtual environment, there is a lot you should know. Running a virtual environment allows you to use hardware virtualization software to run multiple, separate operating systems concurrently on a single physical machine. When it comes to ba …
Backup Your Backup in the Cloud
by Bridget.Giacinto on Apr 7, 2015 9:15:32 AM
The worldwide cloud storage market is skyrocketing, as is the data that has fueled its growth. By 2018, over 2 billion consumers will be using cloud storage. In the business world, over $30 billion will be spent on cloud computing globally by the end of 2015. The industry is exploding …
How to Backup a Hyper-V SQL Server
by Oscar Pineda on Apr 7, 2015 8:43:09 AM
Now that you have virtualized your SQL Server using Hyper-V, you will need to make sure that you backup your SQL databases on your hypervisor.
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. Given that reality, why waste your time and effort restoring an entire virtual machine, when you can do a file-level restore …
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 replicate virtual machines using NovaBACKUP software. In this post, we discuss VMware replication specifically, although the softwa …
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 through VMware, NovaBACKUP will allow you to do daily Differential or Increme …
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 applications or operating system. A bare metal restore is often performed by using a disaster recovery image backup created w …
What is Virtual Machine Replication?
by Nathan.Fouarge on Oct 16, 2014 9:31:57 AM
Let's take a deep dive into one of the facets of virtual machine protection called virtual machine replication (also called virtual replication) and what it can do for a business. The first question that may come to mind is, “what is virtual machine replication?” On a very simple leve …
How to do a Bare Metal Restore after a Hard Drive Failure
by Bridget.Giacinto on Sep 30, 2014 1:12:44 PM
The reality is, that hard drives fail and if you do not perform a backup of your hard drive, you could lose your data. A bare metal restore will allow you to restore your hard drive data to a "bare-metal" system, which does not have any software or operating system installed on it. Th …
