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Restore old Backup Exec tapes with NTbackup

I've got old backup tapes made with previous versions (v10 and v12) that I need to pull data from (related to this prior question). I have a machine set up with Windows Server 2008 and a trial version of Backup Exec 2010. It appears to be able to…
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How to do full computer backup and restore on Windows 2003 running SQL Server 2005?

This is a question for someone who has had hands-on experience with this. Mainly I'm wondering whether this is a straight-forward process that can be achieved with the backup utility included with Windows 2003. Of course, we would prefer to maximise…
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Does rsync looks for modified files also

I have an rsync backup with me I want to restore it on a Vmware virtual machine. The back I have is of a Guest OS which is running on LVM and where I want to restore is a guest running on Vmware.My problem is the LVM size was 100GB while the vmware…
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How to copy my faulty Cisco 2600 configuration to a working identical one using ethernet

I'd have to make a backup copy of my Cisco 2600 router and restore it on another Cisco 2600. Is it possible using ethernet cable and telnet or any other tool? How? Thanks!
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Restore Backup Exec tapes without Backup Exec running

I've got old backup tapes I need to pull data from that were created with Backup Exec some years ago, but unfortunately we no longer run Windows servers on our network. Our entire tape backup system is running on an Ubuntu Lucid server setup now…
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Can SQL Server (2008) transaction logs handle the database being dropped and re-created?

We're trying to restore a database (created programatically by running a hand-crafted SQL script we have). Our backup routine is to create a full backup of every database on the SQL Server 2008 instance on a Saturday then automatic transaction logs…
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How to recover MySQL database from .mysql file?

We had some problems with our MySQL server and somehow all I've got is a database.mysql file for the database I want to restore. I've done a bit of googleing but I didn't find anything about how should I handle this type of file. It's worth…
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How to Approach CentOS Back Up on GoDaddy Dedicated Hosting

Does anyone have any experience with backing up a dedicated server at GoDaddy or anywhere else? I have a CentOS system. I recently made a big newbie mistake working on linux and toasted my server. I had to start over from scratch b/c I damaged it…
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Ghost/Acronis/Clonezilla Live Image Creation (Without Rebooting)

I know Ghost and Clonezilla aren't able to build images of a system while the system is running(Without Rebooting). Haven't Checked on Acronis though, but i don't simpatize with private solutions. Question: Is there a software solution which is able…
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SQL 2008 R2 Enterprise Compatible

We currently have SQL 2008 (non R2) installed on our development server. Our production server has SQL 2008 R2 Standard, so we would like to upgrade our development server so they are "compatible". Can I install Enterprise on the development server…
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What is the correct way to backup, move and restore a database that uses Service Broker?

I'm currently developing an application which uses SqlDependency which relies on the Service Broker. I'm running into an issue every time I move the database from development to staging in that I'm getting a YSOD stating that The SQL Server…
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Oracle 9.2 ORA-01122 problem with UNDOTBS01.DBF

Something went wrong with our backup. What I did shutting down db recover the backup restart db after that I got this error ORA-01122: Datenbank-Datei 2 bringt Fehler bei Verifizierungspruefung ORA-01110: Datendatei 2:…
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What software can create OS image backups for platform independent servers

I have a couple servers for which I use the inbuilt backup tools to make OS backups, is there software that can automate the process and make similar format backups. Are there any freeware tools available, paid software will do too. Edit:I have a…
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Restore root filesystem from cumulus

We have some servers on Amazon EC2, and we back up the entire file system using cumulus. I'm wondering how to restore the entire file system from cumulus on to an EC2 instance - we need to do a test restore. Some ways I can imagine: Amazon has some…
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How to restore a KVM guest from USB backup

I took a backup of a guest OS running in an LVM. When I took the backup I created a snpashot of LVM and mounted that snapshot in some location. Used rsync to copy its contents to a USB drive. Can I boot "somehow"from this copy of Guest OS which is…
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