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Networking and storage issues encountered when booting from the Windows integrated bare metal recovery ISO image
SUMMARY Networking and storage issues encountered when booting from the Windows integrated bare metal recovery ISO image ISSUE Purpose To explain networking and storage issues you might encounter when booting the restore destination machine from a Windows integrated bare metal recovery ISO. Description When booting the…
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Can I set up hot bare metal protection for Windows clients with GPT disks?
SUMMARY This article explains how to implement hot bare metal protection of Windows clients with GPT disks. ISSUE Beginning in release 7.4, you can use the Windows integrated bare metal recovery feature to implement hot bare metal protection for Windows clients with GPT disks. For details, see Windows integrated bare metal…
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Oracle Database: Incremental Forever Schedules on Linux Platforms
SUMMARY Oracle Database: Incremental Forever Schedules on Linux Platforms ISSUE Purpose If you are running application level Oracle Database backups you should exclude Oracle Database objects from the journal. This article applies to the following: Description The Unitrends Linux Agent runs a journaling daemon called…
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Are Unitrends VMware backups application consistent?
SUMMARY Are Unitrends VMware backups application consistent? ISSUE Purpose Are Unitrends VMware backups application consistent? Applies To physical and virtual backup systems Symptoms / Description Are Unitrends VMware backups application consistent? For more detail regarding what application consistency means, see the…
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VMware Template Protection Considerations
ISSUE Notice This KB refers to protection of VMWare Templates from the perspective of the new Unitrends “Satori” UI released in 9.0 for CentOS 6 Hardware, UEB and UEB on Linux platforms. Older systems Running 9.0 release or prior with CentOS 5 do not have access to the new UI and continue to use only the Legacy Recovery…
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Failed to start schedule: Error checking scheduled events instances
ISSUE Recently reinstalled UEB Environment using a temporary IP address. When reconfiguring the new VM to use the proper IP address, schedules stopped working. The following error message is displayed when attempting to start them from the UI: Failed to start schedule: Error checking scheduled events instances RESOLUTION…
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Legal hold retention control
SUMMARY How to use the legal hold retention control feature to prevent a backup from being purged from the appliance. ISSUE In some cases, you may wish to guarantee certain backups for some clients are not purged for a specified time ensuring online ability to instantly recover data is maintained through a sufficient PRO…
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VMware permissions for Backup and Restore
SUMMARY Explanation of the VMware permissions required to perform backups and restores. DESCRIPTION Required Permissions to Complete a Backup Privilege CategoryPrivilege SubcategoryPrivilegeVirtual MachineProvisioningAllow Virtual Machine DownloadStateCreate SnapshotRemove SnapshotConfigurationDisk Lease Required…
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FATAL: Not enough disk space in /usr/bp/db
SUMMARY What to do if you receive an error indicating there is not enough disk space in /usr/bp/db ISSUE A failed backup results in the error: “FATAL: Not enough disk space in /usr/bp/db” For more information on "Out of Space" conditions see Unitrends KB 5046 - Error: No more space on device RESOLUTION View the…
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Wildcard exclusion list
SUMMARY Wildcard exclusion list ISSUE Purpose This article discusses how the Unitrends product uses Wildcards in Windows exclusion list. Description Unitrends use glob wildcard matching. Using Wildcards in Selection Lists Wildcards can be used to create an inclusion or exclusion list for a defined backup schedule. The…