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How to Protect Microsoft SQL 2000 Server databses
ISSUE The instructions are listed in the Administrators Guide – Legacy Interface beginning with page 495, but the section that is related to you is starts on page 878. The detailed instructional video for this process no longer exists. This function is very legacy, and I must remind you that Microsoft has ended all support…
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SharePoint 2007 Restore fails on SharedServicesContent database
SUMMARY SharePoint 2007 backup farm fails with �OnRestore� message ISSUE Purpose SharePoint 2007 backup farm fails with ‘OnRestore’ message on ‘SharedServicesContent’ database. Description During VSS SQL backup of the SSPs database or SharePoint backup you receive the following message: SharedServicesContent failed in…
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Disabling TLS 1.0 causes SQL Instance and databases to no longer display in UI
SUMMARY TLS 1.2 support for SQL ISSUE After disabling TLS 1.0 on SQL Server, your SQL backups fail. The error messages states the SQL databases are offline. ----- Error Messages ----- Unable to perform a SQL database backup of database 'master', instance 'MyDatabase1': It appears that the database you are attempting to…
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Transaction Logs are Not Truncating After a Master Backup is Run on the Exchange Server
ISSUE Symptom Transaction logs are not truncating after a master backup is run on the Exchange server Scope * Windows-based Exchange backup tools provided for Exchange 2000 and 2003R2 Exchange databases on Microsoft Windows 2003 Servers. Note: Microsoft ended support for all versions of Exchange 2003 on 4/8/2014, and all…
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General troubleshooting for Windows backup errors
SUMMARY General troubleshooting for Windows backup errors ISSUE This article discusses common troubleshooting steps for Windows backup errors. For more detailed information on backup failures and performance issues see Backup Failures and Performance Issues RESOLUTION Troubleshooting Steps * Review the Logs located in…
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Specific build of SentinelOne antivirus causes system state to fail
SUMMARY PUBLIC ISSUE This set of errors will be seen in the job log in the UI: *** Sentinel Agent Research Data VSS Writer *** is excluded <Error> System State agent failed verify component '{9112a876-c17f-4051-b2c3-43f646cde241}:\C:\ProgramData\Sentinel\swrd' was not found in the writer components list! Aborting backup.…
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VMware backup jobs "waiting on client data" may accumulate in the queue. Stuck at 97%
SUMMARY VMware backup jobs "waiting on client data" may accumulate in the queue. ISSUE VMware backup jobs "waiting on client data" may accumulate in the queue, causing subsequent backups to fail. This issue can be seen on VMWare 5.5, 6.0, and 6.5 environments when using vCenter. This issue will be more common when vCenter…
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VMware restore stuck on "preparing restore data" when restoring.
ISSUE When attempting to restore a VMware VM the error below occurs. "Preparing restore data." RESOLUTION Change the algorithm used to determine the available space by running this command. bputil -p "Configuration Options" EstimateRestoreSize 0 /usr/bp/bpinit/master.ini TASKS once set any active restore jobs stuck on this…
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For VMware, should I be using Incremental instead of Differential backup?
ISSUE There are various differences between Differential and Incremental backups. The major difference is that the Differential backup will contain all changes since the Full was last taken. The Differentials grow larger over time until a new Full is performed. The advantage is that you never have more than two points in…
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VMware incremental and differential backups unnecessarily being replaced by full backups
SUMMARY Provides steps to resolve the issue where VMware incremental/differential backups were unnecessarily being replaced by full backups. ISSUE VMware incremental/differential backups were unnecessarily being replaced by full backups. When performing VMware Incremental/Differential Backups, we keep a track of a hardware…