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What is throttling used for?
SUMMARY What is throttling used for? Bandwidth control for Hot Backup Copy (Replication) traffic. ISSUE Purpose What is throttling used for? Description Throttling is primarily used for setting a maximum bandwidth utilization of Hot Backup Copy (Replication) traffic. RESOLUTION For details on how to set throttling of the…
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SQL 2005 on Windows 2008, 2008R2, or Windows 7 differential failure contain error: a current database backup does not exist
SUMMARY Resolve issues with SQL 2005 differential backups. ISSUE Backup report or application schedule report message as follows: ----- Error Messages ----- Cannot perform a differential backup for database namedb, because a current database backup does not exist. Perform a full database backup by reissuing BACKUP…
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Legacy Appliance D2DBackups Size Stuck at 200GB Following a Reimage
SUMMARY Some legacy systems will incorrectly report D2D as 200GB following a reimage ISSUE The default value for D2DBackups is 200GB. Usually on a legacy system this can be directly modified from the storage menu. Under certain circumstances you may not be able to increase this value. If the system is licensed correctly,…
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Special Configuration for NFS or CIFS with UB Initial Deployment Storage
SUMMARY This article explains how to configure NFS or CIFS shares attached directly to a virtual UB appliance so that they can be used as the initial primary backup storage ISSUE How to configure NFS and CIFS shares attached directly to a virtual UB appliance so that they can be used as both backup and database storage.…
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Ontrack (formerly Kroll) PowerControls Mailbox Permissions
SUMMARY Ontrack (formerly Kroll) PowerControls Mailbox Permissions ISSUE What is causing rights issues copying mailboxes in PowerControls? Applies To All versions of PowerControls for Exchange. Symptoms / Description Inability to live connect to a mailbox and/or MAPI_E_FAILONEPROVIDER. When using Connect to all mailboxes…
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Failed to save vCenter after vCenter is upgraded, replaced or modified
SUMMARY VMware backup complete with warnings, inventory sync errors on vCenter, VMs are unrestorable due to vCenter connection issue ISSUE After upgrading, replacing, or changing vCenter inventory sync fails. When navigating to Configure > Protected Assets and editing the vCenter instance an error occurs, even though the…
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When to use the Linux agent's journal exclusions and how to set them
SUMMARY When to use the Linux agent's journal exclusions and how to set them ISSUE Purpose How to use the Linux agent's journal exclusions in order to minimize journal tracking related load using IBM's ClearCase as an example Applies To Linux systems running the Unitrends agent version 6.0.0 and newer First, check your…
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Newly imaged Recovery-Series system (or Reimage) - no backups complete, 1%, or out of space
ISSUE Your have deployed a newly imaged Recovery Series system RESOLUTION Connect to the Unitrends Web Administrative Interface (the HTML5 version at https://ipaddress/ui/) and change the Instant Recovery storage allocation from zero percent to one percent. * Click on CONFIGURE. * Click the Appliances tab. * Select the…
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Shutdown or restart a Recovery Series appliance
SUMMARY Explains how to shutdown or restart a physical Unitrends appliance. ISSUE In general, it is not necessary to shut down the Unitrends appliance unless one of the following is required: * Reboot after installing an update only when instructed by the release notes or a UI message. Most updates do NOT require reboots,…
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How do I locate my Asset Tag / Application Version / CentOS / Hostname version for Unitrends Backup or a Recovery-Series appliance.
SUMMARY Information on how to find the asset tag in the user interface or via the command line. ISSUE The Asset Tags for a physical system (Recovery-Series) has a different pattern than that of a virtual appliance. The Asset Tag for Unitrends Backup virtual appliance is a 32 digit hexadecimal number. Example:…