I'm in the same boat you are. BackupExec, SyncBack SQL Backups every few hours to remote site.
I do DR fire drills bi-annually, that works great, but I would like our recovery points smaller. Next up, looking at SQL Replication though SQL 2010 Enterprise Exchange 2010 DB Replication And VM replication with Veem. Without knowing what point failed, it's hard to add much advice. Sam From: James Kerr [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2012 2:18 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Some Backup Advice Needed Hello all, In light of a recent issue in which we had some data loss at %dayjob% and a very expensive and ongoing recovery effort, I need to add more layers to our DR policies and procedures going forward. Due the data loss and its affect, I will have more backing ($) to get something more robust implemented. Currently we backup everything to tape with Backup Exec and we backup some data to disk based storage on a storage server for added redundancy and speedy file restores. We backup our SQL databases by having SQL's backup function create backup files to a folder and those files are backed up to tape also. I would like to add online backup to the mix as well and I was wondering what peoples thoughts and recommendations were on that keeping in mind that our data contains personal health information so it needs to be HIPAA compliant. We currently use SyncBack Pro to copy data from a remote office to a server at our main office where it is backed up to tape. I would like something a little more enterprise and idealy something that synchronizes real time. We used to use Replication Exec for this but it is no longer available and hasn't been for some time. I was also thinking about image based backups. Some of the functions of Ultrabac look enticing. Anybody using that? We are backing up files, SQL databases, Hyper-v VMs and an Exchange server. I was also thinking about proceedures where by we check at a regularly scheduled intervals to make sure our backups are actually backing up correctly other then recieving an email saying it was successful. We currently do this but it's on an adhoc basis, when we have time sort of thing. We also need the ability to actually test our backups from time to time and an environment with which to do this and I would love to hear some feedback regarding this, well all of this. It's been a trying couple of weeks and the last 6 months or so have been very hectic which is partially resonsible for the loss we have experienced. I really appreciate anyone who chimes in with some thoughts, or criticisms for that matter. James ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
