CarlC Computer Tips, Tricks, and Support
I’ve reviewed the original “Veeam Endpoint Backup” and found some limitations, now Veeam has killed off the name of “Endpoint” and changed it to a free/paid version called “Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows FREE” [must get the “free” in all caps since Veeam called it that]. In my previous rant, err, complaint, the issue […]
Well, it’s been almost a year since I reviewed Veeam Endpoint Backup… Here’s what I have learned. Veeam Endpoint Backup has a serious issue. I was using it on a Windows 7 PC and it was always running without error. I tried to upgrade the PC to Windows 8 and it failed miserably. No […]
This is a minor review of Veeam’s new Endpoint Backup from my testing/usage. I’ve almost always used Windows Backup for all my Windows Servers [2003, 2008 R2, 2012 R2] backups. The best thing about Windows Backup is you have to create the recovery DVD [yes, but it’s reliable and works!] along with giving the […]
A while back, I was really happy with Sonicwall, and really excited when DELL bought them. I had high hopes for Sonicwall in that just maybe, JUST MAYBE, Sonicwall support would get much better. After all, they DO charge for it. So, for the last few months [starting end of November 2013], I had […]
Today I converted my VMware ESX 4.1 machine to VMware ESXi 5.1 update 1. This is the system that is running my Virtual Alpha Server using Migration Specialties’s Avanti software. The good news is, it worked almost perfectly. When you reload your VM, make sure to remove and re-add the USB key. I did […]
With everyone in the world converting from “Physical” server to virtual, and in our attempts to use less electricity, less cooling, and just being “Greener”, I decided to look at Migration Specialties Avanti. You can find Migration Specialties at www.migrationspecialties.com . We currently have different AXP servers, but for my test, I will convert a Dec […]
Had an interesting problem the other day. A customer wanted a dozen or so laptops, all with the exact same setups. They had a legal copy of Windows 7 Enterprise, and we were going to erase the old laptop software at the drive level and replace it with a the first laptops Windows 7 Enterprise […]