Virtual server backup is top of the to-do list for many IT departments this year. That is because server and desktop virtualisation is sweeping the datacentre and data protection is a key part of such ...

One of my favorite Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1 features is the included VS Writer, which leverages the Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) to back up running virtual machines. In order to take advantage ...

* Serverless backup or consolidated backup, which offloads backup processing from virtual machines to a separate physical server. * Snapshotting or cloning the virtual machines using software from a ...

Server virtualization has crossed the proverbial chasm. Not long ago, when deploying new servers, one had to justify making them virtual, rather than physical. Now, the opposite is becoming true. IT ...

Sean Gallagher, who began his career as an IT project manager for the Navy, has spent two decades as a technology writer and reviewer. CA ARCserve Backup Agent for Virtual Machines Most IT ...

Virtual machine backup can be done using a traditional backup product with agents in each virtual server's file store but can also be carried out via snapshot or by backing up the virtual machine and ...

Virtualization technology has increased the challenge of backing up server environments. IT administrators have to choose from among a variety of virtual server backup options, including agent-based ...

Description: The VSS writer failed to get the properties of the virtual machine vm1, since the operation did not complete in maximum allowed time. The virtual machine is allowed for Offline backup ...

When you’ve built a powerful Proxmox rig outfitted with your favorite virtual machines and containers, the last thing you’d want is a botched experiment to render everything unusable. While there are ...

In addition, CommVault's new software also became one of the first applications to allow deduplication of data that is backed up to tape. Backing up data from virtual servers has become an important ...

As the number of servers being virtualized grows, backing up and protecting them becomes more of a problem. It’s not enough for IT administrators to simply back up each virtual server and its data.