Comments on: Backups are worthless. Restores are priceless. http://www.dedicatedit.com/blog/south-florida-computer-network-support-from-dedicatedit/backups-are-worthless-restores-are-priceless/ Business Computer Network Support - Managed Services Provider Wed, 18 Jan 2012 17:11:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: INFO: Backing up your Server is only Half the Battle | Managed Services Provider http://www.dedicatedit.com/blog/south-florida-computer-network-support-from-dedicatedit/backups-are-worthless-restores-are-priceless/comment-page-1/#comment-1380 INFO: Backing up your Server is only Half the Battle | Managed Services Provider Tue, 16 Feb 2010 00:41:52 +0000 http://www.DedicatedIT.com/?p=247#comment-1380 [...] have invested in your backup solution is worthwhile unless you test the recovery process. As this South Florida computer network support company always says: “Backups are worthless. Restores are [...] [...] have invested in your backup solution is worthwhile unless you test the recovery process. As this South Florida computer network support company always says: “Backups are worthless. Restores are [...]

]]> By: Benjamin Posner http://www.dedicatedit.com/blog/south-florida-computer-network-support-from-dedicatedit/backups-are-worthless-restores-are-priceless/comment-page-1/#comment-13 Benjamin Posner Fri, 20 Mar 2009 16:58:33 +0000 http://www.DedicatedIT.com/?p=247#comment-13 In following up with this post, I wanted to let everyone know that restoration of the "Customer 1" Failed Server to their new XenServer has been completed. As I have stated, the DedicatedIT BDR is, in many ways, perfect for this type of recovery. However, even with its awesome "bare-metal restore" capabilities, we found the one shortcoming: Backup was of a 200GB Image but only needed to be restored to a 32GB new server. Imaging and Restoration, as I am sure many of you know, requires a same to same or larger environment for it to complete. Our BDR has the same limitation. So, to get the job done, we enlisted the assistance of another of my favorite "save-the-day" products: PlateSpin. We loaded up a new XenServer VM with a 32GB Virtual Disk and used PlateSpin to migrate or 'spin' the BDR based VM to the new XenServer. Not only did it complete in 45 minutes, but it resized the original 200GB disk down to the new 32GB disk during the process. We were even able to do it as a 'Live Migration' so it was completed during business hours with only 5 minutes of downtime during lunch. Got to love the tools available these days. In following up with this post, I wanted to let everyone know that restoration of the “Customer 1″ Failed Server to their new XenServer has been completed. As I have stated, the DedicatedIT BDR is, in many ways, perfect for this type of recovery. However, even with its awesome “bare-metal restore” capabilities, we found the one shortcoming: Backup was of a 200GB Image but only needed to be restored to a 32GB new server.

Imaging and Restoration, as I am sure many of you know, requires a same to same or larger environment for it to complete. Our BDR has the same limitation. So, to get the job done, we enlisted the assistance of another of my favorite “save-the-day” products: PlateSpin.

We loaded up a new XenServer VM with a 32GB Virtual Disk and used PlateSpin to migrate or ‘spin’ the BDR based VM to the new XenServer. Not only did it complete in 45 minutes, but it resized the original 200GB disk down to the new 32GB disk during the process. We were even able to do it as a ‘Live Migration’ so it was completed during business hours with only 5 minutes of downtime during lunch.

Got to love the tools available these days.

]]> By: S. FL Business Owner http://www.dedicatedit.com/blog/south-florida-computer-network-support-from-dedicatedit/backups-are-worthless-restores-are-priceless/comment-page-1/#comment-1294 S. FL Business Owner Mon, 02 Mar 2009 21:33:56 +0000 http://www.DedicatedIT.com/?p=247#comment-1294 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">Backups are worthless, restores are priceless: http://tinyurl.com/bzwllr</span></span> Backups are worthless, restores are priceless: http://tinyurl.com/bzwllr

]]> By: Adam Steinhoff http://www.dedicatedit.com/blog/south-florida-computer-network-support-from-dedicatedit/backups-are-worthless-restores-are-priceless/comment-page-1/#comment-18179 Adam Steinhoff Mon, 02 Mar 2009 21:33:56 +0000 http://www.DedicatedIT.com/?p=247#comment-18179 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">Backups are worthless, restores are priceless: http://tinyurl.com/bzwllr</span></span> Backups are worthless, restores are priceless: http://tinyurl.com/bzwllr

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