A big thank you to our customer Prince James, who recommended the following tool for offline Windows Update installation: Portable Update, available at http://www.portableupdate.com/ Another alternative tool is: WSUS Offline Update, available at http://www.wsusoffline.net/docs/ Both tools allow you to download all current Windows Updates to a disk, folder, or […]
This article summarizes best practices on how to manage Windows Server backups, server data and files, and Hyper-V backups. Keep enough disk space free at all times: At the source as well as the target Free disk space is of paramount importance. All kinds of strange software errors emerge, even from Microsoft Windows itself, when […]
The disk signature error "PartMgr" ID 58 may occur on its own or when a virtual machine backup is initiated. You'll need to check whether there are disks that have the same disk signature. In the case of Hyper-V, check if any of the VM disks inside the VM have the same disk signature as […]
The Volume Shadow Copy Service error 0x8007000e E_OUTOFMEMORY may occur in your logs as shown below: Processing Writer 'Microsoft Hyper-V VSS Writer': Adding this component: …… Creating shadow set … (Waiting for the asynchronous operation to finish…) (Waiting for the asynchronous operation to finish…) (Waiting for the asynchronous operation to finish…) Error during […]
The following in-depth article summarizes common Hyper-V and HyperV virtual machine backup tips and tricks that our BackupChain tech support team gathered over time since we first rolled out in 2009. Our backup software BackupChain supports Hyper-V backups on Windows Server 2019-2008 as well as Windows 10. While some of the points below are focusing […]
In this article we show how to set up Hyper-V replication between two or more Hyper-V production servers, or from a production server to a backup server. In fact, any combination is possible. Each server could replicate its own VMs elsewhere. In case of a failure you could simply boot the VM on the backup […]
You may freely delete files and folders inside the backup folder. BackupChain backup software fills the gaps next time it runs However, there is one thing you need to watch when deleting: If you have backup files that use deduplication, they need to be deleted in groups. This does not apply to regular file backup, […]
Backup to, from, and between NAS Devices with BackupChain Backup Software Backing up files to and from Network Attached Storage (NAS) devices is best done using a reliable backup software tool on a task schedule, so that it runs automatically at set intervals. Give this backup software a try and you’ll find it is perfect […]
There’s an Acronis alternative called BackupChain backup software, which is both reliable, and more affordable than Acronis and Veeam. BackupChain is part of the IT professional’s repertoire worldwide and has a rapidly growing fan base of more than 35,000 users. As an alternative to Backup Exec, Veeam, Microsoft DPM, and Acronis, BackupChain grew over the years to become the backup solution of […]
