BackupChain is an all-in-one Windows 10-7 and Windows Server backup software for Windows Server 2019, 2016, 2012, and 2008. If you want to track every backup step and want control over how data is being processed, BackupChain is the tool for you. BackupChain does much more than just clone hard disks. We took the concept […]
Lots of IT professionals use Windows 10 or Windows 8 and Hyper-V to run various virtual machines. Naturally the really important VMs you would want backed up often and efficiently, but how exactly is a Windows 10 client Hyper-V backup set up? Below are the steps to set up a Hyper-V virtual machine backup task […]
BackupChain®: Backup Software and Toolset Made for IT Professionals If you are looking for a backup solution that backs up from and to network servers with file versioning capabilities for Windows 10 or Windows Server 2019 or older versions, have a look at BackupChain, it’s the professional backup tool with tens of thousands of users in […]
This article describes several different ways to install the .NET framework v2.0 on various Windows Server and PC platforms. BackupChain requires either the .Net Framework 2.0 SP2 or the .Net Framework 4.0 or later to work. If you have Windows 10, 8, or 7 and Windows Server 2019-2012 there is no need to install a […]
When you try to connect to a network share you may encounter this Windows error 1219: Multiple connections to a server or shared resource by the same user, using more than one user name, are not allowed. Disconnect all previous connections to the server or shared resource and try again. Cause The origins of this […]
If you plan to use a Gmail email account for sending email alerts, the configuration requires two steps. First visit https://www.google.com/settings/security/lesssecureapps and able “less secure apps”. This step is only necessary once: Then enter the Gmail settings in BackupChain’s Log Options tab as follows: SMTP Server: smtp.gmail.com Port: 587 Sender’s email address and User Name: […]
In order for Ubuntu virtual machine live Hyper-V backup to work properly, you need to install Hyper-V’s Linux Integration Services. Download the currently latest version 4.1 at https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/virtualization/2016/03/21/linux-integration-services-4-1/ Then run the commands: Sudo apt install hv-kvp-daemon-init linux-tools-virtual-lts-xenial linux-cloud-tools-virtual-lts-xenial Then reboot the VM. The ISO and RPM files can be downloaded here: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=51612 How […]
RAMKick™ is a new freeware tool we have that empties system working set memory automatically. It empties RAM used by Windows similar to RamMap but does so automatically and based on a threshold. On some Windows Server versions it is observed that under heavy load, the metafile memory is never freed and grows to the […]
VolSnap 36 event ID may show up as error: Volume Snapshot Driver, Diff Area health issues or Event ID 36 Source volsnap The shadow copies of volume C: were aborted because the shadow copy storage could not grow due to user imposed limit or a related message. Basically VolSnap 36 is an error event […]
