You cannot just rely on snapshots of your virtual machines even if these are taken on regular basis without having a proper data backup plan in action. Your data backup strategy should be based on a reliable and fast backup/restore solution which at least caters for the business most critical data. What do I...
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Windows provides the following backup tools: File backup: Windows Backup allows you to make copies of data files. You can let Windows choose what to back up or you can select the individual folders, libraries, and drives that you want to back up. By default, your backups are created on a regular schedule. You...
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Given the widespread success of virtualization, many SMBs rely exclusively on the inbuilt features as their main data protection plan and which may appear adequate at face value! One would need to see the overall picture! Virtual server based tools such as, snapshots and export/import utilities that are found in the major products, help organizations protect their data to a...
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The windows 7 Backup and Restore console do not allow you to schedule Image backups :( On the other hand, ad hoc manual Image backups can be performed! However, in Windows 7 you can use the Wbadmin command-line utility to perform scheduled clones (snapshots) of your PC! The normal backup rules need to be observed...
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