Author: Rob Steele
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Warning 6698 VSS exception code 0x800706be thrown freezing volumes – The remote procedure call failed
When you try to create shadow copies on large volumes that have a small cluster size (less than 4 kilobytes), or if you take snapshots of several very large volumes at the same time, the VSS software provider may use a larger paged pool memory allocation during the shadow copy creation than is required. If…
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Creating a new VM in vCloud Director
I just recently stumbled upon a new Youtube user called EMCProvenSolutions Looks like guys from EMC Ireland have put together a couple really good video series mostly on VMware and some replication methodologies. Go check them out. I love the Irish narration.
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New Symantec Video on Source based Dedupe
When it comes to deduplicating your data, a smarter approach is to dedupe at the source. Why wait until all that data gets to storage to dedupe it? There is a better way. In this video see how we to find a better way to use Mini Coopers as an analogy for data storage. Symantec…
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EMC VNXe Data Protection with Symantec Backup Exec
EMC recently launched their new VNX storage line which is a unified storage platform with one management framework supporting file, block, and object optimized for virtual applications. From that line they also produced a more affordable “VNXe” model for small business and remote offices. There are a number of ways to protect the VNXe including…
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Unable to Connect to the OpenStorage Device
Error: Unable to connect to the OpenStorage device. Ensure that the network is properly configured between the device and the media server. Environment: Backup Server: Symantec Backup Exec 2010 R3 OpenStorage Device: DataDomain DD670 running 5.0.0.7-226726 Today I was configuring DDBOOST for Backup Exec 2010 R3 using a replicated pair of DD670’s. The DD670’s were…
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Troubleshooting: A checkpoint validation (hfscheck) of server checkpoint data is overdue.
How to troubleshoot EMC Avamar Event ID 114113 A checkpoint validation (hfscheck) of server checkpoint data is overdue.