StorageCraft have this week released 4.2.7.19756 of ShadowProtect. Now I’m in the task of testing it on a few of our test and production systems before we launch into an upgrade across all of our client sites. Here’s how I do it. First up – review the release notes. It looks like they are putting them here now. You want to verify what is being fixed to … [Read more...]
Archives for August 2012
Troubleshooting ShadowProtect Backups–Continuous Incremental Backups
Here’s a few tips for troubleshooting backup failures when using StorageCraft ShadowProtect that I’ve developed. Clarify the exact error message – you can get this from the backup job itself, if you select the backup job and then select the Details button. Verify the existing backup image – when doing continuous incremental backups, the next backup you do relies on not only … [Read more...]
No–I don’t want Chrome with my Flash Player Upgrade
One of my pet peeves is software such as Adobe’s various IE addins, that try to force upon me other browsers such as Chrome / Firefox. This mornings latest thing is that Adobe Flash Player has released an update. When I attempt to install the update, as you can see below they have decided that the default is that “Yes – I want Chrome and not only that, I must want … [Read more...]
Help – My Exchange Services are Disabled!
Ok – so this has been seen a few times now. Long story short though is that when Exchange applies a Service Pack or Update Rollup, it sets a number of services to Disabled so that it can replace the exes involved. I’ve seen it where for whatever reason however the installation fails without notice. You think everything is ok till you reboot it and then you … [Read more...]
Windows Server 2012 Essentials Release Candidate available for download now
Windows Server 2012 Essentials aka the next generation of what was SBS, is now available for download from Microsoft. They announced the RC release here overnight. I’ve been doing quite some testing with this and it shows some real promise as a product for what could be something wonderful. The biggest concern I have now with the product is the pricing for those … [Read more...]