• Introduction to the BackupAssist iSCSI Backups
• Using OpenFiler as an iSCSI target
• Configuring and recovering from iSCSI

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Applies to v6

• Building RecoverAssist Recovery Enviroment
• Using RecoverAssist Recovery Environment
• Recovering the Image

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Applies to v6

• Introduction to the BackupAssist Restore Console
• Backup catalogues explained
• Restore instructions

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Applies to v6

• Zip as a replacement for NTBackup on Windows Server 2008
• Benefits of ZIP for business uses

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• Introduction to the BackupAssist Zip Engine
• Advantages, features, limitations and requirements
• Setup instructions
• Restoring from a Zip Engine backup

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Applies to v6

• How Rsync works
• Best practices
• Options for data hosting
• Setting up Windows and Linux Rsync Servers

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Applies to v6

• Options for turnkey backup to NAS

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Applies to v5 and v6

• What is Rsync?
• Why use Rsync for your SMB Data Hosting service?
• What is BackupAssist for Rsync?

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Applies to v6

• How File Replication works
• Single Instance Store
• Creating and configuring File Replication jobs

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Applies to v6

• How to use tape for maximum effectiveness and value
• Cost comparison between BackupAssist and other major competitors

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Applies to v5 and v6

• Identify the causes of data loss
• Advantages of tape vs disk
• How to identify the right software to support your hardware

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A guide to picking BackupAssist engines and schemes organized by common backup requirements.

• Disaster Recovery - Windows 2000, XP, SBS, 2003, 2008
• Exchange Server, SQL Server backups
• Hyper-V, VMWare backups

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Applies to v4, v5 and v6

In this white paper, we present an alternative approach to make it easy and cost-effective to protect the Windows Server 2008 family – SBS 2008, EBS 2008 and Server 2008.

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A comprehensive series of tests of backup devices. The aim is to help I.T. consultants decide what backup devices to use, and what speeds can be expected from each device.

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70% of companies that suffer serious data loss go out of business within 12 months. This is the definitive guide on how to avoid being a statistic.

• The statistics - how easily data loss can bring down a business and why you need to be protected
• The 7 Critical Steps essential for the protection of important data

Configuring BackupAssist on Windows Server 2008

• Added functionality with BackupAssist
• Windows Imaging backups
• Disaster Recovery

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Applies to v6

• Create a one pass backup that allows recovery at all levels
• Compatible solution with Microsoft technologies.
• Software, hardware and labour costs comparisons

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Applies to v6

3 Easy Steps to Complete Disaster Recovery

• Recommended Procedures For BackupAssist & Automated System Recovery (ASR)
• Complete System Backup and Recovery
• Individual File Restoration

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Applies to v4, v5 and v6

Information you need to know before selecting a tape drive for your backup strategy

• 3 Simple tips to ensure that your tape drive and tape media remain reliable
• How to choose the tape drive that satisfies your backup needs and avoid making the common mistakes that would jeopardize your investment
• Tape Drive Reference Sheet - capacities, transfer rates and duty cycles of a range of tape drives

How the Advanced Open File Add-on works to backup open files

• The Problem With Open/Locked/In-use Files
• What does the Advanced Open Files Add-on do?
• Who Needs the Advanced Open Files Add-on?
• More Information

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Applies to v4, v5 and v6

How BackupAssist improves on NTBackup's handling of Open Files

• CHAPTER 1: Introduction and Overview
• CHAPTER 2: Snapshot Technology
• CHAPTER 3: Conventional File Copy

A step by step guide to backing up and restoring Exchange Servers

• Steps to backing up Exchange Servers
• Steps to restoring Exchange Servers

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Applies to v6

How to backup and restore individual Exchange Server mailboxes quickly using our brick-level backup and offsite archiving solution

• How the Exchange Mailbox Add-on works
• Backing up Exchange mailboxes
• Restoring Exchange mailbox data

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Quickstart guide for using BackupAssist Mailbox Backup capabilities.

• PST formats: advantages / disadvantages and requirements
• Setup instructions

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Applies to v6

How to restore individual Exchange Server mailboxes manually from the Information Store (not required if using the Exchange Mailbox Add-on).

• Using a Recovery Storage Group
• Restoring mailbox store to a Recovery Storage Group
• Merging recovered mail with regular mailboxes

How to backup and restore SQL Servers using the SQL add-on

• Local and Remote SQL backups
• Restoring SQL backups

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Applies to v6

Learn how to monitor multiple BackupAssist installations

• Monitor backup outcomes, data growth and usage
• Create personalized backup reports for clients

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Applies to v5 and v6

Learn how to setup BackupAssist to send reminder, report and maintenance notifications

• Adding notifications
• Managing notification recipient addresses
• Troubleshooting notifications issues

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Applies to v4, v5 and v6

Learn how to write scripts to perform specific commands either before or after your backup job runs.

• Overview of scripting in BackupAssist
• Sample scripts
• Reference guide for variables that can be used in scripts