The RPCHD Service
I’ve been testing IDrive as an online backup option. Yesterday a chat support rep asked needed to look at my system, and at his request I downloaded and installed “RemoteSupportHost_317082.exe”, …
FilterManager Event ID 3 During Backups
I have a 2-week-old installation of Server 2012 Essentials. Windows Server Backup runs twice per day. Every time the backup runs, I get about five of these errors in the …
Delete Old Windows Server Backups
A client uses Windows Server Backup to back up a small Hyper-V server running Windows Server 2008 R2. Today free space on the backup drive F: dropped below 100GB of …
Windows Server Backup Version and Space Management
Just came across this 2009 article from The Storage Team at Microsoft: Backup Version and Space Management in Windows Server Backup There is some good, concise info here including one …
Restore a Hyper-V Server to an Optiplex 960, Take 2
In January 2011, I wrote about my experience restoring a Hyper-V Server to an Optiplex 960. That article is exhaustive (and exhausting). I’ve done the same test again and wanted …
SBS 2008 Attempts Multiple Simultaneous Backups
I first had this issue in July 2010. SBS 2008 would attempt to run two identical backups for each one that was scheduled. The duplicate backup would fail with Microsoft-Windows-Backup …
Restore a Hyper-V Server to an Optiplex 960
Recently I upgraded a small server to run Windows Server 2008 R2 as a Hyper-V host, with Server 2008 R2 as a guest as well. I’ve read that Windows Server …
Windows Server Backup: VSS Failure Backing Up Guest VM
I’m setting up Windows Server Backup on a Hyper-V host (Windows Server 2008 R2). I want to do an online backup of the guest virtual machine (Windows Server 2003 R2). …
Windows Server Backup: Swapping Target Drives
I’m running Window Server Backup on Windows Server 2008 R2. Like a good admin, I swap out destination drives, rotating one drive off site each week.
Server Backup and BitLocker
A lot of attention has been given to encrypting laptops because they are often stolen and their drives may contain sensitive company information. Another popular topic is the need to …