Whitepapers

Our white papers document many of the features and functionality of BackupAssist.

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BackupAssist features

Notifications in BackupAssist
Custom scripting in BackupAssist

Backup strategy / Disaster Recovery

The 7 Critical Steps to a Bullet-proof Backup System
Disaster Recovery backup plan
The Definitive Tape Drive Success Blueprint

Open file backups

The Advanced Open Files Add-on
Open file backups with BackupAssist

Exchange backup / restore

Basic Exchange Backup and Restore
Brick-level Exchange Backup and Restore
Using the BackupAssist Exchange Mailbox Add-on to backup individual mailboxes.
Advanced Exchange restoration
Restoring individual mailboxes from the Informational Store

Notifications in BackupAssist

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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Custom scripting in BackupAssist

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

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7 Critical Steps to a Bullet-proof backup system

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

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Disaster Recovery Backup Plan

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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The Definitive Tape Drive Success Blueprint

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

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Advanced Open Files Add-on: Overview

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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Open File Backups with BackupAssist

How BackupAssist improves on NTBackup's handling of Open Files

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

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Basic Exchange Server Backup and Restoration

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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Exchange Brick-level Backup and Restore

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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Advanced Exchange Restoration

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

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Version 3 documentation

The materials listed below are currently specific to BackupAssist v3.x.x and may not be entirely accurate in respect to BackupAssist v4. We will be creating v4 specific versions of these materials as soon as possible. If you are unable to find the answer you are after please visit our Support Center.

Most of these documents are available in both PDF and HTML formats for convenience and ease of accessibility.

Backup Strategy / Disaster Recovery

Backup Strategy Guide
Bare Metal Restoration with ASR

Tape Drive Information

Tape Drive Troubleshooting
Windows Media Management Troubleshooting

File based backup (REV, External HDD, Local, etc)

File backups with BackupAssist
Iomega REV backups with BackupAssist
External Hard Drive Backups with BackupAssist

Network Backups

Backing up Network/Shared Data
SNAP / NAS device backups with BackupAssist

Open File Backups

The Advanced Open Files Add-on
Open File Backups with BackupAssist

Exchange Backup / Restore

Basic Exchange Server Backup and Restoration
Exchange Mailbox Add-on - Enhanced Individual Mailbox Backup and Restore
Advanced Exchange Restoration - Restoring Individual Mailboxes from the Informational Store

Database backup (SQL, etc)

Online SQL Server Backups Using BackupAssist

Backup Scheduling

Customizing schedules in BackupAssist

Backup Strategy Guide

How to protect your small business from data disaster

Introduction to tape backups
Tape rotation systems
Implementing a backup system

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Bare Metal Restoration with ASR

How to perform bare metal system restorations using Automated System Recovery in Windows XP & 2003

Introduction to ASR
Backing up and restoring with ASR
ASR Considerations
Additional ASR Resources

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Tape Drive Troubleshooting

How to set up your tape drive for use with NTBackup and BackupAssist

Interference from other backup software products
Installing the Windows drivers
Running Windows Backup, NTBackup
Setting up BackupAssist

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Windows Media Management Troubleshooting

Removable Storage and Media Management in Windows

This is essential reading if you are having problems with media management and removable storage under Windows. BackupAssist will manage the media automatically, but if you are migrating from a different backup system and you are using old tapes, then you may need to do a few additional tasks. This document explains how.

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