Whitepapers

1. The 7 Critical Steps to a Bullet-proof Backup System
2. Disaster Recovery Backup Plan
3. Backup Strategy Guide
4. Bare Metal Restoration with ASR

1. The Definitive Tape Drive Success Blueprint
2. Tape Drive Troubleshooting
3. Windows Media Management Troubleshooting

1. File backups with BackupAssist
2. Iomega REV backups with BackupAssist
3. External Hard Drive Backups with BackupAssist

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

1. The Advanced Open Files Add-on
2. Open File Backups with BackupAssist

1. Basic Exchange Server Backup and Restoration
2. Exchange Mailbox Add-on - Enhanced Individual Mailbox Backup and Restore NEW!
3. Advanced Exchange Restoration - Restoring Individual Mailboxes from the Informational Store

1. Online SQL Server Backups Using BackupAssist

1. Customizing schedules in BackupAssist

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A Product brochure describing the advantages of using BackupAssist

Summary:

• 7 Reasons why BackupAssist is the ideal solution for small business
• Technical specifications at a glance
• Testimonials about BackupAssist from around the world

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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.

Summary:

• 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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Flash Card: Preparing for bare metal disaster recovery

Summary:

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

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How to protect your small business from data disaster

Summary:

• Introduction to tape backups
• Tape rotation systems
• Implementing a backup system

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

Summary:

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

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

Summary:

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

Summary:

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

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Removable Storage and Media Management in Windows

Summary:

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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Backing up To File, HDD, DVD / CD, ZIP Drive, Removable HDD or Network

Summary:

• How BackupAssist backs up to hard drives, DVDs, CDs, ZIP drives and network drives
• How to setup BackupAssist
• Recommended configurations

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Using BackupAssist with the Iomega REV Drive - an excellent solution for small businesses

Summary:

• How to setup BackupAssist to backup to your REV drive
• General notes and recommendations

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Using BackupAssist with External USB Hard Drive Devices

Summary:

• External USB HDD Introduction and Overview
• Configuring BackupAssist for use with external USB hard drives
• External USB HDD usage scenarios

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How to backup network drives using UNC paths or drive mappings

Summary:

• How to setup BackupAssist for network backups
• Using UNC paths
• Using mapped network drives

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Using BackupAssist with SNAP Servers and other NAS Devices

Summary:

• How to setup BackupAssist to backup to your SNAP Server
• How to setup BackupAssist to backup data stored on your SNAP Server
• Recommended configurations
• How to authenticate to your SNAP Server

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

Summary:

• 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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How BackupAssist improves on NTBackup's handling of Open Files

Summary:

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

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A step by step guide to backing up and restoring Exchange Servers 2000 and 2003

Summary:

• Four steps to backing up Exchange Servers
• Three steps to restoring Exchange Servers

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

Summary:

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

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

Summary:

• How the add-on works
• Restoring mailbox data

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How to use BackupAssist to backup live SQL Servers

Summary:

• How The SQL Backup Works
• Setting Up BackupAssist For Online SQL Server Backups
• Remote SQL Backup
• Checking the Backup Logs
• How To Restore A Database

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How to Schedule Custom Schemes - Full, Differential, Incremental backups, Overwriting / Appending Tapes

Summary:

• The capabilities of BackupAssist, the backup schedule and media pool
• 5 practical examples of customized backup schemes
• Screenshots of how to setup BackupAssist

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