I've read a number of similar threads and tried restarting the recommended services (crypto, volume shadow, etc.). I am using the installed windows backup wizard from within the SBS console. This isn't cheap but it's an amazing backup strategy.I have a "new build" SBS 2011 STD server, live since December, that has very inconsistent backup success - perhaps once every two weeks, I see a valid backup. It does local server failover with an offsite copy in the cloud as well. They have a really nice disaster recovery solution. If you want an AWESOME solution, look at Acxient. The thing I like about them is that they offer a 100% restore guarantee. I'm going through all of the stuff I got from them. ![]() Also, there's no native SQL backup in Jungledisk.Ĭheck out Xilocore as well. If you have to recover 60GB worth of data, you're going to be waiting a while. Jungledisk is good, but the recovery times are not. ![]() I'm a fan of using something designed for business use rather than a consumer level product modified to run on servers. I just recently dropped Mozy from our offerings to clients. It'll backup SQL and the enterprise level software will probably kick the pants off of Mozy. I don't use them personally, but they have a lot of cred within the managed services provider community. What other experiences/alternatives can you share? BAK is not acceptable, because it requires SQL Agent or additional setup to create the BAK in the first place, we don’t want that. I’ve created a reseller program for JungleDisk, only to “see” what it was about, but I’m not convinced yet, I haven’t seen the program but they don’t mention SQL Backup in any product, and backing up a. This is critical backup medical information. I can’t imagine we have 100 customers where 30 are failing. if it would have been one customer of 10, one can say: ok, the customer has something weird on his server… but 3 is too much. So Given the above, We’re looking for an alternative. This is ok, but can be a tedious process to put the data back if it’s a lot (paths are honored within the zip, so the C drive becomes a C folder, then a Program Files folder, etc.). And the server “prepares” a zip file (sometimes multiples if the data is too big) which you can download. Restore works by a request: I need to restore X,Y,Z.They remotely connect there, install, touch, download logs, etc. Mozy Customer support have been unable to fix it (but have tried). These are three separate customers, with different computers in different places. Customer Service is very “friendly” (at least with us), but we have three customers (out of our 10 customers pilot-test) that have been unable to backup the SQL Server for 180 days (that’s how much they have been trying to make it work).When it works, it works fine, even restore process (which is a little bit weird).The Control Panel for the reseller is also ok, you can do everything from there and it’s more or less intuitive once you learn to use it, they will also share screen with you to teach you if needed.When setting up a customer you can assign a profile and the “client” will read those settings and be configured. The software is “ok”, kind of easy to set up, and you can have software profiles where you preconfigure the settings and save it as a profile.Pricing is “ok” if you have a small user base, because you only pay “as you go”.If a customer leaves, you can transfer those “resources” to another customer or even return them to Mozy (and they won’t charge you the monthly fee anymore). Licencing is very easy to handle, you purchase “resources” (licenses/GBs) and you assign them to your customers (groups). ![]() Then to these licenses you assign Gigabytes of storage 1 by 1. Each machine is a License (can be desktop -cheaper, less features- or server). So you can have 5 customers, which will be “5 Groups”. Then assign them to any “group” (which they recommend you create per customer). Truth is MozyPro (reseller) does all of the above, you can buy “licenses” and “gigabytes”. ![]()
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