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    • anthonyh
      anthonyh last edited by anthonyh

      I am an Alike user and, although they have their own faults, the software has been doing a decent job backing up my environment. I believe we are pushing their software pretty hard. I have ~100 VMs across 19 hosts. Once we get over the initial deployment and first backup, things are relatively smooth after that. They've made some good progress with their software over the years. There were some rocky times in the Alike 3.x days, and we eventually found a sweet spot with a "special" build of Alike 3.5 which I was running for a good 6 months plus without any fuss (was really nice). When I originally trialed the software back in 2014 they were really good about extending it without question. I believe I trialed the software for a good 3-4 months, and during my trial their support team treated me like I was a paid customer. My only wish is that their support was more reachable via phone (they like to communicate via email/tickets, which I understand)...but that'd drive up the cost of the software. When I've had major issues they've jumped on a conference call with me and done remote sessions. I believe their software does everything that PHDVirtual/Unitrends does, so you shouldn't lose any features.

      I'm currently in the process of transitioning from Alike 3.5 to 4.2, which basically requires you to scrap and re-do your backups. Fortunately for me, I have the hardware to run both in parallel. I'm still working through the initial backups with 4.2, which are running into some snags (not unexpected), but their support has been responsive and helpful. I am hopeful things will iron out in sometime this week.

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      • KyleCaminita
        KyleCaminita last edited by

        you could use xo for your vm backups. and veeam endpoint for your files. I do this essentially in hyper-v. Except I use altaro. I dont think altaro offers Xen support... If they did, it's tits.

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        • scottalanmiller
          scottalanmiller @KyleCaminita last edited by

          @KyleCaminita said in Backup solutions for Xenserver:

          you could use xo for your vm backups. and veeam endpoint for your files. I do this essentially in hyper-v. Except I use altaro. I dont think altaro offers Xen support... If they did, it's tits.

          I'm always forgetting that Veeam Endpoint will handle this. At least for the Windows servers. Is their Linux solution out yet?

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            Alex Sage @scottalanmiller last edited by Alex Sage

            @scottalanmiller Soon.

            https://www.veeam.com/blog/announcing-linux-server-backup.html

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            • scottalanmiller
              scottalanmiller @Alex Sage last edited by

              @aaronstuder memes-soon.jpg

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              • DustinB3403
                DustinB3403 @scottalanmiller last edited by DustinB3403

                @scottalanmiller That's creepy as all hell.

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                • scottalanmiller
                  scottalanmiller @DustinB3403 last edited by

                  @DustinB3403 said in Backup solutions for Xenserver:

                  @scottalanmiller That's creepy as all hell.

                  You should see goats up close dude!! So much creepier than sheep.

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                  • travisdh1
                    travisdh1 @scottalanmiller last edited by

                    @scottalanmiller said in Backup solutions for Xenserver:

                    @DustinB3403 said in Backup solutions for Xenserver:

                    @scottalanmiller That's creepy as all hell.

                    You should see goats up close dude!! So much creepier than sheep.

                    Go to a livestock auction sale bard the night before with no lights on....... growing up the largest livestock auction in Ohio was in the same town as the high school I went to. Thursdays you didn't want to be anywhere near the place.

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                    • scottalanmiller
                      scottalanmiller last edited by

                      Sheep only a few feet from my front door here, and when I was in Greece it was all you herd (pun intended) all night.

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                      • BRRABill
                        BRRABill last edited by

                        Man did this thread fork.

                        backups >>> livestock

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                        • travisdh1
                          travisdh1 @scottalanmiller last edited by

                          Nice. When the electric fence failed (often), we'd wake up to fresh milk mooing in the yard.

                          PS - Think we can take this soon by Veem thing to far? 😛

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                          • BRRABill
                            BRRABill @scottalanmiller last edited by

                            @scottalanmiller said

                            I'm always forgetting that Veeam Endpoint will handle this. At least for the Windows servers.

                            Which Veeam product is that, exactly?

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                            • BRRABill
                              BRRABill @BRRABill last edited by

                              @BRRABill said in Backup solutions for Xenserver:

                              @scottalanmiller said

                              I'm always forgetting that Veeam Endpoint will handle this. At least for the Windows servers.

                              Which Veeam product is that, exactly?

                              I kind of answered my own question. The "Endpoint Backup" product they have they say is for desktop and latops, but then they say...

                              "Veeam Endpoint Backup FREE is Veeam's new backup solution for Windows-based computers (desktops & laptops) running Windows 7 and higher as well as Windows Server 2008 and higher."

                              Is this the product you mean?

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                                Alex Sage @BRRABill last edited by

                                @BRRABill said in Backup solutions for Xenserver:

                                Man did this thread fork.

                                backups >>> livestock

                                It's a famous ML derailed.... Just ask @IRJ 😄

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                                • scottalanmiller
                                  scottalanmiller @BRRABill last edited by

                                  @BRRABill said in Backup solutions for Xenserver:

                                  @scottalanmiller said

                                  I'm always forgetting that Veeam Endpoint will handle this. At least for the Windows servers.

                                  Which Veeam product is that, exactly?

                                  Their end point agent based one.

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                                  • scottalanmiller
                                    scottalanmiller @BRRABill last edited by

                                    @BRRABill said in Backup solutions for Xenserver:

                                    @BRRABill said in Backup solutions for Xenserver:

                                    @scottalanmiller said

                                    I'm always forgetting that Veeam Endpoint will handle this. At least for the Windows servers.

                                    Which Veeam product is that, exactly?

                                    I kind of answered my own question. The "Endpoint Backup" product they have they say is for desktop and latops, but then they say...

                                    "Veeam Endpoint Backup FREE is Veeam's new backup solution for Windows-based computers (desktops & laptops) running Windows 7 and higher as well as Windows Server 2008 and higher."

                                    Is this the product you mean?

                                    Yes. Linux support is coming soon. So will be pretty broad once that arrives.

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                                    • BRRABill
                                      BRRABill @scottalanmiller last edited by

                                      @scottalanmiller

                                      Don't they have another free product just for servers? (Or VMs?)

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                                      • DustinB3403
                                        DustinB3403 last edited by

                                        Veeam has the 1TB free for anything I believe.

                                        I'm pretty sure they have a SW offering too where you can get some money off. Not sure if they have a special offering for us ML folks.

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                                        • scottalanmiller
                                          scottalanmiller @DustinB3403 last edited by

                                          @DustinB3403 said in Backup solutions for Xenserver:

                                          Veeam has the 1TB free for anything I believe.

                                          I'm pretty sure they have a SW offering too where you can get some money off. Not sure if they have a special offering for us ML folks.

                                          I think that you are thinking of Unitrends. Veeam Free is always free.

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                                          • scottalanmiller
                                            scottalanmiller @BRRABill last edited by

                                            @BRRABill said in Backup solutions for Xenserver:

                                            @scottalanmiller

                                            Don't they have another free product just for servers? (Or VMs?)

                                            Their normal backup product has a limited use free version called Veeam Free. It can only talk to Hyper-V and ESXi licensed (non-free). It's a totally different type of product and is the platform that people pay big money for. It is agentless.

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