@JaredBusch We will be using a fix number size and auto increment with a prefix in the front e.g. WYN000001 - WYN000002 - WYN000052 etc
We will most probably go out and buy the labels in bulk instead of printing in house.

@BRRABill said:

@hobbit666 said:

@BRRABill
Seems to now over the last 2-3 weeks.

Might be time to try a different RDX drive, I suppose! Do you have more than 1? Thank goodness they are pretty reasonable.

We looked at RDX, and were using it for BackupExec before we switched to our Datto device.

Not to hand no. Might need to buy one and send it up. But that's why I'm considering alternatives.

@BRRABill
Seems to now over the last 2-3 weeks.

@hobbit666
Log Name: System
Source: disk
Date: 08/12/2015 08:34:18
Event ID: 52
Task Category: None
Level: Warning
Keywords: Classic
User: N/A
Computer: WHSHYPV
Description:
The driver has detected that device \Device\Harddisk2\DR2 has predicted that it will fail. Immediately back up your data and replace your hard disk drive. A failure may be imminent.
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
<Provider Name="disk" />
<EventID Qualifiers="32772">52</EventID>
<Level>3</Level>
<Task>0</Task>
<Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2015-12-08T08:34:18.267757800Z" />
<EventRecordID>28908</EventRecordID>
<Channel>System</Channel>
<Computer>WHSHYPV</Computer>
<Security />
</System>
<EventData>
<Data>\Device\Harddisk2\DR2</Data>
<Binary>0F0080000100000000000000340004800000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000007333500100000000FFFFFFFF020000005800008402000000FF200612080130100000000028000000000000000000000080838DA100E0FFFF000000000000000010D08DA100E0FFFF0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000700006000000000A000000005A0100000000000000000000</Binary>
</EventData>
</Event>

@BRRABill
Yeah looks like RDX drive is the issue not the sever

@BRRABill said:

Why do they think that?

What are they seeing that the DELL diags are not? (Are these DELL drive?)

There an Event ID 52 disk (on disk DR2) in the event logs for the HyperV server. But I think disk 2 is the RDX drive.

OK so I started to look into docker and I love the idea of having little "containers" running on a single machine but them being independent to a level.
My thinking was to stop running 3-4 Linux machines that are using up resources on my ESXi server and run all 4 applications on a single Linux server.

But is this the way to go? or should I stick with them on separate VM's but make the resources a bit leaner and only give what they need.

OK so I've been told by BackupAssit the reason for the failing backups is the Disk is about to die.
Question is which disk! I have a 8x 300GB SAS in RAID10. My Dell iDRAC is showing green across the board.

Yeah, I've tried the FREE version of unitrends with the Google Cloud but could never work out if it was working correctly. Might give it another go since it free

See i'm just not sure as I see it
Option 1) Buy Veeam/SC/Unitrends + NAS + Cloud storage = £600-1000 + £400-£500NAS (8TB) + Cloud storage
Option 2) Buy Appliance that does Cloud too - Seems expensive - 3TB local box + Cloud £5K upfront + £400 per month
Option 3) Azure backup or Site recovery - Not sure how to work out the pricing

Head is still well and truly in the shed!

wondering what to do (or what I was going to do) today.

OK I have a site that has a single Hyper-V Server 2012R2 running 4 virtual Machines (2 Windows 2 Linux)

I only need to backup the windows servers as the Linux servers are just Unifi and Zabbix.

VM1 - DC - Win2012 - 600GB Provisioned - 200GB Used
VM2 - SQL - Win2008 - 250GB Provisioned - 60GB Used

So I want to back this up. At the moment i'm using BackupAssist + RDX but its failing more often now, so I need something more reliable.

My end goal is to have something local, for quick file restore and VM restore if the server has issues, but also an offsite copy in case the building burns down.

Here's the issue. I've already looked at Datto and had a quote 5K for hardware then £400per month is a bit OTT I think for the site. I know you can't really but a price on data protection and RTO PTO but I know this site will so I need some options. Like a NAS local uploading to cloud + Veeam running it maybe, or even Azure Backup/Site Recover (if I can work out the costs)

In my head I want 1months worth local and then 6 months to a year on the cloud??

trying to install vSphere client to log into a server and see why Zabbix and Screenconnect have not come back on after a power cut in work

40mins left of work then Xmas party time!

More docker today

@dafyre said:

@hobbit666 Good... once you get your grips with Docker, write up a how to for the rest of us, lol.

I was but getting bloody confused now lol.

The main aim why i'm looking at this is an easy way of getting Zabbix, Unifi, Snipe-IT and possibly Screenconnect to run on a single Linux VM on a ESXi host.

Me thinks I might be getting to grips with Docker. Kind of

About to google "How to setup and use Docker"
Project of the day

Processed and still no clue lol.. Guess just carry on with work see what happens

@scottalanmiller said:

@hobbit666 said:

Waiting to go home to process the last 24hrs! Today has been a hard one in work.

I bet. Although having the break from "processing" might be good, too.

Yeah I got 6 pages of A4 to process lol. But at least there were answers lol