@Bill-Kindle said:

snort Atari has no memory lmao.

Should that not make it the happiest?

@scottalanmiller I haven't been hit yet but in saying that, I suspect I may have tripped the spammer warning light after my visit to the Funny Pic thread...

I'm in!

I sense the impending swing of a ban stick for you @Nic

@Nic said:

I had a friend who was about to move out of his apartment. He decided that rather than buy any new food he'd just survive on whatever he had left in the pantry. After a few weeks his gums started bleeding so I had to tell him that he had scurvy and he needed some fresh fruit and vegetables.

<insert pirate jokes>

Well, that's not right..

Have you tried the following?:
Start --> Run --> Outlook.exe /resetnavpane
or
Start --> Run --> Outlook.exe /Safe

Just in case you are interested... here is a list of all the Outlook 2013 command line switches:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook-help/command-line-switches-for-outlook-2013-HA102606406.aspx

@alexntg

@alexntg said:

Which machine are you seeing this on?

The Mail server

What kind of storage/RAID type is that VMDK on?

Storage Blade

• RAID 5
  -- NOT FOR LONG!!!

If you have a bad disk, one of the last things you ever want to do with it is defrag it. You risk causing further damage.
Righto

Not sure. "It depends." If you're keeping it on the same disk, you're repairing a database on a bad disk. If you drop the database, move it to a new disk, then try to bring it up, if you do need to repair it, you'd be repairing it on a new disk.

Righto, so, you suggest: dismount --> move to new disk --> Repairs? --> Mount

Can you set up a new disk with a new database and move the mailboxes over to it? That might be your safest bet, though it is possible the IS would crash when you hit the corrupted part of the disk.
Hmmmm, I'll have to think about this.

As a side note, check for any residual snapshots and that the Veeam proxy doesn't have any extra mounted disks. It shouldn't have anything to do with the issue, but it doesn't hurt to check.

I checked the Datastore and found many $-ctk.vmdk files. Research indicates that theses are for Change Block Tracking (from when I attempted to get Veeam to backup the server). Can I safely delete these? or is there something to turn off first? (veeam is not currently backing up this server.
Speaking of,
In the above image, the first virtual HDD isn't listing its provisioned size. Does that seem a little off to you?

Yep, benn doing my civic duty and flagging them

@Hubtech said:

hit me

Launches Nerf attack by IP
(shoots Nerf darts at monitor)

MUAHAHAHAHAHA!

G'Day Lads n Lasses,

I'm getting the below error when backing up my Exchange 2010 server with Veeam B&R 7 which causes the job to fail.

Source: Disk
Event ID: 15
Description:
The device, \Device\Harddisk2\DR2, is not ready for access yet.

I've checked the ESXi host and the data store, partition and the VMFS seem to be ok (two other servers on the same data store back up perfectly fine), and this has lead me to believe that there is something wrong with the virtual hard drives.

One of the helpful lads at Veeam support sent this as part of a response to my support ticket:
Here is the error output from the logging data provided:

[17.06.2014 15:07:20] < 1816> >> |--tr:Disk read operation has failed. Disk path: [[<Datastore name>] <VM_Folder/VM_HDD1.vmdk]. Read offset: [5,742,002,176]. Requested data size: [4194304]. Disk size: [214,748,364,800]
[17.06.2014 15:07:20] < 1816> >> |--tr:Failed to pre-read data ( first start block '5476', blocks num '4'. Block size: '1048576').
[...]
[17.06.2014 15:07:20] < 1816> >> |Exception from server: VDDK error: 21036749815809.Unknown error

This is suggesting that an error has occurred reading from the storage within a VDDK based disklib operation. This generally suggests that there is either an issue with the virtual hard disks, datastore disks, or the VM is a physical to virtual conversion that is encountering issues.

I think I've narrowed the issue down to one of my mailbox databases as I can back up ALL but one of them with UEB 7 (Free), so this means that it could still be an issue with the virtual hard disk or the data store disks.

Unitrends sends this error message to the GUI FATAL: Incomplete backup received from client. <sarcasm> So helpful>/sarcasm> I can get to the log file location via PuTTY but I am having difficulty getting more detailed information as I can't work out how to get the log file off the virtal appliance. Anyhoo, another issue for another day.

Now the questions:

1. Can I defrag the virtual hdd without taking exchange offline?
2. If I take the Exchange database offline, is it likely that the database won't mount after I run ESEUTIL against it? I have attempted to restore into a Recovery database but it's in a "Dirty Shutdown" state and I can't fix it, so I'm concerned.

I can't move hosts at this point in time as I have not yet configured the new host (awaiting an extra CPU and RAM).

IMO, Microsoft has helped with the abandonment of the frosty feline.
I think it has a lot to do with all the 'ZOMGWTFBBQHAX!' surrounding Windows XP's life support being turned off and the, almost, immediate find of a massive security hole after the end of support about security patches.

The XP EoS has to, varying degrees, educated users that there is good reason to care about their OS being supported. Even if it's laced with a bit of FUD and hyperbole, but the basic principle is still there.

Never underestimate the sneakiness of anyone

@alexntg said:

@garak0410 said:

@alexntg said:

B movies typically aren't my thing. However, I found Mystery Science Theater 3000's screening of The Final Sacrifice, and spent an hour and half giggling like a schoolgirl. B movies may now warrant a closer look.

Don't get me started on The Final Sacrifice...or I'll send Larry Csonka on you...Rowsdower rules!

I wonder if there's beer on the sun?

There might be but you'd have to go at night to find out...

You are all thinking about it the wrong way. Start with Red and then hit all the buttons in any order (reserving for purple last) as no one can see you press the others, thereby preventing policing of your button presses.

Purple button means you can't press any more buttons (phase through the button board), so it's designated as the fast getaway button.

Played this before...

While it's pretty, it still doesn't make coffee (i.e. No killer features that make it a must have and unique).
Sure it has a pretty screen and the camera is ok but it still makes phone calls, has sms & email facilities and lets me read the time from the car park (big screen) but so do plenty of other less expensive phones.

Call me cynical but I think it'll end up being just another expensive phone.

Thanks lads
I think I'll stick to the "One Server = One Job" approach.

@NetworkNerd said:

I agree about Veeam One. I remember attending a recent Veeam user group meeting at which they touted and did some demos of the features of Veeam One, which is completely free if you have Backup and Replication. I have not had time to play with it, but there are certainly a great number of reporting capabilities available with it.

Well, that's very interesting. Do you know if you get the full version for free or just grab the gimped free version?

G'Day Lads and Lasses,

When setting up backup jobs in Veeam Backup & Replication, is it best practice to group servers together in backup jobs (i.e. multiple servers per job) or is it better to go with one server = one job?

Currently, I've been using the "one server = one job" approach as I have been hesitant to add multiple servers to a job, thinking that would increase the risk of job failure.
However, this is means I am being flooded with job notification emails.

Also, is there an easy way to generate weekly/monthly reports or do I need to get super good at powershell?

It's funny because it's true. It's also NOT funny because it's true.