Before You Use Carbonite, Mozy, CrashPlan, Rackspace, Softlayer

As you may consider backing up to the cloud using alternatives to Carbonite, Backblaze, SOS Backup, Mozy, Vaultlogix, CrashPlan, Rackspace, and Softlayer, you may want to look into options that are specifically made for server-grade scenarios. Hence, you may also want to add BackupChain to your trial list because there are some great advantages BackupChain has […]

Hyper-V Manager: Scheduled Snapshot and Checkpoint Creation

Unfortunately Hyper-V Manager doesn’t provide an automatic, scheduled creation of snapshots aka checkpoints. However, it’s a great thing to add to your VMs and it can be done with just one command and the Windows Task Scheduler:   You could either use  a fixed name for the snapshot / checkpoint or generate one automatically. The PowerShell script […]

How to Resize, Shrink, or Expand VHDX in Hyper-V

Shrinking and expanding VHDX files is a common requirement, especially for data centers. We discuss here how it’s done. A lot of times IT admins use dynamically expanding disks to avoid having to grow and shrink VHD / VHDX files. In addition, prior to Windows Server 2012 R2, live expansion and resize of VHDX wasn’t […]

Download Links for Windows 10 & Windows Server Technical Preview

  New: Windows 10 was released! Visit instead: Windows 10 (Final) Download Link Below are the current (Oct 1, 2014) download links for Windows 10 Technical Preview and Windows Server Technical Preview released today: Windows Server Technical Preview http://care.dlservice.microsoft.com/dl/download/F/5/7/F574727C-B145-4A7D-B85B-11C4E8DC894B/9841.0.140912-1613.FBL_RELEASE_SERVER_OEM_X64FRE_EN-US.ISO Key: JGNV3-YDJ66-HJMJP-KVRXG-PDGDH   Hyper-V Server Technical Preview http://care.dlservice.microsoft.com/dl/download/F/5/7/F574727C-B145-4A7D-B85B-11C4E8DC894B/9841.0.140912-1613.FBL_RELEASE_SERVERHYPERCORE_OEM_X64FRE_EN-US.ISO Windows 10 Technical Preview (Enterprise, English, x64) http://care.dlservice.microsoft.com/dl/download/F/5/7/F574727C-B145-4A7D-B85B-11C4E8DC894B/9841.0.140912-1613.FBL_RELEASE_CLIENTENTERPRISE_VOL_X64FRE_EN-US.ISO Key: […]

Hyper-V Backup Links, Guides, Tutorials & Comparisons

Below is a very useful list of links, guides, and tutorials relating to Hyper-V backup:   Hyper-V Backup Quick Start Guide: Protect your Hyper-V VMs with just a couple of clicks. List of Effective Hyper-V Backup Strategies: Describes common strategies; how to back up Hyper-V in the best way that fits your requirements and infrastructure. […]

8 Pros and Cons of Hyper-V Backup using USB External Drives

Here we discuss briefly the advantages and disadvantages of using external hard drives for Hyper-V backups. The pros and cons have been reduced to the main points. If you are looking for an external hard drive backup software solution, check out BackupChain and test it out for free. As everything in life, there are advantages […]

Fix for Error 0x80780049, Backup ID 517

KB 2918371 describes the following issue with Windows Server Backup 2012:   Environment: a Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V host and a Windows Server 2012 guest virtual machine (VM). Open Windows Server Backup on the host operating system. Select Backup Schedule to start the backup schedule wizard and then click Next. Click Custom on the Select Backup Configuration tab […]

0x800705aa How to Fix ERROR NO SYSTEM RESOURCES

The error 0x800705aa may show up as: HRESULT = 0x800705aa – ERROR_NO_SYSTEM_RESOURCES and occur during backups, file copies, during the boot process, and other processes. The most common cause of 0x800705aa is simply the lack of free RAM. If you are using virtual machines with dynamic memory allocation, make sure the integration services are up-to-date.   The […]

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