When you work with people, one of the important things is how they remember you. Of course, it is the quality of service that matters the most but, if you have created your own brand, it makes it easier for customers to recognize you and, even more, to recommend you to their acquaintances. A brand is the face of your company. Continue reading
Scheduled full-system backup is a must in the production environment. If something goes wrong with a system or your computer, you can restore the system to a working state on a working machine and get back to your tasks without downtime. Usually, the recovery process goes smoothly; you just deploy your old system on a destination computer and that’s all. However, there are some use cases that require additional actions.
When you’re configuring a backup plan, setting up an appropriate retention policy is one of the points that you should pay the most attention to. The retention policy determines how many data snapshots are going to be kept and for how long, so if you don’t set it up properly, you may lose some vital data or fail to meet your obligations under compliance.
Backing up Microsoft SQL Server with all its databases is a must for every organization that uses it and, therefore, is a part of an MSP’s daily work. This process is specific, because of the large amount of data and changes that are very frequent.
In this guide, we will overview the backup of Hyper-V virtual machines with MSP360 Managed Backup Service, both with the web console and the backup agent. Continue reading
The amount of data that companies back up is usually large, and this might result in higher payments for storage space. Thus, it is worth deleting unnecessary backups with all their files and folders. The process of manually removing everything from the storage might take a while but, at MSP360, we have a solution that can help. With the MSP360 Managed Backup Service PowerShell module, you’ll delete the files that you no longer need with just a few scripts. Continue reading
One important step in planning your backup strategy is choosing a backup solution that will fit your needs. It should be compatible with your IT infrastructure and be able to back up all your vital data – not only files and folders, but also system images, servers, etc. In this article, we compare native Windows backup tools and MSP360 Managed Backup. Continue reading
In this guide, we’ll overview the functionality of Remote Deploy – a feature in MSP360 Managed Backup Service that allows you to perform bulk actions on your clients’ computers.
Backup errors might emerge and cause backups to fail or to complete with warnings. These errors can be related to a backup itself, storage, your hardware, the Internet connection, or many other things. In MSP360 Managed Backup, you can check the state of all your backups to solve issues if they appear. In this guide, we’ll cover the issue-solving process and explain what to do about some common backup errors.
We are happy to announce that MSP360 Backup 7.1 is now available. With this release, we introduce the Grandfather-Father-Son retention policy that allows you to set up additional backup retention rules to avoid loss of vital data.
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Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE) is a built-in Windows tool that allows you to recover a system when it can’t be booted. WinRE can help you with troubleshooting when the system fails to start or unexpectedly restarts. Such issues might be caused by disk corruption, incorrect updates, or damaged or accidentally removed system files. WinRE repairs the system, bringing it back to a working state.
If you own a license of MSP360 Backup and need to extend its functionality, there’s no need to buy a new license. You can upgrade the existing one on our website just by paying the difference. To do this, follow these instructions.
