How to Locate Reparse Points that are Preventing a Backup

With Windows 2012, if you want to backup to a network share, you might get a message referring to Symbolic Links. “One of the file paths specified for backup is under a reparse point. Backup of files under a reparse Continue reading How to Locate Reparse Points that are Preventing a Backup

How to Convert VMWare 5.5 to Windows 2012 HyperV

Part 1 – Prep the VMware VM Uninstall VM Tools and VMware Converter Agent from within the OS Turn off the VM Make sure it’s checked as Independent in VMware by right clicking the machine name, then choose “Edit Settings”. Continue reading How to Convert VMWare 5.5 to Windows 2012 HyperV

How to Manage and Batch Resize Product Images For Your Website

Introduction This process is designed as a baseline to help organize and batch resize images using Google’s photo editing and organizing software Picasa. Picasa is free and is powerful for resizing images while being easy to use. My goal with Continue reading How to Manage and Batch Resize Product Images For Your Website

Veeam Backup And Replication Free Edition with Windows 2012 DeDuplication

I have always been a fan of DeDuplication, but other than an Ubuntu based BackupPC, haven’t taken advantage of it. Now that it’s available in Windows 2012, I figured I should give it a good shot for Full VM Backups. Continue reading Veeam Backup And Replication Free Edition with Windows 2012 DeDuplication

Automatically Reboot VMWare ESXi Exception 14 Purple Screen

I have an ESXi VMWare server that has had a couple of purple screens now. Unfortunately, the default is to sit there and wait for some user interaction. This happens to require knowing about it, then a 30 minute drive Continue reading Automatically Reboot VMWare ESXi Exception 14 Purple Screen