Stopping Stuck Job on Veeam

Overview Terminating a stuck Veeam jobs, or processes can be quite challenging as it could take some time to stop. If you notice the job in “Stopping” state, for days, or even weeks, you may need to terminate all Veeam services to stop those stuck jobs described in Veeam KB1727 article. In this situation, you will need to ensure all the other health jobs are finished first. Read the following carefully before deciding to forcibly stopping the services....

April 19, 2023 · 3 min · by Chisqi

Linux Rsync

Overview Rsync is a Linux command-line utility for efficiently synchronizing files and directories between two locations, either locally or over a network. It’s particularly popular for backup and mirroring purposes due to its ability to copy only the differences between source and destination files. Installation This utility is pre-installed on most linux distribution and macOS. But if you don’t have rsync installed on your system, you use the following to install....

June 23, 2022 · 3 min · by Chisqi

Adjusting VSS Shadow Copies Size

Overview Shadow Copies, also known as Volume Shadow Copies or Volume Snapshot Service (VSS) copies, are a feature in Windows operating systems that allow for the creation of backups or snapshots of computer files or volumes, even while they are in use. These snapshots capture the state of the files at a particular point in time, enabling users to restore previous versions of files or recover from system errors. There are some AV, or other protection software that creates a volume checkpoint periodically to protect the data....

February 16, 2019 · 2 min · by Chisqi

Windows Backup command line - wbadmin

Introduction wbadmin stands for “Windows Backup Administrator” and is a command-line tool included in Microsoft Windows operating systems for managing and performing various backup and recovery tasks. It provides administrators with the ability to create, manage, and restore backups of the system, volumes, files, and applications. Using wbadmin, you can perform tasks such as: Creating Backups: You can use wbadmin to create full system backups, incremental backups, and backup copies of specific files and folders....

January 16, 2019 · 2 min · by Chisqi