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Testing DATTO backups? (lemmy.radio)
submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by vk6flab@lemmy.radio to c/sysadmin@lemmy.world
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Anyone here have any experience with a Datto Backup Appliance?

I have just been told that they've never run a full restoration in the six years that it's been in service, deployed for the backup of four mission critical virtual Windows Servers, four Windows Workstation and a (physical?) Linux PABX server.

The actual appliance is apparently a "Datto S3-2000 BCDR"

Edit: The anal retentive in me is going WTF in a tight loop. The industry professional with 40 years experience in the field is going, different day, same old...

I realised that I didn't actually ask the pertinent question, the hamster wheel was running full tilt, but is this normal, or is this WTF, or somewhere in-between?

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[–] vk6flab@lemmy.radio 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Tah muchly!

[–] Passerby6497@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

You're welcome, and good luck to you!

Depending on the power of your device (which I cba to look up), you may be able to spin it up locally on the device for a dr test. I was lucky enough to have a company that forced the versions that could run a few VMs side by side, so that made it possible to do that sort of thing easily, and remotely!

[–] vk6flab@lemmy.radio 1 points 2 weeks ago

Noted, thanks.