BR10 Server and "Remote" Vaults
If you aren't using "Remote" vaults this topic isn't for you :) My specfic "Remote" vault is a external USB hard drive on another file server. I waited very patiently for well over a year to even think about trying BR10. The file naming convention was a show stopper. With the release of build 12457 you now have the option to use "Echo" naming convention so I decided to give it a try. Problem right off the bat.
Fresh install of Server 2008. Fresh install of BR10. The problem in a nut shell is that the backup plans will not consistantly back up the the remote vault. It will forget the credentials, hang, sop, you name it. An array of different issues. When I check on the plan in the morning it is still running at 0%. The lock file is present on the remote drive but the backup is hung.
Here is the "odd" part. I have three servers backing up to that remote vault. Two Echo Servers and one BR10. The Echo servers have no missed in years. I then put that external USB hard drive on the BR10 server and the two Echo servers back up to it no problem. As long as the USB hard drive is physically attached to the BR10 server it works fine.
Today I did a BR10 Workstation to a remote vault. Same issues. Something about BR10 does not like vaults that are not physcially attached to the server BR10 is running on.
I spend days on the phone with support. Same run around as always. I gave up real quick. Until BR10 is "set it and forget it" I refuse to purchase or use it. After well over a year it obviously isn't there yet.
Anyone else have problems backing up to "Remote" vaults?