The Backup Wrap-Up

W. Curtis Preston (Mr. Backup)

Formerly known as "Restore it All," The Backup Wrap-up podcast turns unappreciated backup admins into cyber recovery heroes. After a brief analysis of backup-related news, each episode dives deep into one topic that you can use to better protect your organization from data loss, be it from accidents, disasters, or ransomware.

The Backup Wrap-up is hosted by W. Curtis Preston (Mr. Backup) and his co-host Prasanna Malaiyandi. Curtis' passion for backups began over 30 years ago when his employer, a $35B bank, lost its purchasing database – and the backups he was in charge of were worthless. After miraculously not being fired, he resolved to learn everything he could about a topic most people try to get away from. His co-host, Prasanna, saw similar tragedies from the vendor side of the house and also wanted to do whatever he could to stop that from happening to others.

A particular focus lately has been the scourge of ransomware that is plaguing IT organizations across the globe. That's why in addition to backup and disaster recovery, we also touch on information security techniques you can use to protect your backup systems from ransomware. If you'd like to go from being unappreciated to being a cyber recovery hero, this is the podcast for you.

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Sep 19, 2019 · 28 min
Backups - Done - Wrong
W. Curtis Preston (Mr. Backup) and Rob Worman discuss various backup configuration mistakes they've seen throughout their many years of backup.
Sep 18, 2019 · 22 min
How To Win On Jeopardy (A "bonus" episode)
In this "bonus" episode of Restore it All, I offer a complete departure from our normal podcast content as Rob Worman regales us with stories of what it's like to be a Jeopardy champion, as well as the path he took the get there. Some good advice for anyone thinking about being on the show.
Sep 14, 2019 · 32 min
Make sure you're not the next ransomware victim!
W. Curtis Preston (Mr. Backup) and Prasanna Malaiyandi discuss two recent huge ransomware attacks. One that affected dozens of cities in Texas, and hundreds of dentists in the US. We discuss things you can do to ensure you don't get attacked, as well as what to do in case you get attacked.
Sep 6, 2019 · 23 min
Cloud customers lose data
W. Curtis Preston and Prasanna Malaiyandi discuss the AWS outage that happened over Labor Day weekend, where some customers actually lost data. We also discuss what they could/should have done to prevent that.
Aug 29, 2019 · 19 min
VMworld and Funny Backup Stories
W. Curtis Preston (Mr. Backup) and Prasanna Malaiyandi talk with Steve Schaub at VMworld 2019 about VMware's announcements, and we also tell funny backup stories.
Aug 24, 2019 · 33 min
Challenges with Disaster Recovery
W. Curtis Preston (Mr. Backup) and Prasanna Malaiyandi discuss various challenges with disaster recovery. We also have a very special guest star!
Aug 15, 2019 · 27 min
Beer and Backups and Banks
W. Curtis Preston (Mr. Backup) and Ben Patridge talk about the things they learned while working in IT and backups at a bank.
Aug 12, 2019 · 24 min
Beer and Backups, Part 1
Special guest on the podcast this week, Ben Patridge (Portland beer Ben), and W. Curtis Preston (Mr. Backup) discuss horror stories and other things gone wrong with backups, while drinking a couple of Trappist beers from Belgium.
Aug 1, 2019 · 18 min
Tape is not dead
After covering in the last episode why tape isn't really good for backup anymore, W. Curtis Preston (Mr. Backup) and Prasanna Malaiyandi discuss the continued uses for tape. It's not dead -- even growing.
Jul 25, 2019 · 30 min
Why tape and backup became enemies
W. Curtis Preston (AKA Mr. Backup) explains to Prasanna Malaiyandi the early days of tape, and what happened to make backup and tape to become bad for each other.
Jul 18, 2019 · 39 min
How Hollywood does backup
Today we have a special guest on Restore it All, and it's none other than Jeff Rochlin, an industry veteran and long-time friend. He's going to be giving us the inside scoop about how they do storage and backups in Hollywood, where he has worked for over 40 years. He started out as an actor, and has run IT for the likes of Disney, Dreamworks, and is now head of IT at Fandango and Rotten Tomatoes. This episode is a little longer than most, but it's full of good stuff. I hope you enjoy it.
Jul 11, 2019 · 27 min
Microsoft disabled the registry backup
W. Curtis Preston (Mr. Backup) and Prasanna Malaiyandi are joined by a guest, Matt Leib, and they discuss how Microsoft disabled the registry backup in Windows 10 and told no one.
Jul 6, 2019 · 27 min
The Wifi is Down
W. Curtis Preston (Mr. Backup) and Prasanna Malayaindi interview an IT director from a tech company in the bay area. (Company and full name withheld for privacy reasons.) . We discuss what it's like to be an IT and security manager in today's world.
Jun 29, 2019 · 23 min
How to use the cloud for backup
W. Curtis Preston (Mr. Backup) and Prasanna Malaiyandi discuss different ways of using the cloud for backup
Jun 22, 2019 · 21 min
Why Backup SaaS Services
W. Curtis Preston (Mr. Backup) and Prasanna Malaiyandi discuss why it's important to backup SaaS services such as Office 365, G Suite, and Salesforce
Jun 22, 2019 · 18 min
Disaster Recovery
W. Curtis Preston (Mr. Backup) and Prasanna Malaiyandi discuss various ways people perform disaster recovery
Jun 22, 2019 · 20 min
Protecting from Ransomware
W. Curtis Preston (Mr. Backup) and Prasanna Malayaindi discuss how to protect yourself from ransomware, and how to recover from if it happens.
Jun 22, 2019 · 23 min
That's not Backup
W. Curtis Preston (Mr. Backup) and Prasanna Malaiyandi discuss various things people say are backup, which actually aren't backup.
Jun 22, 2019 · 26 min
The Anniversary of GDPR
In our premiere episode of Backup Central's Restore it All Podcast, W. Curtis Preston (Mr. Backup) & Prasanna Malaiyandi discuss the one year anniversary of GDPR