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resolver101
Level 4
12 years ago

Backup Exec 2010 small business edition and deduplication

We're trying to reduce our Backup Exec 2010 R3 backup size and I've been told about the deduplication option.  I dont have the option to run it, any ideas why? 

 

Or any other suggestions to reduce the size of the backups? We backup to harddrives and have the option to upgrade to backup exec 2012.  Let me know your thoughts

 

Thanks 

2010
Backing Up
Backup and Recovery
Backup Exec
Backup Exec (media server only)
Banking & Finance
Basics
Deduplication Option
Installing
SMB
  • pkh's avatar
    pkh
    12 years ago

    If you want to use dedup, you need to purchase the option.  Install the dedup option licence and select the option in BE.  To use use dedup, your media server must be a 64-bit machine.  The dedup option is quite demanding in terms of RAM and CPU.  See this document

    http://www.symantec.com/docs/HOWTO21767

    Before looking at the dedup option, you can look at doing incremental or differential backups to reduce the size of your backups.  See my article below

    https://www-secure.symantec.com/connect/articles/pros-and-cons-various-backup-schemes

    You might also want to look at the Archiving Option of BE to archive your inactive/old files.

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  • Nabil_polska's avatar
    Nabil_polska
    Level 4
    12 years ago

     

    Good to know also if you  want :

    Deduplication Option with the Central Admin Server Option or the SAN Shared Storage Option

    http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=HOWTO59043

     

    Mark it as solution if it will help

  • pkh's avatar
    pkh
    Moderator
    12 years ago

    If you want to use dedup, you need to purchase the option.  Install the dedup option licence and select the option in BE.  To use use dedup, your media server must be a 64-bit machine.  The dedup option is quite demanding in terms of RAM and CPU.  See this document

    http://www.symantec.com/docs/HOWTO21767

    Before looking at the dedup option, you can look at doing incremental or differential backups to reduce the size of your backups.  See my article below

    https://www-secure.symantec.com/connect/articles/pros-and-cons-various-backup-schemes

    You might also want to look at the Archiving Option of BE to archive your inactive/old files.