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idemia's avatar
idemia
Level 2
6 years ago

backup exec 2014 additional options

hello, before upgrade licenses exec 2014 to newest version we would like to check additional trial options like deduplication and ndmp. as we are using it currently in production we do not want to destroy configuration etc on it. ( is there way to backup local exec backup application config from application?) 

back to trials, during choosing option install additional options when i can see my licenses in first window and second one im not sure what i should do to not reinstall product (if i want only add deduplication trial to current configuration)

should i go next > next with currently licenses sighn in and at finish window reinstall them ? or should i remove licenses from first and second window and push install without them ? 

anyway point is to install trial addin deduplication to currently configured production exec and do not loose anything.

2014
Windows Server 2008 R2

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  • CraigV's avatar
    CraigV
    Moderator
    6 years ago
    Hi, 1. To backup your BE installation, stop the BE services and grab copies of the Data/Catalogs folders. And make sure bedb.bak is there too as that's the previous night's automatic backup. 2. I don't think you reinstall the application from scratch. You'd simply select the option you want to trial and then run through the rest of the installation. Thanks!
    • idemia's avatar
      idemia
      Level 2
      6 years ago

      thanks for info about backup config

      about installing additional options. there is manuall of how-to but there is not info about currently installed licenses and do they need to be in during isntall additional option like deduplication. 

      • CraigV's avatar
        CraigV
        Moderator
        6 years ago

        They're already installed. You don't need to put them in again unless you're uninstalling BE and then reinstalling it.

        Anyways, having them on hand is always a good thing.