basics for assurance
From a risk assessment perspective, I need some assurance that 3x physical linux servers are being backed up.
Our admins tell me they use backup exec to do this, which I am very new to.
I need some assistance on obtaining the following information:
1) how to see what is configured to be backed up for those specific servers (i.e. which volumes, how often, where the backup file is being written to)
2) and then how to get some form of log file that shows successful/unsuccesful backups for those systems over say a month period
3) any logging/monitoring enabled, that would inform the admin were the job to have failed, where would this be configured?
Can you give a bit of an idiots guide on how to get this information, ideally with screen shots?
Many Thanks
1) how to see what is configured to be backed up for those specific servers (i.e. which volumes, how often, where the backup file is being written to)
You can find this information by looking up the backup jobs and its selection lists and sehedule.
2) and then how to get some form of log file that shows successful/unsuccesful backups for those systems over say a month period
Look for the job log / Job History information
3) any logging/monitoring enabled, that would inform the admin were the job to have failed, where would this be configured?
You can setup job notifications to send alerts to email recepients with a copy of the job log.