Enterprise Server Option
Hi,
Looking at centralising management of Backupexec 2012. Now from reading it seems that you install Enterprise Server Option which allows you to manage Backup Exec servers. I would also need a license for each backupexec Server Managed ?
I am gathering this type of solution would allow me to create jobs and send restore jobs to managed backup exec servers ? the reason i asked the last question is because i came across this comment in the technical features Brief.
Although backup and restore tasks cannot be dispatched centrally from the central administration server to a managed Backup Exec server that is managing device and media information locally, the central administration server can still monitor the managed Backup Exec server for status and task results, and perform some tasks such as executing backup tasks. In this configuration, some backup operations for the managed Backup Exec server must be managed by a local administrator at the remote site.
Confused as one part of the brief says yes you can and another says no.
Kind Regards
scott
The distinction is the statement about "managing device and media locally"
By default the CAS server maintains the device and media management and the CAS server can then distribute jobs and also track the status of jobs that are created in the local consoles of the MBEs
If you change the setting to have the MBEs manage their own devcie and media settings then some of the ability of ther CAS server is limited.
With regards your licensing question - you always need a media server license for any server runnign as a media server.
The ESO license give you the ability to configure one of the servers as a CAS to centrally manage settings and monitor job operations.
Please note that to distribute agent jobs form the CAS server to the MBE servers you may need the specific agent licenses on the CAS as well as the MBEs
For instance if the MBE is going to backup an Exchange server, then CAS cannot configure the Exchange options in the job to send to the MBE unless you have the Exchange agent license on the CAS as well. Similarly if you put the Exchnage license only on the CAS and not on the MBE then you can create the job on the C AS but it will give a license failure message when it tries to run on the MBE.