Hi There,

Hardware Requirements

RAM and disk space requirements may vary depending on the operations
performed, the agents and options installed, and the specific system configuration.
Backup Exec database and catalogs require additional space on the disk.
Backup Exec requires at least one storage media drive or single-drive robotic
library and the appropriate controller card. You can also use removable storage
devices and non-removable hard drives.
Support for a single robotic library drive is available when you purchase Backup
Exec 2010. To enable support for additional robotic library drives, you must
purchase the Backup Exec Library Expansion Option. In addition, support is
included for every single-drive virtual tape library. To support additional drives in
each virtual tape library, you can purchase the Virtual Tape Library Unlimited
Drive Option.

Check the Hardware compatibility list

http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH137050

Deduplication Option: Requirements

System Requirements
The system requirements for installing the Deduplication Option are:
• 64-bit Backup Exec Media server
• One quad-core processor or two dual-core processors
Requirements for using the deduplication storage folder
To use the deduplication storage folder, the following requirements must be met:
• The storage location of the deduplication storage folder should be a dedicated
volume
• For every 1 TB of storage, 1 GB of RAM should be available. Symantec
recommends at least 8 GB of RAM.

Miscellaneous Requirements

Before you install Backup Exec, perform the following checks:
• Check the name of the computer on which you want to install Backup Exec.
The name should use only standard ANSI characters. You may encounter
errors if you install Backup Exec on a computer with a name that uses nonstandard
characters.
• Check the Windows security settings to make sure that they work properly
with the Backup Exec Service Account.
• Ensure that third-party software, using Backup Exec ports, is configured
correctly.
• Install the Storage Device Hardware such as controllers, drives, and robotic
libraries on the Media server. Use the appropriate Windows hardware setup
functions to configure your controller and storage devices.
• If the drive on which you want to install Backup Exec is encrypted or
compressed, and you would like to use a default SQL Express database, verify
that an unencrypted and uncompressed drive is available for the SQL Express
installation.

Step By Step guide to download and install Backup Exec 2010

http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH124432

Regards

RRE

Continuation....

Scenario that you have created is the ideal one. As far as implementation goes

- Install BE on the media server

- Install the required licenses. Install remote agent on those servers that you are planning to backup

- As you are using Arcserve in the environment , make sure you will not backup one application ( sql, exch etc) with both the software. You can start with domain controller backup & looking at the success rate , move on to backing up Exch , SQL , sharepoint. I dont find any reason to hold back BE from implementing completely. But you can proceed with one server at a time

Regards

RRE

Thanks RRE ,

I want to clear some points 

1.Does RAID 5 architecture of 500 GB disk is good for Server on which BE 2010 will install or single disk with two or three partion will be fine..

 2.They have IBM DS 8000 SAN in their environment so how can I use their SAN , I am thinking to use it for deduplication , can I create more than 1 deduplication folder on same SAN or any other alternative method I can use . Second thing currently they have client backup connectivity protocol is LAN not SAN so it means that backup traffic is on LAN for BE 2010  also because they didn't have a license for SAN SSO , so is it a good practise to have a backup by BE 2010 Servers disk - SAN - Tape storage else if I take backup directly on Tape storage is there any recommendations for backing up Exchange,SQL,Sharepoint and Active Directory.

regards

Geekgadget

HI there,

Please refer pg no 9 to 16 of the HCL http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH137050 . You will find answer to your question.

Admin Guide

http://www.symantec.com/docs/DOC2211

Refer the following chapters in the Admin Guide

Symantec Backup Exec Agent for Microsoft Exchange Server

Symantec Backup Exec Agent for Microsoft SharePoint

Symantec Backup Exec Agent for SQL Server

Regards

RRE

Hi,

OK, so ignoring the cut-and-paste from various technotes above, here are some real-world scenarios:

1. I'd recommend at least 8GB RAM in your server, especially since you need to run Windows Server 2008 R2 in order to take advantage of the dedupe option and backin up Exchange 2010 media server MUST be x64...the more RAM you can get into the server, the better.

2. In order to make use of LAN-free backups, you need the SAN SSO option, and all servers need to be zoned to see the library which must be SAN-attached too. If the drive/autoloader is SCSI-attached, it won't work as it is unsupported. You need a full BE media server license PER server attached to the SAN you want to backup using SAN SSO. SAN SSO is also licensed, and you need to license any agents on the server. If the library only has 1 drive, it's a waste to by SAN SSO as all the backups will be queueud.

3. For every tape drive more than the first drive in a library you need a Library Expansion Option (LEO) license. The first drive is covered by a "free" license within BE.

4. You can only have 1 dedupe folder PER media server! If you want 3 servers to run the dedupe option, you need 3 dedupe licenses.

5. I have successfully restored ARCserve 11.5 data using BE 2010 R3, but for safety's sake, rather keep the tapes from ARCserve aside and use new tapes if possible. THis means you can recover any data if need be, but start using them once their retention has expired in ARCserve.

6/ If you ever stream your dedupe data off to tape, be aware that it rehydrates itself to the original size. If you need to stream off to tape, do so over a weekend rather.

7. To phase our ARCserve (and I've done this myself), I'd simply make a final backup of ARCserve and hang on to any monthly tapes for instance, along with license keys and installation media. Make a copy of the catalog and DB if need be too. Take note of the selections and how the jobs were created in ARCserve, and uninstall it. INstall BE and configure accordingly...

8. Uninstall ARCserve completely...it will cause issues with the accessing of hardware and ports. You can a least reinstall if need be temporarily!

Let me know if you have further questions!

Cheers!

@RRE - Your answer is extracted from various documents like the Admin Guide and this document

http://www.symantec.com/docs/HOWTO23357

If you are quoting extensively from a document it would be better to direct the user to the document/page.  Otherwise, people will think that you are plagarising the documents.

@RRE - If you forgot something, do use the edit function to add in the addtional information.  Do not use multiple posts.

Dear All ,

sorry for adding multiple post and for representing the case by taking help from various documents

actually my scenario is mostly the same as I describe above but I am confused from where I have to start from and how to streamline the process as I have already mentioned that I new to backup field as I know the importance of data for any organization so I am little bit cautious with the situation.

I don't want to cut and paste and make all of you annoyed by this in contrast what I want to do is to explain you all as much in details as I can so in this way I will get a valuable feedback from all of you how to start this with your experience and some preventive measures that I have to take into account.

regards

geekgadget

Hello CraigV ,

I want to clear one thing with your permission for this installation backup traffic is on LAN because in BOQ (Bill of Quantities) for my client SAN SSO license is not mentioned.

1.what I am thinking to do after your comment "deduplicated data rehydrates itself on tape storage" is to keep the deduplicated data on SAN itself for any specific server e.g SQL , Exchange and for the rest of the servers I will take backup directly on Tape storage. is it fine to do or any other option I have to look for like Server disk - B2D folder on SAN - Tape storage .

please guide me with this concept.

regards

Geekgadget 

@pkh - Thanks a lot !! i appreciate your advice :) This is definately going to help me improve my posts