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chatravin
Level 3
8 years ago

How t to find backup method (agent related methods)

Hi, 

Suppose you open BE admin console and see there are multiple Backup jobs. How can one determine which backup method (including agentless, agent-based or agent-assisted) each job is set upon?

  • pkh's avatar
    pkh
    8 years ago

    There are only two circumstances where the BE remote agent is not used for a backup.

    1) For devices like NAS which are impossible to load the remote agent.

    2) For VM's which either GRT are not supported or not required.

    All other backups use the remote agent.

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    pkh
    Moderator
    8 years ago

    There are only two circumstances where the BE remote agent is not used for a backup.

    1) For devices like NAS which are impossible to load the remote agent.

    2) For VM's which either GRT are not supported or not required.

    All other backups use the remote agent.

  • CraigV's avatar
    CraigV
    Moderator
    8 years ago
    There is no way of knowing this by looking a the job monitor. You would probably have to go into every single job and check. Thanks!
    • chatravin's avatar
      chatravin
      Level 3
      8 years ago

      Thank you CraigV for your help but could you please explain in detail where should I exactly find that? I'm a beginner in Backup Exec and using it in trial mode.

      (I should applogize for my weak English and implicit impoliteness if undrestood so!)

      • CraigV's avatar
        CraigV
        Moderator
        8 years ago
        No impoliteness in what you're saying or asking, don't worry. It's a straight-forward question :) You would need to open up a job that's running in the job monitor and take a look.