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sul
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12 years ago

migrate BE from 11d to 2012 on a different machine

Hi, is there documentation or instructions available on migrating the catalog from BE 11d to BE 2012?  The current machine running 11d is a windows server 2003 and the new machine running 2012 will b...
  • Kiran_Bandi's avatar
    12 years ago

    Direct upgrade/migrate from BE 11d to 2012 is not possible. You need to have BE 12.5 minimum. 

    Refer http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH178545

    Upgrade first to BE 12.5 or 2010. Then install BE 2012 on new machine and follow the below TN to migrate.

    http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH67296

    Upgrading and migrating to BE 2012 from old versions video: http://www.symantec.com/tv/products/details.jsp?vid=1708299252001

    Download links to earlier versions of BE: https://www-secure.symantec.com/connect/blogs/faq-download-links-earlier-versions-backup-exec