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santoshpawar's avatar
santoshpawar
Level 4
13 years ago

Backup Exec 2012 single backup for Multiple Servers.

Hello,   I have multiple windows server.  I am using backupexec version 2012.  I need to backup my all server in single backup job like my previous backup exec version 2010.   But In backup e...
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  • SuperBrain's avatar
    SuperBrain
    13 years ago

    Like i mentioned above, it will create individual (seperate) jobs with same settings for each server in the Group. 

    These jobs can later be modified to change the selections/settings/devices/schecdules/etc as required byt the backup admin.

    See http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH189098 for more info on Server Groups.

VincentStrijd's avatar
VincentStrijd
13 years ago

I have been working with Backup Exec for a very long time, with various employers and have always been very satisfied with Symantec products.

Unfortunately, about three months ago, I decided to upgrade to BE 2012, since then I did not have a successfull backup, we are running a mixed environment with the majority of our servers virtualized on VMWare ESX 4 and a few physical servers.
Besides the one job per server nightmare and the try and tweak all jobs to go to one tape rather then all 30+ servers ending up on a seperate tape (You might think Symantec is a major stockholder in LTO-tape producing companies)
My biggest problem is that the VMWare backups can not be used to restore individual files (despite the fact that this is clearly advertised)

I have just re-installed my entire backup environment for a third (and final) time, if I still experience problems, I am done with Symantec and will start looking for other solutions on the market.

To end with some positive feedback... If you have only one physical server with one single tape drive, Backup Exec 2012 is a very nice and easy to configure product.
For our smaller (single server) branches it works perfectly.