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igorcosta01's avatar
igorcosta01
Level 2
14 days ago

recover old data from other backup exec versions

How can I recover backups made on an external HD via Backup Exec from 2017 to the end of 2020, considering that there have been version updates? At the moment, the only way to recover would be to install the most recent Backup Exec and hope to be able to inventory, catalog and restore? Should that work?

From what I've seen in other cases where attempts to recover old backups were always on tape, and this seems to make it more complex than just a USB HD.

 

Thank you in advance for your attention

Backup Exec

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  • Lothar_Müller's avatar
    Lothar_Müller
    Level 5
    13 days ago

    igorcosta01​ this should work with the newest Version.
    BE should be able to read the "old" data and perhaps the catalog data can be extracted from the bkf-files and IMG-Folders.

    In BE the underlying Format ist changed very rarely an should be back- and forward-compatible over many versions and years. Only the handling has changed a bunch of years ago. In some cases 20 years should be not a problem (without guarantee, depends on applications).

    • igorcosta01's avatar
      igorcosta01
      Level 2
      13 days ago

      thank you so much for your positioning, Lothar_Müller