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ed_smith's avatar
ed_smith
Level 3
14 years ago

Migrating from BE to Net Backup

Hi everyone,

We are migrating from Be 12.5 to Net Backup 7.1.  Has anyone done this and if so how did the import of Backup Exec tapes proceed?  Have followed the instrucitons but the import is incomplete and am unable to perform restores.  Would really like to talk to someone that has done this.

tks

ed

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  • Andy_Welburn's avatar
    Andy_Welburn
    Level 6
    14 years ago

    DOCUMENTATION: Statement of support for the importing of Backup Exec images in NetBackup 7.x using the Backup Exec Tape Reader
    http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=TECH125836

    (This is linked in one of the T/N's quoted earlier by Amol)

  • ed_smith's avatar
    ed_smith
    Level 3
    14 years ago

    Thanks for the information.  I tried to do the import at at first it appeared to be successful.  Imported one tape and then ran step 2.  the job ran for a while and finished but when I check the tape it still showed 0 on usage.  I did step 1 on the second tape and when I tried to do step2 it gave me an error saying that step 1 had not been run on the tape. 

    tks

    ed

  • CRZ's avatar
    CRZ
    Level 6
    14 years ago

    Ed, I hate the be the bearer of bad news but I believe BETR support stopped with BE 12 and was never certified (and probably doesn't work) with 12.5.

    Both TECH125836 (linked above) and the 7.1 Admin Guides stop at BE12 in their mention of support of BETR:

    Symantec NetBackup 7.1 Administrator's Guide for UNIX and Linux, Volume I (table 20-6 on page 824)
     http://symantec.com/docs/DOC3650

    Symantec NetBackup Administrator's Guide for Windows, Volume I (table 20-6 on pages 757-8)
     http://symantec.com/docs/DOC3653