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JStellato's avatar
JStellato
Level 3
15 years ago

How to Swap 2 Drives Usage of Backup Exec System Recovery Server 2010

We have a continual problem with BE2010 and all previous versions.  The issue is that unlick Backup Exec  for Windows Servers the Hard Drives are not assigned into a Media Pool.  Most of our customers will purchase the software and two hard drives.  Because they usually only have one server, the simple backup to a hard drive image everynight is a perfectly acceptable way to backup.  However everynight when the backup runs, it will look for a specific backup device instead of a media pool, and if the device isn't plugged in the backup fails.

This is very frustrating, because our customers want to simply have two external hard drives, and take one off site everyday.  Pretty simple setup yet seemingly unobtainable.

Is there a way to configure this in BE2010 that I don't know of?
2010
Backing Up
Backup and Recovery
BESR 2010
Managing Backup Devices
North America
System Recovery
  • swixt's avatar
    swixt
    Level 4
    15 years ago
    if the backup 'destination' changes for a defined backup, regardless of what the off-site is set for, it will fail... correct?
  • criley's avatar
    criley
    Moderator
    15 years ago

    I'm not sure I understand why you need 3 drives..? Could you explain exactly what you are trying to achieve.
  • JStellato's avatar
    JStellato
    Level 3
    15 years ago
    Well, no this only is effective when you use Offsite Copy, which basically needs 3 Drives at a minimum.  One that is permanantly attached, and two to swap.

    Is there anyway to do this without using 3 Drives and just using 2?

    Thanks
  • criley's avatar
    criley
    Moderator
    15 years ago

    Does this help?

    http://support.veritas.com/docs/298077