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My DLO Experience

My DLO experience   As a SAS70 certified consulting company our data and the security of that data is extremely important to our clients and the company. All data deemed critical is backed up using Backup Exec for Window 12.5. However a weak point in...

HOWTO - How to manage a server from another domain on your CASO server

Our work environment consists of multiple domains, with all the sites running Backup Exec 12.5. Normally we’d have to have licenses for 2 CASO servers (1 in each of our site domains). However, it is possible to manage a server in another domain using...

CraigV by Moderator
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Inventory and Catalog - What they do and when to use them

Two commonly used features of Backup Exec are Inventory and Catalog.   Inventory is generally used when you physically change tapes in your tape drive or library and you'd like to inform Backup Exec of the change.  Without performing an inventory, ...

From Windows Backup Utility to Backup Exec 12

I started my job as an ICT Technician (Which basically is Helpdesk/System Administrator) at a Catholic College in Australia in February 2008. At that stage the Computers let alone the Network infrastructure left much to be desired. Let me just say mo...

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“Hosts” Entry

This article is about “how Hosts file playing a main role in Netbackup Environment” Here is something about Hosts file from "Wikipedia" What is Host File? The hosts file is a computer file used to store information on where to find a node on a comp...

Completing Troublesome Restore & Catalog Jobs in Backup Exec

Often times when we are trying to restore extremely old data in Backup Exec we encounter all sorts of problems. The causes can vary from a corrupt database or catalogs to media label conflicts within the catalog. Common symptoms are continuously fa...

BACKUPEXEC

Here's the story in short: In the beginning of my project and IT career we were using TS* data protection software. However, I didn’t get much chance to troubleshoot this system, as I was rookie at that time only doing some reporting stuff for data ...

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Using Backup Exec with Firewalls

Backups know no bounds. Servers with data to backup are often located behind firewalls, requiring Backup Exec to cross that barrier. Windows XP's internal firewall adds to the complexity, with settings of its own. The default out-of-the-box settings ...

MitchR by Level 6
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MEDIA PROTECTION

Related to a situation when we hav multi-slot autoloader,,, backups running every night ranging from daily to monthly .cherry on the top customer has himself set up media label,, external barcode which r bit difficult to understand like[instead of si...

rookie11 by Moderator
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Why are my backups so slow?

One of the most frustrating and common problems with backups is troubleshooting poor performance. A simple concept like backing up a file, unfortunately, touches almost all aspects of your network and server infrastructure - everything from the sourc...

MitchR by Level 6
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Backup Exec 12 and Multi-Slot Robotic Tape Libraries

In this guide I will offer a couple of configuration suggestions when using Backup Exec 12 along with Multi-Slot Robotic Tape Libraries   - Partitioning your Robotic Tape Library - Configuring backup jobs to run on a multi-slot library can be confus...

Tech Support Cracks the Case: Sleeping on the Job

Symantec channel partners are dedicated. One such contractor called in to Symantec support when she was having difficulty upgrading a local government site on the West coast to the latest version of Backup Exec (BE). It was her responsibility that Th...

Turls by Level 6
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Tech Support Cracks the Case: Cross-channel Support

Good installations can go bad When a large Canadian IT consultant ran into trouble serving a client, it turned to Symantec technical support for assistance. The customer site had suddenly lost the ability to perform backups. The consulting firm had c...

Turls by Level 6
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TechTip: Online Storage for Your Backup Exec Data

Many businesses protect themselves against data loss by doing daily or weekly backups to some physical medium, most commonly tape. But this method is flawed for several reasons. Just like its video counterpart, a computer tape's quality deteriorates ...

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