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Backing up SIS enabled Volumes, using Backup Exec.

I would like to share some information on Single Instance Storage SIS enabled Backup and how the Backup exec will be interacting with SIS enabled Volumes, while running the Backup /Restore operation. The version of Backup Exec will seldom matter, as ...

Vishal_Shinde by Level 5
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How to rotate external harddisks - BE 2012

External hardisks, whether they are USB or eSata, are increasingly used as backup media, in place of tapes.  If you are using more than one external harddisks, you would want to set them up so that there are minimal adminstration after the initial se...

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Managing Duplicate To Tape Jobs

When backups are done to tapes, it is normal to maximise the use of the tape space and thus minimising the number of tape used.  To achieve this objective, the following have to be in-place 1) The first job that writes to the tape overwrites it and t...

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True Image Backups in BE 2012

If you are using the full backup + incremental backup scheme to backup your folder/server and you restore your full backup + incremental backups, you will find that your resultant folder/server will contain all the files that has been previously dele...

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The Pros And Cons Of Various Backup Schemes

Imagine it is the night of the 27th of this month.  You are deep asleep and there is a call.  All the servers are down and you need to restore them.  You do a full backup of your servers on the first Saturday of the month and differential backups on ...

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Using iSCSI to backup your environment to a NAS with Backup Exec

There are a fair amount of forum topics that have been raised over the past couple of months around backing up to a NAS using Backup Exec. While it might be a viable option, and in most cases cheaper to tape (it also gives you the backup-to-disk abil...

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Managing Many Jobs

What is the best way to backup 100 servers? Do you use 100 backup jobs or 1 backup job? Often there is a philosophical argument about which approach is better.  With more jobs, the success statistics look better.  A single job failure is only a 1% fa...

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Use BEMCLI to chain jobs

BE 2012 is server-centric and in most cases, you end up with at least one job per server.  This means that it is more a chore to schedule your jobs.   You can start all the jobs on or about the same time, but you would not be sure which job runs firs...

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Delete job option is grayed out in BE 2012

Hello All,  You may observe that you are not able to delete backup jobs in Backup Exec 2012. As shown in the screenshot below the DELETE option will be shown and grayed out. This is due to the fact that the view that is selected on top is LIST view ...

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How to span disk?

From BE 2010 R2 onwards, BE can span disk.  When you span disk, it means that you can backup to a B2D folder on one disk and when it gets full, BE will automatically continue the backup on the B2D folder on another disk.  You do not have to use USB d...

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Netbackup SLP Backlog Report and Troubleshooting

                To troubleshoot an SLP Backlog first we need to define what a backlog is: Mainly is data that it hasn’t been duplicated to a second or N-Destinations configured under the SLP. i.e.:                 SLP Name: SLP_C1-1week-MedA-disk1-...

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NetBackup Frequency Based Scheduling

Introduction The question is often asked if there is still a use for the Frequency Based Scheduler. Why not simply use the Calendar based scheduler for ‘everything’? Problems often experienced: Backups being skipped‘schedule creeping’ – backups kicki...

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Tape Statistics Explained

When you click on the Media tab and then click on a tape media, you will see a screen which looks like this   Let's look at some of the more interesting information and what you should do with them. Creation Date (first column) - This is the date th...

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Why is my job not appending data to my tapes?

Question: Why is my job not appending data to my tapes?   Answer:  There are a couple of reasons why jobs do not append data to tapes.   1) The job is set to overwrite.   To append data to tapes, the job must be set to either of the two append option...

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How to Netbackup for VMware

Few "how to" exist about netBackup 7.1 for Vmware but i didn't see one that explain how to configure Virtual machine, netbackup, Backup/restauration procédures. Ayant rencontré certaines difficultés lors du déploiement je mets ici une partie de l...

Has disk killed off tape?

For many years, tape was the only way to do backups. To do them fast, fairly reliably, and to allow for offsite storage of data to cater for DR-type situations. Even with the release and improvement of USB drives, tape still had a speed advantage ove...

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