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How to backup AD and what licences do I need?

AD (Active Directory) is part of the system state of a DC (domain controller).  When you back up the system state of a DC, the AD also gets backed up.  The BESA needs to be a domain admin in order to backup the system state of a DC because of AD.   M...

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HOWTO: ACTIVE DIRECTORY Backup/Restore with NETBACKUP

Dear All I would like to provide you a simple HOWTO for backing up and restoring Active Directory with Symantec NetBackup My Environment: Master / Media Server = Windows 2008 R2 64 Bit Active Directory = Windows 2008 R2 64 Bit Symantec NetBackup Vers...

Faisal_Saleem by Level 4
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Netbackup Bare Metal Recovery 7.5 for Windows

Netbackup Bare Metal Configurartion and Recovery Steps In this article I will show you how to configure Netbackup BMR option and how to perform restore activity on windows based server. Environment: Symantec Netbackup 7.5 on Windows Server Symantec N...

ashi1 by Level 3
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Backup Admins daily tasks to manage Symantec Netbackup Server

Daily tasks of Backup Admins In this article I would like to share what Symantec consulting recommends that Netbackup Administrator perform the following tasks to ensure a properly funtioning Netbackup domain. This information has been taken from fro...

ashi1 by Level 3
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NetBackup Technical Information Updates: Deduplication FAQs

Speeding up deduplication Check here for new and updated technical articles (and videos) on NetBackup and NetBackup Appliances that have been vetted by a cross-functional content council of NBU product and technical support engineers.  The first art...

How to backup SQL logs and truncate them in BE 2012

If your SQL database is set to Full Recovery Mode, it maintains transaction logs.  If these logs are not truncated from time to time, they will grow and eventually fill up your disk.  BE will warn you that you need to truncate your log. V-79-40960-...

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DLO Agent MP7 Installing Errors Resolution

Hi All I have installed Netbackup DLO Agent mp7 for about approx 60 users and upgraded them from mp3 version to mp7 , for one of our customer so i have gone through a lot of experience and errors when i upgraded DLO Agent  Which i want to share you w...

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LOG Locations in Backup Exec

LOG Locations in Backup Exec:   Backup Exec Support Log (SymHelp): Default Directory: C:\Program Files\Symantec\Backup Exec Filename: <Servername>__<Date>__<Time>.sdbz Usage: Symantec Help (SymHelp) is a utility designed to quickly and efficiently di...

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Backup Exec Catalogs

  CATALOGS: When cataloging a tape, Backup Exec reads the header information from the tape and stores it in a file on the hard drive. The information contained in the catalog includes, but is not limited to: •Tape number/label/name (something to iden...

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How to Upgrade NBU to 7.5.0.x

I often get asked by customer/clients how to upgrade NBU to 7.5 after hearing all the scary things about database migrations in 7.5. I also often that nobody wants to read the entire upgrade guide and are most of the times happy to do the "Next, Next...

A Newbie's Introduction to Backup Exec Pt. 1

If you’re new to backups, or even Backup Exec, working out how everything works, gets installed and configured, and fits together, can be a very daunting place to be. I started out the same as any other newcomer to backups, and the skills ramp-up was...

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Quick Guide to Setting up logs in NetBackup

  Firstly, many thanks to Marianne for her input into the below details.   The purpose of this post is to provide a single location for info to be able to set up logs. The details below are just about the shortest version I can make, that still c...

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Some Backup Exec features you might not know about...

Backup Exec has a number of enterprise-type add-ons that can be used in a variety of ways. ADBO, CASO and SAN SSO can all be utilised to run more efficient backups, monitoring or management within a large-scale environment in which Backup Exec is dep...

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When backup sets are deleted under DLM

In BE 2012, when you use fixed disk, the storage that would be created is called Disk Storage.  When you store a backup set in a Disk Storage, you can specify the retention period for the backup set.  The management of this backup set is done through...

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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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BE 2012 - Restoring data from a defunct server

Suppose you need to restore data from a defunct server, i.e. a server which does not exist in the BE 2012 media server.  How do you do so? BE 2012 is server-centric, so the procedure is slightly different from that for the previous versions of BE. Cu...

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