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Backup Exec 2014 Technical White Paper - Optimized Duplication

Technical White Papers are designed to introduce Symantec partners and end users to key technologies and technical concepts that are associated with the Symantec Backup and Recovery product family. The information within a Technical White Paper will ...

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'Make This a Required Selection' in Backup Exec 2012

It has been quite some time since Backup Exec 2012 has been launched but there is one option which was not discussed or highlighted in any documentation, i.e. ‘Make This a Required Selection’ This option is available when we right click on any backu...

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Understanding Compression in Backup Exec:

Understanding Compression in Backup Exec: An explanation of Hardware and Software compression used with Backup Exec   How does compression work? It can be better explained with an example. Consider a text file (.txt) with its content as “aaaabb...

Sym-cr by Level 5
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Accelerator backup of Windows Cluster systems

So you have a Windows clustered file server, and want to use Accelerator.....but what about Windows Change Journals and NetBackup Track files? Windows Change Journals follow the file system, so what happens when it’s moved to the new node?NetBackup T...

Steps to change Tape drive density name in Netbackup 7

Steps to change Tape drive density name in Netbackup 7 The below steps by step information on how to change a tape drive density name from HCART to HCART2/HCART3 Note: It is advisable that you stop all the ongoing backup?restoration before proceeding...

Latest NB 7.5.0.4 AND NB 7.5.0.5 Software Alerts from Symantec

  I suggest you to subscribe to these alerts Netbackup Latest Versions Software Alerts Best Practices: Symantec strongly recommends the following best practices: 1. Always perform a full DR backup prior to making any changes to your environment. 2....

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CPC Corporation Trusts Symantec for Backup & Recovery

CPC Corporation Taiwan, a state-run petroleum enterprise, has served the people of Taiwan since 1946. With responsibilities spread across several departments, it’s imperative for CPC Corporation Taiwan’s IT management to be streamlined and efficient....

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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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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Using 'Groups' in Backup Exec 2012.

Groups (server groups) is a new feature in Backup Exec 2012.   The functionality of this feature is often misunderstood by many. Some people think this is a way to create 'One job for multiple servers' while some think this feature allows to perform ...

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Using BEMCLI to speed up tasks

The new command-line interface to BE 2012 is based on Powershell which is a rich scripting language.  It has the ability to pass objects from one cmdlet to another.  This ability can speed up some tasks.  BEMCLI is also easier to use than its predese...

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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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When attempting to Copy the Logon Account from one Media server to another Media server, the option for 'Copy to Servers' is grayed out.

Symantec Backup Exec 2010 provides the facility to save and maintain multiple logon accounts. These logon accounts are used when performing various operations in the Backup Exec interface. Logon accounts are used for the following: Internal applicati...

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