A Agent for Windows license is required for protecting remote servers with this edition of Backup Exec.

[203813]

I'm running Backup Exec 2012

I have been backing up 4 servers with this product for months with no issues. I am only backing up the shared folders on said servers.

Now the three servers without agents are failing due to licensing failure....

What gives? I was under the impression I could back up shares on remote servers without an agent. It has been doing it successfully all this time.

Can someone please carify for me?

Thank you in advance.

[pkh]

No. To backup any remote device/server you need either an AWS/RALUS license, regardless of whether you actually load the remote agent on the device/server. This includes shares on the device/server. What probably happened in your case is that you are using the agents on trial. After 60 days, the trial expired and you are prompted for the agent license

[203813]

thats fine......but why then has it been working all this time?

there aren't any agents installed on those other servers.

[Colin_Weaver]

As pkh has already said there is a 60day trial period that would have let you backup without the required license