06-17-2014 05:23 AM
Dear all,
I am using Symantec Backup Exec 2012 to back up about 65 different servers, there is just one (actually two but lets focus on this one) I am having problems with. Whenever I try to remotely install the network agent I get the following error message: "Another version of the Backup Exec Remote Agent for Windows Systems is installed on this computer. Uninstall the Remote Agent before continuing with the installation."
When I check the server there is no version of the Remote Agent installed, as it is absent from the Configuration Screen -> Software and there are no registry keys to be deleted as per Symantecs instructions (http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=TECH128617).
I did find a folder Symantec in the Program Files, but the last modified dates are from 2007 and 2011 leading me to believe a trial version or something has been installed at some point.
What can I do? The system is Server 2003 Standard Edition.
Thanks.
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06-17-2014 05:49 AM
Hi,
Have you deleted all instances of Symantec from the registry and from the installation directory?
Thanks!
06-17-2014 05:49 AM
Hi,
Have you deleted all instances of Symantec from the registry and from the installation directory?
Thanks!
06-17-2014 05:56 AM
I had deleted HKLM\Software\Symantec and C:\Program Files\Symantec, but it had no effect. I just rebooted the server however and gave it another shot and now it seems to be able to install the agent just fine.
I feel kinda silly now, thanks a lot for your help anyway.
06-17-2014 05:58 AM
Sure, no worries. To be honest I wouldn't have thought you required a reboot, but sometimes this is obviously required.
Thanks!
07-01-2014 07:15 AM
Well, it would seem I have cheered too soon as I still have a single server that just won't accept the Backup Exec Agent.
I've cleared away all traces of Symantec from the Program Files directory, I've cleared away all the traces that I could find of Symantec in the registry and have rebooted, but I still keep getting the same error message when i try to install the agent.
What other options are there at this point? Any obvious register keys that I have missed maybe?
07-01-2014 07:27 AM
...is it the same error message, or a different one?
Have you done a search instead od just deleting the "usual suspects" on disk and in the registry?
Also, have you tried a local/remote installation with any AV stopped and disabled?
Thanks!
07-03-2014 02:11 AM
Hi Craig,
It is still the same error message; Another version of the Backup Exec Agent for Windows is installed on this computer. Uninstall the agent before continuing with the installation.
Yes I actively searched for any traces of Symantec products both on disk and in the registry. I've deleted everything I could find (which wasn't very much). I've also deleted the BackupExecAgentAccelerator service.
I've also tried to manually install the agent, but I am greeted with the exact same error message, with the manual installation it comes in the form of an onscreen popup.
As it is now I am as clean as I can possibly be yet Backup Exec still seems to think there are traces left of an older installation, I hope you can give me a tip on how to proceed from here!
[Edit]While I appreciate your time, I don't really want to deal with this problem anymore. I can have the server remade within half an hour so i'm going to opt and do that. I've got 50+ other servers which are working fine with the Backup Agent, so I'm going to consider this a freak incident.
Thanks again, I'll close this call now.
07-03-2014 02:23 AM
Sure thing, and hope it doesn't happen again!
Thanks!