Backing Up CentOS 5.5 Server and Data with Backup Exec 2010

[MyOwnBoss1983]

Hello All, N00bie here...

I have a client that has been using the old Veritas Backup Exec 9.0 for NetWare to backup a Novell Server. Recently, the oranization made the determination to go to a Linux-based server and contracted me to install CenntOS 5.5 and SAMBA shares for the office. In this new environment, two concerns have risen:

1. How do they access the "old" backups?
        - The company has four external HDDs to which they rotate incremental BUs.
        - A FULL BACKUP has not been available since December 2010 do to latency of backkup processing (over USB 1.1!)

2. Can a newer version of Backup Exec be the 'savior' to their backup needs>
        - Provide sustainable access to former file share BUs from the 'old' system
        - Provide BUs going forward on the CentOS servers?

I'd really appreciate any help you can provide. In advance, THANKS!

[AmolB]

Cent OS does not appear in the compatibility list of BE2010

http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH137682
 

[pkh]

Any new version of BE will have to be installed on a Windows server and as pointed out by Amolzerocool, it cannot backup Cent OS.  Furthermore, I am not sure if it is able to read tapes created on the Netware platform.

[Zaxxon]

The BE server is installed on a Windows server (2003 R2 64bit)

The backups are of the VM's not direct to Centos 5.5, a snapshot is taken and that snapshot is what is backed up.

It's strange that 5 of the Centos VM's are ok but 2 are not.