Backing up BE2012

[HCSb]

I'm writing a small DR plan.  It occoured to me that if our backup server ever died, it would take a very long time to re-create all backup jobs correctly, in addition to the time it would take to re-catalog all tapes and disks.

Is there a way to export/import jobs and settings in Backup Exec 2012 to make this quicker and easier?

I already checked here http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=TECH37072 however I do not see that option in 2012's BEUTILITY program.

[Hywel_Mallett]

Why not backup the server BE is installed on? That way after a recovery you'll get BE, with all the hotfixes you had installed, the jobs, the catalogs, the job histories, plus all the other things you'll do to the BE server that you'll forget about!

[pkh]

As previously advised, backup your entire media server.  In particular, you should make sure that the Catalog and Data directories under the BE installation directory is backed up.

[Altimate1]

http://www.symantec.com/connect/videos/be2012-simplified-disaster-recovery-backup-exec-server

[HCSb]

The only reason I haven't done this is because I'm concerned about recovery.  If the entire backup server is backed up to tape, don't you have to setup another backup server, then catalog the tape, in order to get the "old" backup server data off the tape?  Or do the SDR disks have the ability to read from a tape drive directly?

[Altimate1]

Unfortunately I don't have tape drive under the hand to do such testing.

[dalbs]

There is an option to use backup data on locally attached devices including tape devices. This requires the .DR file created when a SDR enabled full backup of a media server is performed. You can include device drivers on the SDR disk when you go through the process of creating it.

Here is a technote explaining the creation of a SDR disk and how to use it: http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=TECH180099