01-11-2011 11:05 PM
I am looking to do a clean install of backup exex 2010 R2.
Thats easy enough but what I want to do is export my Job and selection list and my current media set.
Now I know that one can do an upgrade but I have done that a few times and all I have encountered is problems and there is redundant data in my current configuration.
So what I would like is a clean install and add the data that I want added such as media (tapes & disk) and current jobs/selection lists..
Easy/hard?
01-11-2011 11:14 PM
Hi ,
Please copy the data folder & catalog by going to C-program files-symantec-backupexec
before that please stop the SQL service for backupexec & then copy these 2 folder to some other location & then do clean install & then we can do manual migration to get your selection & media set back
Thank You
01-11-2011 11:19 PM
If you are currently at BE 2010 R2, following document can be used, treat this new install as new server in this context:
http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=TECH129826
Please mark it a solution, if this is useful.
Thanks
01-11-2011 11:34 PM
So what data (fodler / files) exactly do I need to copy back as there is alot of data that I do not want.....
01-12-2011 05:53 AM
Its either everything, or nothing. As the document above mentions, you need to copy data folder and catalogs folder. Data folder contains Backup Exec database, which includes all your jobs and complete configuration and catalogs is information about what you have backed up.
Thanks
01-12-2011 03:06 PM
Well see thats one of the problems. I dont want to import everything as I have data in my configuration that breaks BE and nobody not even ye vaunted Backupexec support gurus have a clue to delete this data.....
Maybe I should have stuck with commvault.
01-12-2011 03:21 PM
Sorry, it is either all or nothing as far as copying/replacing configs goes
01-13-2011 01:14 AM
Have you opened a support case yet to achieve what you plan to? You can look for migrating jobs/selection lists only, if they are same version of Backup Exec installed on two machines. Following are some other documents, you may want to look at:
http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=HOWTO22444
http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=HOWTO22440#v20069191
Thanks
01-13-2011 09:38 PM
My expereince of symantec support is more often then not a waste of time. One of the reasons I need to do a clean install is because of symantec support
Anyway.... is it possible to import media data on its own? I have a lots of tapes.
01-14-2011 08:50 AM
If you create a new/clean database, and restore/copy the catalogs over, all you should need to do is inventory one of your tapes and them restore
01-14-2011 09:02 AM
Catalogs folder is about meta data. If that is all you want on the new server, simply copy over the catalogs folder. You would lose old jobs and everything else, but catalogs are there and you can restore data from old tapes, by just doing an inventory operation on the new server.
Thanks
01-17-2011 04:34 PM
And what about the list of media/tapes I have. Would they still be there in the console?
Would I have to run an inventory on every tape I have?
01-18-2011 01:34 AM
you will need to run inventory for those media to be detected, if data folder has not been copied. So, if you are interested just in data and not jobs/configuration, you should move the catalogs and also run inventory of all media.
Thanks
01-27-2011 06:49 PM
OK I think I get it now.
So if I blow away the old server and just copy over the catalogs data, then after an inventory my old tapes will start showing up in the console.
I wont have to grab all my old tapes, insert them into the library and run an inventory on each and everyone of them! Cause that would be a pain.
01-28-2011 09:07 AM
If you copy and re-install the BEDB and well as the \Catalogs folder, then you won't have to do anything at all
If you just copy the \Catalogs folder, you will have to inventory each tape the first time that it is used.