02-06-2013 10:48 AM
Actually I am running a SBS on a HyperV machine. So therefore the tape for backups is put into an workstation running XP Pro.
I had no troubles using the test-version of BEWS 12.5 to backup my files from the server and other workstations.
I also have a license key for the SBS package as I am going to activate the Exchange server which has to be secured also. But this license refuses to run on the XP workstation (as partly expected).
How could I get my scenario running? Is there a way to get the license into the already installed BackupExec or could I run the SBS version on my Windows-SBS and access the tape through a Media Server on the XP workstation. And if so, would the SBS license cover this.
Any help would be appreciated.
Best regards,
Jogi
02-06-2013 11:31 AM
Hi,
No way to share the tape drive from the XP media server to the SBS server. If you can attach the tape drive to your Hyper-V host running SBS then your problem is solved.
Thanks!
02-06-2013 12:01 PM
Thanks for your suggestion.
Unfourtunately I don't think that the Hyper-V Server supports this, so I can not plug in (virtually) my tape drive to the server.
The device(s) I have support SATA and USB.
So the only working solution seems to be the one where the Backup Exec installation is done on the workstation.
How can I get my license into this scenario?
Tanks,
Jogi
02-06-2013 12:16 PM
It's probably not possible as it is a different OS. Only other way is to try get your licenses converted to normal BE 12.5 licenses with an Exchange agent, or reload the workstation with SBS...
02-07-2013 12:05 AM
To use the SBS version BE 12.5, you need to load it onto a machine with a SBS OS. Any other OS will not do.