08-14-2009 08:13 PM
08-15-2009 04:08 AM
08-17-2009 04:31 AM
08-17-2009 07:46 AM
08-17-2009 01:54 PM
08-17-2009 01:57 PM
08-19-2009 04:58 AM
Backup-Exec 12.5 is still running on Wndows Server 2003 R2 and everything seems fine, but when we are trying to back-up a Windows 2008 R2 Enterprise server we run into the same 'A failure occurred accessing the Writer metadata' error. I have taken a look at the partitions on the 2008 disk. The disk is divided into three parts.
1. - 78 MB OEM Partition ()
2. - 2 GB FAT32 System, Active, Primary Partition (OS)
3. - 134 GB NTFS Boot, Page File, Crash Dump, Primary Partition (C:)
I don't seem to have a 100MB System Reserved Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE) partition present, but do have another partition in front of the Windows 2008 R2 partition. These were probably installed by Dell as factory default. I obviously cannot delete the OEM partition and I wonder what the other partition is. It contains two files called bootsect.bak and bootmgr and a subdirectory called boot. I guess it is a boot partition, but I have no clue if it is something Dell but there or if it was installed by Windows 2008 R2. My R2 installation is on one partition as you can see.
My back-up is probably failing because there are two other partitions present in front of the 2008 R2 partition. OEM cannot be removed. OS neither I guess so I am kind of lost. We want to back-up this server using BE 12.5. Why is Windows 2008 R2 not supported yet? It's been RC for a very long time now. Please help!
08-19-2009 10:06 PM
08-20-2009 07:56 AM
10-08-2009 08:36 AM
10-08-2009 09:37 AM
10-08-2009 01:14 PM
10-08-2009 01:20 PM
Everyone,
I stumbled across this support article, which leads me to believe that a hotfix to support Server 2008 R2 and WIndows 7 should be released any day now:
http://seer.entsupport.symantec.com/docs/324303.htm
From that page:
Product Version
Backup Exec for Windows Servers 12.5
Windows 7 <Support>
Supported with Hotfix xxxxx (AWS Only) (Soft Block)
Windows 2008 R2 <Support>
Supported with Hotfix xxxxx (AWS Only) (Soft Block)
10-08-2009 01:41 PM
10-12-2009 12:30 AM
10-15-2009 01:50 PM
10-15-2009 01:55 PM
10-16-2009 09:14 PM
11-02-2009 04:58 AM
11-04-2009 12:12 PM