Backup Exec Catalog and Database Maintenance

[MichaelDaddo]

What are the optimized settings for these two categories in the Options (Tools > Options) in Backup Exec 2010 and 2012?

I took over 4 media servers with all different settings in these tabs and would like to have them uniform.

Catalog settings:

Checked - Request all media in the sequence for catalog operations

Checked - Use storage media-based catalogs

Not Checked - Truncate catalogs after.  What is the best duration to set this to?

Database Maintenance settings:

Checked - Enable Backup Exec database maintenance

What is recommended for the “Delete aged data” section?

Checked -Perform database consistency check

Checked -Save contents of database to the Backup Exec data directory

Checked -Optimize database size

[pkh]

Not Checked - Truncate catalogs after.  What is the best duration to set this to?

If you have sufficient disk space, you should leave this option unchecked.  If you truncate your catalogs, then you would have to re-catalog your media before you restore from them.

What is recommended for the “Delete aged data” section?

Again, if you have sufficient disk space, leave these settings to the default values.