Backup files of Symantec BE 2012.

[Sharjeel_Mojib]

Dear Experts,

As a default behavior, Symantec BE 2012 backs up its database at 4:00 AM daily, and creates a file 'bedb.bak'.

But when i searched *.bak in Symantec BE 2012 installation directory, it gave me 4 files with the extension of .bak, listed below:

1. BEHADatabase.bak

2. bedb.bak

3. bedb_dat.bak

4. bedb_log.bak

I need to ask the purposes of these file.

Moreover, if I only have 'bedb.bak' file, could I be able to recover whole database? And what will be the procedure?

Please guide me through.

Kind Regards,
Sharjeel

[CraigV · Accepted solution]

Hi,

You need:

1. bedb.back

2. Data folder

3. Catalogs folder

bedb.bak is included in the Data folder.

To recover the media server, you can follow the link below (check the solution):

https://www-secure.symantec.com/connect/forums/restoring-bedbbak

Thanks!

[VJware]

BEHADatabase.bak is the DB backup of the ApplicationHA database. bedb_dat.bak is the backup of the blank BEDB. BEDB_dat.ldf is the backup of the log file.

bedb.bak is only required if performing a recovery using BEUtility. However, as a good practice, would recommend to keep a copy of the Data & Catalog folders as well.

[Sharjeel_Mojib]

Thank you experts for your instant responses. That would be helpful.