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JordanMF
Level 3
Partner

Hello All, I am fairly new to the Symantec World but i am in charge of all the backups for our clients. My boss has challanged me with a task to complete a disaster recovery for practice in case we need to do it in real time. We have a server for testing running SBS 2011 with Backup Exec 2012 Beta. I am going to pull backup data from a client who uses Server 2003 SP2, with BESR 8. I need to get the SBS box up and running using the backup data from out client (Server 03 + BESR 8). My questions are; Is it even possible? and what backup data do i need to transfer to our test machine to complete it? There is a lot of data in the backup file and ive noticed recovery points and such.. All help is appreciated! Like i said this is my first run at this. Thank you in advance.

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Ken_Putnam
Level 6

BESR and BE are two completely different products

You would need a copy of BESR to run on your recovery machine, and this should probably be posted to the BESR forum at

https://www-secure.symantec.com/connect/backup-and-archiving/forums/backup-exec-system-recovery

JordanMF
Level 3
Partner

Ok thank you... What if i recovered from a client who was using Backup Exec? could this task be completed this way?

VJware
Level 6
Employee Accredited Certified

For DR using Backup Exec, have a look at this KB - http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH83015

pkh
Moderator
Moderator
   VIP    Certified

You can use IDR.  See the IDR chapter in the Admin Guide which can be found in the BE installation directory.

DCOMP
Level 2

Hi Jordan,

See the below article in that you have lot of version disaster recovery.

http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=TECH83015

Ken_Putnam
Level 6

That's the same article that VJWare mentioned 8 hours before you

JordanMF
Level 3
Partner

Thank you for the response guys..

gilbert08
Level 5
Partner Accredited

added info:

BE is for data backup such as DB, Exchange, Application

BESR is for image backup. 

Full backup schedule would depend on your SLA so it is very important to take note on retention period as well