I'm currently in the process of preparing for a test restore of some backups of a very, very, VERY important server. None of us really know exactly how this is going to work since we've never backed up MS SQL with BackupExec, but that's not really the point. The point is, I want to make absolutely, 100% sure that the test restore doesn't touch or even pretend to touch the original server. If something from the backup got restored onto the original server, it would be an absolute disaster, with much emphasis on the word "disaster."
So, my question is, simply, is there any way, other than pulling the network cable out of the server or shutting it down entirely to assure that BackupExec can't touch a server? I mean, obviously we're going to try our best to make sure our restore job's redirection settings are correct, but we're trying to be overly cautious in this endeavor. I was hoping that you could use vxmon.exe to make the remote agent "hide" the server from the BE media server, but I couldn't find anything like that.
Other info: Backup Exec 10d with a 10d remote agent, both on Server 2003 R2.
Any helpful suggestions would be appreciated.