03-07-2017 10:42 AM
I currently am backing up a Domino server with Backup Exec 15 and have been for over a year. What happens if I upgrade to Backup Exec 16, can I restore my backups? I understand support has been discontinued for Domino, but is the functionality still there unsupported?
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03-08-2017 12:26 AM
Typically when we discontinue support for a complete product, the ability to restore disappears as well, because we remove the options relating to that product from the interfaces (if we remove support for an older version of something but still support a newer version then we can sometimes still give a restore option, but Domino is complete EOS against BE ) - As such you should probably mothball your BE 15 server (or if still running Domino continue to use it but only for Domino backups) and build a separate BE 16 server to handle eveything else going forwards.
What CraigV has suggested might be true - but you would have to check that method yourself (by setting up your own tests) as we do not test what options are available for you for the scenario you have asked about. It is potentially unliklely any forum contributors (that are not Veritas staff) have tested such scenarios either.
03-07-2017 11:11 AM
03-08-2017 12:26 AM
Typically when we discontinue support for a complete product, the ability to restore disappears as well, because we remove the options relating to that product from the interfaces (if we remove support for an older version of something but still support a newer version then we can sometimes still give a restore option, but Domino is complete EOS against BE ) - As such you should probably mothball your BE 15 server (or if still running Domino continue to use it but only for Domino backups) and build a separate BE 16 server to handle eveything else going forwards.
What CraigV has suggested might be true - but you would have to check that method yourself (by setting up your own tests) as we do not test what options are available for you for the scenario you have asked about. It is potentially unliklely any forum contributors (that are not Veritas staff) have tested such scenarios either.
03-09-2017 06:56 AM
The ability to do any types of backups or restores of Domino resources was removed from BE 16. You may be able to see the Domino backup sets in restore selections but attempting to restore will give "Backup and restore operations for Domino are not supported by this version of backup exec”.
Russ
03-09-2017 09:39 AM
It's really sad support for it has been discontinued.
A lot of companies still run Domino and would need to move to another backup product including myself.
No way to see support back for it in a feature pack?
(really, really sad as BE 15 was finally becoming a stable product after all FP and after the BE 2012 Disaster)
03-09-2017 12:56 PM
Unfortunately it won't be back - all Domino agent functionality has been removed.
Russ
03-15-2017 08:37 AM
That is so Sad. I just renewed my license and we are only a Domino shop. I guess we won't be upgrading to 16. IBM announced they are sill adding features to Domino until 2021. WHY would Veritas choose to do this? Crazy and foolhardy.