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Remote Backup Agent Compatibility

Keith_Duemling
Level 3
Environment: Veritas BE 9.0 backup server. Servers to be backed up use the 9.0 Remote Agent.

In the future we are going to upgrade the software to BE 10.0. I have the following questions regarding remote agent compatibility;

1) Can systems with the 10.0 remote backup client be properly backed up from a BE 9.0 server?
2) Can systems with the 9.0 remote agent be properly backed up from a BE 10.0 server?

I suspect the answer is NO for question two, and maybe for question one. Any information or a point in the right direction would be helpful. I'm currently reviewing the administrator guide for both BE 9 and 10.

Thank you in advance.
2 REPLIES 2

Keith_Langmead
Level 6
In brief :

1) Yes
2) No

The remote agents must be at least the same version as the server software, but can be newer.

Shyam_Sundar
Level 6
1.Backup Exec 9.0 cannot be used to backup remote clients with remote agent 10.0. This is not compatible.

and

2. For the second question, please refer to the SCL under the Remote agent compatibility section :



http://support.veritas.com/docs/264484

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