Restore tapes from Backup Exec 12.5 on Server 2012 R2 with Backup Exec 2012R3

[Hansen]

Hi

Im trying to plan a disaster recovery test for a customer.

They are running a couple of HyperV 2008R2 Servers. They are backup by a Backup Exec 12.5 with VM addon down to a HP autoloader.

Now we need to test that we can restore it at a second site with a single tapeloader. Is it possible to restore Backup Exec 12.5 VM backups using Backup Exec 2012, on a Hyper-V 2012R2. Or do we need to use the exact same OS and Backup Exec version?

[pkh · Accepted solution]

Server 2012 R2 is not supported by BE 2012. You got to wait until BE 2012 R2 which is due to be released in the middle of the year

[Lothar_Müller]

Hello Hanson

Please note: Hyper-V 2012 R2 is not supported in Backup Exec 2012

Besides this, theoretically it is possible to restore sets of Tapes written by older versions after a inventory and a catalog off the tapes, but is can be tricky in this situation.

But I think the most important thing is to use the same hypervisor to ensure compatibility of the drivers installed in the VMs.

[Hansen]

Thank you for the answers. I ended up making a 2008R2 with 12.5.