02-28-2014 06:28 AM
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?
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02-28-2014 07:18 AM
02-28-2014 07:18 AM
02-28-2014 07:19 AM
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.
03-20-2014 07:10 AM
Thank you for the answers. I ended up making a 2008R2 with 12.5.