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Symantec Backup Exec 2010 R3

k00lit
Level 2

Hi Everyone,

Below are the questions that I need clarity before I upgrade our BE2010 R2 to R3:

1) What are the new features and benefits?

2) What would be the impact to our current system?

3) What are the factor to consider?

4) What process do I follow to implement such upgrade?

5) What specific problems or error in BE2010 R2 will be address once I upgrade to R3?

 

Your help is highly appreciated.

 

Thanks,

John John

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CraigV
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Hi,

 

1. Here are the release notes you can read up on:

http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=DOC4044

2. No impact on your current infrastructure. It is a straight upgrade from R2 to R3, but just grab a copy of your DATA and Catalogs folders before doing any upgrade.

3. There are some updates for BE 2010 R3, most notably SP1 which you should install once you have upgraded. Run LiveUpdate again for the patch released after SP1, and then run a push-install to your remote servers you might have. Also disable your AV during the upgrade...I've had this cause issues with the BEDB. Main thing to consider is what I said in Point #2 above.

4. the Symantec TN below details how to upgrade, but it is pretty much straight-forward:

http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=TECH159557

5. No real problems, but if you don't upgrade any remote servers you might have, you'll get warnings that those servers are running previous versions.

 

Thanks!

DoubleEM
Level 4
Partner Accredited

Hi,

1) What are the new features and benefits?

Refer to this doc for detail http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=DOC4044

2) What would be the impact to our current system?

You need to upgrade all the BE 2010 R2 agent to R3 agent

3) & 4)

Refer to this doc for detail http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=TECH159557

5) What specific problems or error in BE2010 R2 will be address once I upgrade to R3?

Refer to this doc for detail http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=TECH160460

Thx

Colin_Weaver
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Probably better if points 3 and 5 come from customers who have got real world comments to make but some info on 1 2 and 4

1) Added Remote agent to media server security trusts, updated code bases for DeDup, updated API from VMware, added support for some 3rd party environments, overall stability fixes etc (because R2 to R3 is a free upgrade we have stopped providing most of the hotfixes for R2 so to keep up with latest bugfixes you have to be on R3)

2) The security trusts sometimes need manually configuring, most of the R3 configuration though works in the same way as R2

4) Always upgrade the CASO (or SSO primary) before MMS (or SSO Secondary) then follow up with any remote agents configured for Client Side DeDup then do the standard remote agents.