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virbius
20 years ago

Technical design issues Veritas 9.1

I have a few questions that to seem to be causing problems in my environment. I cover them quickly and will be looking forward to responses.

1. Veritas 9.1 seems to randomly run very slowly some nights, this being on the main file server causes end users problems the next day as the server appears to be down to them. My question is is it better for the backupexec to run on another server? My feeling is that this would help when the backups take longer than normal. I am investigating the time issue as well, but I really want to move the software to a different server.

2. This question relates to version 10 of Veritas. How was the upgrade for you? Should I get 9.1 running on another server and then upgrade or attempt to go with 10 from scratch?

Thanks!
10.x and Earlier
Backup and Recovery
Backup Exec

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  • Amruta_Purandar's avatar
    Amruta_Purandar
    Level 6
    20 years ago
    Hello,

    Solution 1:
    For slow backup performance please refer the following technotes and suggestions.
    Title:
    How to correct slow backup performance, slow virus or pre-job scans, and agent initialization problems on fragmented Windows NT, Windows 2000, and Windows 2003 server partitions
    http://support.veritas.com/docs/237444

    Title:
    What Backup Exec settings can be modified to reduce the amount of time it takes for a backup to run?
    http://support.veritas.com/docs/249090

    - Additionally keep the disk activity to minimum during backups.
    - Stop antivirus service if it is on.
    - Are you backing up any databases?

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    For Backup Exec 10.0 has the following enhancements.
    Release Notes for VERITAS Backup Exec (tm) 10.0 for Windows Servers revision 5484
    http://support.veritas.com/docs/264482

    Also refer the FAQs.

    Backup Exec 10.0 for Windows Servers Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
    http://support.veritas.com/docs/274569

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  • Sheetal_Risbood's avatar
    Sheetal_Risbood
    Level 6
    20 years ago
    As per our previous reply, marking the case as assumed answered and moving it to answered questions pool.
  • Mike_Kirda's avatar
    Mike_Kirda
    Level 2
    20 years ago
    Oh, boy.

    Let's paste a canned response, then call it soup.

    Is this what passes for technical support at Veritas these days?

    Mike
  • Barney_Evans's avatar
    Barney_Evans
    Level 3
    20 years ago
    It is what I have come to expect from Veritas. I have been told many times by the "techs" that my network is the problem and is too slow to handle the backups. Funny I upgraded to 10.0 and amazingly I get the performance I expect night after night. I did however have to spend $1500 on a copy of Windows 2003 and the associated licenses just so I could run 10.0.

    I believed the hype 9.1 is the upgrade you need for NT 4.0. I should have just stayed with 6.3 it ran great and never gave me a problem.