Upgrade Backup Exec 12.5 to 2010

[techuser]

I am fairly new to the Backup Exec product. I have been tasked with performing an upgrade from 12.5 to 2010. I wanted to ensure that I have backup'd all the data just in case the in place upgrade to does not work. I do realize that there are multiple documents on this site, but I was wondering if someone could break it down simply. What do I need to do to ensure that I have backed'd up everything All the Backup Job's, etc?

The current solution is backing up to a USB Hard Drive and not to tapes, and the size of the catalog folder is about 800mb. My guess is that in place upgrade will work without a problem, but I wanted to make sure that I had covered all the bases. thanks.

Also, is there a way to get a print out of all the backup jobs? Should I have to manually restore the backup jobs? I noticed a reporting function, but it was unclear how to create a report of all the backup jobs for printing?

[VJware]

This KB article provides the procedure for the direct upgrade process - http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH137024

Also, this KB article for printing all backup jobs - http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH43218

For printing a single job, selection list - http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH61906

[pkh]

1) Use BEUtility from the BE installation directory and do a database backup.

2) When the BEDB backup is successful, stop all the BE services and the SQL instance for the BEDB.

3) Make a copy the Data and Catalog directories under the BE installation directory.  These direcotories contains the media catalog and other important files.

4) Start the SQL instance for the BEDB and all the BE services.

5) You can now start the upgrade.