When do you need an remote agent and when not?

[fpeek]

We have the following backup procedure:

On remote locations the incremental backups are stored on a central server placed in a different location.

Weekly backups are stored on tape on the remote locations.

So the servers on the remote locations have a tape drive and Backup Exec 2010 installed to do local backups.

My question is as follows: do servers with Backup Exec 2010 installed need to have a remote agent? My guess is that it doesn't because it already has some kind of agent installed.

Am I correct or ...?

[pkh]

When you install BE on a server, the BE remote agent is also installed. This is so that you can backup the media server

[fpeek]

So I don't need an Remote agent license on servers where I have installed Backup Exec 2010?

[AmolB · Accepted solution]

You don't need a Remote Agent license for the media server(where BE is installed)

as it's included in the core product. With this license you can backup flat files from

the media server.

[fpeek · Accepted solution]

Thanks AmolB!