Windows 2008 AOFO install

[Roman_Lenarsic]

Hi,

We have Symantec backup exec V12 installed on windows 2003.

We have another windows 2008 server.

I want to install BE remote agent on this windows 2008 server.

During the push installation you cannot select option for "Advanced open file" - Option is grey.

It looks installation fails without any errors also when manually installing remote agent on windows 2008(using command setup.exe /aofo)

Do I missed something ? I did not find anything useful in documentation... Please help.

How can I use Advanced open file option with windows 2008 ?

With windows 2003 it works without problem.

Best regards

Roman Lenarsic

[Vijay_S_Mishra]

AOFO cannot be installed on win 2008 server.
To backup the open file VSS is recommended.

[navar_holmes]

Is this still true? AOFO can't be installed on Server 2008?  Is are readme file or some other document that states this?

[Vijay_S_Mishra]

Please check this :

http://support.veritas.com/docs/275975

And check the note :

Note:  Only VSS can be used when backing up Windows 2008 Servers, so please do not attempt to either push out or perform a silent installation (local command line install) of the AOFO Option on these machines.  AOFO and the Remote Agent should also be un-installed prior to upgrading a previous version of Windows to Windows 2008 and then only the Remote Agent be installed after the upgrade has been completed.