Hi RJM
It sounds like you should look into Backup Exec's Central Admin Server Option (CASO).
"When CASO is installed in a Backup Exec environment, one media server, known as the
central administration server, delegates jobs to managed media servers across the
network. Job delegation is the automatic load balancing of jobs across available managed
media servers in the CASO environment."
You can find more information in the on-line manual on page 779 (Appendix A). The on-line manual is at
C:\Program Files\Symantec\Backup Exec\BeAdmin_en.pdf