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How to deploy Backup Exec via the AWS Marketplace

How to deploy Veritas Backup Exec on AWS Marketplace.Veritas Backup Exec provides simple, rapid, and secure offsite backup to AWS for your in-house virtual and physical environments and protects cloud-based workloads in AWS. Veritas Backup Exec helps...

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How to deploy Backup Exec via the Azure Marketplace

How to deploy Veritas Backup Exec on Azure Marketplace.Veritas Backup Exec provides simple, rapid, and secure offsite backup to Azure for your on-premises environments and protects cloud-based workloads in Azure. Veritas Backup Exec helps customers r...

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Useful links for Upgrading Backup Exec

At its most basic, the upgrade procedure for Backup Exec is simply running installation media for the most recent version on an existing Backup Exec server. Backup Exec 15, 16 and 20 can be upgraded to Backup Exec 21 with this method. Article 1000443...

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rdmchugh by Level 1
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Is there a way to backup these files?

 Using Backup Exec 9.0 Small business server suite and remote agent on a win2000 pc running a software app called elephant. This needs to be backed up, the option backup open files with a lock is set but get this in the logs: Backup - \\ROCKETAC02\C...

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Windows Server 2003 backup error: a000fed1 HEX

 When backing up a few (not all) of the Windows Server 2003 machines in our domain, we see this error reported in the event log: Final error code: a000fed1 HEX Final error description: A failure occurred querying the Writer status. Has anyone else...

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Hello, we recently implemented a SAN

 Hello, we recently implemented a new SAN backup with a new 60 tape library.  I am trying to automate the import, export and inventory functions using bemcmd.  However, BU Exec 8.6v3878 always prompt's with an alert to "Please insert media into the p...

Niklas by Level 2
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How do you achieve the backup device claimed speed rate?

 I just got an ADIC Faststor 2, 8 tape autoloader.  The data sheet claims 900MB/Min but in my test runs I'm finding I can only get ~100MB/Min backing up files on the local computer. The PC doing the backup is a "White Box" computer; Windows 2000 SP4...

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IDR Diskettes.

 The scenario: Server A running Veritas 9.0, backing up its own data and Echange data and files from Server B.  I am creating the IDR diskettes... but what should I do for server B? 1.  Only Create the diskette <serverb>.dr? or 2.  Start the IDR W...

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Services Account on SBS

On page 74 of the Administrator's Guide, it reads: "Due to security implementations in Microsoft Small Business Server, the service account must be Administrator." How is this possible when SBS 2008 SP2 disables the Administrator account by default...

Differential backups with CPS selections

We recently installed CPS and we're replicating data from a file server. When we run a differential on the CPS destination, it seems to include all the data so it seems to be a full backup, not a differential. Do differential backups on CPS selecti...

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12.0 with SP4 - bemcmd and beserver crashing

 We have a server that is running Backup Exec 12.0 with SP4 applied.  We run bemcmd from several vbscripts in order to get data about jobs to provide to another application.  After bemcmd runs a few hundred times, it will crash.  Any try to run it ag...

Backup Exec SBS Edition support for remote media server?

We're looking to virtualize our MS Small Business Server which is currently running Backup Exec 12.5 for SBS and has a directly connected tape drive.  We want to move the tape drive to a separate physical server and leave Backup Exec server running o...

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Creation of Intelligent Disaster Recovery ISO file fails

I am attempting to create an ISO file using Backup Exec version 12 SP 4, but it fails with "The operating system version seen on the CD or Path does not match the operating system of the selected computers".  I WAS able to create an ISO file for a se...

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Choosing the right package

I'm decided to buy a Symantec Backup Exec Package. But really can't choose what. Mostly because of the ambigous similar names, and $10 price diferences... I've a unique server with Windows Server 2003 R2 Small Business. I've a cable network with 5 L...

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Ratios Explanation

Can someone explain the deduplication ratios?  I don't see anything in the Admin Guide for this and curcious how these numbers are being generated.

Resolved! Upgrade or New Install?

We have BE 12.5 2213 running now backing up to D2D4009 iSCSI, works great! We have started our migration to Exchange 2010 and are trying to figure out best way to get to BE 2010. We downloaded the Beta but are a little hesitant to go ahead and instal...

redirect restore tree from restored folder down

When redirecting a restore to a different location, I want to preserve the tree from the restored folder down. However, when I select Preserve Tree, I get the whole path including the parent folders. How can I make this work?

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Resolved! HP D2D Backup System with Symantec BackupExec 12

Hi, I need your help in the following issue. I have an HP StorageWorks D2D Backup System 2503i, emulating a LTO3 drive and nine cartridges I am using Back Up Exec 12.5 rev 2213 and Microsoft iSCSI Initiator I need to create a backup job, according ...

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Using DLO with DLO

It appears I can not use a NAS device when specifying the storage location in DLO.  Does anyone have the same experience or know how to setup storage on a NAS.  What you can is specify a hdd drive folder on a computer.  Thanks!

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Trouble removing SP4 from Backup Exec 12

Hi All, I am trying to uninstall SP4 from Backup Exec 12 Rev 1364 in order to try and correct the error 'Access denied to System State' 3 times now I have gone into Add/Remove prgrams, uninstalled the service pack, and set the server (SBS 2003 SP2)...

Liyna by Level 2
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The chicken , the egg and the BUExec Oracle Agent.

The problem I am currently trying to solve for a customer is with BUExec 11d but I imagine it has relevance to 12.0 and 12.5 users. I am tasked with documenting the procedure to restore an Oracle database to new servers in the event of disaster des...