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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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BackupExec 12.5 and VMWARE vSphere Essentials

Can anyone confirm for me if BackupExec can backup VM's from an vSphere Essentials enviornment running either ESXi 4 or ESX 4.  I currently have a ESXi 3.5 (Free version) that I cannot get Backup Exec 12.5 with AVVI license and VCB 1.5 to backup.  I ...

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Resolved! Push installing backup exec on Solaris

Hi all, I have installed backup exec 10d on a windows server machine and would like to start backing up a solaris server. What do I need to do exactly? Do I need to install an agent? Can I push install on the machine? Thanks

m_ellul by Level 4
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Multi-threading in backup Exec

Dear All, Few months back I spoke with the one of the Symantec Guy. He told me to put this suggestion in the forum so that it will take priority, .... ofcource....after the response from you all... I have suggested the following thing to be inclu...

Remote Agent goes bad ever month or so on Exchange

Hi We have Backup Exec running on a Windows Server 2003 box and have remote agent installed on several servers but it keeps going bad on our Exchange server every month or so and i have to remove the remote agent and reinstall it for it to work, her...

Resolved! Alert Media is write protected but it is not.

 Write protected problem Specs: w2k3 server SP2 , backupexec 10.1 SP3 rev 5629, LTO2 400Gb tapes, HP Storageworks Ultrium 448. Always used the same tape with the same drive and now all of a sudden I get the alert that my tape is write protected and t...

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Backup Exec 12.5 Server Crash / Lockup

Hello, I have read several threads now with this same problem, basically we are getting a intermittent server lockup whilst using backup exec 12.5, we are confident that it is backup exec that is causing the problem since this is happening on two ser...

Mike_Riley by Level 3
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iSCSI disk devices

Hi, I want to know if my iSCSI storage device is supported to do backup to disk. The HCL is not very clear. We have an MD3000i from DELL and a ST2510 from Sun, we use one of them to store information and we want to use the other to create backups, b...

ITMngr by Level 3
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DLO issue PST backup almost triples in size, why?

Good Day. I am having an issue with some DLO clients (6 out of 80) in which the Bakcup PST on the Server increases its size almost three times. They use Outlook 2007, has anyone seen this before ? Thanks a lot.

nigelg by Level 4
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Resolved! Backup Catalog Folder Large

I inherited Backup Exec from an admin about a year and a half back. I have a pretty good grip on the system so far. I am puzzled by the size of the Catalogs folder file under the main application folder. The catalog folder file is 126 gigs. Is this n...

Khue by Level 4
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EX2007 GRT backup fails

Migrating from EX2003 SP2 to EX2007 SP2. EX2007 Storage Groups and Databases are set up but mostly empty at this point. LCR is in use, and backups are made from the passive copy if available, else the active copy. GRT is enabled. All SGs are backed u...

JRV by Level 4
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12.5 Run now only Queues

Hello; I have version 12.5 and when I right click a job and select RUN NOW, the job goes into a queue'd state and never does run???? Also, why do I have to select a 'time window' in the job setup.  I would prefer to actually SET the start time inst...

Backup virtualized SBS 2008

Hi! I'm planning a new SBS 2008 Premium installation. I want to virtualize it as follows: Host: Windows Server 2008 R2 Guest1: Windows SBS 2008 Premium (DC, Exchange, Backup Exec) Guest2: Windows Server 2008 with SQL Server I want to use Symantec...

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