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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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Backup Exec 9.1 not detecting CDRW device

I'm running Windows XP Pro, using an external SCSI CDRW drive. Backup Exec 9.1 does not show the CDRW in the list when I try to set up the device using the device setup wizard.What do I do?Really all I need to do is pull the backup info off of these...

Backing up using external hard drive

I've been having nothing but intermittent problems trying to backup to a Maxtor 250GB external USB 2.0 hard drive. I'm using a Dell PowerEdge 2600 server and I installed a USB 2.0 card in a PCI slot.The hard drive is recognized just fine by MS SBS 2...

SQL and MSDE

All - When I try a fresh install of BEx 9.1, and select the option o use MSSQLSERVER, it always installs MSDE and uses that. The SQL is version is 2000 and SP 3A.Any ideas... Thanks,Brian Hammer

Failed backups with tape drive issues

I have a Windows 2k server that is backed up every nite with about 850 gb backed up. I have 3 Ultrium 200/400 LTO drives attached with separate SCSI controllers, two have their own card and one is hooked to the on board SCSI controller. (The tape dri...

Invitation ID?

We recently recieved your e-mail newsletter regarding the release of Backup Exec 10 with a link for more information. I visited the site and tried to download the update, but it askes for an "Invitation ID"? We do have a support contract through yo...

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IDR creation error

During creating IDR by using IDR wizard, i have encountred the following error:Error opening "\\server name\C$\Program Files\VERITAS\Backup Exec\NT\IDR\DISK4\drmtable"The system cannot find the file specified.i tried the registry solution such checki...

Format Media Disabled

I want to format some tapes -but the option is disabled (grayed out)How do I re-enable the format option?

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9.1 vs 9.0 remote agent

I am getting ready to upgrade from 9.0 to 9.1Will 9.1 back up my servers with the 9.0 agent installed? I don't really want to have to install (and reboot) all my systems to install the new remote agent in the same maintenance window if I don't reall...

how would I perform the following scenario under 10

I would like to perform the following: I want to backup to DISK (BTD) in the evening and then push this data to tape (duplicate) 48 hours later!I looked at policies BUT the 'duplicate' policy only allows you to specific a time range to start, not 'xy...

IDR Restore

I have created a bootable CD Image, supplying the OS disk from Windows SBS 2003 Premium, when creating. Version of Veritas: 9.1.4691 with SP1.When I boot on the CD, I press Enter to continue, and F2 to use ASR Advanced System Recovery. Then it load a...

Re-inserting tape magazine takes library offline

I'm having the following issue with a HP MSL5030 Tape Library.When I physically remove the magazine from the library, replace the tapes and re-insert the magazine, and run an inventory Veritas takes the library and drives 'Offline'. If I stop and res...

Service terminated unexpectedly

Backup Exec 9.1 on Windows 2000.During a backup, sometimes at the beginning, sometimes near the end, the service terminates.Event viewer says this: The Backup Exec Remote Agent for Windows Servers service terminated unexpectedly. The backup job then ...

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Throughput Slowed down after 12/31/04

Our throughput for all the backup jobs slowed down atleast 100mb/pm. We run backup exec 9.1 on windows 2000 Server. Also, the errors started to come up. failed to query the writer status. I checked the knowledge board but it only tells you about wind...

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Removable Disk Backup Easier?

Many of our clients have moved away from tape backups because of their (perceived) unreliability. One client likes to use External USB Hard Drives. He has three 120 GB HDD's and about 60 GB of data on two servers. With BE 9.1, we tried setting up ...

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Backing thru firewalls easier with 10.0?

I'm one who made it through the guantlet of figuring out how to get BE to backup servers in a DMZ through a firewall. During that stressful experience, I was told that 10.0 would make the job easier and no customizations to BE or holes in firewalls...

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New Jobs / Modified jobs

When I try to create a new job or modify an existing job after I press the submit button Veritas terminates and closes. When I reopen Veritas the job is not created or the existing job is not modified

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Where did the automatic cancellation option go???

In Backupexec 9.1 there was a setting to automaticly cancel a backupjob after a period of time.Were is it in Backupexec 10???? The help file says its only available for restore and utility jobs.Is there any other way to set this??I've found this sett...

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Network Backup Error

The connection to target system has been lost. Backup set canceled.The connection to target system has been lost. Backup set canceled.A communications failure occurred on the backup deviceA communications failure occurred on the backup deviceThe abov...