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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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BackupExec 8.6 and Exchange 2003

Hi,I currently use BackupExec 8.6 with an Exchange server 5.5 Remote Agent. The network is 2000 AD running in mixed mode. We are in the process of upgrading the exchange server to 2003. Is it possible to purchase a new remote agent for Exchange 20...

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How to restore compress files as uncompressed

Hello!Regarding BackupExec 8.6 on Windows ...I have a situation where an NTFS partition was (erroneously) set to use compression;it was *not* our original intention to use compression (and, to tell youthe true, I'm not quite sure exactly when/how it ...

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Backup job hangs at 'Loading'

We have two jobs..Full Backup which is scheduled to run once per week and Differential which runs other weekdays. Both use same selection set. Full Backup runs OK. Differential hangs at 'Loading' for hours on end and must be aborted. Differential wi...

Backup now fails

My backup has been working fine but now fails. When I put the tape in the machine it no longer works. Used to "chug" backwards and forwards but nothing now.Please help!

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How do I specify a specific Tape to backup on.

Hello,I have a Dell PowerVault 120T Tape changer which has 7 slots. I have a tape in each slot labeled for each day of the week. Is there a way to have Backup Exec backup to the Monday Tape on Monday, Tuesday on Tuesday and so forth?Thanks,Bill

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Windows 2003 remote restore error

Hi,I need some help with Backup Exec for Windows servers. I backed up "shadow copy components" (which includes "system state" and sysvol and reformatted a windows 2003 domain controller. I then re-installed the veritas remote agent on the 2003 server...

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Unix agent locking machine during backup.

Hi All,When backing up using the remote unix agent, my SUSE Linux box hangs.I don't even get a kernel panic, just a dead box. The Backup Exec Server complains with an obvois communication failure when it can no longer contact the machine.This happens...

BackupExec 9.1 accoubt login problem

Hi,I just installed Backup Exec 9.1 including the SQL 2000 agent on Windows 2003 server which had installed on it already SQL 2000 Standar Server SP3a.The installation finished successfully, I rebooted the server. I have not patches or applied any h...

Overwrite Protection

I have blank (new) tapes in Scratch and in a media set that has an overwrite protection period of 2 weeks. I just put both blanks in today. Will my job tonight (set to overwrite the tape) pull the tape from the scratch set first or will it use the ...

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Cannot attach to remote exchange Server

I have only 2 servers in my domain. the backup server is also a domain controller. And the exchange server is on the secondary domain controller. Outlook 2003 is installed on the backup server along with the exchange management tools. but i still can...

Constant backup failures

This is directly from the log file; The media provided to continue the backup already contains data from one or more sets created during this operation. The operation can not be continuedI have deleted all backup jobs and re-created them with differe...

Soft Write Errors

I am getting the following soft write errors on my media:Media 1 146GB Written 6461 Soft Write ErrorsMedia 2 111GB Written 12914 Soft Write ErrorsMedia 3 91.2GB Written 27321 Soft Write ErrorsMedia 4 121GB Written 11516 Soft Write ErrorsMed...

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Media / description etc. not updated when loading media.

I use a sony AIT tape drive (100GB), and am having difficulty getting Backup Exec to update when I load backup tapes.If I have used a tape, and assigned a label, after ejecting the tape, then putting it back in the label info. is not displayed.I don'...

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Problem for backup more than 98gig

HiI have a Seagate STL 6200000W connect on a LVD port on my Windows 2000 Server and I use Veritas BackupExec 8.6.I use 4 x SONY SDX1-25C AIT DATA CARTRIDGE 25GB NATIVE /65 GB COMPRESSED 170M / 557FETI cannot enter more than 4 tape in my Seagate machi...

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Backing up public folders

I have been getting failures on both full and incremental backups of a directory that doesn't exist. Here are some of the log entries:Backup started on 1/13/2005 at 9:32:16 PM.Directory not found. Can not backup directory Sagitta28.2.0.2G...

Remote Agent needed?

If I just want to backup my file server remotely, do I need to install the remote agent from the RANT32 folder? If I do, do I need to purchase a serial number for that? I used the version 8.6 before and I don't remember manually installing the remote...

Buffer Overflow Vulnerability question

We are currently using BE for Windows Servers 9.0 Build 4367 and want to patch our servers against the reported vulnerability, but I cannot find a patch for my version. I can find it for 8.60, 9.0 4454, and 9.1, but not mine. Is there a patch for m...

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Backup Exec 8.6 Build 3878

In Your Document ID: 273419 You mention, that prior to the installation of the hotfix, You should upgrade Your Backup Exec 8.6 to a build 3878.I would like to know, how can I download that build? I need it urgent, because I can't install the hotfix ...

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