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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 16 - How to change server name

If you try to change the computer name where Backup Exec 16 is installed, and then you reboot and try to open the BE16 console, you will see an error that mistakenly tells you the services need to be restarted:This error message is wrong, it's just t...

Backup Exec 16 - Why won't it stop jobs immediately?

Why is it that active backup jobs will not just immediately cancel when requested?Backup Exec 16 seems to be as responsive to a cancel request, as a freight train hauling 500 tons of steel rebar trying to stop.After sitting here waiting for 10 minute...

Check for duplicate tape labels

I inherited two BE 16 instances in two data centers. One data center is in dire need of scratch media, and one has a huge surplus. I would like to send some to the former, but need to confirm there is no overlap in tape labels. I see there is a media...

Resolved! Backup Exec 14 copy to copy tape

Hi,We usually have two tapes, which have the same backup as an archive. One that's kept local, and one that's sent away for archiving.Unfortunately, our local one was wiped (didn't have the write-protection closed on the tape)Is there anyway that I c...

Resolved! Backup Exec 20.1 Bronze Edition Tape Support

I have a question about tape drive support included in the Backup Exec 20.1 Bronze Edition license (perpetual or subscription). In the license guide, it mentions "1 standalone" support for Bronze Edition. Does this mean that Bronze Edition doesn't su...

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Hotfix 331998 for Backupexec 12.5

Hi All, trying to get a download for hotfix331998 for backupexec 12.5 to allow backing up of server 2008r2 clients.a bit ancient & unsupported i know, but unfortunatley my hands are tied :(https://www.veritas.com/support/en_US/article.TECH75697cant f...

Agent RALUS unable to connect to Oracle Instance

Hi All,I have problem during configure RALUS for oracle. I've got this message during config oracle instance :Configuring the Oracle Agent     Choose one of the following options:     1. Add a new Oracle instance to protect     2. Edit an existing Or...

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Backup Exec 20 Deduplication Improvements

Are there any details regarding the improvements to the Deduplication Engine from Backup Exec 15 to Backup Exec 20?  the statement "Backup Exec users can get improved speed, scale, and stability while backing up to the Backup Exec deduplication folde...

Resolved! Backup jobs are not executed

Hi TeamMy daily and weekly backups are running succssfully. But unfortunately, last week full backup jobs( Fridaby and Saturday backups) are not at all started. And i couldn't find any errors messages/job failed on Active monitor as well.Please sugge...

Out of disk Storage

I have run out of Disk storage on  the S: drive where the backups are done. S: drive currently 2TB max and cant increase as running on VMware., is there anything i can archive from the S: drive, catalogs etc to free up space. Even expiring existing b...

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Resolved! Backup Exec 20 SQL Backup on local system

the SQL Server Instance is missing on Backup Exec 20 in my selection list on my local system.I´ve updated from version 16 to 20.  I thought that a server licence inculdes SQL Backup  on a local system. Thanks foryour help. RR

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Error during catalog of tapes from old system

I am in the process of cataloging quite a few tapes from old backup system.I intially had some issue with the catalog but then one of the KB articles suggested to give the Backupexec service account the "Log on as batch job" rights. After that I was ...

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Windows Server name changed

We have 1 media server (Windows Server 2008 Standard) of which Backup Exec 2015 is installed. All was fine until....We changed the server name to "ServerNameOld". And now that I want to do a restore job, I am unable to because it says invalid credent...

Resolved! Backup Exec PassPhrase Missing

Hi all,I'm doing backup of a financial institution data. So im using BE encryption to keep the backup safer. I've been asked these questions.Case 1 : my passphrase is compromised or stolen, tape drives still with me.what would be the suggested things...

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NEOs T24 and Backup Exec

Have any one use Backup exec 16 or newer with Overland Tape Library NEOs T24?Can you share your experience with using those combination?I am looking to purchase a new library backup tape, NEOs T24 is one of the options.On the Overland website, it say...

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Backup Exec - SQL servers won't save more than one backup

Hello guys,I'm kind of new to Backup Exec and was hoping to get some insights on an issue we're having. I did a quick research but found nothing relevant to the case.we're using BE 15 to backup several physical and virtual servers, all are working fi...