how to connetc media other server.

[kchat]

I have one machine as the server 4 windows 2000 sp4 and the rest are Windows 2008 r2. Windows 2000 is connected to the Tape Backup is a way around this problem, however.

[AmolB]

Tape drive has to be connected to the media server(server where backup exec is installed)

If you are installing BE on a VM than make sure OS detects the tape drive.

[pkh]

As prevously advised, you need to attach the tape drive to the media server.  There is no way around this.

Also, Symantec does not advised the use of a VM for the media server because there will be problems accessing real devices.

[Colin_Weaver]

If you are using a Hyper-V based VM then there is not SCSI pass-through - as such BE cannot support a tape drive inside it because the native environment does not support it.

Also to Support Exchange 2010, Backup Exec must be installed on a 64 bit server that can have the Exchange tools installed on it.

As such you need to connect your tape drive to a physical Windows 2008 R2/x64 server and install Backup Exec on that server to backup your environment.

[CraigV]

Hi,

Your first issue is that the media server runs Windows Server 2000, which as per the TN below, is not a supported OS to run Backup Exec 2010 R3. Check the SCL below:

http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=TECH137682

You have 1 of 2 ways to fix this:

1. Upgrade the OS of the media server to ast least Server 2003 R2 (Server 2008 R2 is better if the architecture supports it!)

http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH67768

2. Move the tape drive to a Server 2008 R2 server, and then migrate BE to this server as per the TN below:

http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=TECH67296

 Thanks!