Is early adoption worth it?
Backup Exec 2012 was released a couple of months ago, and almost immediately people started complaining. Check the forums for some very long posts. To many it missed the mark, while to Symantec, it ad...
Blog Articles
BEWS 2010 R3 working with RDX - Fails
Since October 2011, (9 months) I have had recurring issues which has now resulted in BEWS completely failing to backup. I have a relatively simple system, primarily a file server, (no Exchange) with a...
FAQ: Download links to earlier versions of Backup Exec
As i have seen some members asking for download links to earlier verisons of Backup Exec, i thought of posting those in a BLOG. Backup Exec 11d for Windows Servers: https://www4.symantec.com/Vrt/offer...
Why Heathrow and What is P2V and B2V for Backup Exec 2012?
I’m excited to have a guest Blogger Rudy McNeese and the Heathrow, Florida office join the Countdown to Better Backup. Today we opened the launch countdown window for Instant Disaster Recovery with P2...
Why Roseville is the 1st City on the Backup Countdown Calendar?
Why Roseville? We started the NetBackup and Backup Exec launch sequence this week with the release of the Countdown to Better Backup Calendar. This was modeled after the idea of an Advent Calendar. Ev...
Handy BackUpExec Links
Step by Step guide to download and install BE 2010 R2: http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH138264 BE 2010/R2/R3 Administrator's Guide: http://www.symantec.com/docs/DOC2211 BE 2010/R2/R3 Software Compatib...
Use the Product and Agents / Options Landing Pages to find solutions faster.
Symwise, our Symantec public knowledge base, offers the possiblity of performing specific searches on errors for each Product Agent and Option, which delivers a narrowed down and improved article resu...
Backup Exec Sevices Issue
Issue: Unable to restart the backup exec services from Tools menu, click Backup Exec Services Error/Scenario: While restarting the service the services gets hang, unable to stop the services or start ...
Unable to perform the VSS backup.
Issue: Unable to perform the VSS backup. Error: Error code: 0x8000FFFF" Event ID Logs: Event Type: Error Event Source: VSS Event ID: 12302 Cause: Issue with the corrupted registry settings Steps to re...
Cloud Pilots? Anyone can drive a car, pilots fly planes. Clouds?
I noticed an interesting tweet today from Rachel Dines @Forester. It quoted Carl Meadows @SungardAS. "Common misconception: cloud solves our sys admin problems. Wrong! Cloud requires more skilled sys ...
