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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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rdmchugh by Level 1
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Resolved! Backup exec service is stopped

Hi,   After restsrting my server, I opend backup exec and one messge pop up showed on my screen saying "Connect to media Player" And down in the boottom saying " BAckup exec service on server : stopped" I opened the service box and tried to resta...

Unrecognized dynamic disk

Dear, Would help to solve this problem. I have a backup that is realize directly from VMware 5.5 environment, where you have a server with a disk that as Dynamic. Backup this machine, contain three drive (C:\, D:\, E:\), but only two (C:\ and E...

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Resolved! Backup Job

I am using Backup Exec 15 on a Windows 2012 R2.  We use Dell PowerVault TL 2000 robotic library for tape backup.  I would like to create multiple backups with the same job selections as I used to do in Backup Exec 2010.  That was a great functionalit...

Resolved! Upgrade Bacup Exec 2010 R3 to BE 15

We have license for BE 15 and I need to go from BE 2010 R3 to BE 15 on the same server. Can anyone advise if it possible to do an upgrade between the 2 versions or will I have to build a new server for BE 15 and re-create the jobs etc?

Resolved! LTO tapes marked as WORM after deduplication process

Hi, using Backupexec 15 I configured deduplication disk storage and try to use it on a test backup with duplication stage on tape LTO. After the process, all tapes in the library are of type WORM. How can I configure tapes as normal tapes? Thanks...

Tape Retention

Good day Symantec Community Experts, I have a question that needs a solution. I am wondering how can I better manage my tapes. I get the message Please insert overwritable media to continue with the monthly backup. I have a total of 15 tapes in my d...

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Resolved! BE on W2008R2 move to W2012R2

Hi All: I want to install a new Windows Server W2012R2. and move my BE(2014) environment to. BE now is on W2008R2.   Dose any one know how to do that ? 

Questions on upgrading Backup Exec from 2012 to 15

Hi all, I am currently running Backup Exec 2012 (SP4) on a Windows Server 2008 R2 x64. My plan is the following: I would like to upgrade my existing server to Backup Exec 15 (I have the ISO and license files).Once upgraded, I would like to migrate...

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Tape Library not auto cleaning

I'm running on Backup Exec 2010 R3 and I have designated a slot as a cleaning slot and the tape only had 2 (of the 20 recommended) cleanings on it used and the drive requested a cleaning and nothing happened.  I had to go to the tape drive and manual...

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Resolved! How deduplication replication and duplicate to tape

I have 2 backup exec server 2014 in different location and connected using private link (40mbps). On main site, there is CAS with deduplication disk. On second site, there is MMS with deduplication disk and tape library. I try to create a backup j...

SONGYOD_KH by Level 4
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Unknown ICON appeared after tape was stuck - Backup Exec 2014

Hi, I have a library with 4 LTO5 tapes running on a TS 3310 Library. The jobs were configured to be NDMP backups about a month ago. For some reason, backup jobs and restore jobs started hanging 3 days ago. By hanging, I mean the job status gets stuc...

pxtian by Level 4
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Error al añadir un servidor en Backup Exec 2014

Hola. Tengo un disco NAS del que quiero hacer copia de seguridad a cinta. El disco tiene una IP asignada dentro de la red, y forma parte del dominio. El problema es que al intentar añadirlo como servidor de ficheros, intenta añadirlo pero finalmente...

Resolved! Virtual Machine Validator

Looking for some guidance on the Virtual Machine validator component of the Symantec Backup Exec Management Plug-in for VMware.   I've installed the plug-in and an instance of vSphere client on our third media server, typically used for testing and...

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Powershell script in order to eject tapes automatically

Hello, I am working on a Powershell script that ejects the tapes used  by BE for backup jobs. I have looked into the "Backup Exec Management Command Line Interface" yet I can't find any way to link a job to a tape. I have the possibility to li...

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Resolved! Backup from disk storage to tape in one step

Hello everyone,   we have 5 Windows and 2 Linux server which we're backing up daily. On weekend we want to copy the last full backups of each serven to tape in one step. That means with only one job so there is no interruption of the data stream ...

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Resolved! backup exec 15 Database and catalague schema

HI I'm just looking for inforamtion about the schema of backup Exec sql DB and its relation to catalogues xml files. Does Symantec publish such inforamtion somewhere ??  And next question i have - how many records can be kept in embeded SQL in BE ...

biocide by Level 4
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Resolved! B2D2T with Autoloader Tape

Hello Guys, I want do backup job to disk and duplicate to tape : - Backup Exec : 2014 - Disk Storage : Local Disk - Tape Auto Loader  : IBM TS 2900 - Cartridge : 5 - Server : 2 File Server, 6 SQL Server - Disk Backup     * Full Backup    : Sa...

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Problem with pdi#_strm.bin files filling up drive

We have a Windows Server 2008R2 running BE 15. The backups themselves are copied into a folder on the QuikStor drive (media is rotated out each morning) called Veritas. However, we have a myriad of IMG0000## folders that contain several pdi##_strm.bi...

Resolved! Is VMware CBT setting enabled by Backup Exec Agent ?

Looking for some clarification; If a Virtual machine doesn't have the CBT setting enabled does Backup Exec enable it on the first run of a VMware based backup job?  (I believe NetBackup can does this with appropriate options set) Thanks  

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