About red888

red888 · 10-22-2013

When restoring a folder from a DFSR folder I accidentally typed in the wrong path when redirecting the folder I was restoring and when I look at the job log I see this: " Set Information - \\myserver\Shadow?Copy?Components - VSS Writer File System Re...

red888 · 08-01-2012

I am trying to get BE 2010 to run two backups simultaneously to backup a server to two different B2D folders with a policy, but it refuses to do so. I setup a policy with two templates and used the following rule: "after <template A> starts, also sta...

red888 · 06-27-2011

I know BE installs some WMI classes, but I have found no documentation on if I can manage it using these classes. I saw something about setting up SNMP, but I'm not interested in that. My question is can I connect to a BE WMI object and access its pr...

red888 · 10-11-2010

I'm looking to put together a home lab to test backup configurations. I'd like to get 3 identical tape drives to play with cascades and stuff like that. What are the cheapest models of tape drives I can use with the latest version of back exec? Perfo...

red888 · 08-01-2012

Ha, I don't know how I missed your comment. For some reason I thought I had to use a policy to run simultaneous backups. This was all I really wanted and it appears to be working fine. Thanks a lot.

red888 · 08-01-2012

No I do not. Eventually I am going to have this do a B2D backup and a backup to tape simultaneously, but for now I am just testing getting two jobs to run at the same time- so 2 B2D folders. I also made sure that both B2D folders are set to allow 2 ...

red888 · 06-27-2011

I was looking at BEMCMD and it appears to be more than capable of doing what I need. The only problem now is that its a little overwhelming. Are there any sample scripts I can reference that do something simple like get info for all the jobs that ran...

red888 · 10-11-2010

So do you just "install" VTL software on top of an OS and then BE will see it as a physical tape library?

red888 · 10-11-2010

Well I'm looking more in the range of $15 $20 a drive. If I could use some the old travan drives I would. Do you think BE would recognize an ancient drive like that?

VOX

User Statistics

User Activity

Folder was restored to non-existent location?

Cannot get 2 backup jobs to run simultaneously

Using wmi to manage backup exec

Cheap tape drives for home lab

Ha, I don't know how I missed

No I do not. Eventually I am

I was looking at BEMCMD and

VTL?

Well I'm looking more in the