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Maxgeo · 09-06-2012

Be 2012. Endless issues tring to get it finally there and working. After 5th call to tech csupport was 'almost there'. THen this one popped up, and keeps popping up EVERY time u try and 'do something; in 2012. I have 2 Symnatec support techs on thi...

Maxgeo · 08-15-2012

So we do weekly fulls to dedupe disk, and daily incrementals over our VM/iSCSI/SAN network. Now i understand how dedupe works on disk, but how does BE 2012 handle incrementals then? I went with the default set up when creating the job for our whole E...

Maxgeo · 07-23-2012

We have installed new BE 2012 server with 16TB disk and 8 tape library and need to now consider a new back-up strategy using both disk and tape. Previously we have only used tape, and used purely agents over LAN allowing us to pick and choose files...

Maxgeo · 05-28-2012

I am getting this error on my exchange server after each backup with BE 2012. Full log below. I ran "VSSADMIN LIST WRITERS" on my exch server and all writers were stable with no errors. I can only find threads on this that mention exch 2003. Detailed...

Maxgeo · 05-22-2012

So with a new SAN from Dell we got a new back-up server and BE 2012 adn the VMWare essentials plus bundle (VCentre, Agents etc.). I have to set up the new back-up solution. Need a few answers that I cant find in any fo the support doco. Here are my...

Maxgeo · 03-19-2013

Whats the go with the upcoming BE 2012 release? Is it a Seervice pack or a release? I went to the Symantec symposium last year and we were told R2 "early 2013'. Now I have signed up for beta realease because basically our backups dont work, and now I...

Maxgeo · 03-18-2013

When did BE 2012 R2 suddenly become a Service pack rather than a release? I went to the Symantec symposium last year and we were told R2 "early 2013'. Now I have signed up for beta realease because basically our backups dont work, and after accepting...

Maxgeo · 01-17-2013

I have also found the tape slot GUI in 2012 very inaccurate when reporting back the correct numbers for each tape. The maths simply doesnt EVER add up. A backup job will finish and write to 3 tapes, but then you query those tapes and only 1 shows it ...

Maxgeo · 01-17-2013

Just commenting so I get a notification when this thread is updated. Our incrementals have since failed after updating to esx 5.1. Most companies I know keep their VMware environment the MOST up to date as first port of call and then everything else ...

Maxgeo · 09-12-2012

OK thanks Craig. My sym account creds arent sufficient for "Symantec Beta/First Availability user account", how may I obtain this?

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BE 2012: Does anyone know what this error code means: "The Request channel timed out while waiting for a reply..." . Screen shot atttached, see within

Failed VM backups to dedupe disk storage: Daily Incrementals "Not supported"? How do u do incrementals then?

BE 2012: New Backup strategy using Disk+ Tape in best way

BE 2012 with Exchange 2010: The job failed with the following error: "A failure occurred querying the Writer status."

New installation BE 2012: best choice/decisions for VMWARE/mixed environ

Whats the go with the

When did BE 2012 R2 suddenly

I have also found the tape

Just commenting so I get a

OK thanks Craig. My sym