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dr_noble · 09-20-2021

I have a mixture of backup-to-disk and backup-to-tape jobs. Verify has run on every backup job for the past 15 years. I have never had Verify alert me to a problem. I am thinking Verify is now an unnecessary insurance policy that requires time, and t...

dr_noble · 03-30-2020

We have on-premise Exchange servers in a DAG, and presently have three backup jobs related to Exchange and Active Directory.Backup #1 gets the Microsoft Information Store on one of the Exchange servers. This job gets all the Databases and Logs.Backup...

dr_noble · 02-26-2020

I am having trouble backing up the file system on my Microsoft Exchange 2016 Server. I have two backup jobs for this server. 1.The file system. 2.The DAG databases. Both jobs backup to tape. The DAG backup job runs fine. The file system backup jo...

dr_noble · 02-04-2015

Backup Exec 2012 on Windows Server 2008 R2. We had one of two tape drives in our tape library fail. The failed drive was replaced. Backup Exec sees the new Drive 1 and is able to use it. The problem is that the new drive is not listed as shared st...

dr_noble · 04-24-2020

After literally months of occasionally experiencing the backup job hanging issue, the job errored out one time with this error: "The job failed with the following error: The network connection to the Backup Exec Remote Agent has been lost. Check for...

dr_noble · 03-20-2020

Changing from "backing up to tape" to "backing up to disk" did not make a difference. The backup job still occasionally hangs while backing up to disk. The media used apparently makes no difference.

dr_noble · 03-03-2020

I concur it seems like something is timing out. I have changed the job so that it backs up to disk, and then duplicates to tape upon completion. We'll see if that tactic is repeatedly successful for this backup job. Hopefully the problem does not s...

dr_noble · 02-27-2020

Neither the Backup Exec server or the Exchange server have an antivirus product installed.Thank you.

dr_noble · 02-09-2015

I eventually figured out that the "Managed Backup Exec Server" option must be installed to share Tape Drives and Libraries. That option is not installed on this server. Thus, the new Tape Drive cannot be shared. This Backup Exec instance was upgra...

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Has Verify proven useful to anybody in the past 5 years ?

Do I need to backup Exchange Server flat files?

Backup job hangs, forever, never errors out

Replaced Tape Drive not listed as Shared Storage

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I eventually figured out that