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LameDuck419 · 06-25-2014

I have found some vague answers to my question in other articles, but I would like a clear answer before I proceed with deleting 4 years worth of catalog files. What happens when the catalog files for a particular piece of media are deleted or trunca...

LameDuck419 · 06-23-2014

The person who formerly managed our Backup Exec media server (who is also my boss) set the "Truncate catalogs" setting to 5 years; therefore, the size of the catalog folder is 273 GB. From what I've read online this is absolutely huge, but I can't se...

LameDuck419 · 05-13-2014

I'm running Backup Exec 2012, fully patched, on Windows Server 2008 R2 Std x64. I have one 16.3TB deduplication storage folder. BE was upgraded from v2010 R3 about 6 weeks ago. Today I was poking around in areas of the Backup Exec console that I had...

LameDuck419 · 05-01-2014

I'm running Backup Exec 2012 on a Win2k8 R2 server. Today we had an issue in which 2 of the Information Store databases on one of our Exchange 2007 servers would not mount. We back up the Info Stores directly to tape using the BE Exchange Agent, mont...

LameDuck419 · 06-26-2014

Thank you! Although the modified date alone usually wouldn't be very helpful, my environment is pretty simple; all backup sets are duplicated tape - even incrementals - with infinite retention. They all use the same media set as well, so the tapes ar...

LameDuck419 · 06-26-2014

...you would have to keep your own records of which tapes were used and when. Because the tapes stay in the inventory, their media set membership and overwrite protection period will be maintained. I'm sorry but that statement confuses me a bit....

LameDuck419 · 06-25-2014

Again, I understand the media server will recognize the media after running an inventory and/or catalog job on the media. What about BEFORE I run the inventory? Will Backup Exec know the allocated and/or modified date of the media without running th...

LameDuck419 · 06-25-2014

I understand that, but my question remains unanswered - if the catalog files for a tape are deleted, does Backup Exec still recognize the media as having been previously used by the media server, such as by retaining the allocated or modified date of...

LameDuck419 · 06-23-2014

Thanks for the info.

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Backup Exec 2012: Consequences of a VERY large catalog size

Many large "fake" backup sets exist in Deduplication folder

Exchange DB restore taking a very long time

Thank you! Although the

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Again, I understand the media

I understand that, but my

Thanks for the info.