BE 2012 and Data Domain w/ DDBoost
Background: So we have Backup Exec 2012 and two Data Domain DD620's. We have all the required licensing including the Data Domain DD Boost and replication licenses. I have installed the Open Storage Technology (OST) plugin 2.5.0.3 as suggested for the version of BE. Both DD boxes are visable and connected to my BE server. I have foud some documentation and a video that explains some of what I am looking for but not entirely and most of it is for BE2010. The BE 2012 documentation from DD is not up to date yet. I am trying to setup backups as my tape drive has had enough and is not working properly. Anyone I have talked to just says you backup to it, then I continue finding little things that need to be done. No verify, no precompression, some said no deduplication in the job, other said server side dedupe because DDBoost manages it with OST plugin. Too much information and not enough people knowing what to tell me. The DD weekend support guys don't know the software titles they just know the hardware. I need help now unfortunately... Question: What settings do I use for Backups? I have Active Directory, Exchange, SharePoint, and SQL agents.
VSS Error
I produce backup windows 2008R2 ADDS role, Backup only SYSTEM STATE this virtual server (host hyper-V 2012).Backup Exec 2012 ver.14.0 rev. 1798. as a result of getting an error Job Completion Status Job ended: 14 apr 2014 г. at 16:58:28 Completed status: Failed Final error: 0x8004230e - 0x8004230e (2147754766) Final error category: Other Errors For additional information regarding this error refer to link V-79-32772-8974 Errors Click an error below to locate it in the job log Backup- alserpost-dc.alserpost.kz - Snapshot Technology: Initialization failure on: "\\dc.contoso.local\System?State". Snapshot technology used: Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS). V-79-10000-11225 - VSS Snapshot error. The Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) snapshot technology that you selected does not support snap technology for this volume. Select another snapshot technology, and then run the job again.
NIC Teaming Slow Throughput, any ideas?
Hey guys, We currently have 2Gig set up through NIC teaming for our backup exec setup.When we have backups running, it barely reaches 35-40% of the bandwith. I am using Backup Exec 2010. Has anyone else here set up NIC teaming before? What are some things that might cause slow performance? Are there any specific settings in Backup Exec that may help? Thanks!
BackupExec & EMC Datadomain
Hello; Nowadays I need to implement a deduplicated disk based backup&recovery solution for a clustered vmware system which is hosting exchange 2010 and AD servers... I have to decide how to position deduplication and backup software solutions together. In some articles I see that Symantec Backupexec and/or Netbackup is used with EMC Datadomain EMC Datadomain has deduplication feature and it's used also as a backup/recovery software. If I buy EMC Datadomain, will I need to another software Symantec Backupexec or Netbackup ? Both Backupexec and Netbackup has "deduplication" feature. If I prefer Backupexec, what's the advantage of Datadomain as an additional appliance?
Backup Exec Alert: Job Warning (Server: "DC-XXXXXXXX") An unknown application is deleting files from the following folder:
I am using Backup Exec 2014 on my sever. I recieve the following error in event viewer. Event ID: 33919 Backup Exec Alert: Job Warning (Server: "XXXXXXXX") An unknown application is deleting files from the following folder: C:\ProgramData\Symantec\CRF Files contained in this folder are used by Backup Exec, and deleting them may cause Backup Exec processes to crash. Determine which application is accessing the folder and add the folder to the application's exclusion list. For more information, click the following link: http://entced.symantec.com/entt?product=BE&module=eng-event&error=V-379-33919&build=retail&version=14.1.1786.1093&language=EN&os=Windows_V-6.1.7601_SP-1.0_PL-0x2_SU-0x110_PT-0x2 HOW TO SOLVE THIS ISSUE?Backup Exec 2014 HOTFIX 218257
After application of this hotfix through LiveUpdate, any/all incremental backup jobs of virtual machines acting as active directory domain controllers always end with exceptions with a resulting: "V-79-57344-38747 - Backup Exec was unable to prepare Microsoft Active Directory resources for Granular Recovery Technology (GRT) operations. Therefore you will be unable to perform GRT-enabled restores of Microsoft Active Directory data from this backup." If I run a full backup, no issues. As soon as an incremental runs, this happens 100% of the time. If I uncheck Active Directory GRT, no issues...both full and incrementals will run without issue, no exceptions or failures. I know without a doubt it is because of this hotfix, as I have taken a completely clean lab environment and installed base Backup Exec 2014, and running a GRT AD full and incremental backup completes 100% of the time. As soon as hotfix 218257 is installed, all the incrementals complete, but now with the above exception, every time they are run. I have had a ticket with Symantec open for 3+ weeks now, we no engineer calling me back. So at this point, I'm a bit fed up with Symantec's support and am hoping someone else is seeing this and has been able to solve it. If push comes to shove I will just revert to doing straight VM backups with dedupe, and if AD gets messed up, I will just restore to last full + incrementals. Our Backup Exec server is: Windows 2008 R2 Standard 32 GB of RAM 24 TB SAN Backup Exec 2014 V-Ray Edition, hotfix 218257 installed Our VM technology is: VMware vSphere 5.1 accessed via vCenter, update 2