Backup Exec 2012 sp2 Deduplication
HI I bought 2 Backup Exec 3600 apliances to replace my actual Backup Exec server. For the first time I will use Deduplication. One box will be on the main site an the other one to the remote site for replication I will use tapes for long-term data retention what are your advice on the frequence of the incremental/differentials and full backups? How deduplication will works for the DAG? will it be client side deduplication or not? Do you have any recommandations my environment is composed of SQL Server, Exchange 2010 SP3 Dag, Enterprise Vault Server, Windows File Server, Sharepoint Windows 2008 active directory server VmWare 5.1 servers few servers has volume (drive) connected to an ISCSI Equallogic SAN; those are backup up with Backup EXec and I want to be able to use deduplication on them thanks for your answerSolved695Views1like4Comments
Help with backing up VM's
Hello people who are reading this. Here is whats going on. I have 3 servers running vmware ESXi 5.1 and vCenter controlling them. I have a brand new Symantec 3600 Appliance. All the VM's are stored on a SAN connected by iSCSI. Now the old way I've been backing up the VM's is by installing the Agent for windows on the VM's and backing them up like that. Everything works fine like that. Since I now have the 3600, I should have the V-Ray edition of agents for VMware. (Understand that I know nothing about the V-Ray edition other than they backup virtural machines better) I have everything from AD to SQL to Exchange and Sharepoint running on VM's. (Server 2003-2008R2) Is the method of backing up the VM's the same as before or is there a better way then installing an agent on every VM?? Example: I have 3 Host ESXi 5.1 servers and 1 vCenter and 10 VM's. What is the best way to backup all the VM's? Do I install an agent on every VM? I have the option of adding a vCenter server to my list of servers to backup, when I edit the selections I can see all the VM's on all the hosts but when I expand a VM it just shows the vmdk. Is there a way to backup both the vmdk and individual files on the server in one job? (i.e. exchange mailboxes, documents, etc.) Or do I create one job to backup the vmdk and one to backup the server itself?? Hopefully someone can understand my madness lol Thanks for any help!Solved875Views1like3Comments