Impressions of BackupExec 2012
Is it just me, or does anyone else absolutely HATE the redesign of Backup Exec? I have worked with BE since version 8, and I have become acutely familiar with the menus, where everything is, and how it works. This redesign of the UI reminds me of the differences between Microsoft Office 2003 and Office 2007, only much worse. Menus are now hidden behind other menus, and everything has a completely counter-intuitive feel. At first, I thought that the feeling would pass as I grew more familiar with the product, but in fact my dislike has grown as I have found more issues. Does anyone else feel the same way?
Error writing security data stream
I have a Windows 2003 server with 9 drives running Oracle 9i. On Monday, drives J & K failed and we lost ALL data on these 2 drives. Drive J contained SWAN02.ORA, SWINDX02.ORA, and USER01.ORA. Drive K contained RBS01.ORA, RBS02.ORA, ORATEMP.ORA & UNDOTBS10.ORA. These files were all backed up about 8 hours prior to the drive crash using the BE Oracle Agent. I now need to restore all files from J & K back to the repaired drives. Currently, Oracle is NOT running because of these missing data files. Data on other drives was NOT affected. When I attempt the restore using the Oracle Agent in BE, I receive the message "Error writing security data stream" for all files and then they are skipped. Any suggestions?Glossary - To make sense of the alphabet soup
Below is a glossary of acronyms and terms used in this forum AD Active Directory ADAMM Advanced Device And Media Management ADRA Active Directory Recovery Agent AES Advanced Encryption Standard AFE Automatic File Exclusion AMHV Agent for Microsoft Hyper-V AOF Advanced Opened File BE 2012 and above AOFO Advanced Opened File Option Up to BE 2010 AP Append Period AVVI Agent for VMWare Virtual Infrastructure B2D Backup-to-Disk B2D2T Backup-to-Disk and then to tape B2V Backup-to-Virtual BE 2012 and above BE Backup Exec BEMCMD Backup Exec Commandline Applet Up to BE 2010 BEMCLI Backup Exec Management Command Line Interface BE 2012 and above BESA Backup Exec Service Account BESR Backup Exec System Recovery CAS Client Access Server (used in relation with Exchange) CAS Central Admin Server CASO Central Admin Server Option CCR Cluster Continuous Replication(for Exchange) CDO Collaboration Data Ojects CIFS Common Internet File System CPS Continuous Protection Server Up to BE 2010 CSV Cluster Shared Volume DAG Database Availability Group DAOS Domino Attachment and Object Storage DC Domain Controller DDI Device Driver Installer dedup deduplication DFS Distributed File System DLO Desktop & Laptop Option DLM Data Life-cycle Management BE 2012 and above DR Disaster Recovery DSF DeDuplication Storage Folder ELS Enterprise Licensing System BE 2012 and above EMT Exchange Management Tool EV Enterprise Vault FC Fibre Channel GA General Availability GAL Global Address List GRT Granular Recovery Technology HCL Hardware Compatibility List IDR Intelligent Disaster Recovery Up to BE 2010 IPL In-Product Licensing BE 2012 and above LCR Local Continuous Replication (for Exchange) LEO Library Expansion Option LU LiveUpdate LUN logical unit number MAPI Messaging API MBES Managed Backup Exec Server BE 2012 and above media server machine where BE is loaded MITM man-in-the-middle (attack) MMS Managed Media Server Up to BE 2010 MOSS Microsoft Office SharePoint Server NAS Network-attached Storage NBU NetBackup NDMP Network Data Management Protocol NFR Not For Resale NSF or .nsf Lotus Domino mail database file OP original post - first post in the discussion OPL Overwrite Protection Level OPP Overwrite Protection Period OST Open Storage Technology P2V Physical-to-Virtual RALUS Remote Agent for Linux and Unix System RAMS Remote Agent for Macintosh Systems RAWS Remote Agent for Windows System RDM Raw Disk Mapping remote server machine that is backed up by BE RHEL Red Hat Enterprise Linux RMALS Remote Media Agent for Linux Servers RPO Recovery Point Objective RSG Recovery Storage Group RTO Recovery Time Objective SAN Storage Area Network SBE Small Businness Edition SBS Small Businness Server SCL Software Compatibility List SDR Simplified Disaster Recovery BE 2012 and above SEP Symantec Endpoint Protectioni SLF Symantec License File BE 2012 and above SP service pack SSO Shared Storage Option SSP Simplified System Protection BE 2012 and above SSR Symantec System Recovery UNC Universal Naming Convention VCB VMware Consolidated Backup VM Virtual Machine VTL Virtual Tape Library VSP VERITAS Volume Snapshot Provider VSS Volume Snapshot Service or Volume Shadow Copy Service WORM Write Once, Read Many WSS Windows SharePoint Services
Failed authentication on only ONE server
Hi, I recently had to reset the pw that the BE software uses. I have 8 servers that run BE, some using v9.1 and some still using v8.6. Some of them backup just the server they run on, some of them backup workstations and other servers, as well. I have a win2k domain. I reset the pw on the backup exec service account which is a member of the domain admin group. Then I reset the pw in all instances of BE on all the servers. 7 of them are fine with the pw change, the 8th one gives me authentication failure as soon as I try to run the job. All servers are running win2k, all are using the EXACT SAME account for BE. Obviously I have already tried resetting the server in question but that doesnt work. I dont understand how this could work on 7 out of 8 servers, and not the 8th. It was working fine on all the servers before I reset the pw. Suggestions? Sharyn
The Known Issues feature is now LIVE!
The Symantec Connect community asked us to list the known issues so every end user could see what we are aware of and what fixes are in progress. Here’s the original Idea post that got a boatload of votes. Well, the day many of you have been hoping for has finally come.
Backup Exec Beta Program - Important Update
Mar. 10, 2014: ***Stage 2 of the Backup Exec 2014 Beta is now live for those who previously registered. You should have received an email with download instructions. If you previously registered for the Beta, but did not receive download instructions via email, please send an email to bebeta@symantec.com. As a friendly reminder, the Beta program is closed to new registrations.
