Backup 2015 DLM not running
I have a CASO setup with one VM running the CASO role and three media servers on different locations. The media servers are physical with big D: and E: drives (only local disk, no removable disk or so), disk storage + dedupe storage. Catalogs are stored centrally and all servers run 2012 R2 OS and Backup Exec is fully patched with the latest patches as of today. Our normal backup procedure is to run the backup jobs to disk and then duplicate to dedupe storage, we also do some optimized duplication from one media server to another with duplication from dedupe to dedupe storage. We installed all serversearly Septemberand everything is running fine except that the disk storage backup sets will not be removed by DLM even if they are expired (or manually expired by right clicking and selecting "expire"). I installed another server to test earlier today and noticed that in the audit log (on the new test server) I could see that DLM log an event for every backup set it removes and it works just fine on that setup. This is acompletely independent backup exec instanceand only runs one backup job for test. In the audit log of our "real" backup server there is not a single entry logged by DLM from day one which is really strange. I logged a case yesterday with Veritas/Symantec support and the test we agreed on doing was to first run an inventory of the disk storage and when that didn't help we decided to do an inventory + catalog as well, since we have 39,5 TB of data to process it will take a while so I decided to try it on one of the other media servers instead (which is not fully used yet) and it didn't help so instead of just waiting until Monday I decided to write here to see if anyone else have experienced the same issue. I have tried with (and without)the "Allow Backup Exec to delete all expired backup sets" enabled with no changeof the result. Anyone who has information that can help me, it would be very appreciated? Thanks!
BE2012 WAN optimized deduplication with a communication or Central Adminstration Server (CAS) failure
Version 14.0 1798 Problem: I’m having trouble getting past some issues with this structure. It comes down to either optimized deduplication works, but I can’t use the MBES/MMS when the CAS is down or both sites are fault tolerant but I can’t setup optimized deduplication between them. Goal: My goal is to use optimized/shared deduplication to replicate server backups between my two sites and be able to restore those backups and local backups during a vpn failure or site failure. If site A is down, I want to recover site A servers to site B. If site B is down, I want to recover site B servers to site A. Details: I thought that I could place a Backup Exec 2012 server at each site and use optimized deduplication for this, but I ran into a few problems. Optimized deduplication, or shared deduplication as it is now called, seems to require the Central Administration Server Option and this has the following options for its Managed Backup Exec Servers: 1. Centrally managed Backup Exec server 1a. Centrally managed Backup Exec server with Unrestricted access to catalogs and backup sets for restore 2. Locally managed Backup Exec server Options 1 & 1a: With the “Centrally managed Backup Exec server” option chosen for the Managed Backup Exec Server. Having a CAS with a deduplication folder at site A and a MBES with a deduplication folder at site B works and staged jobs will run from one deduplication folder to the other. The problem here is that if the CAS is down or the VPN is down, I can’t even bring up the BE2012 console on the MBES let alone run jobs or restores. The MBES is totally dependant on a persistent communication link with the CAS under the “Centrally managed Backup Exec server” “Managed Backup Exec Server Configuration” option. Option 2: MBES that is a “Locally managed Backup Exec server”. While the CAS and MBES can still function without each other under this scenario, I can not share the MBES deduplication folder with the CAS. So I can’t do optimized deduplication between the two. Am I wrong about optimized deduplication requiring CAS + Centrally managed Backup Exec server? If so, please explain how to set it up. Is there a way to use the Centrally managed Backup Exec server when the CAS is down? I don’t understand how I’m supposed to recover if the CAS is gone.How to duplicate from replicated VTL to real tape
There are 3 BE 2012 servers in CASO environment. All connect to each DataDomain VTL. VTL is replicated by Data Domain. I just config DD to replicated VTL and BE catalog. But I just wonder how to duplicate only data from last night to real tape. Can I create job on CASO to backup on MMS1 and duplicate to real tape on CAS.
Backup Exec 2012 Hyper-V and Optimized Deduplication
We have several Hyper-V hosts that we are backing up to deduplication storage at several remote sites all managed by a CASO server. We are in the process of setting up optimized deduplication by duplicating the deduplication disk storage at our remote locations to a central location. To get the best performance (and use the least amount of bandwidth) during theduplication to our centralsite, shouldwe backupthe Hyper-V guests using the Hyper-V agent on the host or backup each vm guestseparately with the Windows Agent? We do have the Windows agent installed on every Hyper-V guest so that we can use GRT. I was not sure ifOptimized Deduplication workedwell with the Hyper-V agent backups, since is it backing up the whole VHD file of the guest and didn't know if that would offer any "optimization" during the duplication process.
