Backup Exec 2012 Version 14.1798 64 Bit Unable to Restore from previous disks
Hello, I am running Backup Exec 2012 version 14.1798 64 bit. Recently I have taken over the responsibility of backups for my organization but am finding it difficult to test the backups. Here is an overview of the architecture: We have four physical hard disks that are in the same Storage Pool called Harvest Ventures Weekly Backup Pool. We rotate out each disk every week - so each disk shows up on the storage tab as Week 1, Week 2 etc. Every Monday I replace the disk from Week 1 with Week 2 etc. We run a Monday weekly backup for full, and daily backups (minus the weekend) for incrementals. I backup three different sources, our SQL data, our shared drives and the configuration for the Exec backup. When I try to restore for example the SQL data - it just shows me the latest data I can retrieve that was backed up. However, for example I completed a full backup on Monday on Week 1 disk - it is now Monday on Week 2 Disk and I completed a backup. The entire office gets hit by a meteor and Disk 2 is gone. How do I pull the last backup from Disk 1? When I plug in disk 1, it tries to restore what is on Disk 2 and complains that disk 2 isn't plugged in. Alternatively to that, I have data that is months old on Disk 2 that I would like to try and restore as well - how can I restore the same data but from an earlier point in time? My backups are set to run weekly daily, and the backup storage is set to retain for 1 week and 1 day (respectively). However, I have data on those drives from April and it is now August - shouldn't I only have data from August?Solved992Views0likes1Comment