Server Agent out of date
I started seeing LiveUpdate Information About the agent for windows on at least one server does not have the most recent updates? To Install the most recent updates, on the Backup and restore tab, right click the remote computer that is out of date, and then select Update. 1. There is no indication on what server agent is out of date 2. After right clicking on each server on some I can see Update is grayed out and on some its clickable 3. Does this mean they are out of date and need to be updated? 4. What happen if I update the server will I have to reboot? 5. The server is Windows 2003 with exchange 2003 running on a cluster serves with 2 nodes 6. It seem each node might need the upgrade and the cluster seems to need 7. I am assuming after I update the active node the cluster will be up-to-date 8. Should I manually run LiveUpdate on the backup Exec server monthly and after an update I should update the clients?
Backup Exec 2014 SP2 – Release Notes and Technical Information
Backup Exec 2014 revision 1786 Service Pack 2 has been released. New features/enhancements that are included in this release: Oracle 12c for Windows and Linux Oracle Enterprise Linux (OEL) 7.0 Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7.0 Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6.5 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 12 Open Enterprise Server (OES) 11 SP2 Exchange 2013 CU6 SQL Server 2008 R2 SP3 SQL Server 2008 SP4 Windows 2012 R2 and 8.1 November update NDMP Hitachi FOS 5.x For more information see: Backup Exec 2014 revision 1786 Service Pack 2 Release notes Backup Exec 2014 revision 1786 Service Pack 2
Backup Exec 2012 no longer has follow symbolic links option
I've recently migrated my jobs from BE 2010 to BE 2012. All went fine until recently, when I've changed the different Linux backup jobs. I'm guessing that -seen 'follow symbolic links' is no longer an option in BE 2012- it took the 2010 settings and migrated everything correctly. But when I've changed the job BE stored it in a 2012 format, stripping the old config. Is there a way to reactivate this, currently I'm only backing up a file instead of all the directories referenced by the symbolic link ? If contacted Symantec several times, spent some time on the phone with a technician, but they did not come up with a solution. best regards
Symantec System Recovery 2013 Desktop Edition and Windows 8.1 compatibility
Symantec software development employees for "Symantec System Recovery 2013 Desktop Edition": I have SSR 2013 Desktop Edition version 11.0.1.47622 right now. I am upgrading from Windows 8 to Windows 8.1. I much prefer to have system image backup/restore software (like SSR 2013 Desktop Edition) as an insurance policy at all times. Unlike with Windows 8, I understand that SSR 2013 Desktop Edition will NOT work with Windows 8.1. When you try to restore a partition using the System Recovery DVD disc it fails. I wasn't too pleased to hear about this at all. I have read on the internet that Windows 8.1 was not really a major OS update. Is Symantec going to provide a new version of SSR 2013 Desktop Edition (like 11.0.2.XXXXX) in the next week or so that fully supports Windows 8.1 partition backups/restores? That would be awesome if Symantec could do this. In order to backup/restore Windows 8.1 partitions, is Symantec going to make all the SSR 2013 Desktop Edition customers wait several months and have to pay for a new version like SSR 2014 Desktop Edition? I need to know what is being done by the software developers. If I have to wait several months then I guess I'll have to shop around for new system image backup/restore software like Acronis True Image. I've been using Symantec system image software for years so I'd prefer to not have to start using another company's product.
