Backup Exec 12.5 does not backup All Mailboxes
I am running BackUp exec 12.5 and i am trying to backup exchange server 2007 and although it seems that the procedure is completed succesfully when i try to restore specific mailboxes i realize than not all mailboxes are getting backed up. Any suggestions???

Answer Question   |  February 28, 2011  7:42 AM
Backup Exec, Backup Exec 12.5, Exchange 2007, Symantec Backup Exec, Symantec Backup Exec 12.5

Is Backup Exec 12.5 compatible with Windows server 2008 R2?
Backup Exec 12.5 on a Windows Server 2008 R2 continually shows this error in the event log: V-79-57344-65225 – A failure occurred accessing the Writer metadata. V-79-57344-65225 – AOFO: Initialization failure on: “System?State”. Advanced Open File Option used: Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS). Snapshot provider error (0xE000FEC9): A failure occurred accessing the Writer metadata. [...]

Answer Question   |  September 6, 2010  1:47 PM
Backup Exec, Backup Exec 12.5, Backup Exec Error Messages, Windows, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2

what backup system to use
In have 6 servers at the head office and 1 in 8 regions and I need to backup all data including data from regions. All should be backup centrally I am currently using a single tape library and backing only data from the 6 servers only at the head office thus the reginalnservers are not been saved 

Answer Question   |  January 8, 2011  5:10 AM
Backup Exec 12.5, Backup Strategy, Data backup solutions, Tape Backups, Tape storage

BEWS 12.5 email notification
Hi, I can get BEWS 12.5 to send email notification, but only through one particular ISP’s SMTP server. Since I am about to lose this, I’m trying to find a different SMTP server to send BEWS 12.5 email notifications out through, but no other will work. I’ve tried GMial, Hotmail, MSN, GMX, DynDNS, GoDaddy (I [...]

Answer Question   |  August 30, 2012  7:08 AM
Backup Exec, Backup Exec 12.5, BEWS 12.5, BEWS 12.5 SMTP, SMTP, Windows Server 2003

Backup Exec 12.5 and Windows Server 2008 R2 support
Has symatec decided to officially support windows server 2008 r2 and is there a hotfix available for backup exec 12.5 thanks

Answer Question   |  October 22, 2009  3:37 PM
Backup Exec 12.5, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2

Backup Exec 12.5- Domain to Domain vs Workgroup to Domain
Our business is setup currently with 1 domain controller and 3 servers (members of the domain) using remote agent to backup to one tape drive attached to the DC. I need to add one other server but do not want it as part of the domain. Is it best to create a new domain for [...]

Answer Question   |  September 16, 2009  7:42 PM
Backup, Backup Exec, Backup Exec 12.5, Symantec, Symantec Backup Exec 12.5 Remote Agent

Backup Exec 12.5- How many remote agents are supported?
How many remote agents are supported in backup exec 12.5

Answer Question   |  September 10, 2009  2:36 PM
Backup, Backup Exec, Backup Exec 12.5

Backup Exec 12.5 – exchange database backup time
Backup Exec 12.5 is taking few hours to backup Exchange database alone. Is there a way to speed this up? All other files are being backed up very quickly. Application is set to backup individual mailboxes.

Answer Question   |  August 13, 2009  3:09 PM
Backup Exec, Backup Exec 12.5, Exchange Backup

Backup Exec 12 Ultrium LTO 3
Because of too much information, my LTO drive has been spanning tapes. Last night it couldn’t span because the next tape was not in the same media set. I was asked to insert a tape, but I couldnt’ insert a tape because the drive was locked. Couldn’t unlock the drive because a job was running?! [...]

Answer Question   |  February 5, 2010  6:05 PM
Backup Exec 12.5, LTO, LTO 3 tape library, Tape Drive

How Backup exec 12.5 can use equallogic snapshot service
How I can get transportable snapshots created by Dell/EqualLogic Auto Snapshot manager to be used by Symantec Backup Exec 12.5 for backing up our data. I am looking for procedure that can help me in this issue. I looked on Symantec and Dell site but can’t find anything on it.

Answer Question   |  May 11, 2010  9:22 PM
Backup Exec, Backup Exec 12.5, EqualLogic, EqualLogic Auto Snapshot Manager

Old backup exec software for agents
I am getting a backup server with backup exec 12.5 to backup all of my data that is now being backed indvidualy on 20 machines. My question can I use the current software on my 20 machines as agents to backup up to my new backup server. I have versions raging from 4.5 to 11.0

Answer Question   |  May 18, 2009  3:48 PM
Backup Exec, Backup Exec 11.0, Backup Exec 12.5, Backup Exec 4.5

Symantec Backup Exec 12.5 – not backing up all mailboxes
Running Backup Exec 12.5 on Exchange 2007 with individual restore enabled for mailboxes – but not all mailboxes are getting backed up. Any suggestions or has anyone run into similar issue? Thank you. Moderator Note: This is a submitted question

Answer Question   |  April 23, 2009  8:46 PM
Backup Exec 12.5, Exchange 2007, Exchange 2007 administration, Exchange 2007 backup, Symantec Backup Exec 12.5

Backup job hanging Backup Exec 12.5 Exchange 2003
My backup starts ok, but then seems to stall at the same place approx 6.5Gb into the backup job. any advice please??

Answer Question   |  April 6, 2009  12:18 AM
Backup, Backup Exec, Backup Exec 12.5, Exchange 2003

Backup Exec 12.5 error 1603 when installing remote agent
Using backup exec 12.5 and get the error 1603 when trying to install remote agent. Using Windows Server 2003

Answer Question   |  March 19, 2009  6:03 PM
Backup Exec, Backup Exec 12.5, Backup Exec Error 1603, Backup Exec Error Messages, Windows Remote Agent, Windows Server 2003

VMware ESX 3.5 Backup Exec 12.5 error message
VMware ESX 3.5 backup is failing and i am getting the following error code. Final error: 0xe000955b – Cannot run the VMware VCB command ‘vcbmounter.exe’. Ensure that the VMware VCB framework is installed Using Backup Exec 12.5 for windows servers Does anyone know the potential cause or fix?

Answer Question   |  March 5, 2009  3:26 PM
Backup Exec 12.5, Backup Exec Error Messages, BEWS 12.5, VMware ESX 3.5, VMware ESX Backup

VMware virtual infrastructure and Backup exec 12.5 error
I have just installed Agent for VMware Virtual Infrastructure on my BackupExec 12.5 server. I have added Virtual Center Server and now am trying to browse it to select what virtual machines to backup but cant connect to VC

Answer Question   |  February 5, 2009  4:03 PM
Backup Exec, Backup Exec 12.5, VMware, VMWare Virtual Infrastructure

backup exec 12.5 fails GRT backup on WSS 3
I’ve been trying to get Backup Exec 12.5 to do a proper GRT backup of our sharepoint site. the site IS running on the WID (MSEE##) sql express. The GRT backup (yes all the agents are installed) starts and does fine with the config, admin, & search. Then it gets to the content db and [...]

Answer Question   |  November 7, 2008  8:59 PM
Backup, Backup Exec, Backup Exec 12.5, GRT Backup, SharePoint, Windows SharePoint Services, WSS