Symantec backup exec system recovery 7 question
Hi, We backup our servers using backup exec system recovery 7 using a full/incremental recovery points. What I would like to know is how do I restore only the files changed in the incremental recovery point without besr7 also restoring from the base recovery point. The reason being is that I have created a recovery [...]

Answer Question   |  June 28, 2011  10:30 AM
Backup Exec, File system recovery, Recovery Point Objective, Symantec, Symantec Backup Exec, Symantec Backup Exec System Recovery v.6.5, Windows Server 2003

Best practices for backing up Exchange server to a tape drive
What is the best practice when it comes to backing up an Exchange server, message stores and all, to a tape drive? Is NTbackup sufficient or should we look at backup exec or brightstore?

Answer Question   |  May 19, 2011  6:36 PM
Backup, Backup Exec, BrightStor, Exchange administration, Exchange Backup, NTBackup

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

Migrate, backup and restore all servers in data center
We want to migrate all servers in our datacenter to be backedup with backup exec instead of brightstore. Can we convert or import the database to bring in backup records and still be able to restore?

Answer Question   |  December 21, 2010  2:59 PM
Backup and restore, Backup Exec, Data center design, Data Center management, data center servers, Data Center Storage

Can I backup the entire SQL drive?
I have an application that uses SQL Express 2005. I will be upgrading the application and am planning for rollback should it be required. I have nightly database backups which also go to tape but I am wanting the entire hard drives of the server backed up to tape prior to the upgrade. As a [...]

Answer Question   |  November 15, 2010  12:43 PM
Backup Exec, SQL Backup, SQL Express 2005, SQL Server, Veritas Backup Exec

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

BackupExec 12.5 cryptic error
BackupExec 12.5 is returning this cryptic error: Backup- \<servername>C:V-79-57344-33928 – Access is denied. I am running in the context of the domain administrator and have full access to the drive in question. Any advice?

Answer Question   |  November 4, 2010  8:17 PM
Backup, Backup Exec, Backup Exec Error Messages, Domain Administration, Domain Administrator

if we just got symantec endpoint protection 11.0 renewal do we also need a backup exec 2010?
I was wondering if we just got symantec endpoint protection 11.0 renewal do we also need a backup exec 2010?

Answer Question   |  November 8, 2011  6:09 PM
Backup, Backup and recovery software, Backup Exec, Backup Exec 11d, Symantec Endpoint Protection 11

Backup Exec
Hi I have Backup Exec 20210 installed on a windows standard 2008 server 64 bit. At first it ran ok and allowed me to setup a backup schedule, now when I try to run it comes up with the following error ,HERSULT: 0X8007000B)  I have SQL 2008 installed on the server but we have a [...]

Answer Question   |  November 9, 2010  7:55 AM
Backup Exec, Backup Exec Error Messages, SQL 2008, Windows Server 2008 64-bit

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

error (25) cannot connect on socket netbackup 6.5
Hi I have a test network consisting of a windows server 2003 Domain Controller, a windows server 2003 with netbackup 6.5, and a Netapps filer, all on the same isolated VLAN. All windows servers are updated with the latest updates. I am able to add the Filer under NDMP hosts, and the credentials are verified. But I [...]

Answer Question   |  September 30, 2009  6:35 AM
Backup Exec, Domain Controllers, NetBackup 6.5, Veritas NetBackup, VLAN, Windows Server 2003

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

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

“Ghost” file/s in SMTP mailbox
The Backup Exec (V10)on our Exchange 2003 server has been reporting each morning that the overnight backup has failed due to some 54 e-mail items being skipped i.e. :- Backed up 351271 mail messages in 3988 folders in 100 mailbox(es) 8 corrupt files were backed up 54 items were skipped. Processed 25,385,029,559 bytes in 5 [...]

Answer Question   |  July 16, 2009  3:56 PM
Backup Exec, Backup Exec 10, Exchange 2003, SMTP, SMTP mailbox

Event ID: 478
Hello all First I like to thank for your time I am new to IT field and I am administering small business exchange server. A few week ago the exchange server had a hard crash due to insufficient disk space. after I do some clean up I am not able to do back up in [...]

Answer Question   |  July 13, 2009  3:44 PM
Backup Exec, Event ID: 478, Exchange Backup, Exchange Backup & Restore, Exchange error messages, Exchange errors, Microsoft Small Business Server, NTBackup

Need suggestions for correcting slow and error prone Backup Exec process
We have been set up to backup to an online vault using Backup Exec software. The process seems to take forever and had frequent failures. Is the software the problem? What would you recommend. We have approximately 400 Gig of data. The vault was originally seeded with the data. Moderator Note: This is a submitted [...]

Answer Question   |  June 30, 2009  1:00 PM
Backup, Backup Exec, Data storage software, Online Storage Vault, Storage Channel, Storage management

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

Ver 9.1 have over 170,000 directories but i cant view all the files for backup
I just need to archive older files however due to the naming convention the files are at the bottom of the backup window and it wont allow me to scroll down The files were copied over recently and I cant sort by date

Answer Question   |  May 6, 2009  7:46 PM
Backup, Backup Exec, Veritas Backup Exec, Veritas Backup Exec 9, Veritas Backup Exec 9.1