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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:...

Answer Question   |  Jun 30 2009  1:00 PM GMT
Storage Channel, Backup Exec, Online Storage Vault
asked by BrentSheets

  6535 pts.

Veritas Backup Exec 10.0 and Exchange 2007

Hi all, Quick, simple question. Can the Backup Exec Exchange Agent from version 10 be used on Exchange 2007?? Currently we are running exchange 2000 and looking to upgrade to exchange 2007 in the next month. Seems all queries tend to point towards an upgrade unfortunately. Any answers would be...

View Answer   |  Jun 14 2009  11:01 PM GMT
Veritas Backup Exec 10, Exchange 2007 backup, Backup
asked by Mmworks

  5 pts.

Migrating from BackupPC 2.1.2 to BackupPC 3.1

i have older version backuppc-2.1.2 but i want to install new version backuppc-3.1. in that case what are the changes to be make.i need detail explanation on this.

View Answer   |  Jun 12 2009  10:25 AM GMT
BackupPC, BackupPC 2.1.2, BackupPC 3.1
asked by Devbykarthik

  5 pts.

Reduce Backup duration

I am trying to look for solutions to reduce the system downtime from the weekly maintenance. The system is not avaiulable for aboout 5 hoours due to backup and IPL. I was inclined towards a HA solution like iTera but management isn't ready to move fwd. I do have a backup iseries box and I am...

View Answer   |  May 29 2009  3:51 AM GMT
Backup, High Availability, IPL
asked by Nabbi

  10 pts.

VMware ESX 3.5 Recovery and rescue command

Hi i m using esx server 3.5 in my production environment with 30 virtual machines.i can take backup of all the virtual machine and restore them in case of any disaster .please tell me what are the recovery and rescue command for esx server and how can i backup/restore esx configuration in case of...

View Answer   |  May 20 2009  7:42 AM GMT
VMware ESX 3.5, VMware ESX Backup, VMware
asked by Ravinder1987

  5 pts.

Dont want to pay alot for a enterprise backup software

I have a customer that is on a tight budget and want to backup 20 servers remotley. Symantec and CA are all abou the same price 8-11k. Any enterprise backup software out there that is reliable and is a lower cost?

View Answer   |  May 19 2009  2:24 PM GMT
Backup software, Backup & recovery, CA
asked by Goofeydog

  20 pts.

How can I reduce backup time on AS/400 with LTO2 tape drives?

how i acn reduce backup time on AS400 with LTO2 tap drivs, is there any configuration can improve this task

View Answer   |  May 14 2009  6:39 AM GMT
AS/400 backup, LTO2, Tape drives
asked by Qays

  5 pts.

Active Directory restore problem

Dear All, I have a machine1 on which the Operating System is Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition (Service Pack 2). This is the Domain Controller on which Microsoft Exchange 2003 is installed. I want to perform backup of this machine1 using VSS (application specific writers for AD...

asked by Dkk

  70 pts.

Backup on SCR-enabled Exchange 2007

we have exchange 2007 running on SCC. daily incremental and weekly full backup is scheduled using veritas netbackup 6.5.3. everything works smooth. recently we enabled SCR on DR site, but the "Update-StorageGroupCopy" failes after trying to seed for some times... error : FailedMessage : The...

View Answer   |  May 10 2009  5:29 AM GMT
Exchange 2007, Backup, SCR
asked by Newbee123

  5 pts.

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

asked by Audiodsk

  5 pts.

Slow Exchange Store Backup using Veritas backup Exec

I am trying to backup exchange store using a remote agent and exchange module on veritas 9.1 backup for windows , It take more than 12 hrs to backup 40 GB store.

asked by Ssethi

  15 pts.

Exchange server 2003 mail backup

How to relocate the backup of exchange server 2003?

View Answer   |  Apr 26 2009  6:05 AM GMT
Exchange 2003, Exchange Backup, Backup
asked by 198227

  5 pts.

Windows XP Backup Wizard

I am trying to backup all information on my computer using the Backup Wizard in Windows XP. The information is being written to an external hard drive. Unfortunately the wizard states I have to insert a floppy disc once the backup is complete, so that it can write a recovery disc, without which the...

asked by Darksnapper

  5 pts.

backup of MySql with VB.Net

How can i get backup of MySql in VB.Net?

Answer Question   |  Apr 18 2009  11:49 AM GMT
Backup, MySQL, MySQL backup
asked by Bvicky99

  20 pts.

Mount command for backup

Is there a command to permanently mount a backup tape on tape drvie for recovery of data.

View Answer   |  Apr 10 2009  5:53 PM GMT
Backup, Tape backup, Tape Drive
asked by Umakanth

  20 pts.

How to do recovery data on Tape?

Today, when we run the EOD process, the 'Tape before' we used is full, and when we tried to inztap the new tape, there is an error msg: can't allocate Tap01, so we can't do the inztap and we decide to used the 'Tape after'. And when we do the dsptap, we can't find the 'data after'. Is that possible...

View Answer   |  Apr 9 2009  10:30 PM GMT
AS/400 backup and recovery, EOD process, Tape Backups
asked by A5aoo

  5 pts.

What are your top 3 reasons for archiving data?

What are your top 3 reasons for archiving data? This question is sponsored by Iron Mountain.

View Answer   |  Apr 7 2009  1:38 PM GMT
Data archiving, Backup, Archiving
asked by IronMountain

  15 pts.

Exchange Server 2003 failover

Hi, I am using Exchange 2003 server with windows server 2003 Std. I want to create a fail over of this running server any software or any way then i can create on line backup server of exchange except clusering. Thanks in advance Sachin

asked by SachinIGT

  5 pts.

Commands for system backup

How can get the entire data backup of as400 server?

View Answer   |  Apr 4 2009  6:53 AM GMT
System backups, Backup, AS/400 backup
asked by Afzal83

  30 pts.

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??

View Answer   |  Apr 4 2009  0:18 AM GMT
Backup Exec 12.5, Exchange 2003, Backup Exec
asked by Bigley213

  5 pts.

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