Restoring a backup from Brightstor 12 server
Can we restore a backup from a Brightstor 12 server without the database? What would be the procedure for that?

Answer Question   |  June 7, 2011  2:29 PM
Backup, BrightStor, BrightStor ARCserve Backup 12, Database Backup, Database backup and recovery

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

Recovering database files from failed Brightstor 12 server
We have a failed brightstor 12 server. I can recover the files from the hard drive but the server is dead. We will be rebuilding a new one. Can I recover the database files and import them? And if so where are they located?

Answer Question   |  January 8, 2011  4:28 PM
Backup and restore, BrightStor, BrightStor ARCserve Backup 12, Database Files, Database Recovery

Automatically erase BrightStor backup tape.
Can we set brightstore to automatically erase a backup tape that is in the drive if there is data on it prior to stating the backup process?

Answer Question   |  November 1, 2010  7:58 PM
Backup, Backup and restore, BrightStor, BrightStor ARCserve Backup, Tape Backups, Windows

Migrating BrightStore to a virtual machine
We are running BrightStore for backup purposes and currently it is hosted on its own server. What is necessary to migrate it to a VM? The VM will need to have access to the SCSI controller card for it needs to access the LTO3 tape drive that is connected to it.

Answer Question   |  September 13, 2010  2:40 PM
BrightStor, LTO3 Tape Drive, SCSI, SCSI controllers, Virtual Machine Migration, Virtual Machines, VM

Migrating a brightstore installation to a new box
server. We want to install on a new box and migrate our database and any other information needed from our old system to facilitate full restores from tapes going back 5 years. Old server win 2000 new server 2008. [!--[If !supportLineBreakNewLine]–] [!--[endif]–]

Answer Question   |  September 13, 2010  3:18 PM
Backup, BrightStor, BrightStor ARCserve Backup 12, brightstore 12, lto3, LTO3 Tape Drive, Windows Server 2008

LTO3 tape drive issue after cleaning
After cleaning my LTO3 tape drive with a cleaning tape it will not recognize my old tapes., It seems to write to new ones without an issue but the old ones with data are showing up as UNKNOWN.

Answer Question   |  August 20, 2010  5:35 PM
BrightStor, LTO3 Tape Drive, LTO3 tape library, Tape Backups, Tape Drive, Tape errors, Tape storage, Windows Server 2008 Backup

Restoring an Exchange 2003 backup to Exchange 2007
We used to have an Exchange 2003 environment that backed up full storage groups va Brightstor to tape. we have recently rolled up to Exchange 2008 with out an issue (And are now backing up to TSM yeppy – no more Brightstor.) Just been asked to restore a users mail box that left a few [...]

Answer Question   |  December 16, 2008  1:00 AM
Backup, Backup & recovery, BrightStor, Exchange 2003, Exchange 2003 Backup, Exchange 2007, Restore, TSM Backup

bright store arcserve exchange 2003 backup
can i restore a full exchange database from a ducument levelbackup and how ? i have ver 11.5 r

Answer Question   |  February 3, 2009  12:53 PM
Backup, Backup & recovery, Backup and recovery software, Backup software, BrightStor, BrightStor ARCserve Backup, Exchange Backup