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

What is the difference between TSM and Veritas Backup Exec
please find some diffrence between tsm and backup exec

Answer Question   |  June 8, 2009  10:19 AM
Backup & recovery tools, IBM Tivoli Storage Manager, Veritas Backup Exec

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

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.

Answer Question   |  April 28, 2009  1:37 PM
Backup, Backup Exec, Exchange Backup, Exchange Backup & Restore, Exchange performance, Veritas Backup Exec, Veritas Backup Exec 9.1

Veritas Backup Job Engine
I keep getting access denied error messages when I try to start the Veritas Backup Job Engine. I need this to run to do the backups…why won’t it start? Thanks all.

Answer Question   |  January 13, 2009  3:37 PM
Backup Exec, Backup Exec Error Messages, Veritas Backup Exec, Veritas Backup Job Engine

Backup Exec 11D error after Exchange Server 2007 SP1 upgrade
This is the issue i am running into my Backup Exec 11D jobs fail since Exchange Server 2007 SP1 upgrade was completed get this message in my logs Unable to complete the operation for the selected resource using the specified options. The following error was returned when opening the Exchange Database file: -514 The version [...]

Answer Question   |  December 9, 2008  9:09 PM
Backup, Backup Exec 11d, Backup Exec Error Messages, Exchange 2007, Exchange Server 2007 SP1, Symantec Backup Exec 11D, Veritas Backup Exec

restore server folder Veritas Backup Exec 9
How do I select a specific folder on backup tape(Veritas exec9) to restore a folder on server 2003

Answer Question   |  November 5, 2008  1:43 PM
Backup & recovery, Restore Database, Tape Backups, Veritas Backup Exec, Veritas Backup Exec 9, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 Backup

Setting up a Differntial backup
i have setup the following schedule setup in Backup Exec 10d Monday Full – Backup files Using Archive Bit (reset Archive Bit) Tue Differential – Back Up changed files since last full – Using archive bit( does not reset archive bit) Wed Differential – Back Up changed files since last full – Using archive bit( [...]

Answer Question   |  September 30, 2008  6:32 PM
Backup, Backup servers, Differential backup, Full backup, NTBackup, Symantec, Veritas Backup Exec

Veritas vs. SQL Server 2005
Why will SQL Server not accept files restored from Veritas backups?

Answer Question   |  June 2, 2008  1:56 PM
Backup, SQL, SQL Server 2005, Veritas, Veritas Backup Exec

Missing Backup Job Template
Unable to see Backup job template.

Answer Question   |  May 27, 2008  5:25 PM
Backup job templates, Veritas Backup Exec

Backup Exec 12
What are disavantages to backing up server 2000 without remote client installed with Veritas 12?

Answer Question   |  May 11, 2008  3:15 PM
Backup, Backup Exec, Veritas Backup Exec, Windows 2000 Server

Veritas Backup Exec 10.0 Loading media Alert
I have just been though 2 HP Storageworks DAT 72 tape drives to finally get one without problems. Now my back up is getting all our data and is able to restore files, but after job completes and ejects the tape, it trys to load media and I have to manually cancel the job. It [...]

Answer Question   |  February 11, 2008  4:37 PM
Backup & recovery, Backup to Tape, Veritas Backup Exec

veritas backup across domain to NAS
I am trying to back up a couple servers to my NAS. Nas and a few servers reside on domain A and a few servers reside on domain B. I am running into trouble in BackupExec on domain B when trying to add the NAS as a device. Both domains are running srvr 2k3 and [...]

Answer Question   |  July 18, 2008  11:56 PM
Backup Exec, NAS, Veritas, Veritas Backup Exec

Backups to disk across GB ethernet – what’s your speed limit?
We don’t have a SAN yet. We’re trying to improve backup and disaster recovery time windows so we have been testing backups to disk using the following: Windows 2003 Server Dell PowerEdge server 2GB RAM 2xXeon P4′s Veritas Backup Exec 9.1 (backup file size set to 1GB each) SATA hardware RAID controller w/ 64 MB [...]

Answer Question   |  September 25, 2008  3:20 PM
Backup & recovery, Dell PowerEdge, Disaster Recovery, RAID, SAN, SATA, Veritas Backup Exec, Windows Server 2003