tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29583369808089525562024-02-02T08:58:58.176-08:00Backup Exec 2012This blog is only for information purpose and is not associated with Symantec in any way. Some solutions/configurations may differ with the actual product depending on the Service Packs/Hotfixes applied.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2958336980808952556.post-13683377166628878792012-07-09T05:16:00.000-07:002012-07-09T05:16:14.078-07:00How to setup SMTP Email Notifications in Backup Exec 2012<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<li>Click the Backup Exec Button [Top left] </li>
<li>Select C<b>onfigurations and Settings</b> ><b> Alerts and Notifications</b> > <b>Recipient configurations.</b></li>
<li>Click add a recipient, Click yes if a configuration pop up box appears</li>
<li>Under <strong>Email Server:</strong> Type the name of the exchange server. The IP address can also be used. (i.e. exchange.com or 192.1.2.3)</li>
<li>Enter in the name of the sender in the <strong>Sender Name:</strong> field. (i.e. Administrator)</li>
<li>Enter in the Email address of the sender in the <strong>Sender Email address:</strong> field (<a href="mailto:Administrator@mydomain.com" style="color: #e19164; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: blue;">Administrator@mydomain.com</span></a>)</li>
<li>Click OK</li>
<li>In the next window that opens, enter in the user name of the person to send the notification to in the <strong>Name:</strong> field</li>
<li>Check the <strong>Send notifications by Email</strong> box and then enter in the Recipient's email address (i.e. <a href="mailto:user@mydomain.com">user@mydomain.com</a><span style="background-color: white;">)</span></li>
<li>Make sure to send a test Email</li>
<li>Alternately, a notification can be sent via text message as well by <strong>checking the Send notifications by text message</strong> box and entering in the phone number of the device</li>
<li>Click Ok and view the test Email.</li>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Tape Device BUFFER SIZE selected value is not saved in the Backup Exec 2012 User Interface</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The issue is fixed with Backup Exec 2012 Service Pack 1a.</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2958336980808952556.post-44675944504167904352012-07-09T03:49:00.002-07:002012-07-09T03:49:44.675-07:00Media description - Tape<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Media description is deleted after the backup job on the tape.</span><br />
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By Default any Media Description applied to Tape or VTL media in Backup Exec 2012 will be removed during any form of Overwrite Operation. A method to change this behaviour is available by registry modification.</div>
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<span style="background-color: red;"><span style="color: white;"><b><em>Warning</em>:</b><i><b> </b>Incorrect use of the Windows registry editor may prevent the operating system from functioning properly. Great care should be taken when making changes to a Windows registry. Registry modifications should only be carried-out by persons experienced in the use of the registry editor application. It is recommended that a complete backup of the registry and workstation be made prior to making any registry changes</i></span></span></div>
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1) Use Regedit to locate</div>
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<strong>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Symantec\Backup Exec for Windows\Adamm</strong></div>
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2) Within the ADAMM key create a REG_DWORD value called</div>
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<strong>PreserveMediaDescriptions</strong></div>
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3) Set the value data to <strong>1</strong> to maintain the media descriptions during overwrite operations (default behaviour would be set the value data to <strong>0</strong>)</div>
</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2958336980808952556.post-88563890914283393252012-07-09T00:22:00.001-07:002012-07-09T00:23:14.478-07:00How an existing Backup Exec configuration is migrated to Backup Exec 2012<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">When upgrading, Backup Exec automatically converts the existing
configuration to the current version. The following items provide information
about how the configuration is migrated to Backup Exec 2012. Review this
information before using Backup Exec 2012. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">If multiple
backup-to-disk folders are on the same volume, Backup Exec 2012 converts one
backup-to-disk folder on the volume to a disk storage device. Disk
storage is a location on a locally attached internal hard drive, a USB device,
a FireWire device, or a network-attached storage device to which you can back
up data. All of the other backup-to-disk folders on the volume become
read-only so that the data can be restored from them. The read-only
backup-to-disk folders are called legacy backup-to-disk folders. Backup
Exec no longer creates new backup sets in the legacy backup-to-disk
folders. All backup jobs that were sent to the legacy backup-to-disk
folders are now sent to the disk storage device that Backup Exec 2012 creates
on the volume. Backup Exec’s data lifecycle management feature manages the
existing data in the legacy backup-to-disk folders, eventually expiring and
deleting the data according to the overwrite protection period that you
specified when you created the backup. When a legacy backup-to-disk
folder becomes empty, Backup Exec deletes it. The data lifecycle
management feature also manages the backup data on the disk storage device.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 10pt;">o<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;"> </span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Note: If upgrading from a release prior to
Backup Exec 2010 R2, all backup-to-disk folders that have the same drive letter
are considered as being on the same volume.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Removable
backup-to-disk (RB2D) folders are now called disk cartridge devices. Disk
cartridge devices are a type of storage that usually remains attached to the
Backup Exec server while you remove the media, such as RDX. If you are
not sure if the storage has removable media, you can open the Computer folder
on your Windows computer. The devices that contain removable media are listed.
You can manage data retention on disk cartridge devices by associating the
media with media sets. Media sets specify append periods, overwrite
protection periods, and vaulting periods.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Existing storage
device pools that contain exclusively disk storage, or disk cartridge devices,
or tape cartridge devices remain intact. Storage device pools that contain a
mix of storage device types are labeled as disk storage device pools, and all
cartridge devices are removed. New storage device pools are created to
contain the cartridge devices.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">By default, Backup Exec automatically creates the following
storage device pools:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Any disk storage –
contains any backup-to-disk folders that Backup Exec converts to disk storage
devices.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Any tape cartridge
storage – contains any tape devices that Backup Exec detects as attached to the
Backup Exec server.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Any disk cartridge
storage – contains any disk cartridge devices that were previously used as
removable backup-to-disk folders, or that have been configured to be used as a
backup destination.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Any virtual disk
storage – contains the virtual disks that are on storage arrays. This pool is
created only if the Storage Provisioning Option is installed.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the storage device pools that Backup Exec 2012 creates contain all of the
storage devices that are on all Backup Exec servers in the environment.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Best practices include tips and recommendations to help you use
the Exchange Agent effectively. For more information about the Exchange Agent,
see the</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><i><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Backup Exec 2012
Administrator's Guide</span></i><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="" name="v70444344"></a><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For best practices on preparing the Exchange
Server for backup, do the following on the Exchange Server:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Circular logging must
be disabled if you want to do the following:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="" name="v70444348"></a><a href="" name="v70444349"></a><a href="" name="v70444350"></a><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Courier New";">o<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Run incremental and differential backups.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="" name="v70444351"></a><a href="" name="v70444352"></a><a href="" name="v70444353"></a><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Courier New";">o<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Recover data up to the point of failure.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Put transaction log
files on a separate physical disk from the database. If the disk that contains
the database is damaged, the transaction logs are available as a recovery
resource.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Set the retention
period for deleted items and mailboxes to a length of time that is appropriate
for the available disk space. The longer the retention period, the more disk
space is required. However, some retention period can prevent you from having
to restore a mailbox or database. If possible, configure the Exchange server so
that items are not deleted until a full backup is performed.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Make Write Cache
unavailable on the SCSI controller. Data corruption can occur if the computer
fails before the operation is written to disk.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Monitor the Application,
Security, and System logs for any relevant events that may affect Exchange
Server functionality.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Allow sufficient disk
space for maintenance and recovery procedures. Refer to your Microsoft
documentation for details.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Document the Exchange
server configuration in detail.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Avoid making the
Exchange server a domain controller. You can more easily restore Exchange if
you don't have to restore the Active Directory first.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="" name="v70444371"></a><a href="" name="v70444372"></a><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Install the Exchange
Server into a domain that has at least two domain controllers. With two domain
controllers in a domain, databases on a failed domain controller can be updated
with replication.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="" name="v70444373"></a><a href="" name="v70444374"></a><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For Exchange Server
2003, ensure that the latest version of the Esebcli2.dll file is installed. If
the Esebcli2.dll file is installed in more than one location, ensure that all
locations contain the latest version.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="" name="v70444375"></a><a href="" name="v70444376"></a><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For Exchange 2010, use
a Database Availability Group (DAG) with at least one passive database copy for
each database to protect against data loss. If you can make more than one passive
copy, the second passive copy should use a log replay delay of 24 hours.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="" name="v70444377"></a><a href="" name="v70444378"></a><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For Exchange 2010, a
Windows 2008 SP2 or Windows 2008 R2 x64 Backup Exec server with the Exchange
2012 Management tools that are installed on the Backup Exec server is required.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin: 0.05in 0in;">
<a href="" name="v70444379"></a><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The following best practices are for backing
up Exchange Information Store data:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="" name="v70444381"></a><a href="" name="v70444382"></a><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">When you run full
backups, enable the option for Granular Recovery Technology (GRT). The GRT
option lets you restore individual mail messages and folders from a database
backup without the need for a separate mailbox backup.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Note:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;" valign="top">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0.05in 0in;">
<a href="" name="v70444384"></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For information on best practices for Backup Exec Granular
Recovery Technology (GRT) with an Exchange Information Store backup, refer to
the Granular Recovery Technology Best Practices. Exchange 2007/2010 does not
support individual mailbox backup.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</tr>
</tbody></table>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin: 0.05in 0in 0.05in 11.25pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<a href="" name="v70444385"></a><a href="" name="v70444386"></a><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Change your default
staging location if you run GRT-enabled backup jobs. The default location is
used for recovery as well as staging GRT-enabled restore jobs. You should
change the location to a volume that is not your system volume for faster
performance.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin: 0.05in 0in 0.05in 11.25pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<a href="" name="v70444387"></a><a href="" name="v70444388"></a><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ensure that the
scheduled maintenance for the Information Store does not run at the same time
as the database backup. If you run these operations at the same time, it can
cause issues with the Exchange Server databases.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin: 0.05in 0in 0.05in 11.25pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<a href="" name="v70444389"></a><a href="" name="v70444390"></a><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Run Exchange backup
jobs separately from other backup jobs.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin: 0.05in 0in 0.05in 11.25pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<a href="" name="v70444391"></a><a href="" name="v70444392"></a><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Back up the Active
Directory on a regular basis.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin: 0.05in 0in 0.05in 11.25pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<a href="" name="v70444393"></a><a href="" name="v70444394"></a><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Run a regular backup
for System State and Shadow Copy Components, if applicable. These selections
back up the Internet Information Service (IIS) metabase and the Windows
registry.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin: 0.05in 0in 0.05in 11.25pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<a href="" name="v70444395"></a><a href="" name="v70444396"></a><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Run a backup after you
make any changes to system settings or application settings.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin: 0.05in 0in 0.05in 11.25pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<a href="" name="v70444397"></a><a href="" name="v70444398"></a><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">When you run offline
backups, back up all of the files that make up the storage group, including any
.Edb and .Stm files, and all transaction log files.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin: 0.05in 0in 0.05in 11.25pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<a href="" name="v70444399"></a><a href="" name="v70444400"></a><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For Exchange 2010 DAGs
that have three or more copies of the database, the consistency check can be
disabled.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin: 0.05in 0in;">
<a href="" name="v70444401"></a><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The following best practices are for using the
Backup Exec continuous protection feature as part of your backup strategy:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin: 0.05in 0in 0.05in 11.25pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<a href="" name="v70444405"></a><a href="" name="v70444406"></a><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Create a separate
selection list for each Exchange server resource.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin: 0.05in 0in 0.05in 11.25pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<a href="" name="v70444407"></a><a href="" name="v70444408"></a><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">To copy backup sets to
tape for off-site storage, create a job to duplicate backup data. You can
schedule the job to copy the backup data to tape before or after each
occurrence of the full backup job. The duplicate backup data job copies all of
the transaction logs and the full backup sets to tape.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin: 0.05in 0in 0.05in 11.25pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<a href="" name="v70444409"></a><a href="" name="v70444410"></a><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">If you duplicate
Information Store backup data to tape and then back to disk, specify the same
volume for the full and the incremental backups. The backup data must be on the
same volume if you want to restore individual items from the incremental
backup.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="" name="v70444411"></a><a href="" name="v70444412"></a><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Create a custom filter
to limit the number of recovery points that appear in the Job History view.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin: 0.05in 0in;">
<a href="" name="v70444435"></a><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The following best practices are for
recovering data for all versions of Exchange Information Store:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin: 0.05in 0in 0.05in 11.25pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<a href="" name="v70444437"></a><a href="" name="v70444438"></a><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Be aware of the effect
of the Restore all transaction logs; do not delete existing transaction logs
option. After an operation runs with this option enabled, transactions in
existing transaction logs are applied when you start or mount the Information
Store database. If those transactions include any deletions that occurred after
the backup ran, those deletions are also applied. As a result, the very data
that you intend to recover may be deleted. In this situation, enable the Purge
existing data and restore only the databases and transaction logs from the
backup sets option. This option discards the Exchange data that was generated
after the backup. Alternatively, you can use a second recovery server. You can
also use the Recovery Storage Group feature in Exchange 2003/2007 or Exchange
2010 recovery database to perform the restore.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin: 0.05in 0in 0.05in 11.25pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<a href="" name="v70444439"></a><a href="" name="v70444440"></a><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">If you must use the
Microsoft Eseutil utility to repair the database, ensure that the recovery
server has sufficient disk space. You may need as much as 125% of the actual
size of the Information Store database. You can also specify another disk or
volume as a temporary location on which to run the Eseutil utility. Refer to
your Microsoft documentation for details.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin: 0.05in 0in;">
<a href="" name="v70444441"></a><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The following best practices are for restoring
data for Exchange Server 2003 or later:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin: 0.05in 0in 0.05in 11.25pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<a href="" name="v70444443"></a><a href="" name="v70444444"></a><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ensure that you
specify a valid temporary location on the Exchange server for log and patch
files. The temporary location must have enough space to accommodate the
transaction logs that you want to recover.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin: 0.05in 0in 0.05in 11.25pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<a href="" name="v70444445"></a><a href="" name="v70444446"></a><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Read the Restore.env
file if issues occur when you mount a database after a restore operation.
Information in this file can help you troubleshoot issues. To read the file,
run the Eseutil utility with the /cm switch. Refer to your Microsoft
documentation for details.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="" name="v70444447"></a><a href="" name="v70444448"></a><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Select the Commit
after restore completes option when you configure a restore job so that the
database can be mounted. Run the Eseutil utility with the /cc switch to perform
a manual hard recovery. Refer to your Microsoft documentation for details.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin: 0.05in 0in 0.05in 11.25pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<a href="" name="v70444449"></a><a href="" name="v70444450"></a><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ensure the following
if you restore to an Exchange server other than the source server:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin: 0.05in 0in 0.05in 22.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<a href="" name="v70444451"></a><a href="" name="v70444452"></a><a href="" name="v70444453"></a><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Courier New";">o<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The recovery server is in a different Active
Directory forest than the source server.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="" name="v70444454"></a><a href="" name="v70444455"></a><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Courier New";">o<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The recovery server has the same Organization
and Administrative Group names as the source server.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="" name="v70444456"></a><a href="" name="v70444457"></a><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Courier New";">o<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The storage groups and databases already exist
on the recovery server, and have the same names as the original storage groups
or databases.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin: 0.05in 0in;">
<a href="" name="v70444458"></a><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The following best practices are for restoring
individual mailboxes and public folders for Exchange 2003:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="" name="v70444460"></a><a href="" name="v70444461"></a><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">If you redirect the
restore of individual mailbox or public folder items to an alternate location,
ensure that the mailbox or public folder already exists.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="" name="v70444462"></a><a href="" name="v70444463"></a><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">If there are problems
with a restore operation, select specific mail messages for restore.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="" name="v70444464"></a><a href="" name="v70444465"></a><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">If errors about
permissions occur, try to restore to the mailbox that is associated with the
Backup Exec logon account that you used for the restore. An example of a
permissions error is Access denied.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin: 0.05in 0in 0.05in 11.25pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<a href="" name="v70444466"></a><a href="" name="v70444467"></a><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">After a successful
restore of public folders, you may need to rehome some or all of the folders.
Refer to your Microsoft documentation for more information.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="" name="v70444468"></a><a href="" name="v70444469"></a><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">If the error Unable to
attach occurs, on the Exchange server, run Fixmapi.exe. Then, retry the
operation.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="" name="v70444470"></a><a href="" name="v70444471"></a><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">If you cannot attach
to the mailboxes node when Outlook is installed on the Exchange server, then
stop the Exchange and Remote Agent services. Run Fixmapi.exe, and then on the
Microsoft Web site, look up any return codes. If there are no return codes,
restart the services and retry the operation.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="" name="v70444472"></a><a href="" name="v70444473"></a><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">If you redirect a
mailbox restore to an Active Directory in a different forest than the Exchange
server, you must associate an external account with the mailbox. Refer to your
Microsoft documentation for details.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin: 0.05in 0in 0.05in 11.25pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<a href="" name="v70444474"></a><a href="" name="v70444475"></a><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">If you redirect public
folder data, ensure that the Backup Exec user account has the Owner role on
both the source and destination public folders. Refer to your Microsoft
documentation for details.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin: 0.05in 0in;">
<a href="" name="v70444476"></a><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The following are best practices to plan for
disaster recovery of an Exchange Server:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin: 0.05in 0in 0.05in 11.25pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<a href="" name="v70444478"></a><a href="" name="v70444479"></a><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Perform tests
periodically to ensure that disaster recovery and data recovery scenarios
produce the expected results.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin: 0.05in 0in 0.05in 11.25pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<a href="" name="v70444480"></a><a href="" name="v70444481"></a><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Become familiar with
the Microsoft documentation for Exchange database management, disaster plans,
and recovery.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin: 0.05in 0in 0.05in 11.25pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<a href="" name="v70444482"></a><a href="" name="v70444483"></a><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Document the Exchange
Server configuration in detail. Document any subsequent changes. Note all
hotfixes and service packs that are applied.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2958336980808952556.post-67628472406420486022012-07-09T00:12:00.002-07:002012-07-09T00:12:55.982-07:00Backup Exec 2012: Overview (video)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/0m_cx1FWFQ0?rel=0" width="640"></iframe></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2958336980808952556.post-7186908344657715472012-04-03T20:07:00.000-07:002012-04-03T20:07:45.506-07:00Best practices for Backup Exec 2012 tape and disk cartridge media management<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />
<div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, 'Lucida Grande', Geneva, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0.3em; margin-top: 0.3em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"> If you use backup jobs for which Granular Recovery Technology (GRT) is enabled, there are additional best practices for media management.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, 'Lucida Grande', Geneva, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0.3em; margin-top: 0.3em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="" name="v70444309" style="color: #d84704;"></a>For more information about tape and disk cartridge media management, see the <i class="citetitle">Backup Exec 2012 Administrator's Guide</i>.</div><div class="itemizedlist" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, 'Lucida Grande', Geneva, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="" name="v70444310" style="color: #d84704;"></a><div class="title" style="margin-bottom: 0.3em; margin-top: 0.3em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">The following best practices are for effective tape and disk cartridge media management:</div><ul style="clear: none; list-style-position: outside; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><li><div style="margin-bottom: 0.3em; margin-top: 0.3em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="" name="v70444312" style="color: #d84704;"></a><a href="" name="v70444313" style="color: #d84704;"></a>Be aware of the following consequences of the infinite setting for the overwrite protection period for all tape media and disk cartridge media:</div><div class="itemizedlist" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="" name="v70444314" style="color: #d84704;"></a><ul style="clear: none; list-style-position: outside; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><li><div style="margin-bottom: 0.3em; margin-top: 0.3em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="" name="v70444315" style="color: #d84704;"></a><a href="" name="v70444316" style="color: #d84704;"></a>Backup data may consume tape and disk cartridge media capacity quickly.</div></li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0.3em; margin-top: 0.3em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="" name="v70444317" style="color: #d84704;"></a><a href="" name="v70444318" style="color: #d84704;"></a>Tape and disk cartridge media do not become recyclable automatically. You must specify when to overwrite each media.</div></li>
</ul></div></li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0.3em; margin-top: 0.3em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="" name="v70444319" style="color: #d84704;"></a><a href="" name="v70444320" style="color: #d84704;"></a>Create new media sets with the append and overwrite protection periods that accommodate your needs. When the overwrite protection periods expire, the tape media and disk cartridge media are recyclable and Backup Exec has access to overwritable media.</div></li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0.3em; margin-top: 0.3em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="" name="v70444321" style="color: #d84704;"></a><a href="" name="v70444322" style="color: #d84704;"></a>Overwrite tape and disk cartridge media periodically to keep the media family at a manageable size so that Backup Exec can rebuild the catalog if necessary. You can use a media rotation strategy so that media is periodically overwritten, or select the option Overwrite media when you run a full backup.</div><div class="note" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><table border="0" cellpadding="1" class="note"><tbody>
<tr valign="top"><td><div class="notetext" style="margin-bottom: 0.3em; margin-top: 0.3em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Note:</div></td><td class="pnote"><div class="first-admon" style="margin-bottom: 0.3em; margin-top: 0.3em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="" name="v70444324" style="color: #d84704;"></a>A media family is a set of tape and disk cartridge media that is related because one or more backup jobs span from one media to another. For example, you back up Resource A to Media 1. When Media 1 runs out of space, Backup Exec uses Media 2 to complete the backup. Media 1 and Media 2 are now in the same media family because the backup job started on Media 1 and finished on Media 2. If you append more backups to Media 2 until it runs out of space, then Backup Exec uses Media 3. Media 3 is now part of the same media family as Media 1 and Media 2. The media family continues to grow as Backup Exec appends backup jobs. A new media family starts when a backup job overwrites the first media it uses.</div></td></tr>
</tbody></table></div></li>
</ul></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2958336980808952556.post-74373558347314757402012-04-03T20:04:00.000-07:002012-04-03T20:04:03.183-07:00Best practices for using Backup Exec 2012 with server clusters<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />
<div class="itemizedlist" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, 'Lucida Grande', Geneva, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><ul style="clear: none; list-style-position: outside; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><li><div style="margin-bottom: 0.3em; margin-top: 0.3em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">To prevent possible loss of data in failover situations, Symantec recommends that you use the backup method <span class="guilabel">Incremental - Using modified time</span> when you configure backup jobs. Do not use the backup method, <span class="guilabel">Incremental - Using archive bit (reset archive bit)</span>.</div></li>
</ul></div><div class="itemizedlist" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, 'Lucida Grande', Geneva, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="" name="v70445231" style="color: #d84704;"></a><div class="title" style="margin-bottom: 0.3em; margin-top: 0.3em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">When you apply Backup Exec patches to clustered Backup Exec media servers or a central administration server, Symantec recommends the following to prevent possible data loss:</div><ul style="clear: none; list-style-position: outside; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><li><div style="margin-bottom: 0.3em; margin-top: 0.3em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="" name="v70445233" style="color: #d84704;"></a><a href="" name="v70445234" style="color: #d84704;"></a>Use the Microsoft Cluster Administrator to set each of the clustered Backup Exec services so that they do not automatically restart after a failure occurs. By doing that, you prevent the cluster from changing nodes in the event of a failure.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.3em; margin-top: 0.3em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="" name="v70445235" style="color: #d84704;"></a>After you finish applying the patches, you should reset each of the clustered Backup Exec services so that they restart after a failure occurs.</div></li>
</ul></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2958336980808952556.post-81824928235072320512012-04-03T20:01:00.000-07:002012-04-03T20:01:07.422-07:00Best practices for Backup Exec 2012 reports<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />
<div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, 'Lucida Grande', Geneva, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0.3em; margin-top: 0.3em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Backup Exec includes standard reports that show detailed information about your system. You can also create reports that contain information to meet the specific requirements of your organization.</div><div class="itemizedlist" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, 'Lucida Grande', Geneva, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="" name="v70444856" style="color: #d84704;"></a><div class="title" style="margin-bottom: 0.3em; margin-top: 0.3em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Reports can be viewed and printed in the following formats:</div><ul style="clear: none; list-style-position: outside; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><li><div style="margin-bottom: 0.3em; margin-top: 0.3em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="" name="v70444858" style="color: #d84704;"></a><a href="" name="v70444859" style="color: #d84704;"></a>PDF</div></li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0.3em; margin-top: 0.3em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="" name="v70444860" style="color: #d84704;"></a><a href="" name="v70444861" style="color: #d84704;"></a>HTML</div></li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0.3em; margin-top: 0.3em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="" name="v70444862" style="color: #d84704;"></a><a href="" name="v70444863" style="color: #d84704;"></a>XML</div></li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0.3em; margin-top: 0.3em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="" name="v70444864" style="color: #d84704;"></a><a href="" name="v70444865" style="color: #d84704;"></a>Microsoft Excel (XLS)</div></li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0.3em; margin-top: 0.3em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="" name="v70444866" style="color: #d84704;"></a><a href="" name="v70444867" style="color: #d84704;"></a>Comma Separated Value (CSV)</div></li>
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<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0.3em; margin-top: 0.3em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="" name="v70444872" style="color: #d84704;"></a><a href="" name="v70444873" style="color: #d84704;"></a>To print reports in HTML, PDF, or Excel format, use the printer's landscape orientation.</div></li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0.3em; margin-top: 0.3em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="" name="v70444874" style="color: #d84704;"></a><a href="" name="v70444875" style="color: #d84704;"></a>To create complex custom reports, you need a working knowledge of SQL and detailed information on Backup Exec's report database schema.</div></li>
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<ul style="background-color: white; clear: none; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, 'Lucida Grande', Geneva, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; list-style-position: outside; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><li><div style="margin-bottom: 0.3em; margin-top: 0.3em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Run LiveUpdate before and after each Backup Exec installation or upgrade.</div></li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0.3em; margin-top: 0.3em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="" name="v70444885" style="color: #d84704;"></a><a href="" name="v70444886" style="color: #d84704;"></a>Schedule LiveUpdate to run when backup jobs are idle to optimize system performance.</div></li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0.3em; margin-top: 0.3em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="" name="v70444887" style="color: #d84704;"></a><a href="" name="v70444888" style="color: #d84704;"></a>Use the <span class="guilabel">Update</span> feature on the <span class="guilabel">Backup and Restore</span> tab to update the Agent for Windows on remote computers with the same patches that were installed on the Backup Exec server. LiveUpdate does not update the Agent for Windows on remote computers.</div></li>
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<li style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, 'Lucida Grande', Geneva, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0.3em; margin-top: 0.3em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=2958336980808952556&postID=1907171141057857658" name="v70444897" style="color: #d84704;"></a><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=2958336980808952556&postID=1907171141057857658" name="v70444898" style="color: #d84704;"></a>Create special backup jobs for your most crucial data and configure them to run automatically when Symantec's ThreatCon level escalates. This strategy helps ensure that your vital data is safely backed up as soon as global threats are detected.</div></li><br />
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<li style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, 'Lucida Grande', Geneva, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0.3em; margin-top: 0.3em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=2958336980808952556&postID=1907171141057857658" name="v70444899" style="color: #d84704;"></a><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=2958336980808952556&postID=1907171141057857658" name="v70444900" style="color: #d84704;"></a>Consider the types of jobs that you want to run automatically and the potential impact they can have on your system resources. The ThreatCon level can be raised at any time without warning. If you configure large or resource-intensive jobs to run automatically, they may interfere with your normal business operations. You should also carefully consider the impact of setting Symantec Endpoint Protection integration as a global default for all new jobs. When the ThreatCon level is raised, all jobs with the default setting run automatically. If they are configured for integration with Symantec Endpoint Protection, even completed, nonrecurring jobs rerun automatically.</div></li><br />
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<li style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, 'Lucida Grande', Geneva, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0.3em; margin-top: 0.3em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=2958336980808952556&postID=1907171141057857658" name="v70444901" style="color: #d84704;"></a><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=2958336980808952556&postID=1907171141057857658" name="v70444902" style="color: #d84704;"></a>Ensure that you have Internet connectivity for the Backup Exec server on which Symantec Endpoint Protection is installed. The Backup Exec server must be connected to the Internet to update the ThreatCon level.<br />
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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2958336980808952556.post-69600580903317493572012-04-03T19:46:00.000-07:002012-04-03T19:46:15.624-07:00Best practices for Backup Exec 2012 Simplified Disaster Recovery<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />
<li style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, 'Lucida Grande', Geneva, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0.3em; margin-top: 0.3em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Create a custom SDR disk whenever you update the host bus adapter or network interface card hardware or software. This practice ensures that you have the latest hardware or software drivers that may be required for restore.</div></li><br />
<li style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, 'Lucida Grande', Geneva, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0.3em; margin-top: 0.3em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="" name="v70444960" style="color: #d84704;"></a><a href="" name="v70444961" style="color: #d84704;"></a>Use SDR to perform a test recovery of a non-production computer before a disaster occurs. You can use a virtual environment such as VMWare or Hyper-V for test recovery purposes. A test recovery lets you familiarize yourself with the SDR recovery process before it is needed.</div></li><br />
<li style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, 'Lucida Grande', Geneva, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0.3em; margin-top: 0.3em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="" name="v70444952" style="color: #d84704;"></a><a href="" name="v72554172" style="color: #d84704;"></a>To perform disaster recovery of a remote computer, you must purchase the Agent for Windows separately, and it must be running on the remote computer.</div></li><br />
<li style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, 'Lucida Grande', Geneva, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0.3em; margin-top: 0.3em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="" name="v70444954" style="color: #d84704;"></a><a href="" name="v72554173" style="color: #d84704;"></a>For disaster recovery purposes, consider the following:</div><div class="itemizedlist" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="" name="v72554174" style="color: #d84704;"></a><ul style="clear: none; list-style-position: outside; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><li><div style="margin-bottom: 0.3em; margin-top: 0.3em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="" name="v72554175" style="color: #d84704;"></a><a href="" name="v72554176" style="color: #d84704;"></a>The number of installed hard disks must be the same size or larger than the original.</div></li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0.3em; margin-top: 0.3em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="" name="v72554177" style="color: #d84704;"></a><a href="" name="v72554178" style="color: #d84704;"></a>The latest RAID, SCSI, or NIC (if remote) drivers are required.</div></li>
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<li style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, 'Lucida Grande', Geneva, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0.3em; margin-top: 0.3em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="" name="v70444956" style="color: #d84704;"></a><a href="" name="v72554179" style="color: #d84704;"></a>SDR supports recovering computers that use the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) standard. However, backups of UEFI-based computers cannot be restored to standard BIOS-based computers.</div><div class="note" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><table border="0" cellpadding="1" class="note"><tbody>
<tr valign="top"><td><div class="notetext" style="margin-bottom: 0.3em; margin-top: 0.3em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Note:</div></td><td class="pnote"><div class="first-admon" style="margin-bottom: 0.3em; margin-top: 0.3em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="" name="v72554181" style="color: #d84704;"></a>UEFI computers use GPT-style disks. MBR-style disk data cannot be restored to GPT-style disk, and vice versa.</div></td></tr>
</tbody></table></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.3em; margin-top: 0.3em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="" name="v72554182" style="color: #d84704;"></a>For computers that support both UEFI and BIOS firmware types, you must start the computer using UEFI firmware if you backed up the computer in that mode.</div></li><br />
<li style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, 'Lucida Grande', Geneva, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0.3em; margin-top: 0.3em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="" name="v70444958" style="color: #d84704;"></a>If you have OEM partitions such as Dell Utility partitions on the system, they are considered part of a computer's critical system components and are backed up and restored as such.</div></li><br />
<li style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, 'Lucida Grande', Geneva, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0.3em; margin-top: 0.3em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="" name="v70444962" style="color: #d84704;"></a><a href="" name="v72554184" style="color: #d84704;"></a>Ensure that Backup Exec Database maintenance runs after you configure new storage devices on your Backup Exec server but before you run an SDR-compatible backup job. This ensures that the Backup Exec Database contains the latest storage device configuration details, which can be restored as part of a SDR recovery. You can set the schedule to run a Backup Exec Database maintenance by enabling the option, <span class="guimenuitem">Enable Backup Exec database maintenance</span>, under <b>Backup Exec Settings > Database Maintentance.</b></div></li><br />
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<ul style="background-color: white; clear: none; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, 'Lucida Grande', Geneva, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; list-style-position: outside; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><li><div style="margin-bottom: 0.3em; margin-top: 0.3em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">To get more disk space before data lifecycle management expires any backup sets, you can delete unwanted backup sets manually in Backup Exec. Do not use Windows Explorer or a Windows command prompt to delete backup files.</div><div class="note" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><table border="0" cellpadding="1" class="note"><tbody>
<tr valign="top"><td><div class="notetext" style="margin-bottom: 0.3em; margin-top: 0.3em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Note:</div></td><td class="pnote"><div class="first-admon" style="margin-bottom: 0.3em; margin-top: 0.3em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="" name="v71419673" style="color: #d84704;"></a>By default, the data lifecycle management process runs every four hours. Data lifecycle management also runs whenever the available disk space on the Backup Exec server is less than the low disk space thresholds that are set in the disk storage properties.</div></td></tr>
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<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0.3em; margin-top: 0.3em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="" name="v71419674" style="color: #d84704;"></a><a href="" name="v71419675" style="color: #d84704;"></a>To prevent data lifecycle management from expiring a backup set, you can manually retain a backup set. Backup Exec automatically retains all dependent backup sets as well. When you no longer want to retain a backup set, you must release it so that data lifecycle management can manage the retention period for it.</div></li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0.3em; margin-top: 0.3em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="" name="v71419676" style="color: #d84704;"></a><a href="" name="v71419677" style="color: #d84704;"></a>When setting up the schedules for backups in a backup definition, avoid adding many incremental backups between full backups. The data lifecycle management process must search through each backup set to check dependencies; therefore, the more incrementals there are, the longer the DLM process takes.</div></li>
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<div class="itemizedlist" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, 'Lucida Grande', Geneva, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><ul style="clear: none; list-style-position: outside; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><li><div style="margin-bottom: 0.3em; margin-top: 0.3em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Do not delete or edit the files in BE_INSTALL\Catalogs\directory. The catalog files store the metadata for the backup sets.</div></li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0.3em; margin-top: 0.3em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=2958336980808952556" name="v71453551" style="color: #d84704;"></a><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=2958336980808952556" name="v71453552" style="color: #d84704;"></a>Back up the catalog files in BE_INSTALL\Catalogs\directory. Consider backing up the catalog files after you back up or perform maintenance on the Backup Exec Database.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.3em; margin-top: 0.3em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br />
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<div class="title" style="margin-bottom: 0.3em; margin-top: 0.3em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><b>The following recommendations are to help you choose the best catalog location to use in a Central Admin Server Option (CASO) environment:</b></div><ul style="clear: none; list-style-position: outside; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><li><div style="margin-bottom: 0.3em; margin-top: 0.3em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=2958336980808952556" name="v71454033" style="color: #d84704;"></a><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=2958336980808952556" name="v71454034" style="color: #d84704;"></a>The distributed catalog location is the default location, and is efficient and suitable for a CASO environment that uses a wide area network (WAN). An example of this environment is if the central administration server is located in a cloud and the managed Backup Exec servers are on a local network.</div></li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0.3em; margin-top: 0.3em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=2958336980808952556" name="v71454035" style="color: #d84704;"></a><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=2958336980808952556" name="v71454036" style="color: #d84704;"></a>The centralized catalog location is best suited for use in a CASO environment that uses SAN-connected shared storage with a stable, high-bandwidth network between the central administration server and the managed Backup Exec servers. Use a centralized catalog location if the managed Backup Exec servers have minimal CPUs and disk space, and if the central administration server has significantly more CPUs and memory.</div></li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0.3em; margin-top: 0.3em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=2958336980808952556" name="v71454037" style="color: #d84704;"></a><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=2958336980808952556" name="v71454038" style="color: #d84704;"></a>The replicated catalog location is best suited for a CASO environment that has a stable, high-bandwidth network between the central administration server and the managed Backup Exec servers. A replicated catalog location can provide better performance through catalog redundancy since queries for catalog information are performed locally.</div></li>
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<div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-8418222163940230316" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; text-align: -webkit-auto; width: 570px;"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Best practices for Backup Exec 2012 installation</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Best practices include tips and recommendations to help you install or upgrade Symantec Backup Exec 2012 more effectively. For more information about installing Backup Exec, see theBackup Exec 2012 Administrator's Guide.</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The following best practices are for preparing to install or upgrade Backup Exec:</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">• Review the "Features or requirements no longer supported by Backup Exec" section of the readme.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">• Use only standard ANSI characters for the computer name of the computer on which you want to install Backup Exec. You may receive errors if you install Backup Exec on a computer with a name that uses non-standard characters.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">• Ensure that the most recent version of Microsoft.NET framework is installed on the computer on which you want to install Backup Exec. Installing the .NET framework expedites Backup Exec's installation process.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">• Run Microsoft Windows update.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">• Document your current configuration and settings before you upgrade Backup Exec. You can verify that your configuration after the upgrade is complete.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">• Upgrade the central administration server first if you perform a rolling upgrade in an existing Central Admin Server Option (CASO) environment. Upgrade the managed Backup Exec servers as soon as possible afterwards.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">• Back up your server before you install or upgrade any software, including Backup Exec. Copy Backup Exec's Catalogs and Data folders for additional security.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">• Pause or stop all jobs before upgrading Backup Exec. If you run Backup Exec jobs during an upgrade, the jobs fail.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">• Pause all communications with secondary Backup Exec servers in CASO environments.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">• Delete any unnecessary job history and alert history before an upgrade to help expedite the process.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">• Disable any monitoring utilities that may restart services.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">• Run the Environment Check Utility. The Environment Check Utility automatically runs during local installations. Symantec recommends that you also run the utility for remote installations. You should address all warnings and errors before you install Backup Exec.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">• Perform database maintenance on your Backup Exec Database immediately before an upgrade.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">• Close all instances of the Backup Exec Administration Console before the upgrade.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The following best practices are for during the installation process and the upgrade process:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">• Run Symantec LiveUpdate before you install or upgrade Backup Exec.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">• Use an uninterrupted power supply (UPS) for your Backup Exec server during the installation. A UPS helps ensure that you do not have a failed installation due to a power outage.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">• Install Backup Exec to a drive that is neither compressed nor encrypted if you use SQL Express for the Backup Exec Database.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">• Wait until after the installation to make configuration changes. Do not make configuration changes during the installation.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">• Run the installation wizard from the local server, from a DVD image on the local server, or by push-installing from the local server.</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The following best practices are for after the installation process or the upgrade process:</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">• Run Symantec LiveUpdate to check for any Backup Exec updates.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">• Run Microsoft Windows Update. Backup Exec uses many Microsoft technologies that may have been updated since Backup Exec's release.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">• Monitor your disk space regularly to prevent disk space problems. Backup Exec's space requirements vary depending on usage and installed options. The requirements in the Administrator's Guide do not include space estimates for the Simplified Disaster Recovery files, catalogs, or job logs, for example.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">• Consult any of the following resources on the Help and Documentation menu if you have questions or difficulties:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">o Use the Administrator's Guide for comprehensive information about Backup Exec.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">o Use the Backup Exec Help for searchable, topic-based documentation.</span></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0