Backup Exec Agent Utility Help

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Product(s): Backup Exec (25.0)

Backup Exec Agent Utility Publishing options

You can set the following publishing options for the Backup Exec Agent Utility.

Table: Backup Exec Agent Utility Publishing options

Item

Description

Enable the Agent for Windows to publish information to the Backup Exec servers in the list

Indicates if the Agent for Windows sends information about itself, such as its version and IP address, to all of the Backup Exec servers in the list. The Backup Exec servers display the Agent for Windows in the list of servers.

By default, the name of the Backup Exec server that push-installed this Agent for Windows is displayed in this list. If the Agent for Windows is also a Backup Exec server, the name is displayed as 127.0.0.1.

To stop the information from being sent to all of the Backup Exec servers, uncheck Enable the Agent for Windows to publish information to the Backup Exec servers in the list. The list of Backup Exec servers is preserved, but the Agent for Windows does not send any information about itself to the Backup Exec servers.

Publishing interval

Displays an interval, in minutes, for the Agent for Windows to send information about its status to the Backup Exec servers in the list. The default interval is 240 minutes. This is the recommended setting to appropriately balance system responsiveness with network traffic. The maximum interval allowed is 720 minutes.

Change Settings

Enables the settings to let you add, edit, or remove Backup Exec servers in the list of servers in Backup Exec.

This option appears the first time you start the Backup Exec Agent Utility.

Add

Lets you add the Backup Exec server name or IP address to the list of servers in Backup Exec.

Edit

Lets you edit the Backup Exec server name or IP address in the list of servers in Backup Exec.

Remove

Lets you delete a Backup Exec server name or IP address from the list of servers in Backup Exec. The Agent for Windows no longer publishes information to the Backup Exec server. You cannot select the remote computer for backup from the Backup Exec server's Favorite Resources node.

Published names for this agent

Shows the names that are used when this remote computer is published. The names appear under a Backup Exec server's Favorite Resources.

These names can include the following:

  • The fully qualified domain name.

  • The computer name.

  • The NetBIOS computer name.

  • Virtual Service names, which are the names given to clustered resources that are hosted by the remote computer.

  • Oracle RMAN Real Application Cluster (RAC) name, which is the virtual name used by computers in a RAC for the computer that hosts the Oracle application. This name is displayed in a Backup Exec server's backup selection list under the Oracle RAC node.