Backup Exec 20.1 Administrator's Guide
- Introducing Backup Exec
- Installation
- Methods for installing the Agent for Windows
- Using a command prompt to install the Agent for Windows on a remote computer
- Using a command script to install the Agent for Windows
- Installing the Remote Administrator
- Installing Backup Exec using the command line (silent mode)
- Backup Exec license contract information
- About upgrading to Backup Exec
- Getting Started
- Backups
- Backing up data
- Restores
- How Backup Exec catalogs work
- Job management and monitoring
- Alerts and notifications
- Enabling active alerts and alert history to display on the Home tab
- Adding a recipient group for alert notifications
- Sending a notification when a job completes
- SNMP traps for Backup Exec alerts
- Disk-based and network-based storage
- Configuring disk storage
- Configuring disk cartridge storage
- Backup sets
- Cloud-based storage devices
- Amazon S3 cloud-based storage
- Google cloud-based storage
- Microsoft Azure cloud-based storage
- Private cloud-based storage
- About S3-Compatible Cloud Storage
- About the Backup Exec™ CloudConnect Optimizer
- Legacy backup-to-disk folders
- Legacy backup-to-disk folders
- Legacy backup-to-disk folders
- Tape storage
- Robotic libraries in Backup Exec
- Creating robotic library partitions
- Managing tapes
- Creating media sets for tapes
- Labeling tape media
- Default media vaults
- Storage device pools
- Storage operations
- Conversion to virtual machines
- Configuration and settings
- Using Backup Exec with firewalls
- Deleting DBA-initiated job templates
- Backup Exec logon accounts
- Reports
- Creating a custom report
- List of Backup Exec standard reports
- Troubleshooting Backup Exec
- Troubleshooting failed components in the SAN
- Generating a diagnostic file for troubleshooting Backup Exec
- Using Backup Exec in cluster environments
- Configurations for Backup Exec and Microsoft Cluster Servers
- Disaster recovery of a cluster
- Simplified Disaster Recovery
- Setting or changing the alternate location for the disaster recovery information file
- Creating a Simplified Disaster Recovery disk image
- Preparing to recover from a disaster by using Simplified Disaster Recovery
- Recovering a computer with Simplified Disaster Recovery
- Performing manual disaster recovery
- Integration with Veritas™ Information Map
- Appendix A. Backup Exec Agent for Windows
- About the Backup Exec Agent Utility for Windows
- Appendix B. Backup Exec Deduplication Feature
- Creating or importing deduplication disk storage
- Selecting storage devices for direct access sharing
- Appendix C. Backup Exec Agent for VMware
- Backing up VMware virtual machines
- About instant recovery of a VMware virtual machine
- About Recovery Ready for VMware virtual machines
- Appendix D. Backup Exec Agent for Microsoft Hyper-V
- Backing up Microsoft Hyper-V virtual machines
- About instant recovery of a Hyper-V virtual machine
- About Recovery Ready for Hyper-V virtual machines
- Appendix E. Backup Exec Agent for Microsoft SQL Server
- Backing up SQL databases and transaction logs
- Restoring SQL databases and transaction logs
- Disaster recovery of a SQL Server
- Appendix F. Backup Exec Agent for Microsoft Exchange Server
- Backing up Exchange data
- Appendix G. Backup Exec Agent for Microsoft SharePoint
- Backing up Microsoft SharePoint data
- Appendix H. Backup Exec Agent for Oracle on Windows or Linux Servers
- Configuring the Oracle Agent on Windows computers and Linux servers
- Configuring an Oracle instance on Windows computers
- Viewing an Oracle instance on Windows computers
- About authentication credentials on the Backup Exec server
- About backing up Oracle databases
- About restoring Oracle resources
- Appendix I. Backup Exec Agent for Enterprise Vault
- About backup methods for Enterprise Vault backup jobs
- Restoring Enterprise Vault
- About the Backup Exec Migrator for Enterprise Vault
- Configuring the Backup Exec Migrator
- About retrieving migrated Enterprise Vault data
- About the Partition Recovery Utility
- Appendix J. Backup Exec Agent for Microsoft Active Directory
- Appendix K. Backup Exec Central Admin Server Feature
- About installing the Central Admin Server feature
- What happens when CAS communication thresholds are reached
- About job delegation in CAS
- How to use Backup Exec server pools in CAS
- How centralized restore works in CAS
- Appendix L. Backup Exec Advanced Disk-based Backup Feature
- Appendix M. Backup Exec NDMP Feature
- About restoring and redirecting restore data for NDMP servers
- Viewing the properties of an NDMP server
- Viewing storage properties for an NDMP server
- Appendix N. Backup Exec Agent for Linux
- About installing the Agent for Linux
- About establishing trust for a remote Linux computer in the Backup Exec list of servers
- Editing configuration options for Linux computers
- About backing up a Linux computer by using the Agent for Linux
- About restoring data to Linux computers
- Editing the default backup job options for Linux computers
- Uninstalling the Agent for Linux
- Appendix O. Backup Exec Remote Media Agent for Linux
- About installing the Remote Media Agent for Linux
- About establishing trust for a Remote Media Agent for Linux computer in the Backup Exec list of servers
- About the Backup Exec operators (beoper) group for the Remote Media Agent for Linux
- About adding a Linux server as a Remote Media Agent for Linux
- Editing properties for the Remote Media Agent for Linux
- Creating a simulated tape library
- Viewing simulated tape libraries properties
- Appendix P. Accessibility and Backup Exec
- About keyboard shortcuts in Backup Exec
- Backup and Restore tab keyboard shortcuts
- Storage tab keyboard shortcuts
Storage tab overview in Backup Exec
On the Storage tab, Backup Exec provides overview information for each storage device that you configure. You can view details for each storage device. If you want to view details for all of the storage devices on a server, you can select multiple storage devices.
See Viewing details for multiple storage devices.
You can customize the columns that appear in the All Storage view. Different columns are available from the Tree view and from the List view. Depending on the view that you select and the storage devices that are available, only some of the columns described in the following table may appear.
See How to sort, filter, and copy information on the Backup Exec Administration Console.
Table: All Storage overview
Item | Description |
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Indicates the name of the storage device. By default, Backup Exec provides a name for the storage device based on the type of storage and an incrementing number, such as Disk storage 0001. You can change the name of the storage device in the storage properties. | |
Indicates the state of the storage device, such as if it is online, offline, disabled, or if services need to be restarted. | |
Identifies the parent device if there is a relationship between devices. Examples include a relationship between a tape library and a tape drive, or between a storage array and a virtual disk. This column only appears if you select the Views group at the top of the window. view from the | |
Identifies the Backup Exec server on which you configured the storage device. If you share the device between multiple Backup Exec servers, the device displays for each Backup Exec server. This column only appears if you select the Views group at the top of the window. view from the | |
Displays the type of storage that is associated with the device. The storage type can include tape drives, robotic libraries, disk storage, media sets, media vaults, cloud storage, and so on. This column only appears if you select the Views group at the top of the window. view from the | |
Indicates that an event or condition in Backup Exec has occurred for which a message is displayed or a response is required. | |
Indicates the estimate for the number of days of storage that is left for disk storage and virtual disk storage. | |
Displays storage capacity. Backup Exec provides overview information of used and free storage capacity, as well as capacity details for each storage that you configure. Storage capacity information is rolled up for any items that are collapsed under a storage type, such as a robotic library. The information that displays in the Capacity column includes all of the storage capacity of all of the collapsed items. When you expand the items, individual storage capacity information displays. Before capacity information can display for storage, you must inventory and catalog the storage. You can view storage capacity in the following places:
For disk storage and disk cartridge storage, you can set the thresholds for low disk space on the device property pages. See Editing disk cartridge properties. | |
Displays the total amount of storage space that is available on the device. For disk storage, this column indicates the size of the volume on which the disk storage is located. For disk cartridge storage, this column indicates the size of the cartridge in the disk cartridge. For tapes, this column indicates the used native capacity and total native capacity of the media. | |
Displays the amount of space that is used as storage, after any compression or deduplication operations have occurred. | |
Displays how much raw backup data is backed up, before compression or deduplication have occurred. For example, if you back up 100 MB of data ten times to a deduplication disk folder, the used space is 100 MB but the amount of the backup data written is 1 GB. | |
Displays the difference between Total Capacity and Used Space. | |
Displays the difference as a percentage between Total Capacity and Used Space. | |
Displays the number of storage operation jobs, backup jobs, and restore jobs that are running on this device. Click the text in this column to see more details of all jobs that are running or that are scheduled to run. | |
Displays the ratio of the uncompressed size of a file over its compressed size. | |
Average job rate | Disiplays the average speed of the jobs that run on this device. |