Backup Exec 21 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)
- Updating Backup Exec with Veritas Update
- 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
- About the Job Monitor
- About the Job History
- Viewing the job log
- Error-handling rules for failed or canceled jobs
- 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
- Changing network and security options for Backup Exec
- 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
- Instant Cloud Recovery
- Preconfigurations to be completed in the Azure portal
- GDPR Guard
- 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
- Integration with Veritas SaaS Backup
- Forever Incremental Backup
- 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
- About establishing trust for a vCenter/ESX(i) server
- 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
Editing backup definitions
You can edit existing backup definitions. You can modify any existing backup definition's backup selections or the backup job settings for any backup jobs that it contains. The backup selections include any servers, volumes, or data that you have selected to back up. Backup job settings can include scheduling options, storage device options, or backup methods for selected types of data, for example.
You can also add a stage to an existing backup definition to duplicate your backup data or create virtual machines with your backup data.
See Adding a stage to a backup definition.
If you choose to edit more than one backup definition at once, you can edit only the properties that the definitions have in common. For example, if you choose to edit two backup definitions at once and the definitions use different schedules, you cannot edit the schedules. If you do not see the settings that you want to edit, repeat this procedure, but select only one definition to edit at a time.
Note:
You cannot edit a backup definition while one of its backup jobs is running.
This topic includes the following procedures:
To edit a backup definition's backup selections or select user shares to back up
To edit a backup definition's job settings
To edit a backup definition's backup selections or select user shares to back up
- Do one of the following:
To edit backups from the Backup and Restore tab
Complete the following steps:
On the Backup and Restore tab, do one of the following:
To edit backups for a single server, right-click the server name.
To edit backups for multiple servers, Shift + click or Ctrl + click the server names, and then right-click one of the selected servers.
Click Edit Backups.
Note:
If the server or servers that you selected have multiple backup definitions, select the definitions that you want to edit on the Backup Job Selection dialog box and then click OK.
To edit backups from the Job Monitor tab
Complete the following steps:
On the Job Monitor tab, do one of the following:
To edit a single backup, right-click the job name.
To edit multiple backups at once, Shift + click or Ctrl + click the job names, and then right-click one of the selected jobs.
Click Edit.
To edit backups from the Storage tab
Complete the following steps:
On the Storage tab, double-click the storage device or storage pool for the backup that you want to edit.
On the Job History pane, do one of the following:
To edit a single backup, right-click the backup.
To edit multiple backups, Shift + click or Ctrl + click the backups and then right-click one of the selected backups.
Note:
You can only edit any backup jobs that have previously run from the Storage tab.
Click Edit Backup.
- In the Selections box, click Edit.
To add additional servers to the backup definition:
Click the Add (+) button.
Select the server or servers that you want to add to the backup definition. You can also click New Server to add a new server to Backup Exec.
Click OK.
- Select the data that you want to back up.
Servers are selected in their entirety by default. If you do not want to back up the entire server, double-click the server name to see all of the contents. Select the check boxes for each item that you want to back up.
Note:
Deselecting a server's critical system components creates backup sets that cannot be used for some restore scenarios.
- Click OK.
- When you are finished editing the backup definition, click OK on the Backup Properties dialog box.
To edit a backup definition's job settings
- Do one of the following:
To edit backups from the Backup and Restore tab
Complete the following steps:
On the Backup and Restore tab, do one of the following:
To edit backups for a single server, right-click the server name.
To edit backups for multiple servers, Shift + click or Ctrl + click the server names, and then right-click one of the selected servers.
Click Edit Backups.
Note:
If the server or servers that you selected have multiple backup definitions, select the definitions that you want to edit on the Backup Job Selection dialog box and then click OK.
To edit backups from the Job Monitor tab
Complete the following steps:
On the Job Monitor tab, do one of the following:
To edit a single backup, right-click the job name.
To edit multiple backups at once, Shift + click or Ctrl + click the job names, and then right-click one of the selected jobs.
Click Edit.
To edit backups from the Storage tab
Complete the following steps:
On the Storage tab, double-click the storage device or storage pool for the backup that you want to edit.
On the Job History pane, do one of the following:
To edit a single backup, right-click the backup.
To edit multiple backups, Shift + click or Ctrl + click the backups and then right-click one of the selected backups.
Note:
You can only edit any backup jobs that have previously run from the Storage tab.
Click Edit Backup.
- In the Backup box, click Edit.
- In the left pane, select the backup job setting that you want to modify.
The options vary depending on what you selected to back up.
- Make any necessary changes.
- When you are finished modifying any applicable options for the backup, click OK.
- When you are finished editing the backup definition, click OK on the Backup Properties dialog box.
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