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
Managing preferred server configurations for Microsoft Exchange Database Availability Groups
Preferred server configurations are collections of one or more servers and sites that you select as preferred backup sources. Preferred server configurations take priority as backup sources in instances where database copies are replicated between multiple servers. You can create preferred server configurations for Microsoft Exchange Database Availability Groups (DAG).
You do not have to create a preferred server configuration to back up replicated database copies. You can let Backup Exec choose the best server from which to back up the replicated database copies. Designating a preferred server configuration gives you more control over your backup jobs. For example, you can select a local preferred server configuration to avoid having to back up replicated data over your WAN.
Backup Exec automatically includes the children of any site or DAG that you select as part of the preferred server configuration. To ensure that a backup is performed locally, you can select the local site as the preferred server configuration. Backup Exec selects from any of the local servers that belong to that site during the backup job. To ensure that a specific server is used for the backup, select only that server as the preferred server configuration.
You can create preferred server configurations for Microsoft Exchange Database Availability Groups. Preferred server configurations give you more control over your backup jobs since you can specify a preferred server from which Backup Exec backs up replicated data.
This topic contains information about the following subjects:
To create preferred server configurations
- Click the Backup Exec button, select Configuration and Settings, and then select Preferred Servers.
- Click New.
- Select an Active Directory forest that contains the Exchange DAG members that you want to specify as preferred servers for backup.
- Type a name for the group of preferred servers.
You must enter a name before the preferred server configuration can be created.
- Click New to enable the lists of available and selected servers from which you designate the preferred server.
- In the Available Servers list, select the servers and sites that you want to use in the preferred server configuration.
- On the Preferred Servers dialog box, click OK.
- On the Manage Preferred Servers dialog box, click OK.
To delete preferred server configurations
- Click the Backup Exec button, select Configuration and Settings, and then select Preferred Servers.
- Select the preferred server configuration you want to delete.
- Click Delete.
- Click OK.
You can designate a preferred server configuration to use as the default for all of your backup jobs that contain the appropriate replication data. When you back up data from a Microsoft Exchange Database Availability Group, you can set up Backup Exec to use your preferred server configuration that you selected as the default. You can override the selected preferred server configuration for specific jobs in the backup job settings.
When you designate a preferred server configuration to use as the default, it is not applied to existing backup jobs. The configuration is used for any subsequent backup jobs that you create.
To designate a default preferred server configuration
- Click the Backup Exec button, select Configuration and Settings, and then select Preferred Servers.
- Select the preferred server configuration you want to set as the default.
- Click Set as Default.
- Click OK.
If you no longer want the preferred server configuration to be the default, you can remove its default status.
To remove the default status for a preferred server configuration
- Click the Backup Exec button, select Configuration and Settings, and then select Preferred Servers.
- Select the preferred server configuration from which you want to remove the default status.
- Click Remove as Default.
- Click OK.