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 disk cartridge properties
You can edit settings for the disk cartridge storage.
See Configuring disk cartridge storage.
To edit disk cartridge properties
- On the Storage tab, double-click the disk cartridge for which you want to edit properties.
- In the left pane, click Properties.
- Edit any of the following options:
Name
Displays the name of the disk cartridge. Disk cartridge names cannot exceed 128 characters.
You can rename the disk cartridge.
Description
Displays a description of the disk cartridge.
You can change the description.
Maximum file size
Displays the maximum file size on the disk cartridge. The data from the job is contained in a file on the disk cartridge.
The default value is 50 GB or the capacity of the disk cartridge media.
Preallocate disk space incrementally up to the maximum file size
Creates the file when the job starts by preallocating space incrementally, according to the size of the increment that you set in Preallocation increment. As the job uses the disk space, more disk space is preallocated up to the maximum file size. When the job completes, the file size is then reduced to the amount of disk space that the job used.
For example, if you enable preallocation and set the preallocation increment to 4 GB, then 4 GB of disk space is preallocated when the job starts. After the job uses 4 GB, then Backup Exec allocates another 4 GB. Disk space continues to be preallocated by 4 GB until the job completes. If the job only uses 13 GB of the 16 GB that was allocated, then the file size is reduced to 13 GB.
The default value is Disabled.
Preallocation increment
Displays the amount of disk space by which to increase the file size if the option to preallocate disk space is enabled. The file size increases by this increment as the job requires disk space, up to the maximum file size.
The default value is 1 GB.
Auto detect block and buffer size
Indicates if Backup Exec automatically detects the preferred settings for the block size and buffer size for the disk storage.
The default value is Enabled.
If you disable this setting, you can then choose the block size and buffer size to use.
Block size
Displays the size of the blocks of data that are written to new media in this disk cartridge if the option Auto detect block and buffer size is disabled. The default is the preferred block size.
Some storage devices provide better performance when larger block sizes are used. The preferred block size can range from 512 bytes to 64 kilobytes or larger. If you use the storage that supports larger block sizes, you can change the block size. However, if the option to change the block size is unavailable, you must configure the device to use a larger size.
See the manufacturer's documentation for help in configuring the storage.
Backup Exec does not ensure that the storage device supports the requested block size. If the requested block size is not supported, it defaults to its standard block size.
If the storage does not support block size configuration, this option is unavailable.
Displays the amount of the data that is sent to the disk cartridge on each read or write request if the option Auto detect block and buffer size is disabled. The buffer size must be an even multiple of the block size.
Depending on the amount of memory in your system, increasing this value may improve storage performance. Each type of storage requires a different buffer size to achieve maximum throughput.
If the preferred block size is greater than 64 KB, the default buffer size is the same as the default block size. If the preferred block size is less than 64 KB, then the default buffer size is 64 KB.
Low disk space - Critical
Displays the disk space threshold at which the color of the capacity bar on the Storage tab turns red to indicate critically low available space. Backup Exec does not send low disk space alerts for disk cartridge devices.
You can change the value of the threshold, but it must be less than the warning threshold.
The default value is 5%.
Low disk space - Warning
Displays the disk space threshold at which the color of the capacity bar on the Storage tab turns orange to indicate a low disk space condition. Backup Exec does not send low disk space alerts for disk cartridge devices.
You can change the value of the threshold, but it must be less than the low disk space threshold.
The default value is 15%.
Low disk space
Displays the disk space threshold at which the color of the capacity bar on the Storage tab turns yellow to indicate the first of three low disk space conditions. Backup Exec does not send low disk space alerts for disk cartridge devices. When the disk cartridge media reaches this threshold, the data lifecycle management feature immediately searches this disk cartridge media for expired backup sets that it can delete
You can change the value of the threshold.
The default value is 25%.
Auto detect settings
Indicates if Backup Exec automatically detects the preferred settings for read and write buffers for the disk cartridge.
The default value is Enabled.
Buffered read
Indicates the following when the setting is enabled:
You do not want Backup Exec to automatically detect settings for this disk cartridge.
You want this disk cartridge to allow buffered read, which is the reading of large blocks of data.
Enabling buffered read operations may provide increased performance.
The default value is Enabled. If you disable Auto detect settings, this setting also changes to Disabled.
Buffered write
Indicates the following when the setting is enabled:
You do not want Backup Exec to automatically detect settings for this disk cartridge.
You want this disk cartridge to allow buffered write, which is the writing of large blocks of data.
The default value is Enabled. If you disable Auto detect settings, this setting also changes to Disabled.
- Click Apply.
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