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
About backing up critical system components
Backup Exec is configured to automatically back up the critical system components that you need to perform a full system restore. Backing up critical system components ensures that you are capable of recovering your computers in the event of a disaster.
When all the critical system components are included in your backup job selections, the Simplified Disaster Recovery indicator on the selections pane reads ON. If you deselect one or more critical system component files, the indicator changes to OFF.
You must include all critical system components in your backup selections if you intend to use any of the following restore scenarios:
Simplified Disaster Recovery
Conversion to virtual machines
See How conversion of physical computers to virtual machines works in Backup Exec.
Complete online restore of a Microsoft Windows computer
See Performing a complete online restore of a Microsoft Windows computer.
Some restore scenarios are only available for certain data types and Backup Exec agents. Additionally, you must select a specific backup method for some data types if you intend to use a physical-to-virtual conversion or a backup-to-virtual conversion.
Table: Restore scenarios by data type
File System or Agent Name | Operating System and Applications Are Installed and Functional | Complete Online Restore Can Be Performed | Physical-to-Virtual Conversion Can Be Performed | Backup-to-Virtual Conversion Can Be Performed | Simplified Disaster Recovery Can Be Performed |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Active Directory | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Active Directory Lightweight | Yes | No | No | No | No |
CSV | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes |
EFI | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes |
Enterprise Vault | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Exchange Agent | Yes | No | Yes, any incremental or differential backups must use the block-level backup method | Yes, any incremental or differential backups must use the block-level backup method | No |
FAT | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Hyper-V Agent | Yes | No | No | No | No |
NTFS | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Oracle RMAN Windows Agent | Yes | No | No | No | No |
ReFS | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes |
Shadow Copy Components | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
SharePoint Agent | Yes | No | No | No | No |
SQL Agent | Yes | No | Yes, any incremental or differential backups must use the block-level backup method | Yes, any incremental or differential backups must use the block-level backup method | No |
System State | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Utility Partition | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes |
VMware Agent | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Windows Deduplication | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes |
You cannot individually select critical system components as backup selections. You must select the entire server to ensure that all critical system components are included in the backup. When you select to back up a server, Backup Exec includes all of the server's system devices and application agents. Backup Exec dynamically discovers and protects all critical and non-critical system devices and application agents.
You can explicitly exclude any non-critical devices or application data from the backup selections without affecting your ability to perform a full system restore. You can exclude Microsoft Exchange data from your backup, for example, and still use the backup sets to perform a disaster recovery.
The following system resources are considered critical and they must be included in backups if you want to be able to use the backup sets to perform a full system restore:
System volume (including EFI and utility partitions)
Boot volume (excluding operating system)
Services application volumes (boot, system, and automatic startup)
System State devices and volumes (including Active Directory, System Files, etc.)
Windows Recovery Partition (WinRE) on any applicable versions of Windows
For information about the best practices to use Backup Exec to protect critical system components, refer to Backup Exec Best Practices.