Veritas Backup Exec 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 Veritas 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
- Integration with Veritas™ Information Map
- Appendix A. Veritas Backup Exec Agent for Windows
- About the Backup Exec Agent Utility for Windows
- Appendix B. Veritas Backup Exec Deduplication Option
- Creating or importing deduplication disk storage
- Selecting storage devices for direct access sharing
- Appendix C. Veritas 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. Veritas 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. Veritas 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. Veritas Backup Exec Agent for Microsoft Exchange Server
- Backing up Exchange data
- Appendix G. Veritas Backup Exec Agent for Microsoft SharePoint
- Backing up Microsoft SharePoint data
- Appendix H. Veritas 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. Veritas 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. Veritas Backup Exec Agent for Microsoft Active Directory
- Appendix K. Veritas Backup Exec Central Admin Server Option
- 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. Veritas Backup Exec Advanced Disk-based Backup Option
- Appendix M. Veritas Backup Exec NDMP Option
- 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. Veritas 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. Veritas 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
Backing up Microsoft SharePoint data
The Agent for Microsoft SharePoint enables network administrators to perform backup operations on any Microsoft SharePoint installations that are connected to a network. SharePoint backups can be integrated with network backups without separate administration or dedicated hardware.
For more information about the specific types of SharePoint content that you can back up, see the following topics:
Backup Exec's dynamic inclusion feature automatically protects any new resources that were added after a backup job was created. If Backup Exec discovers that you added a new resource as a child to a protected resource, it automatically backs up the new resource. Because the backup job may include new resources, the job may require more storage space and more time to run than you anticipated.
You can set backup job default options for all SharePoint backup jobs. Each time you create a backup job, the job uses the default options unless you change the options for that particular job.
Note:
Many backup options are available that are not described in the following procedure. For information on more backup options and methods, see the following topic:
See Backing up data.
To back up Microsoft SharePoint data
- On the Backup and Restore tab, right-click the SharePoint server or farm that you want to back up.
To back up multiple servers, Shift + click or Ctrl + click the server names, and then right-click one of the selected servers.
- Select Backup, and then select the type of backup that you want to perform.
- On the Backup Definition Properties dialog box, in the Selections box, click Edit.
- On the Backup Selections dialog box, check the resources that you want to back up and uncheck the resources that you do not want to back up.
- Click OK.
- On the Backup Definition Properties dialog box, in the Backup box, click Edit.
- On the Backup Options dialog box, in the left pane, click Schedule, and then select the schedule for this job.
- On the Backup Options dialog box, in the left pane, click Storage, and then select the storage device that you want to use for the backup job.
- On the Backup Options dialog box, in the left pane, clickMicrosoft SharePoint.
- Set any of the following options for this job:
Perform a consistency check before the backup of any Microsoft SQL databases used by Microsoft SharePoint
Choose if you want to run a full consistency check (including indexes) of the Microsoft SQL databases that Microsoft SharePoint uses before you back up the databases.
Continue with the backup if consistency check fails
Choose to continue with the backup operation even if the consistency check fails.
Backup method
Specify one of the following backup methods that you want to use for this job:
Full - Back up databases
Backs up the entire database.
Full Copy - Back up databases (copy)
This option backs up the entire database without affecting future differential or log backups.
Unlike the Full backup method, the Full Copy backup method does not reset the differential baseline that is used to indicate the database blocks that have changed since the last full backup.
After making a full backup, you can use the Full Copy backup method to make a copy of a database without affecting the baseline backup set required to run future differential backups.
Use Backup Exec Granular Recovery Technology (GRT) to enable the restore of individual items from the database backup
Choose if you want to enable the restore of individual documents, images, sites, subsites, lists, and list items from database backups. You must have a current version of the Agent for Windows on the SharePoint server when you run the GRT-enabled backup job.
Backup method
Specify one of the following SharePoint-specific backup methods that you want to use for this job:
Full - Back up databases
Backs up the entire database.
Full Copy - Back up databases (copy)
This option backs up the entire database without affecting future differential or log backups.
Unlike the Full backup method, the Full Copy backup method does not reset the differential baseline that is used to indicate the database blocks that have changed since the last full backup.
After making a full backup, you can use the Full Copy backup method to make a copy of a database without affecting the baseline backup set required to run future differential backups.
Differential - Back up database changes since the last full
Backs up only the changes made to the database since the last full backup.
Differential (block-level) - Back up database changes since the last full
This option backs up all of the blocks of data and transaction logs that have been created or modified since the last full backup.
Incremental (block-level) - Back up database changes since the last full or incremental
This option backs up all of the blocks of data and transaction logs that have been created or modified since the last full or incremental backup.
Log - Back up and truncate transaction log
Backs up the data that is contained in the transaction log. This method does not back up database data. After the transaction log is backed up, committed transactions are removed (truncated).
If the databases are configured for the SQL Server simple recovery model, log backups are not supported. To change the recovery model, use the SQL administration tools to set the recovery model to Full. You should run a new full backup if you change the recovery model before a log backup is run.
Use Backup Exec Granular Recovery Technology (GRT) to enable the restore of individual items from the database backup
For this job, choose if you want to enable the restore of individual documents, images, sites, subsites, lists, and list items from database backups. You must have a current version of the Agent for Windows on the SharePoint server when you run the GRT-enabled backup job.
- On the Backup Options dialog box, click any of the optional settings in the left pane that you want to set for this job.
- Click OK.
- In the Backup Definition Properties dialog box, click OK.
See Changing default backup job settings.
See Backing up data.