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
Verifying backed up data manually
Backup Exec can perform a verify operation to make sure that the media can be read after a backup job has been completed. Veritas recommends that you verify all backed up data to ensure the integrity of the collection of data and the media on which it resides. By default, Backup Exec automatically verifies backed up data at the end of a backup job. However, you can also schedule the verify operation to take place at a later time or disable the verify operation altogether. You can change Backup Exec's verify options as part of the default backup settings or for individual backup jobs.
See Configuring automatic verify operations for backup jobs.
You can also choose to manually run a verify operation on a backup set or a job history at any time. You can verify backup sets if you want to verify only the data that was backed up in a specific backup job instance. If you want to verify a backup definition and all of its dependent backup sets, you can verify a job history. For example, if you want to verify a backup definition that used incremental backups, Backup Exec verifies all incrementals dating back to, and including, the last full backup.
This topic includes the following procedures:
To verify specific backup sets
To verify specific backup sets
- On the Backup and Restore tab or the Storage tab, double-click the server or the storage device that is related to the backup set or backup sets that you want to verify.
- In the left pane, click Backup Sets.
Do one of the following:
To verify a single backup set, right-click the backup set.
To verify multiple backup sets, Shift + click or Ctrl + click the backup sets, and then right-click one of the selected backup sets.
- Click Verify.
- In the Schedule group box, select when you want Backup Exec to run the verify operation:
To run the verify operation immediately
Select Run now.
To schedule the operation for a later time
Select Run on, and then enter the date and time.
To schedule the job to run later using an external scheduling tool
Select Create without a schedule.
You can schedule the verify operation to run later using an external scheduling tool.
- Click OK.
- Do one of the following:
To verify a job history from the Backup and Restore tab or the Storage tab
Complete the following steps:
On the Backup and Restore tab or the Storage tab, double-click the server or the storage device that is related to the job history that you want to verify.
In the left pane, click Job History.
Do one of the following:
To verify a single job history, right-click the job history.
To verify multiple job histories, Shift + click or Ctrl + click the job history, and then right-click one of the selected job histories.
To verify a job history from the Job Monitor tab
On the Job Monitor tab, do one of the following:
To verify a single job history, right-click the job history.
To verify multiple job histories, Shift + click or Ctrl + click the job histories, and then right-click one of the selected job histories.
- Click Verify.
- In the Schedule group box, select when you want Backup Exec to run the verify operation:
To run the verify operation immediately
Select Run now.
To schedule the operation for a later time
Select Run on, and then enter the date and time.
To schedule the job to run later using an external scheduling tool
Select Create without a schedule.
You can schedule the verify operation to run later using an external scheduling tool.
- Click OK.