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
Changing the order in which backup sources are backed up
After you make selections for a backup job, you can configure Backup Exec to process those selections in a certain order. You can create backup jobs where your most important backup sources are backed up first, for example.
You must select a backup source to reorder the source or any of its children. If a backup source is included dynamically in the backup, you cannot specify the order in which any of its children are backed up. Any time that you include or exclude a backup source, it creates an entry in the backup's selection details. You can reorder any of the entries that appear on the Selection Details tab.
There are some limitations to which backup sources can be reordered:
Any backup sources that reside on branches in the browse tree must be backed up together. Branches are containers for backup sources in the browse tree. Individual applications appear in the Backup Exec browse tree as branches. If you have a server which contains SharePoint, SQL, and Exchange data, each application appears as a branch. You can change the backup order of individual items on a branch, but you cannot change the order of items across multiple branches.
For example, if you want to back up a volume and a SQL database, each of the SQL instances must be backed up in succession. You can change the order in which the SQL instances are backed up. You cannot back up a SQL instance and then the volume before backing up the other SQL instances, however.
All of the data that resides on a specific backup source is treated as a single item. You can change the order in which the backup sources are backed up in relation to one another. You can also change the order in which the data on a backup source is backed up. However, you cannot reorder the data across multiple backup sources.
For example, if you back up two volumes, you can select which volume should be backed up first. You can also select the order in which the data on each volume is backed up. However, you cannot back up some of the data from one volume and then the other volume before backing up the rest of the data on the first volume.
Some system resources cannot be reordered. For example, Shadow Copy Components and System State backup sources must always be backed up last.
To change the order in which backup sources are backed up
- Create or edit a backup definition.
- In the Selections box, click Edit..
- Do one of the following:
To reorder the servers in a backup definition with multiple servers
In the left pane of the Backup Selections dialog box, use the up and down arrows to configure the order of the servers or applications.
Backup Exec backs up the servers or applications at the top first.
To reorder the backup sources within a server
Do the following:
In the left pane of the Backup Selections dialog box, select the server that contains the resources that you want to reorder.
In the right pane of the Backup Selections dialog box, select the Selection Details tab.
To reorder the backup sources when a server is selected in its entirety, you must insert the individual selections that you want to reorder:
Click Insert, and then select Insert Selection.
Select the backup source that you want to reorder, and then click OK.
Repeat this step for each backup source that you want to reorder.
In the right pane of the Backup Selections dialog box, use the up and down arrows to configure the order of the backup sources.
Backup Exec backs up the backup sources at the top first.
Click OK.
- Click OK.