So you’ve been using a single tape drive for a while, and now you’ve upgraded and got a tape library with a barcode reader. How do you move over to using the barcodes, without losing your catalogs?
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There are no hard and fast rules about the lifespans of backup tapes. Ideally you want to get plenty of usage out of the tapes (as they’re expensive), but you don’t want to risk your data.
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So your Microsoft SQL Server has gone up in smoke, and you need to restore it from backup. How do you go about it?
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Is Backup Exec compatible with Microsoft Data Protection Manager 2007?
When you apply a hotfix to your media servers, you often need to also update your remote agents. In practice this sometimes gets missed for various reasons, so how do you determine what version of the remote agent is installed on your servers?
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If you have your media sets configured correctly, then you will usually find that your backup-to-disk folders remain a constant size. In some circumstances you may need to remove some backup-to-disk files in order to free up some space.
If you are using Backup Exec 11d build 6235, you'll no doubt be aware that build 7170 is available. Why upgrade? What does 7170 offer that 6235 doesn't?
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In versions of Backup Exec prior to 10d, the catdump utility allows you to dump the contents of the catalog files.
Can Backup Exec be used to automatically create a copy of a folder structure in a different location?
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Do you need to restore to dissimilar hardware? It might not be straightforward.