Recent content by Fuubar

Is Backup Exec 9 local or remote to Exchange? If the Exchange cluster is remote, make sure you have the 9.0 remote agent installed on each node.

Was 9.0 an upgrade? -Tools|Wizards|Open File Option Wizard; make sure you don't have crazy numbers for initial size and max size of the OFO static volume. With 9.0, these stats are in %, not in Mb. In my case, the #'s for these fields migrated over for some reason so I had 250 and 5000 for...

Errors like yours during verify indicate a hardware problem occurred pertaining to the read heads in the tape drive. -Check error statistics for the tape drive by going into Properties|Statistics tab on the drive. -Clean tape drive twice w/new cleaning cartridge or whatever method you use to...

ih8MSos 's post would be relevant if you were using Backup Exec 8.x; but BE 9 isn't using Netbios or RPC to talk on the network. Additionally, logon credentials are only used by the remote agent on the remote server; not from the BE server anymore. I had to work on this w/V support to get it to...

Through trial and error I set this up for a client two weeks ago. Say you have 1 BE media server and 1 remote server. 2 ports are required on the backup server side and 2 ports on the remote server/remote agent side. If you need to do multiple simultaneous backups, this will require more ports...

Check the System log in Event Viewer for event id's 7, 9, 11, 15 coming from a source of scsi controller or tape drive. 1. disable/delete the tape drive in BE|Devices tab. 2. Close BE. 3. Download latest drivers for 8.6: http://seer.support.veritas.com/docs/253800.htm 4. Run the file by...

I am a consultant and set up backup schemes for clients. Frankly, I have used BE more. I hate the Arcserve UI. But the main reason I went to BE is CA/Arcserve support is horrible. Good luck getting a hold of anyone at CA for help. Even once you do, it just isn't the same as Veritas support...

Can you select the mailboxes? Or when you select them are you prompted over and over for the unique mailbox name? The above is important as there are various reasons why this isn't working. I have fixed this for clients I've consulted in following ways: -Delete, then recreate the mailbox for...

Don't need to backup shares in addition to C: and D: drives or it would be a redundant backup. Yes, if your OS (\winnt) is on C: then backup C: drive to include \winnt\system32 AND the system?state.

No. If you want BE to backup to specific slots on specific days, there is no other way because with a loader it is random as to what tape it picks when multiple slots are available.

Skimmed a lot of the posts here. I agree with a fair amount except for the incessant WHINING! Learn how to write a program! Can any of you write code? If so, try writing code to run on top of Windows. Now try to write that code for Windows 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000, SQL, Exchange, etc. Now make that...

Don't friggin do it, go to 8.6. 9.0 is a mess. If you must, put it on non-production servers and test it. I suggest putting 8.5 on a test box then try the upgrade. Don't be a fool and rush out there to install this on your production servers. Test it first. Version x.0 of any software is not...

SQLBill is right on. amangangan....he's using SQL2K, the truncate log on checkpoint is SQL7....

Dude, work through this, you can do it!! Tools|Options|Media Overwrite...set to Partial-No Prompt. Media tab, right-click the media set, choose Properties and now set the Overwrite Protection to say 0 hours for no overwrite protection at all. Cmon man......

I second the opinion of BlindSteve; you really need to investigate the SQL Slammer Worm thoroughly. I also urge you to take bytehd's advice as well. You are really going blind on this one if you are not running packet sniffing software in conjunction with a network monitor app to find out what...