General scheduled backups question

[IllegalOperation]

Hello all, I have my tape drive set up to run an "unattended backup" every night. When I come back the next morning, I notice there are no messages at all to confirm if the backup was successfully performed or not. When I go to the Scheduled Tasks under the System Tools feature of my server, it is giving me a "Last Result" code of 0x65. Is that the code I should be seeing? Unfortunately, both Veritas and Windows provides me with no answers with checking to see if the backup was successfull.

Is there a better way of verifying if the data was backed up or not? Thanks in advance..

 

[comtec17]

Check the activity monitor, it should tell you if it was successful or not.

 

[IllegalOperation]

Thanks comtec. I dont see the activity monitor anywhere however. Perhaps I have a later version of Backup Exec? All I can find is the Status and Result displays with the System Tools feature. Can you tell me where the activity monitor is located?

 

[SQLBill]

What version do you have? The interface should have tabs for Active Jobs, Media, Devices, etc.

-SQLBill

 

[IllegalOperation]

Version 4.8

This version is pretty silly - it doesnt give the status or any other critical information.

If I want to upgrade, can I just download the latest off the internet or do I need to purchase the new software? Thanks...

 

[IllegalOperation]

I apologize it is also the Desktop addition...

 

[SQLBill]

I think you'll have to purchase a new version, that's a very old version and probably isn't supported any more. It might even be an artifact <GRIN>. Veritas is up to version 9 of Backup Exec.

-SQLBill