When you eject a tape it is marked as offline and media location will be blank if you look in the media tab of backup exec. To eject media from a drive on the navigation bar, click devices expand the server icon, and then select the drive. Configure the backup exec advanced diskbased backup option adbo addon feature to perform synthetic backups offline to get around short backup windows. Vmware does not support tape devices connected to esxi via fibre channel for vm passthrough. So, i have create two logical partitions, for test, but no luck.
Author, teacher, and talk show host robert mcmillen shows you how to delete a storage device in backup exec 15. Manual database backup azure devops microsoft docs. Do not install tape diagnostic tools when backup exec services are running. Does anyone know if its possible to configure a backup in backup exec 11d so that it will back up to an hp tape drive that is physically connected to. Alert backup exec doesnt follow policy will actually. I recently found that my script that pushes jobs to bu with. Restoring filesfolders from tape backup techspot forums. On this same server, i installed later backup exec 2012 on a sql instance created by sql server 2008 express. Tape renewal from backup exec im trying to implement veeam 8 patch 3 as my primary backup solution for tape backup after using backup exec for years. In the select a backup exec edition license to install on the computer field, select the backup exec edition to install. For backup exec 15 and later, you must have the database encryption key that was used to encrypt the backup exec database.
Hp ultrium 5 lto drives dropping offline using backup exec. Neglecting any of these configurations forces vms to go offline during a backup, resulting in a loss of service during backup operations. Bringing storage devices online after an unsafe device removal event in a san. From my work with be 2012 so far, it appears the answer is. You can back up your data to virtual tapes, archive the tapes, and manage your virtual tape library. At the least have whoever is in charge set a time when old backups can be deleted, like. They would swap the drives out weekly, so each drive would be offline for as much as 3 weeks. Check the check boxes for the agents or features you want to install. Moving from backup exec to veeam veeam community forums. Yes, we have two separate tape jobs one backup to tape another is file to tape. Offhost backup enables backup exec to move backup processing from the host computer, which is the remote computer that contains the volumes selected for backup, to the backup exec media server. Hotadd use virtual disk files from the backup exec server on the virtual machine.
Connect the tape device to the machine that will perform the. Hp ultrium 5 lto drives dropping offline using backup exec 2012 sp3 regarding the most recent posting, i havent looked at this in a couple of years but the last time i did we spent a lot of time and. Explore five common veritas backup exec error codes, which range from services not starting to backup storage readwrite errors, and their resolutions. Other issues may include tape drives or tape libraries that are offline, storage devices. However, cleaning the tape drive rarely corrected the problem. If the drive is running low in disk space and cannot accommodate the new backup file, the oldest backup file on the drive will be removed. Start by clicking on the yellow thing in the top left corner, then select configuration and settings, followed by backup exec settings as seen below. The backup exec library expansion option provides the ability to use additional tape drives within a multidrive tape library. Seen when trying to carry out a restore in bexec 2012, when you select the server you wish to restore, on the backup and restore tab, both the restore icon, and restore on the.
The sas tape exported using tape redirector and configured with backup exec may go offline after some manipulations run the backup job, inventory the tape, etc. Setting up backup exec 2010 r3 to use san transport mode for backups using avvi in windows 2008 r2 posted on july 7, 2014 by britv8admin 4 comments well if you have got to this page you probably. Solved backup exec how to restore from offline media. With veeam, it administrators can use flexible options to create copies of backups and store them on a different media, following the 321 rule for the backup and disaster recovery. D2d2t duplicate jobs which transfer data from disk to tape are insanely slow and nobody has yet solved this problem. Usually you can stopstart the be services and get the backup to run. Backup exec 2012 will not delete expired media sets. How to purge old backup to disks with backup exec the problem is there doesnt appear to be any form of cleanup process implemented we inherited this system so is there a usual way to. Stopdisable all symantec services check tape drivelibrary drivers in device manager and be sure. Specifically, one of the vss writers used to back up an application running on the. Right now, only one has actually been used by backup exec for backups. The azure backup offlineseeding process is tightly integrated with the azure importexport service that enables you to transfer initial backup data to azure by using disks.
Remove the tape diagnostic tools after the diagnostic tests are complete. Removable disks in backup exec 20122014 go into readonly. Use microsoft system center data protection manager with aws storage gateway. Six vm backup mistakes to avoid when backing up hyperv.
Disk to disk to tape backup in backup exec niktipss blog. How to perform a manual disaster recovery in backup exec. Adding or removing tape drives in a robotic library partition. You begin tape archival by removing the tape from the slot using your backup. Creating the backup exec operators beoper group manually for the remote media agent for linux about adding a linux server as a remote media agent for linux adding a linux server as a remote media agent for linux. Hp msl2024 tape library with a single hp sas lto6 tape drive.
Backup services or some thing like that backup live update. Connecting tape devices veeam backup guide for vsphere. To delete a scheduled job on the backup and restore tab or the storage tab, doubleclick the server or the storage device where the job is scheduled to run. So, i ran into this issue today where a customer running backup exec 12. When you edit the task it brings backup site server properties window, click enable this task, click set paths and set the path where you want to place the backup files of sccm 2012 r2. Subsequent backups failing report that the device is offline. Backup \\exchserver\microsoft information store\public folderv79573444617 the backuptodisk folder or the path for staging temporary data on the backup exec server must be on an.
You can also click the view details link to see more information. How to troubleshoot issues with a robotic library autoloader. The problem is that backup exec still tries to find two drives. Installing veeam agent for microsoft windows veeam agent. Then there is the actual door to the tape library that. Under media tasks in the task pane, select eject media to specify a job name or a job priority, in the properties pane, under settings, click general see general options for utility jobs if you want a person or group to be notified when the job completes, on the.
Exchange 2010 mailbox database backup and restore with. If you are running backup exec versions 10 or 11 you cannot perform. Moving the backup exec 2012 database to a new server with a new name. Testing your setup by using microsoft system center data. Backup exec 20 agents and options articles and howtos. Symantec backup exec 2012 restore option greyed out. Error with exchange server backup backup exec backup. Removing tapes from catalog veeam backup guide for hyperv. Introducing a windows 2012 domain controller into a 2008 active directory environment. Now, i try to uninstall backup exec 2012 with remove add program of windows server. Rightclick the scheduled job, and then click delete.
Incremental block level back up virtual machine changes since. Stop and disable removal storage service rsm windows server. Under media tasks in the task pane, select eject media to specify a job name or a job. Backup exec supports one of the most comprehensive lists of tape devices in the. You can restore file system data, system state data, backup exec shadow copy components, utility partitions. Is there a way to completely remove a tape drive f. Installing backup exec by using the installation wizard. These drives were all in one drive pool in backup exec.
Symantec backup exec wants exclusive lock on the tape drive. You are referring to backup to tape job which could be either linked to backup to disk job or to the whole repository in. Using symantec backup exec with the readynas answer. After clicking yes to confirm, the uninstall process shows that it will remove. But when the backup is setup to run in the evening on a schedule it. First we will define a backuptodisk folder as the backup share on the readynas, then follow up. Backup exec 2012 each configured unpluggable hard disk is tracked uniquely. What i found, which appears to be new to backup exec. It seems that d2d2t feature in backup exec 11d is buggy. So the other week i found myself with a shiny new rdx drive and an old sbs 2003 server running backup exec 11d. Backup exec 2014 jobs failing on hp proliant dl360 g6 with an. Backup exec has been around in one form or another since the early 1990s and has a reputation as one of the more reliable backup products on the market. The following are limitations of using backup exec with windows server 2012. Backup exec server communicate correctly with drive and library, but leave the drive out of the library as standalone.
They had performed all the usual steps, such as powercycling. Backup exec 15 tape library goes offline when backup launched. Adding servers that you want to back up to the list of servers on the backup and restore tab. Other issues may include tape drives or tape libraries that are offline. Everything work fine but i find that the tape that i. Click start control panel add remove programs or programs and features select the thirdparty backup application or tool, and then click uninstall. For the most part a disk cartridge in be 2012 is handled like tape. A current full backup of the computer to be recovered and any subsequent incremental and differential backups. Seed offline backup with the azure importexport service. Is there a way to completely remove the drive from backup exec storage so that it shows my robotic library with only one available drive. Backup exec will not perform an inventory job supertekboy.
It backs up onto a local drive and runs a script that copies the backup files onto a removable drive for offsite storage. Setting up backup exec 2010 r3 to use san transport mode. Adding servers that you want to back up to the list of servers on the backup and. How to delete a storage device in backup exec 15 youtube. After cataloging a media, you can then, on the storage device view the.
Backupassist will continue to remove backup files in age order as. Lets you browse the backup sets from a single server, and then restore the data. One is a mailbox door and that is what i use to addremove tapes from the library. They still use the same media set retention that backup exec has always used. Disk cartridge devices are not managed by our data lifecyle manament dlm, this was by design in the be 2012 product. Offline central admin server restore from a managed. Backup exec supports the backup of data on any volumes that have windows deduplication enabled. Using a command prompt to uninstall the agent for windows from a remote computer. I have tried to set the missing drive as offline and disabled, but it still seems to complain about the drive being offline.
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