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Symantec Exec Backup 2010 R3 bugs out with not enough space when it clearly can reuse overwritable items

I'm having some problems with my backup. It's acting strange. Even that I have a lot of over writable items in Media Sets and manages to backup some stuff it fails for other. Backup- D:Storage device "Backup-to-Disk Folder 0001" reported an …
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LastCounter and LastHelp values of the performance registry are corrupted and need to be updated

I'm on a x64 Server 2008 system. I'm seeing these 2 error messages in my event log periodically: WARNING: The LastCounter and LastHelp values of the performance registry are corrupted and need to be updated. The first and second DWORDs in the…
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Firewall blocking backups

I currently have two database servers (SQLMS) and two web servers (IIS) that host several websites. Between the two sets of servers lies a PIX firewall unit. I am fairly new to the company and am very limited on the configuration of the network…
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tool for sizing backup target

I was wondering if anyone had any recommendations on tools or ways to calculate out what your backup-to-disk target should be sized at for Backup Exec? I'm working on a project for a customer and we have the data sizing and their desired retention…
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Hyper-V host w/SCVMM & Backup Excec

I wanted to get any feedback with installing Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager on our Hyper-V host that also has Symantec Backup Exec 2010. Our host is running as a member of the domain, and has Backup Exec 2010 installed. We would…
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Hyper-V and Backup Exec 2010

We are using Backup Exec 2010 R2 with the Hyper-V agent installed on our Hyper-V host. THe backup exec media server is also installed on the Hyper-V host. When we backup our VMs, BExec backs up the entire VHD file even if the file is not full? We…
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Restore old Backup Exec tapes with NTbackup

I've got old backup tapes made with previous versions (v10 and v12) that I need to pull data from (related to this prior question). I have a machine set up with Windows Server 2008 and a trial version of Backup Exec 2010. It appears to be able to…
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How well does backupexec work with Linux and archive format?

Having read this server fault question , people said that Backup Exec's Linux support is not as good as Netbackup. Has anyone had a good amount of experience with using backup exec with Linux, if so, how was it? Also, for both Netbackup and Backup…
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Restore Backup Exec tapes without Backup Exec running

I've got old backup tapes I need to pull data from that were created with Backup Exec some years ago, but unfortunately we no longer run Windows servers on our network. Our entire tape backup system is running on an Ubuntu Lucid server setup now…
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Cannot get Backup Exec to backup Exchange

I have a media server, Windows Server 2008 SP2 running Backup Exec 2010 R2. The SQL and other Windows agents work but I cannot backup the Exchange 2010 server running Windows Server2008 R2. I have the correct license for the Exchange agent -…
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Backup Exec backup-to-disk folder creation - Access denied

I'm having a difficult time creating a backup-to-disk folder in Symantec Backup Exec 12.5 and Backup Exec 2010. The backend storage is a Nexenta/ZFS-based NAS filer sharing the volume via CIFS. I've also seen the issue on other *nix-based NAS…
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Backing Up Exchange Server 2010 with Backup Exec 2010 on a 32 Bit Server

I have recently purchased a shiny new (x64) server which is running Exchange 2010, replacing my old Exchange 2003 install. The trick seems to be that Symantec's Backup Exec 2010, which is running on a 32 bit server, will not backup the Exchange…
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SBS 2008 Sharepoint Database good Memory Limit

I manage a small network running on Small Business Server 2008. Lately, the Sharepoint embedded database is getting out of control with its memory usage. I've got a total of 16 GB of RAM on this server, and the Sharepoint database sometimes uses…
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Problems restoring using Backup Exec 10D on Exchange 2003

Backup Exec 10D, Win2K3 SBS, Exchange 2003. I'm trying to do a restore job from a tape on exchange which only houses 1 mailbox store. I've created the Recovery Storage Group and linked it to the original Mailbox Store, made sure that it was…
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Can Backup Exec 2010 Policy "steps" be bound to specific selection lists?

I'm trying to make a policy like this: Step 1: Backup everything in full Step 2: Come back and do transaction log backups on SQL/Sharepoint (with truncate) Step 3: Verify Backups. But when it comes time to select selection lists (upon policy saving)…
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