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purging permanently deleted items from Exchange 2010 after backup

I am using BackupExec 2010 R3 and Exchange 2010. Full backups are taken weekly with a daily incremental. When looking at the output of Get-MailboxStatistics, I have noticed that the value for TotalDeletedItemSize is only growing. I believe this…
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What is included in a 'Server-State' Backup, and is it enough?

When using Veritas Backup Exec and selecting System State as a backup item, what exactly is backed up? Veritas seems to refer you to Microsoft, and Microsoft tends to be equally vague about what this backup includes. If I have a server running…
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Backup Exec 2012 - Global exclusions by directory name?

I'm kind of a n00b with BE, so forgive me if this should be obvious. With other backup systems in the past, we have had a general policy of excluding any folder named DoNotBackup. This provides a convenient means of omitting large and/or temporary…
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How to use Symantec Backup Exec with S3 Amazon Storage?

Is there any proven efficient way on how to use Symantec Backup Exect for Windows Servers to use S3 as one of the Devices to backup to. Even if it means to use a plug-in to make it work. thanks!
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Backup Exec-Should Exchange 2010 be backed up as DAG and individual servers?

I have two Exchange 2010 servers running a DAG. One server is onsite, the other is at a co-lo. I'm running Backup Exec 2012 to backup the DAG. My question is: Do i need to configure jobs to backup the information store on one of the individual…
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Unable to delete locked page file on SAN

I am running Symantec Backup Exec 12.5 on Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard x64 SP2 on 1 server for backups. I am running Microsoft Exchange 2007 Standard on another 2003 Server. I use Backup Exec to back up my Exchange database. When Backup…
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Restore Exchange 2003 database to disk on a server not running Exchange

I need to restore an Exchange 2003 database to disk on a server that is not running Microsoft Exchange, would that be possible? or would Backup Exec only restore to a server running Exchange? If it is not possible, how can i restore the database to…
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Is our planned backup strategy adequate for my new server insfrastructure?

We're in the process of setting up a new server for migrating the old ones. Basically we'll have a Windows Server (2003 or 2008) running 6+ virtual box servers (Windows and Linux development, applications, databases and a couple of testing…
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Strange Symantec Backup Exec behavior

On one of our main servers (a Poweredge R510 running Server 2008 R2 Standard 6.1.7601 SP1 Build 7601), we run Symantec Backup Exec 2010 R3 (Version 13.0 Rev. 5204, 64-bit). Each night, we have a scheduled task to back up our main shares/drives/etc…
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Backup Exec has lost compression ability

We are running Backup Exec 11d (Version 11.0 Rev 6235) The server is hooked up to an HP Ultrium 440 tape drive. It has been performing very well for a few years now, it has processed about 3-400 TB. Suddenly compression stopped working. So we…
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Backup Solution for Moderate Usage SQL 2005 Server

Instead of sticking with our normal Backup Exec & LTO Tape system that we've used for production servers in the past, I'm looking at alternatives for our new SQL 2005 server that will go live in about 2 months. What kind of software and hardware are…
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OST (openstorage) backups vs. Backup to Disk folders in BackupExec

Can someone explain the advantages (and disadvantages if there are some) of using OST (Symantec's Openstorage) for backups vs normal "Backup to Disk" folders in Symantec BackupExec? We have the ability to do so with our backup appliances and…
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Backup Exec - Restoring Offline Files Cache

We have a set of mobile users who use Windows XP SP3 offline files to synchronize changes between network shares and their laptops. We recently had an incident where a user's offline cache was not synchronizing and several weeks worth of changes…
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>Lotus Notes Backup Exec 12 restore options - Which one?

What do these restore options in backup exec mean when restoring a Lotus Notes database? Retain original IDs Select this option to restore the original database IDs. Assign new database ID Select this option to assign new IDs to the…
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BackupExec installed on fileserver. Is this a bad practice?

The previous admin installed Backupexec on our file server/domain controller, which makes me worry that if this server fails I won't be able to do a restore because the local BackupExec database will be lost. Is this correct? Or will I be able to…
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