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An IT vendor (SYMC) providing many products like Symantec Endpoint Protection and Backup Exec.

Symantec is a large Information Technology vendor of products like Symantec Endpoint Protection and Backup Exec. Official company website is http://www.symantec.com/

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Best backup strategy with Symantec Backup Exec?

I am not proficient in the use of Symantec Backup Exec, I will like to know what is the best known backup strategies for a simple file server. I have 5 LTO 3 cartriges new and available to start this strategy but don't know what will be the best…
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Ghost Solution Suite: Booting over PXE to WinPE for re-imaging, then booting to installed OS

I have 40 networked computers that need to be re-imaged each night over a network via an automatic and unattended process. This is to reset the computers to a default state, as well as update the computers to the latest software loads. I'm using…
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Configure Symantec Netbackup to send mails about successful and failed backups

I have Symantec Netbackup 7.0 on windows 2008. I have configured backup jobs. I want it to send me notofications about successful and failed backups. I can receive notifications about failed backups not about successful ones. I have done the…
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Cannot get Backup Exec 11d to recognize my RDX device on windows server?

We have Backup Exec 11d for windows server running on windows server that currently backups up our data on tape drive. We purchased an 500GB RDX drive to replace the tape drives but cannot get Backup Exec 11d to recognize our RDX device on windows…
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How many Symantec Backup Exec agents do I need?

I will be deploying Backup Exec 2010 R3 to an environment with multiple Windows Server 2008 R2 Domain Controllers. Do I need to backup Active Directory off of each DC? If yes, would I need a BE Active Directory Agent license for each DC?
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beremote.exe high cpu utilization

I have x64 windows 2008 R2 domain controller running on a VM with Symantec Backup Exec Remote Agent Utility installed. Every night when backups run my nagios warns me that CPU utilization is 96% for about 3-4 hours while the backup is running. The…
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Symantec Endpoint Protection Virus Definitions

I have done some Googling but I cannot get a definitive answer certainly not from the Symantec KB. I have a Virtualised Win 2003R2 server 32bit. It has been provisioned to me with Symantec Endpoint Protection 11.0.62xxx CLIENT (not a definitions…
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Symantec backupexec troubleshooting issues with a Dell Robotic tape Library in Windows 2003

I’m running Symantec BackupExec 12.0 on a Windows 2003 server. After I powered down my SCSI tape drive (Dell PowerVault 124t autoloader) it no longer shows up in Backup Exec in the device pool. So far, I have updated firmware on the tape unit…
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Installing Symantec Endpoint Protection clients via group policy in a mixed environment

we're upgrading to Symantec Endpoint Protection 12 using group policy in a mixed environment from SAV 10. how can we tell which machines are 32-bit v. 64-bit? we tried looking at the properties in AD Users and Computers to no avail thinking we'd…
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Calculate rate of changed data

I'm looking to deploy Symantec Backup Exec 2010 and I am trying to figure out how much storage my media server should have to allow for adequate growth and retention periods. 2010 offers block level de-duplication which changes the game…
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Symantec Endpoint Protection - Replicating my sites

I have Symantec Endpoint Protection Installed on a Windows Server 2003 machine, this has VPN links to two other offices with Windows Server 2003 machines. I am trying to replicate Symantec Endpoint Protection to these machines. I have installed the…
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Symantec VPN equivalent for Linux client

I have a customer that I connect to via Symantec Client VPN (v9 if that matters) on Windows. I'm doing some tidying up and was wondering if there was a simple way to be able to connect to the same vpn endpoint from a Linux desktop. Unfortunately I…
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UEFI pxe boot Ghost for Windows 10 deployment

I need to use ghost cast server to image upcoming Win 10 machines. Unfortunately I have to use ghost for legacy reasons. Is it possible to network boot uEFI pxe computers and image GPT partitioned with the latest ghost cast server?
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Files deleted every day

I have a folder of video files and every day at 10pm, most of the files are deleted leaving just the folder structure. \Device\HarddiskVolume3\Video_Library\DM\ Users have the folder Video_Library mapped. I have removed delete permissions for all…
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SHA-2 issues with Verisign root on OS 10.9 Mavericks?

I'm using a Secure Site Pro with EV certificate from Verisign/Symantec, with a full SHA-2 root chain. Everything is great - except for Mac OS 10.9 (Mavericks), that complains the certificate is signed by an untrusted authority. This is not occuring…
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