I know there have been a fair number of posts on this, but none of the solutions seem to work for me. I have Backup Exec 12.5 and a terastation. I am trying to backup from the tera to our backup storage. Every time I try and backup through a user-defined selection list, it gives an error connecting to the remote agent. But I don't want it to use a remote agent!
This is all the information we have on using backup exec.
http://support.veritas.com/docs/254193
I've also heard that if you create a username and password that is used in backup exec on the buffalo that can help.
Good Morning
I am having real trouble getting to grips with Backup Exec 12.5. I have a Terastation pro11 1TB. I currently have it connect to our Gigabit Network and APC Smart UPS. I have it running on raid 5 and connected Via a network share. The OS is Windows Small Business Server 2003. The backup works perfectly this way using Exchnages own backup utility. However, Exchange backup is not reliable hence 12.5 Backup Exec.
My question is this. I have printed out I think 1750 Pages of setting up backup exec. But I simply dont know how to mate the unit to this software. I have read that you need to install the remote agent on the terastation first. If this is correct, do I load that software on the folder created backup, on the Terastation itself?
I am not new to servers, but I am certainly stuck on understanding the relationship between backup Exec and Terastation.
Your help would be most welcomed!
Kind Regards
John
You cannot put any software on the unit. It will Void your Warranty. Also we do not support back up Exec. You can search our Storge Solutions and possibly find other post by other users that can help you further.
Thank you for your Reply.
I do think think that as the Terastation if for SMB, then backing alone to the terastation is ill advised. I would have assumed there would be more details for connecting the device to some sort of software for a more granular robust backup solution.
But thanks for the short reply!
You can hook up an external HD to the TS and then backup from the TS to an external HD. You can set it up like this.
Saves as "yyyymmddhhmm\sourcename\data". Makes a new folder for each backup.
Saves as "_backups\sourcename\data". Does a complete backup every time, if a file is on the destination that is not on the source, it will not be deleted.
Saves as "_backups\sourcename\data". Does a complete backup every time, if a file is on the destination that is not on the source, it will be deleted.
Saves as "_backups\sourcename\data". Does a complete backup the first time, subsequent backups only send the changes. If a file is on the destination that is not on the source, it will not be deleted.
Saves as "_backups\sourcename\data". Does a complete backup the first time, subsequent backups only send the changes. If a file is on the destination that is not on the source, it will be deleted.
If this is unchecked, any overwrite backup will overwrite files already existing on the share. This is useful if you want a backup that seems to be mirrored exactly in structure. There will be issues if you backup 2 shares to a single share
Specify whether data should be encrypted when it is transferred for backup.
Specify whether data should be compressed when it is transferred for backup.
Create log files of the backup on the source folder.
If enabled, after a backup failure, subsequent scheduled backups will still be performed
Backup Operation mode: Select backup operation mode among the followings. - Normal Backup - Overwrite Backup (Complete/Append) - Overwrite Backup (Complete/Differential) - Overwrite Backup ?Append Backup? - Overwrite Backup (Differential Backup)
Behavior in each mode is as shown in the following table. Behavior differs largely depending on whether [Create folder from which backup source can be identified] on backup option is set.
Backup Operation mode | Create folder from which backup source can be identified | Backup source folder | Backup Result | Description |
---|---|---|---|---|
Normal | Set (mandatory) | /share | /target/(date&time)/share | Backup all files/folders under "/share". |
Normal | Set (mandatory) | /share/folder | /target/(date&time)/share/folder | Backup all files/folders under "/share/folder". |
Overwrite(Complete/Append) | Set | /share | /target/_backups/share | Files/folders existing only on / target/_backups/share are not deleted when in backup. And all files are overwritten every time when backup is performed. |
Overwrite(Complete/Append) | Set | /share/folder | /target/_backups/share/folder | Files/folders existing only on target/_backups/share/folder are not deleted when in backup. And all files are overwritten every time when backup is performed. |
Overwrite(Complete/Append) | Not Set | /share | /target | Files/folders existing only on target/ are not deleted when in backup. And all files are overwritten every time when backup is performed. |
Overwrite(Complete/Append) | Not Set | /share/folder | /target/folder | Files/folders existing only on target/folder are not deleted when in backup. And all files are overwritten every time when backup is performed. |
Overwrite(Complete/Differential) | Set | /share | /target/_backups/share | Files/folders existing only on target/_backups/share are deleted. And all files are overwritten every time when backup is performed. |
Overwrite(Complete/Differential) | Set | /share/folder | /target/_backups/share/folder | Files/folders existing only on target/_backups/share/folder are deleted. Even if there is any difference on /target/_backups/share layer, the files on the layer are not deleted. All files are overwritten every time when backup is performed. |
Overwrite(Complete/Differential) | Not Set | /share | /target | Files/folders existing only on /target are deleted. And all files are overwritten every time when backup is performed. |
Overwrite(Complete/Differential) | Not Set | /share/folder | /target/folder | Files/folders existing only on target/folder are deleted. Even if there is any difference on /target layer, the files on the layer are not deleted. All files are overwritten every time when backup is performed. |
Overwrite (Append) | Set | /share | /target/_backups/share | Files/folders existing only on /target/_backups/share are maintained as they are (not deleted). Only files which file size or time stamp has been changed are copied. |
Overwrite (Append) | Set | /share/folder | /target/_backups/share/folder | Files/folders existing only on /target/_backups/share/folder are maintained as they are (not deleted). Only files which file size or time stamp has been changed are copied. |
Overwrite (Append) | Not Set | /share | /target | Files/folders existing only on /target are maintained (not deleted). Only files which file size or time stamp has been changed are copied. |
Overwrite (Append) | Not Set | /share/folder | /target/folder | Files/folders existing only on /target/folder are maintained (not deleted). Only files which file size or time stamp has been changed are copied. |
Overwrite (Differential) | Set | /share | /target/_backups/share | Files/folders existing only on target/_backups/share are deleted. Only files which file size or time stamp has been changed are copied. |
Overwrite (Differential) | Set | /share/folder | /target/_backups/share/folder | Files/folders existing only on target/_backups/share are deleted. Even if there is any difference on /target/_backups/share layer, the files on the layer are not deleted. Only files which file size or time stamp has been changed are copied. |
Overwrite (Differential) | Not Set | /share | /target | Files/folders existing only on /target are deleted. Only files which file size or time stamp has been changed are copied. |
Overwrite (Differential) | Not Set | /share/folder | /target/folder | Files/folders existing only on / target/folder are deleted. Even if there is any difference on /target layer, the files on the layer are not deleted. Only files which file size or time stamp has been changed are copied. |
Hello,
I have a similar problem, with BE 12.5 on a SBS 2008 Server and a Terastation Rackmount with Bios V 1.41. The shared folders have user permissions with Active Directory users assigned to this share.
I create the users in BE, but get everytime an "Access denied".
Hi
Is there a function that allows auto back up at specific time each day if I leave both TS and an external HDD that is connected on?