Add my experience to the list. We used small business , then got talked into End of contract, all the agents go red and start barking that they are out of contract. So pretty much I just paid double this year to renew my backup exec. Oh, but it gets even better. Go to upgrade to Installer has a bitch fit. Fails every time. Get them on the phone.
Stop services, task manager, kill the one that hangs, run installer again. Still no? Over and over and over. Finally after many hours of this, They called back again this morning, and I just said HEY, I fixed it, close the ticket. Intend to do it manually tomorrow. Fuck you Veritas. When we come up for renewal next year, I will be ready to tell them I found something better. Update: After I finally got everything removed and the software running, all new full and incremental jobs set up on a total of 3 servers, set up alerts, etc..
Seemed to be running well. I closely watched it for a couple of weeks, and finally the disaster seemed to be in the past. But no…Fast forward 3 months, I realize the alerts for completion are missing something..
I go to the interface and all my jobs are gone. Just gone. So now I need to keep buying more dataspace?!? How much frigging money do I have to spend to just get a solution that works from them? For what will end up costing x more than we paid just 5 years ago for the one that worked. Our critical data is not negotiable to being held hostage.
All displays files and folder but when i try to save all gibberish data appear in them. I worked with support teams of Symantec and third party vendors and come to know that backupexec compress files data and files can not be usable unless decompress, i asked Symantec to provide me some utility to decompress but they deny stating that it is propitiatory. They charged us thousands of dollars but give nothing. They managed to make simple software into so complex beast that even they are not able to handle it properly.
I am so with you on all of this. I ran Windows Backup. It backs up completely, same stuff, to the same media, 1. Run Live Update. View the readme. Create a shortcut to Backup Exec on the Desktop. Click Finish after selecting the appropriate check boxes Note: A reboot may be required to complete the installation.
Choose Installation and Licensing - Live Update to download latest patches. Note: It is best to continue to run Live Update until it states that it is up to date.
This may take multiple attempts. After running LiveUpdate, it is necessary to push the updated agents to all remote agents. If no license keys are input, all agents and options are available in trial mode. Figure 18 Note: SQL requires an unencrypted and uncompressed drive as the installation location. The custom installation wizard is similar for BE and Figure 15 A Custom installation includes the option to install Veritas device drivers for all tape devices.
Note that Veritas drivers are not Windows Certification Tested. During the installation progress, click Continue Anyway if prompted about the device driver installation. Figure 16 Click here to navigate to the next step i. Installation Review. How to reinstall Backup Exec on the same server while saving settings, jobs definitions and current catalog information. Was this content helpful? Yes No Rating submitted. Please provide additional feedback optional :.
Cancel Submit. You are using Microsoft Internet Explorer! Acronis TRue image is similar to this but Acronis TI is one of the worst imaging products on the planet. Just try a restore and you will see. I have versions 3, 6. Has anyone tried installing this? I keep getting an error in the middle of installation about a missing installation file. They scatter all manner of junk all over your hard drive. When you uninstall, they leave all manner of crap behind.
My preferred app in this category is ShadowProtect. But this one stinks. Dunno if that is the latest, but if you get universal restore aswell, it works great. And yes, Symantec suxors. Why crack it?
Just use the universal keygen, then you can even get the updates. Your IP Address is. Location is.
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