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  • Introducing backup exec
    • About backup exec
    • How backup exec works
  • Installation
    • Backup exec preinstallation checklist
    • Microsoft sql server express edition components installed with backup exec
    • System requirements for backup exec
    • Installing additional agents and features to the local backup exec server
    • Push installing backup exec to remote computers
    • Methods for installing the agent for windows
      • Push installing the agent for windows to remote computers
      • Installing updates to the agent for windows on remote computers
      • Installing the agent for windows in an active directory network
      • Using a command prompt to install the agent for windows on a remote computer
        • Using a command prompt to uninstall the agent for windows from a remote computer
      • Using a command script to install the agent for windows
        • Using a command script to uninstall the agent for windows
    • Installing the remote administrator
      • Running the remote administrator
      • Installing the remote administrator using the command line
    • Installing backup exec using the command line (silent mode)
      • Creating and using installation parameter files
      • Command line switches for silent mode installation of backup exec
    • About the installation log
    • Viewing the installation summary report
    • Repairing backup exec
    • Updating backup exec with veritas update
      • Application settings for veritas update
    • Viewing installed updates
    • Uninstalling backup exec updates
    • Backup exec license contract information
      • Managing license contract customer numbers
      • Updating expired license contracts
    • About upgrading to backup exec
      • Upgrade checklist for backup exec
      • Using the migration report to determine how existing jobs changed after an upgrade from a previous version of backup exec
    • Post installation tasks
    • Uninstalling backup exec
    • Uninstalling backup exec features from the local backup exec server
    • About the backup exec installation process and licensing options
    • Running the environment check before installing or upgrading backup exec
    • Uninstalling backup exec using the command line
    • Viewing license information
    • Installing backup exec by using the installation wizard
  • Getting started
    • About the backup exec administration console
    • Displaying the version information for backup exec
    • Locking and unlocking the backup exec console
    • How to sort, filter, and copy information on the backup exec administration console
    • Customizing views on the backup exec administration console
    • Configuring the home tab
      • Managing instance based usage
    • Configuring the rss reader
    • Creating a disaster preparation plan (dpp)
    • Getting started with backups
  • Backups
    • Recommendations for when to use virtual based backup and agent based backup
      • Differences between the traditional and the forever incremental backups of virtual machines
    • Improving backup performance in backup exec
    • Required user rights for backup jobs
    • About the list of servers on the backup and restore tab
    • Removing servers from the list of servers on the backup and restore tab
    • Creating a server group
    • Hiding or viewing server groups on the backup and restore tab
    • Removing servers from a server group
    • Moving servers to the retired servers server group
    • Moving retired servers back to the all servers server group
    • Removing server groups from backup exec
    • Backing up data
      • How backup exec backs up and restores volumes that are enabled for deduplication in windows
      • How backup exec backs up and restores volumes that are enabled with bit locker
      • How backup exec backs up and restores microsoft virtual hard disk (vhd) files
    • Changing the order in which backup sources are backed up
    • Including specific files with a backup job's backup selections
    • About backing up critical system components
    • Backup methods in backup exec
    • Configuring backup methods for backup jobs
    • How backup exec determines if a file has been backed up
    • Configuring backup exec to automatically delete files after a backup
    • Configuring network options for backup jobs
    • Running the next scheduled backup job before its scheduled time
    • Editing backup definitions
    • Testing credentials for backup sources
    • Replacing the credentials for a backup source
    • Creating new credentials for a backup source
    • Including a specific date in the schedule for a backup job
    • Adding a stage to a backup definition
    • Editing a stage
    • Duplicating backup sets or a job history manually
    • Running a test run job manually
    • How to prepare for your first backup with backup exec
    • Editing a server group
    • About selecting data to back up
    • Excluding files from backups
    • Preventing backup jobs from running on a specific date
    • Adding servers to a server group
    • Backup exec shadow copy components file system
    • Deleting retired or unused backup sources from the credentials pane
    • Copying data from a virtual tape library to a physical tape device using directcopy to tape
    • How job scheduling works in backup exec
    • Troubleshooting backup performance
    • Verifying backed up data manually
    • Adding servers that you want to back up to the list of servers on the backup and restore tab
    • Viewing all scheduled backup jobs on a calendar
  • Restores
    • Methods for restoring data in backup exec
    • Searching for data to restore
    • Restoring data from a server, a backup set, a backup job, or a storage device
    • Restoring file system data
    • Performing a complete online restore of a microsoft windows computer
    • Restoring system state
    • Installing a new windows server domain controller into an existing domain by using a redirected restore
    • Restoring backup exec shadow copy components
    • Restoring utility partitions or unified extensible firmware interface system partitions
    • About restoring encrypted data
    • About restoring netware sms volume backups to non sms volumes with backup exec
    • Canceling a restore job
    • How backup exec catalogs work
      • Moving the backup exec catalogs to a new directory
      • Configuring default options for catalogs
    • Cataloging backup sets
  • Job management and monitoring
    • About the job monitor
      • Viewing job activity details for active jobs
      • Holding the job queue
      • Running a scheduled job immediately
      • Run backup job with debugging enabled
      • Canceling an active job
      • Changing the priority for a scheduled job
      • Holding jobs
      • Removing the hold on the job queue
      • Deleting scheduled jobs
      • Removing the hold on jobs
      • Retrying only failed resources
    • About the job history
      • Viewing the history of a job
      • Deleting a job from the job history
      • Running a job from the job history
      • Retrying only failed resources from the job history
      • Run backup job with debugging enabled from the job history
    • Viewing the job log
      • Finding text in the job log
      • Printing the job log
      • Saving the job log
      • Linking from the job log to the veritas technical support website
      • Configuring default job log options
      • How to use job logs with vertical applications
    • Error handling rules for failed or canceled jobs
      • Creating a custom error handling rule
      • Enabling or disabling error handling rules
      • Deleting a custom error handling rule
      • Enabling an error handling rule for a failed job
      • Custom error handling rule for recovered jobs
    • Setting job status and recovery options
    • How to monitor and manage jobs in backup exec
    • List of job statuses in backup exec
  • Alerts and notifications
    • Alerts and notifications in backup exec
    • Where to find alerts in backup exec
    • Enabling active alerts and alert history to display on the home tab
      • Active alerts properties
    • Viewing the alert history for a server or a storage device
    • Deleting an alert from alert history
    • Copying alert text to a document or email
    • Filtering alerts
    • Viewing the job log from an alert
    • Responding to active alerts
    • Clearing all informational alerts manually
    • Setting up notification for alerts
    • Configuring email or text message notification for alerts
    • Adding recipients for notification
    • Adding a recipient group for alert notifications
      • Removing a recipient from a group
    • Editing recipient notification properties
    • Deleting recipients
    • Configuring alert categories
    • Assigning recipients to receive notifications for specific alert categories
    • Sending a notification when a job completes
      • Notification options for jobs
    • Enabling or disabling pop up alerts
    • Snmp traps for backup exec alerts
      • Uninstalling the windows management instrumentation provider for snmp
      • Installing and configuring the snmp system service
      • Installing the windows management instrumentation provider for snmp
      • Uninstalling the windows management instrumentation performance counter provider
      • Installing the windows management instrumentation performance counter provider
    • Disabling notifications for a specific alert category
    • Disabling email or text message alert notification for a recipient
    • Configuring default alert settings
  • Disk based and network based storage
    • Features and types of disk based storage and network based storage
    • Setting low disk space thresholds on disk based storage
    • Configuring disk storage
      • Changing the location of a disk storage device
      • Editing disk storage properties
    • How to restore data from a reattached or reinserted disk based storage device
    • Configuring disk cartridge storage
      • Editing disk cartridge media properties
      • Editing disk cartridge properties
    • How data lifecycle management (dlm) deletes expired backup sets on disk based storage
    • Backup sets
      • Retaining backup sets on disk based storage to prevent them from expiring
      • Releasing retained backup sets on disk based storage
      • Viewing the contents or properties of backup sets
      • Changing the expiration date of backup sets on disk based storage
    • Storage trending statuses for disk storage and virtual disks
  • Cloud based storage devices
    • About cloud based storage devices
    • Amazon s3 cloud based storage
      • Requirements for configuring an amazon s3 cloud based storage device
      • Configuring storage for amazon cloud storage
    • Google cloud based storage
      • Requirements for configuring a google cloud based storage device
      • Configuring storage for google cloud storage
    • Microsoft azure cloud based storage
      • Configuring storage for microsoft azure cloud storage
      • Requirements for configuring a microsoft azure cloud based storage device
    • Private cloud based storage
      • Deleting a cloud instance for a private cloud
      • Creating a cloud instance for a private cloud
      • Viewing and editing existing cloud instances for a private cloud
      • Requirements for configuring a private cloud based storage device
      • Configuring storage for a private cloud based storage device
    • About s3 compatible cloud storage
      • Configuring s3 compatible cloud storage with backup exec
      • Configuring s3 compatible cloud storage with v4 authentication in backup exec
        • Updating an s3 compatible cloud storage region with v4 authentication
        • Removing an s3 compatible cloud storage region with v4 authentication
    • About backup exec cloud deduplication
    • Notes for backup exec cloud deduplication
    • Cloud deduplication storage device
      • Requirements for configuring a cloud deduplication storage device
        • Updating disk cache size when you create or import cloud deduplication storage device
        • System requirements for configuring cloud deduplication storage
      • Deleting a cloud deduplication storage device
      • About cloud immutable (worm) storage support
      • Using the cloud admin command line tool
      • Configuring a cloud deduplication storage device
    • Notes for cloud based storage devices
    • Editing the properties of a cloud based storage device
    • About the backup exec™ cloudconnect optimizer
      • Configuring the backup exec™ cloudconnect optimizer
        • Editing the cloudconnect optimizer job
        • Deleting the cloudconnect optimizer job
    • Best practices for using cloud based storage
    • Changing default cloud storage settings
  • Openstorage devices
    • Prerequisites for configuring openstorage devices
    • Configuring an openstorage device
    • Data lifecycle management for worm enabled openstorage devices
    • Specifying a backup exec server that has proximity to a shared openstorage device
    • Editing the properties of an openstorage device
    • Notes for openstorage devices
  • Microsoft 365
    • About support for microsoft 365
    • Backing up microsoft 365 tenant data
    • Requirements for microsoft 365
    • Notes for microsoft 365
    • Restoring microsoft 365 tenant data
    • Limitations of microsoft 365
    • Configuring a tenant for microsoft 365
    • Recommendations for microsoft 365
    • Cas mbes scenarios in microsoft 365
    • Catalog operations for microsoft 365
  • Legacy backup to disk folders
    • Legacy backup to disk folders
      • Changing the name or description of a legacy backup to disk folder
      • Changing the buffered read setting for a legacy backup to disk folder
      • Recreating a legacy backup to disk folder and its contents
      • Restoring data from a legacy backup to disk folder
      • Changing the location of a legacy backup to disk folder
  • Tape storage
    • Support for tape drives and robotic libraries
    • Editing tape drive properties
    • Robotic libraries in backup exec
      • Configuring barcode rules for a robotic library
      • Requirements for setting up robotic library hardware
      • Inventorying robotic libraries when backup exec services start
      • Defining a cleaning slot
      • Editing robotic library properties
      • Initializing a robotic library when the backup exec service starts
    • Creating robotic library partitions
      • Adding or removing tape drives in a robotic library partition
      • Reassigning a slot base number for robotic libraries
      • Editing robotic library slot properties
      • Removing or reconfiguring robotic library partitions
    • Managing tapes
      • Default media sets
      • Overwrite protection periods and append periods in media sets
      • Creating media sets for tapes
        • Editing media set properties
      • Changing the overwrite protection period or the append period for a media set
      • Changing the name and description of a media set
      • Changing the media vault or vaulting periods for a media set
      • Deleting a media set
      • Renaming a media set
      • Media overwrite protection levels for tape media
      • Overwriting allocated or imported tape media
      • Viewing tapes that are used by a job
      • How backup exec searches for overwritable media in tape drives
    • Labeling tape media
      • Renaming a tape media label
      • How barcode labels become media labels for tapes
      • About labeling imported tape media
    • Default media vaults
      • Updating the tape media location in media vaults
      • Deleting a media vault
      • Moving tape media to a vault
      • Creating media vault rules to move tape media to and from media vaults
      • Changing the name or description of a media vault
        • Media vault properties
    • Deleting tape media
    • About cataloging tape or disk cartridge media that contains encrypted backup sets
    • Editing tape media properties
    • Tape media rotation strategies
    • How worm media is used in backup exec
    • Erasing tape or disk cartridge media
    • Adding or replacing devices with the hot swappable device wizard
    • Associating tape media with a media set
    • Retiring damaged tape media
    • Viewing tape drive statistics
  • Storage device pools
    • Specifying a default selection method for a device in a storage device pool
    • Viewing jobs, job histories, and active alerts for a storage device pool
    • Creating storage device pools
    • Adding or removing devices in a storage device pool
  • Storage operations
    • About storage operation jobs
    • Using the configure storage wizard
    • Viewing details for multiple storage devices
    • Sending a notification when a scheduled storage operation job completes
    • Scheduling a storage operation job
    • Sharing storage devices
    • Changing the state of a storage device to online
    • Renaming a storage device
    • Viewing jobs, job histories, backup sets, and active alerts for storage devices
    • Cataloging a storage device
    • Inventorying a storage device
    • Inventorying and cataloging a storage device
    • Pausing and unpausing a storage device
    • Disabling and enabling a storage device
    • Initializing a robotic library
    • Formatting a tape as a worm tape
    • Retensioning a tape
    • Formatting a tape in a tape drive
    • Ejecting media from a disk cartridge or tape drive
    • Cleaning a robotic library drive
    • Importing media to backup exec
    • Exporting media and expired media
    • Locking and unlocking the robotic library's front portal
    • Backup exec server and storage device states
    • Viewing the disk storage lockdown status
    • Storage tab overview in backup exec
    • Deleting a storage device
    • Editing global settings for storage
    • Scanning a storage device
  • Conversion to virtual machines
    • How conversion of physical computers to virtual machines works in backup exec
    • Converting to a virtual machine simultaneously with a backup job
    • Converting to a virtual machine after a backup job
    • Adding a conversion to virtual machine stage to a backup job
    • Creating a one time conversion to a virtual machine
    • Setting default options for conversion to virtual machine jobs
    • Converting to a virtual machine from a point in time
    • Requirements for conversion to virtual machine jobs
  • Configuration and settings
    • Setting default schedule options for rule based jobs and run now jobs
    • Exporting a list of dates that are excluded from all backups to another server
    • Configuring database maintenance and security
    • Adding discovered servers to the list of servers in backup exec
    • Using backup exec with firewalls
      • Backup exec ports
      • Backup exec listening ports
      • About enabling a sql instance behind a firewall
    • Creating encryption keys
    • Creating dba initiated job templates
    • Editing dba inititated job templates
    • Deleting dba initiated job templates
      • General options for dba initiated jobs
      • Network options for dba initiated jobs
      • Storage options for dba initiated jobs
      • Duplicate job settings for dba initiated jobs
    • Backup exec logon accounts
      • Deleting a backup exec logon account
      • Changing your default backup exec logon account
      • Creating a new backup exec system logon account
      • Testing logon accounts
      • Changing the password for a backup exec logon account
      • Editing a backup exec logon account
      • Copying logon account information to another backup exec server
      • Creating a backup exec logon account
      • Replacing a backup exec logon account
    • Starting and stopping backup exec services
    • Changing startup options for backup exec services
    • Viewing the audit log
    • Configuring default backup settings
    • Removing dates from the list of excluded dates
    • Configuring storage options for backup jobs
    • Removing entries from the audit log
    • Setting default granular recovery technology (grt) options
    • Configuring schedules for backup jobs
    • Configuring advanced open file options for backup jobs
    • Scheduling backup exec to check logon accounts
    • Configuring parallel streams and job settings for microsoft 365
    • Exporting the backup exec database encryption key
    • Configuring instant grt and full catalog options to improve backup performance for grt enabled jobs
    • Configuring checkpoint restart
    • Changing the credentials for a service account
    • Excluding dates from the backup schedule for all backups
    • Configuring automatic verify operations for backup jobs
    • Changing default backup job settings
    • Granular recovery technology
    • Using encryption with backup exec
    • Configuring file and folder options for backup jobs
    • Encryption key management
    • Changing the default preferences
    • Viewing server properties
    • Replacing an encryption key
    • Changing network and security options for backup exec
      • Disabling disk storage lockdown
    • Configuring pre/post commands for backup or restore jobs
    • Configuring the default setting for backing up multiple servers or applications
    • Copying configuration settings to another backup exec server
    • Backup networks
    • Dba initiated job templates
    • Deleting encryption keys
    • Saving an audit log to a text file
    • Refreshing backup exec database encryption keys
    • Configuring encryption for the connection to the backup exec database
    • Encryption keys and salt
    • Configuring backup exec to discover data to back up
    • Configuring settings for veritas™ information map
    • Configuring automatic test run jobs for backup jobs
    • Configuring audit logs
  • Reports
    • Running a report now
    • Creating a custom report
      • Changing graph options in custom reports
      • Copying a custom report
      • Previewing custom reports
      • Changing the way data is grouped or sorted in a custom report
      • Changing filters for a custom report
      • Adding or removing fields on a custom report
    • Saving a report
    • Deleting a report
    • Setting defaults for standard and custom reports
    • Viewing report properties
    • List of backup exec standard reports
      • Backup sets by media set report
      • Failed backup jobs report
      • Media required for recovery report
      • Overnight summary report
      • Problem files report
      • Restore set details by resource report
      • Robotic library inventory report
      • Resource protected recently report
      • Alert history report
      • Move media to vault report
      • Error handling rules report
      • Cloud storage summary report
      • Managed backup exec servers report
      • Operations overview report
      • Deduplication summary report
      • Scheduled server workload report
      • Device summary report
      • Media errors report
      • Recovery ready validation summary
      • Scratch media availability report
      • Event recipients report
      • Media vault contents report
      • Backup resource success rate report
      • Retrieve media from vault report
      • Alert history by backup exec server report
      • Jobs summary report
      • Backup recommendations report
      • Audit log report
      • Media summary report
      • Deduplication disk and cloud deduplication device summary report
      • Backup job success rate report
      • Recently written media report
      • Backup size by resource report
      • Disk storage summary report
      • Resource risk assessment report
      • Media audit report
      • Daily device utilization report
      • Test run results report
    • Printing a report from the backup exec report viewer
    • Viewing completed reports
    • Editing a report
    • Reports in backup exec
    • Scheduling a report
    • Re running a completed report
  • Instant cloud recovery
    • About instant cloud recovery
    • Instant cloud recovery tab overview in backup exec
    • Preconfigurations to be completed in the azure portal
      • Prepare vmware or hyper v infrastructure
    • How to configure azure resources
    • How to view error details
    • Requirements to configure instant cloud recovery in backup exec
    • How to view configuration details
    • How to renew the backup exec certificate
    • How to prepare a new infrastructure
    • How to change the subscription or recovery services vault
    • How to manage replication for virtual machines
    • How to view virtual machine details
    • How to enable replication for virtual machines
    • How to manage failover for a virtual machine
    • How to manually refresh the view of virtual machines
    • How to remove a configured azure resource from backup exec
  • Gdpr guard
    • About gdpr guard
    • Backup exec management command line (bemcli) commands for import and export
    • How to block access to backed up items
    • Restoring blocked items
    • Supported types of backed up data
    • Best practices for blocking access to backed up items with gdpr guard
  • Troubleshooting backup exec
    • Troubleshooting backup issues in backup exec
    • Troubleshooting installation issues in backup exec
    • Contacting backup exec technical support
    • Running the veritas quickassist help tool
    • Generating a diagnostic file for troubleshooting backup exec
      • Command line switches for a diagnostic file
    • Troubleshooting blocked access to backed up items with gdpr guard
    • How to improve backup exec's performance
    • Troubleshooting failed components in the san
      • Troubleshooting offline storage devices in a san
      • Finding hardware errors in a san
      • Resetting the san
      • Bringing storage devices online after an unsafe device removal event in a san
    • About the backup exec debug tool
    • Using the backup exec debug monitor for troubleshooting
    • Searching the veritas knowledge base
    • Running the begather utility to troubleshoot backup exec components on linux servers
    • Troubleshooting robotic libraries and tape drives
    • About backup exec diagnostic tools
    • Troubleshooting hardware related issues in backup exec
    • Troubleshooting instant cloud recovery issues in backup exec
    • Accessing veritas online
    • Using remote assistance
    • Managing your backup exec support cases
    • How to get more information about alerts and error messages
  • Simplified disaster recovery
    • About simplified disaster recovery
    • Requirements for using simplified disaster recovery
    • Preparing computers for use with simplified disaster recovery
    • How to ensure that backups are enabled for simplified disaster recovery
    • How simplified disaster recovery uses disaster recovery information files
    • Setting or changing the alternate location for the disaster recovery information file
      • Changing the default path for the disaster recovery information files
      • Disaster recovery information file data paths
    • Creating a simplified disaster recovery disk image
      • User scenarios when a user starts the create recovery disk wizard
      • Contents of the simplified disaster recovery disk image
    • Preparing to recover from a disaster by using simplified disaster recovery
      • Hardware replacement during disaster recovery
      • Prepare to recover ibm computers with simplified disaster recovery
    • Recovering a computer with simplified disaster recovery
      • Recovery notes for using simplified disaster recovery with storage pools and storage spaces
      • Recovery notes for using simplified disaster recovery with windows bios system
      • Recovery notes for using simplified disaster recovery with exchange, sql, sharepoint, cas, hyper v hosts, and the deduplication feature
    • Performing manual disaster recovery
      • Performing manual disaster recovery of a remote backup exec server or remote agent on a windows computer
      • Performing manual disaster recovery of a local backup exec server on a windows computer
    • Advanced disk configuration on the recover this computer wizard
  • Integration with veritas™ information map
    • Requirements for integration with veritas™ information map
    • How backup exec integrates with veritas™ information map
    • Supported data sources for integration with veritas™ information map
    • Best practices for integration with veritas™ information map
    • Troubleshooting tips for integration with veritas™ information map
    • About veritas™ information map
    • How backup exec works with veritas™ information map
    • Limitation for integration with veritas™ information map
  • Forever incremental backup
    • About forever incremental backup
    • How do forever incremental backups work
    • Backing up virtual machines using forever incremental backups
    • Cas mbes scenarios in forever incremental backups
    • Notes for forever incremental backups
    • Recommendations for forever incremental backups
    • Limitation of forever incremental backups
    • Supported storage in forever incremental backups
  • Appendix a. backup exec agent for windows
    • Requirements for the agent for windows
    • Stopping and starting the agent for windows
    • Establishing a trust between the backup exec server and a remote computer
    • About the backup exec agent utility for windows
      • Removing backup exec servers that the agent for windows can publish to
      • Editing backup exec server information that the agent for windows publishes to
      • Viewing the activity status of the remote computer from the system tray
      • Adding backup exec servers that the agent for windows can publish to
      • Setting the refresh interval on the remote computer
      • Removing a security certificate for a backup exec server that has a trust with the agent for windows
      • Configuring database access for oracle operations
      • Viewing the activity status of the remote computer in the backup exec agent utility
      • About publishing the agent for windows to backup exec servers
      • Starting the backup exec agent utility automatically on the remote computer
      • Starting the backup exec agent utility
    • Using the backup exec agent utility command line applet
    • About the agent for windows
    • Backup exec agent utility command line applet switches
  • Appendix b. backup exec deduplication feature
    • Creating or importing deduplication disk storage
      • Editing the properties of a deduplication disk storage device
      • Changing the password for the logon account for deduplication disk storage
    • Sharing a deduplication device between multiple backup exec servers
    • Disaster recovery of deduplication disk storage devices
    • Using optimized duplication to copy deduplicated data between openstorage devices or deduplication disk storage devices
    • About the deduplication feature
    • Selecting storage devices for direct access sharing
      • Editing server properties for direct access
    • Requirements for the deduplication feature
    • How to set up backup jobs for deduplication
    • Installing the deduplication feature
    • Restoring a deduplication disk storage device or deduplicated data
    • Changing the location of a deduplication disk storage device
    • Configuring a 125 tb deduplication storage folder in backup exec
    • Converting an older version of deduplication storage to a newer version
    • Copying deduplicated data to tapes
    • How to use client side deduplication
    • Using deduplication with encryption
    • Disaster recovery of openstorage devices
    • Deduplication methods for backup exec agents
  • Appendix c. backup exec agent for vmware
    • About the agent for vmware
    • About installing the agent for vmware
    • Adding vmware vcenter servers and esx/esxi hosts to the list of servers on the backup and restore tab
    • Viewing details about vmware resources
    • About establishing trust for a vcenter/esx(i) server
      • Establishing trust for a vcenter/esx(i) server
    • Backing up vmware virtual machines
      • How cataloging works with vmware virtual machine backups
      • Setting default backup options for virtual machines
      • How backup exec automatically backs up new vmware virtual machines during a backup job
      • Using granular recovery technology (grt) with the agent for vmware
    • Restoring vmware virtual machines and vmdk files
    • About instant recovery of a vmware virtual machine
      • Requirements for instant recovery of a vmware virtual machine
      • Notes about instant recovery of a vmware virtual machine
      • Best practices for instant recovery of a vmware virtual machine
      • Creating an instant recovery job for a vmware virtual machine
      • Removing an instantly recovered vmware virtual machine
    • Troubleshooting the agent for vmware
    • About recovery ready for vmware virtual machines
      • Requirements for validating a vmware virtual machine for recovery
      • Notes about validating a vmware virtual machine for recovery
      • Best practices for validating vmware virtual machine for recovery
      • Creating a validate virtual machine for recovery job
    • Using the agent for vmware with windows server 2016 or later
    • Installing the agent for windows on vmware virtual machines
    • Requirements for using the agent for vmware
    • Push installing the agent for windows to vmware virtual machines
  • Appendix d. backup exec agent for microsoft hyper v
    • Requirements for using the agent for microsoft hyper v
    • Adding a hyper v host to the list of servers on the backup and restore tab
    • Viewing details about hyper v resources
    • Backing up microsoft hyper v virtual machines
      • How cataloging works with hyper v virtual machine backups
      • Setting default backup options for hyper v
      • Using granular recovery technology (grt) with the agent for hyper v
      • About backing up and restoring highly available hyper v virtual machines
      • How backup exec automatically protects new virtual machines during a backup job
      • About backing up vms hosted on smb/scale out file server
    • Restoring microsoft hyper v virtual machines
    • About instant recovery of a hyper v virtual machine
      • Notes about instant recovery of a hyper v virtual machine
      • Requirements for instant recovery of a hyper v virtual machine
      • Creating an instant recovery job for a hyper v virtual machine
      • Post instant recovery tasks
      • Removing an instantly recovered hyper v virtual machine
      • Best practices for instant recovery of a hyper v virtual machine
      • About removing an instantly recovered hyper v virtual machine
    • About recovery ready for hyper v virtual machines
      • Creating a validate virtual machine for recovery
      • Requirements for validating a hyper v virtual machine for recovery
      • Notes about validating a hyper v virtual machine for recovery
      • Best practices about validating a hyper v virtual machine for recovery
    • Disk space optimization with the agent for hyper v
    • About installing the agent for microsoft hyper v
    • Notes about using the agent for hyper v
    • Installing the agent for windows on hyper v virtual machines
    • About the agent for microsoft hyper v
    • Push installing the agent for windows to hyper v virtual machines
    • Troubleshooting issues with backup exec agent for microsoft hyper v
  • Appendix e. backup exec agent for microsoft sql server
    • Adding sql servers to the list of servers on the backup and restore tab
    • Using snapshot technology with the sql agent
    • Using database snapshots for sql server
    • Backing up sql databases and transaction logs
      • Setting default backup options for sql server
    • About sql server always on availability groups
      • Requirements of always on availability groups from sql server
      • Terms used by sql server always on availability groups
      • Backup exec recommendations for sql server always on availability groups
      • Adding a listener to the list of servers on the backup and restore tab
      • Backing up databases from a sql server availability group
      • Restoring databases from a sql server availability group
    • About installing the sql agent
    • Restoring sql databases and transaction logs
      • Restoring the sql master database
      • Restarting sql using database copies
    • Disaster recovery of a sql server
      • Manual recovery of a sql server
    • Requirements for using the sql agent
    • Configuring backup exec to run a consistency check before every sql backup
    • Backup strategies for sql
    • About the agent for microsoft sql server
  • Appendix f. backup exec agent for microsoft exchange server
    • About the backup exec exchange agent
    • Requirements for using the exchange agent
    • About installing the exchange agent
    • Adding exchange servers and database availability groups to the list of servers on the backup and restore tab
    • Managing preferred server configurations for microsoft exchange database availability groups
    • Recommended configurations for exchange
    • Requirements for accessing exchange mailboxes
    • Backup strategies for exchange
    • How granular recovery technology works with the exchange information store
    • Snapshot and offhost backups with the exchange agent
    • Backing up exchange data
      • Setting default backup options for exchange server
    • Restoring exchange data
    • Disaster recovery of an exchange server
    • Granting permissions on the exchange server to enable database backups and restores, and granular recovery technology operations
  • Appendix g. backup exec agent for microsoft sharepoint
    • About the agent for microsoft sharepoint
    • Using the agent for microsoft sharepoint with sharepoint server 2010/2013/2016/2019 and sharepoint foundation 2010/2013/2016/2019
    • Adding a microsoft sharepoint server farm to the list of servers on the backup and restore tab
    • Disabling or enabling communication between a microsoft sharepoint web server and backup exec
    • Viewing or changing sharepoint farm properties
    • Requirements for the agent for microsoft sharepoint
    • Backing up microsoft sharepoint data
      • Setting default backup options for sharepoint
    • Disaster recovery of microsoft sharepoint 2010/2013/2016/2019 data
    • Restoring microsoft sharepoint data
    • About installing the agent for microsoft sharepoint
  • Appendix h. backup exec agent for oracle on windows or linux servers
    • About the backup exec oracle agent
    • About installing the oracle agent
    • Configuring the oracle agent on windows computers and linux servers
      • Configuring an oracle instance on windows computers
        • Oracle agent configuration options
      • Viewing an oracle instance on windows computers
        • Oracle options for the backup exec agent utility
      • Editing an oracle instance on windows computers
      • Configuring an oracle instance on linux servers
      • Deleting an oracle instance on linux servers
      • Enabling database access for oracle operations on linux servers
      • Enabling database access for oracle operations on windows computers
      • Editing an oracle instance on linux servers
      • Viewing an oracle instance on linux servers
      • Deleting an oracle instance on windows computers
    • About authentication credentials on the backup exec server
      • Setting authentication credentials on the backup exec server for oracle operations
        • Oracle job settings options
      • Deleting an oracle server from the backup exec server's list of authentication credentials
    • About oracle instance information changes
    • About backing up oracle databases
      • About performing a dba initiated backup job for oracle
      • Oracle backup options
      • About backing up oracle rac databases
    • About restoring oracle resources
      • Requirements for recovering the complete oracle instance or database to a computer other than the original oracle server
      • About dba initiated restore for oracle
      • Oracle restore options
      • About redirecting a restore of oracle data
      • Oracle advanced restore options
      • Performing a redirect restore of an oracle 12c and later supported database using backup exec
      • Recovering the complete oracle instance and database using the original oracle server
      • Recovering the complete oracle instance or database to a computer other than the original oracle server
      • Requirements for recovering the complete oracle instance and database using the original oracle server
    • Best practices for backup exec agent for oracle on windows and linux servers
  • Appendix i. backup exec agent for enterprise vault
    • Requirements for the enterprise vault agent
    • Restoring enterprise vault
      • Enterprise vault restore options
      • About restoring individual files and folders with the enterprise vault agent
      • About automatic redirection of enterprise vault components under an enterprise vault server
      • Redirecting a restore for an enterprise vault component
        • Redirection options for enterprise vault
    • About the backup exec migrator for enterprise vault
      • About backup exec migrator logs
      • Configuring the backup exec migrator
        • Configuring enterprise vault collections
          • Vault store partition properties - collections
        • Configuring the backup exec migrator to work with a backup exec server
        • Migrator for enterprise vault options
        • Configuring the backup exec migrator to communicate with enterprise vault
          • Vault store partition properties - migration options
      • About the partition recovery utility
        • Partition recovery utility requirements
        • Finding an archive id
        • Starting the partition recovery utility
        • Best practices for using the backup exec migrator
        • Troubleshooting backup exec migrator and partition recovery utility issues
      • About retrieving migrated enterprise vault data
        • Retrieving migrated enterprise vault data
      • Backup exec migrator for enterprise vault requirements
      • About deleting files migrated by backup exec migrator
      • About backup exec migrator events
      • About viewing migrated enterprise vault data
      • How to enable backup exec migrator logging
      • About using staged migrations with backup exec and the backup exec migrator
      • How the backup exec migrator works
    • Enterprise vault logon account
    • Enterprise vault options
    • Best practices for the enterprise vault agent
    • About consistency checks for enterprise vault databases and compliance and discovery accelerator databases
    • About backing up enterprise vault components
    • About the agent for enterprise vault
    • Configuring enterprise vault to use the name of the new sql server that holds the directory database
    • About backup methods for enterprise vault backup jobs
      • Enterprise vault backup options
    • About installing the enterprise vault agent
  • Appendix j. backup exec agent for microsoft active directory
    • About the agent for microsoft active directory
    • Requirements for the agent for microsoft active directory
    • About backing up active directory and adam/ad lds
      • Microsoft active directory backup job options
      • Editing options for active directory and adam/ad lds backup jobs
    • About restoring individual active directory and adam/ad lds objects
  • Appendix k. backup exec central admin server feature
    • About the central admin server feature
    • Requirements for installing cas
    • How to choose the location for cas storage and media data
    • About installing the central admin server feature
      • Installing a managed backup exec server across a firewall
      • Push installing a managed backup exec server from the central administration server
      • Managed backup exec server configuration options
    • Upgrading an existing cas installation
    • Changing a backup exec server to a central administration server
    • Changing a backup exec server to a managed backup exec server
    • Renaming a central administration server
    • Renaming a managed backup exec server
    • How to reduce network traffic in cas
    • Changing the settings for a managed backup exec server
    • What happens when cas communication thresholds are reached
      • Enabling or disabling communications between the managed backup exec server and the central administration server
    • Alerts and notifications in cas
    • About adding storage devices in a cas environment
    • Obtaining media audit information for a managed backup exec server
    • How to use backup exec server pools in cas
      • Creating a backup exec server pool
      • Adding managed backup exec servers to a backup exec server pool
      • Removing a managed backup exec server from a backup exec server pool
      • Deleting a backup exec server pool
      • Selecting a backup exec server pool for backups
    • How centralized restore works in cas
      • How cas restores data that resides on multiple storage devices
    • About recovering failed jobs in cas
    • Stopping or starting backup exec services for a managed backup exec server
    • Viewing managed backup exec server properties
    • Viewing the settings for a central administration server
    • Disaster recovery in cas
    • Running the backup exec utility for cas operations
    • Uninstalling backup exec from the central administration server
    • How data lifecycle management (dlm) works in a cas environment
    • Pausing or resuming a managed backup exec server
    • About job delegation in cas
      • About copying jobs instead of delegating jobs in cas
    • Enabling managed backup exec servers to use any available network interface card
    • Deleting a managed backup exec server from a cas environment
    • Uninstalling backup exec from a managed backup exec server
    • Cas distributed, centralized, and replicated catalog locations
    • Troubleshooting cas
  • Appendix l. backup exec advanced disk based backup feature
    • About true image restore for synthetic backups
    • Troubleshooting off host backups
    • Off host backup issues with hardware providers
    • How to use synthetic backups in place of recurring full backups
    • Configuring off host backup options for a backup job
    • Setting default backup options for the advanced disk based backup feature
    • Best practices for off host backup
    • How to use off host backup to process remote computer backups on the backup exec server
    • About the advanced disk based backup feature
  • Appendix m. backup exec ndmp feature
    • Adding ndmp servers to backup exec
    • Ndmp backup options for ndmp servers
    • About restoring and redirecting restore data for ndmp servers
      • Ndmp server restore options
    • Viewing the properties of an ndmp server
      • Ndmp server properties
    • Setting the default backup options for the ndmp feature
    • About installing the ndmp feature
    • Sharing the tape drives on ndmp servers between multiple backup exec servers
    • Viewing storage properties for an ndmp server
      • Storage properties for an ndmp server
    • How to use patterns to exclude files and directories from an ndmp server backup
    • Requirements for using the ndmp feature
    • Features of the ndmp feature
    • Ndmp server backup selections
    • Supported configurations for duplicating data from ndmp servers
  • Appendix n. backup exec file servers
    • About aws fsx for windows file server
    • About azure files
    • Pre requisites for aws fsx and azure files
    • Limitation of azure files
    • Best practices for aws fsx and azure files
    • Recommendation for aws fsx and azure files
    • Backing up aws fsx or azure files
    • Notes for aws fsx and azure files
    • Restoring aws fsx or azure files
    • Adding aws fsx or azure files to backup exec
  • Appendix o. backup exec agent for linux and unix
    • About establishing trust for a remote linux and unix computer in the backup exec list of servers
      • Establishing trust and adding a remote linux and unix computer to the backup exec list of servers
    • Editing configuration options for linux and unix computers
      • Configuration options for linux and unix computers
    • About backing up a linux and unix computer by using the agent for linux and unix
      • Linux and unix backup options
      • About backing up and restoring novell open enterprise server (oes) components
        • Requirements for backing up novell open enterprise server on suse linux enterprise server
    • About restoring data to linux and unix computers
      • Restore job options for linux and unix computers
      • About restoring novell oes components
    • Uninstalling the agent for linux and unix
      • Run time scripts to remove when manually uninstalling the agent for linux and unix
      • Manually uninstalling the agent for linux and unix
    • Starting the agent for linux and unix daemon
    • Stopping the agent for linux and unix daemon
    • About configuring the agent for linux and unix
    • Requirements for the agent for linux and unix
    • Editing the default backup job options for linux and unix computers
      • Default backup job options for linux and unix computers
    • About the agent for linux and unix
    • About installing the agent for linux and unix
      • Installing the agent for linux and unix
      • About the backup exec operators (beoper) group for the agent for linux and unix
        • Creating the backup exec operators (beoper) group manually
    • About open files and the agent for linux
    • Excluding files and directories from all backup jobs for linux and unix computers
    • Troubleshooting the agent for linux and unix
    • About backing up linux ad unix shares without using the agent for linux and unix
    • Adding additional backup exec servers to which the agent for linux and unix can publish information
  • Appendix p. backup exec remote media agent for linux
    • About open files and the remote media agent for linux
    • About creating storage device pools for devices attached to the remote media agent for linux
    • About the tape library simulator utility
    • Viewing simulated tape libraries properties
      • Simulated tape library properties
    • Managing simulated tape libraries from the command line
    • How the remote media agent for linux works
    • Editing properties for the remote media agent for linux
      • Remote media agent for linux properties
    • Requirements for the remote media agent for linux
    • Creating a simulated tape library
      • Simulated tape library options
    • About the backup exec operators (beoper) group for the remote media agent for linux
      • Creating the backup exec operators (beoper) group manually for the remote media agent for linux
    • Finding simulated tape library files
    • Command line switches for the tape library simulator utility
    • Troubleshooting the remote media agent for linux
    • About restoring data by using the remote media agent for linux
    • About adding a linux server as a remote media agent for linux
      • Adding a linux server as a remote media agent for linux
      • Remote media agent for linux options
    • About installing the remote media agent for linux
      • Installing the remote media agent for linux
    • About the remote media agent for linux
    • Stopping the remote media agent for linux daemon
    • About backing up data by using the remote media agent for linux
    • Sharing a remote media agent for linux between multiple backup exec servers
    • Starting the remote media agent for linux daemon
    • Adding additional backup exec servers to which remote media agent for linux can publish
    • Changing the port for communications between the backup exec server and the remote media agent for linux
    • Deleting a remote media agent for linux from the backup exec list of servers
    • Uninstalling the remote media agent for linux
    • Deleting a simulated tape library
    • About establishing trust for a remote media agent for linux computer in the backup exec list of servers
      • Establishing trust and adding a remote media agent for linux computer to the backup exec list of servers
  • Appendix q. accessibility and backup exec
    • About keyboard shortcuts in backup exec
      • Home tab keyboard shortcuts
      • Backup and restore tab keyboard shortcuts
        • Backup and restore tab keyboard shortcuts for the jobs view
        • Backup and restore tab keyboard shortcuts for the job history view
        • Backup and restore tab keyboard shortcuts for the backup sets view
        • Backup and restore tab keyboard shortcuts for the active alerts view
        • Backup and restore tab keyboard shortcuts for the credentials view
      • Storage tab keyboard shortcuts
        • Storage tab keyboard shortcuts for the jobs view
        • Storage tab keyboard shortcuts for the job history view
        • Storage tab keyboard shortcuts for the backup sets view
        • Storage tab keyboard shortcuts for the active alerts view
      • Reports tab keyboard shortcuts
      • General keyboard navigation within the backup exec user interface
      • Keyboard navigation within dialog boxes in backup exec
      • Job monitor tab keyboard shortcuts
    • List box navigation in backup exec
    • Tabbed dialog box navigation in backup exec
    • About accessibility and backup exec
    • About setting accessibility options
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