Backup Exec 2010 Best Practices


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PowerShell: Check Service Status


To ensure the Backup Exec Agent service running OK on each cluster nodes. I created a list to include each nodes and named it as CS_servers.txt, then use the following script to get the status of it. Get-WmiObject win32_service -ComputerName (Get-Content CS_servers.txt) -Filter "name='BackupExecAgentAccelerator'" | select __server,name,startmode,state,status The results are like: __SERVER  : CS-node-01 name      … Continue reading PowerShell: Check Service Status

Backup Exec 2010 R2: Couple Issues


I have experienced couple backup issues caused by Backup Exec recently. It is really annoying. But anyway, I have found a work around to fix them temporarily. 1) Mutli-home issue For example, I use BE to backup the files that are on a Windows file server. Here is info: File Server: ip1-192.168.1.1/255.255.255.0, ip2-192.168.2.1/255.255.255.0, gateway-192.168.2.254 Media … Continue reading Backup Exec 2010 R2: Couple Issues

Backup Exec 2010 R2: Hyper-V Agent


What can it backup and restore? · MS Windows server 2008/2008 R2 Hyper-V hosts including all online/offline/saved state virtual machines · Clustered Hyper-V hosts including the virtual machines on the cluster shared volumes (CSV) · Individual Files and folders or VSS-aware applications (Exchange, AD and SQL) within the virtual machines when Backup Exec’s Granular Recovery … Continue reading Backup Exec 2010 R2: Hyper-V Agent