That sounds right. The exchange agent lets you get the information
stores. The remote agent will pick up everything else (and exclude the
exchange folders!)
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DuBois Regional Medical Center
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-----Original Message-----
From: John Hornbuckle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, August 16, 2008 14:02
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Backup Exec Question
But if I want to backup both Exchange and files on that remote
server, I'd need both, right? The Exchange agent is only for backing up
Exchange-not files...
From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, August 16, 2008 10:11 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Backup Exec Question
No, you don't need a remote agent AND an Exchange agent for BU,
the Exchange Agent is the remote agent.
On Sat, Aug 16, 2008 at 6:39 AM, Martin Blackstone
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
You pretty much nailed it John.
You build a single backup server, install the agents on the
other servers, and then back them up from the BU server.
If I remember correctly, for the Exchange server though you
would need both the remote agent and the Exchange agent. At least if you
want to backup anything more than just the stores. I've heard that in
12.0 you can now restore individual mailboxes and messages without doing
BLB's.
There may be some additional agents you need (or want) as well
which are listed here:
http://www.symantec.com/business/products/agents_options.jsp?pcid=&pvid=
57_1
I've never seen the ExaGrid system in action, but Dedupe rocks.
You should enjoy that.
From: John Hornbuckle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, August 16, 2008 3:33 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Backup Exec Question
Okay, I have a dumb question. Well, several.
What is the Backup Exec Remote Agent for Windows for? Do you
install it on servers that don't actually have their own backup media
(tape drive, etc.)?
For instance, say I have Server 1 that has a tape drive built
in, and I have Backup Exec on it backing up to that drive. Then let's
say I have Server 2 that has no tape drive. Would I install the Remote
Agent on Server 2 so that it can be backed up to the tape drive in
Server 1? Or am I misunderstanding what the Remote Agent is for?
Are there limitations to using the Remote Agent vs. having the
full version of Backup Exec on a server? Let's say that Server 2 is an
Exchange server. If the Exchange Agent is installed on Server 1 and the
Remote Agent is installed on Server 2, could I do an Exchange backup to
the tape drive on Server 1?
We've always just bought and installed the full version of
Backup Exec on every server, and every server has had its own tape
drive. But we're making two changes that may affect this-we've purchased
an ExaGrid disk-based storage system to replace tapes, and we're
consolidating some servers into VMs. I'm trying to figure out if this
means that we'll move to having just one full backup server, with remote
agents running on the rest...
John Hornbuckle
MIS Department
Taylor County School District
www.taylor.k12.fl.us
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