Good recap. +1, I have used BE for ages, both backups, restores, and MANY DR drills. It's set and forget for me; it just works. Of course there is the occasional error or two, but with anything, you have to be vigilant to dig into the issue, browse the forums, open a ticket, etc. Sam
________________________________ From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:saber...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, April 17, 2009 10:33 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Backup Software What do the logs for these backup jobs tell you the reason for the failure is? I use BackupExec 11D, I've never have a failed backup on my DC's (Don't see a Do_Not_Delete directory either on my DC's). My Exchange backups are always successful. As a disclaimer, these jobs have to be setup properly, and the remote agent has to be in place for that specific server. With BackupExec, you will have a failed job status even if 1 file cannot be accessed in the entire job (something that I do hate about BE, but can deal with it.). You have to check the log file and see what it is failing on. Have you rebuilt your DC recently and have forgotten to push the remote agent to it? Do you have the Exchange remote agent (assuming you're using Exchange for email) and it's pushed to the Exchange server? Just asking because I've done that, forgotten to push the remote agent.......;). We looked into several other backup software solutions about 18 months ago, including CommVault. What we determined was that the extremely high cost of switching to another software did not warrant the change when what we had currently was working and the improvements weren't enough to justify the change. Will I look into changing software again? Absolutely, and if the improvements are good enough and I can justify it well enough, I'll switch to something else. I'm not saying BE is perfect, but I've never been so frustrated with it that I was willing to change no matter what the cost would be. There's a reason for these failures, and the log file should give you an idea of where to start looking. On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 9:49 AM, Brumbaugh, Luke <luke.brumba...@butlerahs.com> wrote: Ever have failures, like for no reason, as in example below. From: Don Ely [mailto:don....@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, April 17, 2009 10:28 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Backup Software I love CommVault myself. What kind of questions did you have? On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 7:10 AM, Brumbaugh, Luke <luke.brumba...@butlerahs.com> wrote: Guys, I am really hating backupexec. I have done many DR tests and have used these backups to more servers to different hardware. But it is a constant fight to make sure that the backups complete successfully. The latest thing is that on all DCs in the sysvol it will not backup the Do_Not_Delete... directory. Constant email db failures. Etc. My boss and I have looked at Commvault, but haven't heard anything except from salesman and salesman pointed to customers. Then there is Microsoft system center data protection manager 2007. Anybody have any luck with a backup software? Luke L. Brumbaugh Network Engineer Butler Animal Health Supply Ph:(614) 659-1736 ********************************************************************** CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The information transmitted in this message is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and destroy all copies of this document. Thank you. Butler Animal Health Supply ********************************************************************** -- Sherry Abercrombie "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." Arthur C. Clarke ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
