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Veritas Backup Exec 9.0 for Windows Servers Administartor's Guide

Veritas Backup Exec 9.0 for Windows Servers Administartor's Guide

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October 2002N096948
VERITAS Backup Exec for WindowsServers
™
Administrator’s Guide
 
Disclaimer
The information contained in this publication is subject to change without notice.VERITAS Software Corporation makes no warranty of any kind with regard to thismanual, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability andfitness for a particular purpose. VERITAS Software Corporation shall not be liable forerrors contained herein or for incidental or consequential damages in connection with thefurnishing, performance, or use of this manual.
Copyright
Copyright © October 2002 VERITAS Software Corporation. All rights reserved. VERITAS,VERITAS Software, the VERITAS logo, VERITAS Backup Exec for Windows Servers, andall other VERITAS product names and slogans are trademarks or registered trademarks ofVERITAS Software Corporation in the USA and/or other countries. Other product namesmentioned herein may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respectivecompanies.October 2002VERITAS Software Corporation350 Ellis StreetMountain View, CA 94043USAPhone 650–527–8000Fax 650–527–2908www.veritas.com
 
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Administrator’s Guide - Table of Contents
Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29
Chapter 1. Introducing Backup Exec . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31
What’s New in This Release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33Backup Exec Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36How Backup Exec Works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39
Chapter 2. Installing Backup Exec . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41
System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42Changing Windows Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44Installing Backup Exec . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46Installing Backup Exec Using the Installation Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47Installing Backup Exec Options on a Local Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49Installing Backup Exec Media Servers to Remote Computers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51Installing Backup Exec Remote Agents and Options on Remote Servers . . . . . . . .54Installing Backup Exec from the Command Line (Silent Mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56Registering Backup Exec Online . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63Repairing Backup Exec . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64Starting and Stopping Backup Exec Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65Uninstalling Backup Exec . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66Installing the Backup Exec Remote Administrator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67Using VERITAS Update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70Upgrading from Previous Versions of Backup Exec . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71Upgrading Backup Exec Options on Remote Computers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71
 
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Chapter 3. Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Before Starting Backup Exec . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73Starting Backup Exec . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74First Time Startup Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74Using the Administration Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76Using Backup Exec Dialog Boxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79Using the Overview View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79Using the Backup Exec Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82Frequently Asked Questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82Backup Exec Defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84Changing Default Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85Changing General Job Defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Chapter 4. Managing Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Viewing Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90Viewing Media Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92Configuring Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93Hot Swap for Storage Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94Pausing, Resuming, and Renaming Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94Using Drive Pools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96Creating Drive Pools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97Adding Drives to a Drive Pool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98Setting Priorities for Drives in a Drive Pool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99Deleting Drives from a Drive Pool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101Deleting Drive Pools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102Retargeting Jobs from a Deleted Drive Pool or Media Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103Renaming a Drive Pool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104Viewing Drive Pool Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105Using Cascaded Drive Pools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106Requirements for Using Cascaded Drive Pools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
 
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Creating a Cascaded Drive Pool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107Adding Drives to a Cascaded Drive Pool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .108Deleting Drives from a Cascaded Drive Pool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109Deleting a Cascaded Drive Pool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110Renaming a Cascaded Drive Pool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111Viewing Properties of a Cascaded Drive Pool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111Viewing Server Properties and Running Server Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112Viewing and Using Drive Properties and Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116Viewing General Drive Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117Viewing Drive Configuration Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119Viewing Drive SCSI Information Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .125Viewing Drive Statistics Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .126Viewing Drive Cleaning Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .128Viewing and Specifying a Drive’s Media Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .130Using Robotic Libraries with Backup Exec . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .132Configuring a Robotic Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133Viewing Properties of a Robotic Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .134Creating Robotic Library Partitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .140Redefining Robotic Library Partitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .142Using Backup-to-Disk Folders and Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .143Adding a Backup Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .144Renaming a Backup Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .148Changing the Path of a Backup Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .148Deleting a Backup Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .149Recreating a Backup Folder and Its Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .150Pausing and Resuming a Backup Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .151Viewing Backup Folder Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .152Renaming a Backup File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .155Deleting a Backup File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .156Recreating a Deleted Backup File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .157
 
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Viewing and Changing Backup File Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157Using Microsoft’s Removable Storage Feature with Backup Exec . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161Using Media in Drives Managed by Removable Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162Creating Utility Jobs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164Inventorying Media in Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165Erasing Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168Erasing Backup Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170Retensioning a Tape . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171Formatting Media in a Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173Labeling Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174Ejecting Media from a Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177Setting Up Cleaning Jobs for Robotic Library Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178Importing Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180Exporting Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181Locking the Robotic Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182Unlocking the Robotic Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Chapter 5. Managing Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Media Overwrite Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185Default Media Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189Media Overwrite Protection Levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190Media Categories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190Media Overwrite Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192Media Append Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195Overwriting Allocated or Imported Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195Removing Damaged Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196Media Labeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196Imported Media Labeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198Bar Code Labeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198Renaming Media Labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
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