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1. HOW TO USE SYMANTEC BACKUP EXEC 2014 MANUAL
2. HOW TO USE SYMANTEC BACKUP EXEC 2014 FULL
3. HOW TO USE SYMANTEC BACKUP EXEC 2014 WINDOWS 8.1

If you’ve been struggling with BE2012 then upgrading should sort out most of your problems. Verdictīackup Exec 2014 reinstates much missed features and sprinkles in new capabilities. It does simplify backup and recovery tasks but we recommend checking out arcserve Backup as it has benefited from a more robust development program and is better value. The Symantec Backup Exec 2014: Administration course is designed for the data protection professional tasked with backing up and restoring critical data.

Migration from earlier versions has been improved but we still strongly recommend that users of Backup Exec versions prior to 2012 familiarise themselves thoroughly with it before upgrading.īackup Exec 2014 remedies many of the outstanding issues of the previous version and existing users will no doubt be very pleased to see the Job Monitor again. Only the relevant options for the selected system are presented for data restorationĬonsidering BE2012 was launched over two years ago, it's a big ask to forgive Symantec for taking so long to sort out its flagship backup software.

HOW TO USE SYMANTEC BACKUP EXEC 2014 MANUAL

If you don't want to run manual DR you'll need to apply the BE2014 Service Pack 1 which adds SDR support for these host systems.

In the first release of BE2014, the SDR environment is based on Windows PE 4 and doesn't support Windows Server 2012 R2 or Windows 8.1. To use the new simplified disaster recovery (SDR) feature, you'll need to download the 3GB Microsoft Assessment and Deployment Kit (ADK) so you can create ISO files for restoring protected systems. For our standard servers, we were given options to restore files and folders whereas on our Exchange system we had additional choices for restoring the datastore or individual mailbox items. On completion, we saw that the 90GB of data on the host has been reduced on the target to only 35GB.ĭata restoration is more streamlined as when you select a server, BE2014 only presents you with the relevant options for this system.

HOW TO USE SYMANTEC BACKUP EXEC 2014 WINDOWS 8.1

To test deduplication performance we backed up a Windows 8.1 client to an IP SAN target with this enabled. Arcserve Backup is far better value as it includes deduplication in the core product at no extra charge. The only drawback is this is an optional feature costing around 400 extra. The Welcome to Backup Exec 2014 screen contains three options: Getting Started: This option will provide helpful documentation and links about the product. This will display the installation language selections. The console provides a detailed overview of all backup activity and status of storage devicesįor deduplication, we created a special Disk Storage device with this feature enabled. Double click on the 'Browser.exe' file from the DVD media to launch a Backup Exec installation. Jobs can be modified prior to release so you can edit the backup sources and destinations, change the schedules, replace incrementals with differentials and add further stages if you wish.

HOW TO USE SYMANTEC BACKUP EXEC 2014 FULL

The new job defaults to starting with a full backup followed by scheduled daily incrementals.