Veritas Backup Exec 16: Install and

Configure
Backup Exec 16 Fundamentals

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Lesson introduction
Install and Configure
• Lesson 00: Course Introduction
• Lesson 01: Backup Exec 16 Fundamentals
• Lesson 02: Installing Backup Exec 16
• Lesson 03: Working with the Administration
Console
• Lesson 04: Licensing Backup Exec 16
• Lesson 05: Disk Storage Devices
• Lesson 06: Network Storage Devices
• Lesson 07: Disk and Network Storage Data
Management
• Lesson 08: Tape Devices and Tape Management
• Lesson 09: Backing up Data
• Lesson 10: Managing Servers and Jobs
• Lesson 11: Restoring Data
• • Lesson 07: Protecting Virtual Environments
Lesson 12: Working with the Database
Encryption Key
• Lesson 13: Simplified Disaster Recovery
• Lesson 14: Upgrading to Backup Exec 16
• Appendix A: Storage Devices
• Appendix B: Central Admin Server Option
• Appendix C: Remote Administration Console
Manage and Administer
• Lesson 00: Course Introduction
• Lesson 01: Deduplication Storage
• Lesson 02: Introduction to Remote Agent,
Applications and Databases
• Lesson 03: Protecting Microsoft Exchange Server
• Lesson 04: Protecting Microsoft SQL Server
• Lesson 05: Protecting Microsoft SharePoint
Server
• Lesson 06: Protecting Microsoft Active Directory
• Lesson 08: Performing Virtual Machine
Conversions
• Appendix A: Agent for Linux
Lesson objectives
Topic Objective
Data backup basics Explain the need for data backup.
Backup Exec solution Describe Backup Exec solution offerings and their
offerings advantages.
Describe standalone and centralized environments
Backup Exec architecture in Backup Exec.
List the items that have reached end of life in
Backup Exec 16 end of life Backup Exec 16.
items
Topic: Data backup basics
After completing this topic, you will be able to explain the
need for data backup
Reasons to backup

• Accidental delete
• Hardware failure
• Natural disaster
• Legal
• Virus infection
• Data corruption
• Sabotage
Data backup: Overview

Data Backup

Production servers
Backup Media
Topic: Backup Exec solution offerings
After completing this topic, you will be able to describe
Backup Exec solution offerings and their advantages.
Introduction
 Backup Exec environment

BEDB
Virtual servers
With Applications Catalogs

Storage devices and media

Disk and Cartridge
BE-Deduplication
OST appliances
Backup Exec server
Cloud storage
Physical Servers Remote Admin Console
Database NAS
With Applications
Catalogs Robotic Libraries and
Windows Services standalone tape drives
Linux
NDMP VTL
NDMP
 Operational functionality
Backups
• Restore data to original
computer or redirect the
restore
• Redirect the restore to a
Backup Exec server physical or virtual computer
Restore a computer to
another computer with
same or different hardware Instantly recover a
virtual machine
Remote agent needs to be
installed for application
GRT on guest virtual
machines. File GRT does
not need the Agent for
Windows installed.
Virtual servers
Remote agent is
required to be installed
on physical servers
Physical servers
Topic: Backup Exec architecture
After completing this topic, you will be able to describe
standalone and CAS-MBES environments in Backup Exec.
Standalone Backup Exec servers
Backup Exec server

Backup Exec server Backup Exec server

 Centralized Management

Central Admin Server

Managed Backup Exec server Managed Backup Exec server

CAS provides:
• A single point of
administration
• Operational resiliency
• Balanced workload
• Shared BE Database
• Ability to share devices
as targets.
• Ability to restore from
any Managed Backup
Exec server
Topic: Backup Exec 16 end of life items
After completing this topic, you will be able to list the
items that have reached end of life in Backup Exec 16.
End of Life: Symantec help tool replaced by
Veritas Quick Assist
The Symantec help tool has now been
replaced with the Veritas Quick Assist

Symantec Help

Veritas Quick Assist

End of life: Agent for Lotus Domino
End of life: Windows 2003 64-bit
Windows 2003 End Of Life (EOL) in
32-bit (x86) Backup Exec 15
64-bit (x64) Backup Exec 16

 Windows installer no longer included in install

DVD.
 Backup Exec 16 installation depends on
Windows installer 4.5

Windows Server 2003

Backup Exec 16 Server, Backup Exec 16 Agent for Windows
32-bit and Remote Admin console 16 installs are blocked on
Windows 2003
End of Life: Agent for Mac

Backup Exec 16 blocks the Agent for Mac installs

Other end of life items

End of life items Backup Exec

Archiving options
SBE and SBE Agent
for Windows
ThreatCon

Storage
Provisioning Option
Backup Exec 3600 end of life
• Backup Exec appliance has reached End of Sale
status on January 5, 2015.
• No hardware orders will be processed after January
5, 2015
• New units of the appliance will not be built.

 November 7, 2019: Support for the Backup Exec 3600 appliance will no longer
be available.
 Software updates, upgrades and 24 x 7 Technical support for Appliance
hardware and Backup Exec software available as long as maintenance is active.
 For more information on Backup Exec 3600 Appliance End of life, see http://
www.veritas.com/docs/000116356
 Exchanging Backup Exec Appliance licenses

Upgrades to Backup Exec 16 are

not supported on the Backup
Exec appliance

The Backup Exec Appliance license

can be exchanged for a 5 TB Capacity
Edition license

For more details, see

Lesson 04: Licensing Backup Exec 16 Backup Exec 16 Capacity Edition 5TB
Lesson summary

• Key points
– In this lesson, you learned about data backup basics and Veritas Backup Exec
16 solution offerings.
– In addition, you learned about the Backup Exec 16 architecture.
– Finally, you learned about the end of life items in Backup Exec 16.
• Reference materials
– Veritas Backup Exec 16 Administrator’s guide: http://
www.veritas.com/docs/000116155
– Lotus Domino End of Life with Backup Exec 16: http://
www.veritas.com/docs/000116524
– End of Support for Backup Exec Versions http://
www.veritas.com/docs/000116356
– Articles, videos and downloads that help solve the most common problems
related to Veritas Backup Exec: https://
www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/15047.html
Important links

• http://www.veritas.com/docs/000116356
What did you learn?

You are about to be

asked a series of
questions related to the
current Lesson.
Question 1: End of Life items
Which of the following agents and options have reached the end
of life in Backup Exec 16? (Pick all that apply)

A. Agent for Lotus Domino

B. Agent for Mac
C. Storage Provisioning Option
D. Remote Media Agent for Linux
E. Agent for Linux
Answer 1: End of Life items
Which of the following agents and options have reached the end
of life in Backup Exec 16? (Pick all that apply)

A. Agent for Lotus Domino

B. Agent for Mac
C. Storage Provisioning Option
D. Remote Media Agent for Linux
E. Agent for Linux

The correct answer is A,B and C. The Agent for Lotus Domino, Agent for Mac and
the Storage Provisioning Option have reached end of life in Backup Exec 16.
Question 2: Operational functionality
Backup Exec 16 allows you to __

A. Perform a bare metal recovery using Simplified Disaster

Recovery.
B. Convert the backup of a physical machine to a virtual
machine.
C. Instantly recover a virtual machine.
D. Do all of the above.
Answer 2: Operational functionality
Backup Exec 16 allows you to __

A. Perform a bare metal recovery using Simplified Disaster

Recovery.
B. Convert the backup of a physical machine to a virtual
machine.
C. Instantly recover a virtual machine.
D. Do all of the above.

The correct answer is D.

End of presentation