yeah thats like saying dont use windows server for active directory
Been running it here for about 6 years without any issues![]()
same here. Gotta be a DEU error.
just keep one thing in mind... all backup software sucks. i've used backup exec, hp's dataprotector (formerly omniback), veritas netbackup and emc's edm (the worst piece of shit ever). they all suck in their own way.
Acronis TrueImage doesn't even come close to what BackupExec can do. Try backing up enterprise database servers using Acronis; it won't work too well.
That being said, for just backing up Joe Idiot's home computer, Backup Exec is way, way too powerful.
Is it at all possible you did it wrong? Or did you actually read the manual cover-to-cover and set up test scenarios to make sure you knew how to use the product?
BackupExec when set up correctly runs flawless.
Not quite. I'd equate BackupExec to something like, say, Novell. Still a viable solution, but not necessarily the best for everyone.
Personally I prefer Acronis TrueImage... but that's just me.
damn, posted this when i was pissed the other night and didn't check back in on it. didn't realize it blew up.
it was a human mistake originally, but i feel like they should do a better job of allowing you to correct your mistakes.
someone had the tape in the wrong partition on the autoloader, the job comes up and says load some blank media. I move the media to the correct partition, try to run an inventory job, but the inventory job won't run (even with higher priority) because the job that has asked for new blank media is stuck in a state of "loading media".
The real bitch of it was that i couldn't just restart the job, because it's a duplicate of a backup to disk that cannot be started manually........
I'm sure they all have their issues, but damn this software pisses me off. I'm just put out with it.
That being said, any of you using a DataDomain box?
Add Novabackup.just keep one thing in mind... all backup software sucks. i've used backup exec, hp's dataprotector (formerly omniback), veritas netbackup and emc's edm (the worst piece of shit ever). they all suck in their own way.
Acronis TrueImage doesn't even come close to what BackupExec can do. Try backing up enterprise database servers using Acronis; it won't work too well.
That being said, for just backing up Joe Idiot's home computer, Backup Exec is way, way too powerful.
damn, posted this when i was pissed the other night and didn't check back in on it. didn't realize it blew up.
it was a human mistake originally, but i feel like they should do a better job of allowing you to correct your mistakes.
someone had the tape in the wrong partition on the autoloader, the job comes up and says load some blank media. I move the media to the correct partition, try to run an inventory job, but the inventory job won't run (even with higher priority) because the job that has asked for new blank media is stuck in a state of "loading media".
The real bitch of it was that i couldn't just restart the job, because it's a duplicate of a backup to disk that cannot be started manually........
I'm sure they all have their issues, but damn this software pisses me off. I'm just put out with it.
That being said, any of you using a DataDomain box?
This is actually one of the biggest issues I have working with Backup Exec. In fact, it is such utter shit.. they included a menu item to start the backup exec services that fail to start at boot time.Or simply restart the service to force the reset.