OVERVIEW OF EOL ITEMS:

• RAWS or Agent for Windows Systems (Remote Agent) on Windows 2000 (Windows XP still supported with latest Service Pack)
• Netware Agent (Including NW-OFO, NW-IDR)
• Storage Foundation for Windows and VERITAS Cluster Server Support
• Intelligent Disaster Recovery (IDR) Option
• Solaris RALUS support
• DB2 Agent \ SAP Agent
• SQL File Groups
• BEMCMD (Being replaced with BEMCLI)
• One Button Disaster Recovery (OBDR)
• Windows XP Media Server and Remote Admin Console Support
• Daily and Working Set Jobs (File Grooming stays)
• Symantec Online Storage for Backup Exec (SOSBE) and Symantec Protection Network (SPN) Software as a Service for Backup Exec
• Continuous Protection Server (CPS) \ DLO (Will become stand alone product)
• Internet Explorer 6 \ Enterprise Vault 7.x \ MAC OSX 10.4 \ Replication Exec (No longer being tested)
• Advance Open File Option (Still used by RAWS or Agent for Windows Systems on Windows XP)

EOL OPERATING SYSTEMS:

• Windows XP Media Servers
• Windows XP Remote Admin Consoles
• Windows 2003 SP1 and below (Media Server)
• Windows 2003 SP1 and below (RAC)
• Windows 2000 (All SP’s) (RAWS)
  • New Minimum is Windows XP SP2
  • VC Runtimes no longer support lower than Windows XP SP2
  • File system restores only using older agent

EOL OPTIONS:

• Advanced Open File Option
  • No longer necessary since Media Server Installs on XP no longer supported. Remote Admin Console support also removed for XP.
• Intelligent Disaster Recovery Option
  • Being replaced with Simplified Disaster Recovery (SDR).
• Desktop and Laptop Option
  • Will become a stand alone product.
• Symantec Online Storage for Backup Exec (SOSBE) and Symantec Protection Network (SPN) Software as a Service for Backup Exec 
  • No longer recognize the plug-in or communicate with it.

EOL AGENTS:

• NetWare Agent
  • Will not support Backup or Restores.
• Solaris Agent
  • Only Linux platforms left. All Unix agents now EOL.
  • Will not support Backups or Restores.
• SAP Agent
  • Customers can use RAWS or Agent for Windows Server with SQL agent to protect.
  • No support for non-Windows Platforms.
  • Will not support Backups or Restores.
• DB2 Agent
  • Will not support Backups or Restores.

EOL PRODUCT SUPPORT:

• VERITAS Cluster Server
  • Will not support clustered upgrades. Must un-cluster.
  • Will install on clusters, but cluster wizard will block.
  • Will not support clustered backups.
  • Agent has no knowledge of VCS cluster anymore.
• Storage Foundation for Windows
  • Software based offhost no longer supported, only hardware based offhost.

EOL UI (USER INTERFACE) AND JOB ITEMS:

• Daily and Working Set (Job Types)
  • Migrated to Journal Type.
• SQL File Group Support
• One Button Disaster Recovery
• OLD User Interface no longer installed.
• Notifications being replaced
  • MAPI/VIM Notifications.
  • Net Send Notifications.
  • Pager/Printer Notifications.
• Scheduler
  • Replaced with new Scheduler.
• Report Consolidation

EOL PRODUCTS/TOOLS:

• Continuous Protections Server
  • No longer supported or tested. CPS Jobs to protect CPS resources will be migrated.
• DLO becomes its own product
  • Their team will handle data migration.
• BEMCMD
  • Will be replaced with BEMCLI.
  • BEMCLI not installed with SBE.
     

 NOTE: The following/above options and agents have reached end-of-life in Backup Exec 2012 and are no longer available in the application for backup or restore.  If a restore is needed for an agent or option on the end-of-life list a version of Backup Exec that supports that agent or option must be used.