Symantec Backup Exec (tm) 11d 6235 and 11d 7170 for Windows Servers now has a utility to export the contents of the Backup Exec Catalog file to a text file.

To use this utility:
 

1. Backup Exec 11d 6235 or 11d 7170 for Windows Servers must be installed*
2. CatDump.exe must be copied to the directory where Backup Exec is installed (Default C:\Program Files\Symantec\Backup Exec).

*Note: Even though Backup Exec 11d for Windows Servers is required to run this utility, catalogs from any previous version of Backup Exec can be exported.

Usage: CatDump filename [Parameters]

where parameters are defined as follows:
Parameters have the format "KEYWORD=VALUE"
Abbreviations: KEYWORDS can be abbreviated by the minimum number of
characters needed to identity them (e.g. T for TABDELIM)

SETNUM=number (only used with family GUID) DEFAULT:-1 (all sets)
TABDELIM=Y|N or 1|0 - DEFAULT:Y
HEADERS=Y|N|O or 1|0|O (include set header information, O=header only) - DEFAULT:Y
VALIDATEONLY=Y|N or 1|0 - DEFAULT:N
WAIT=Y|N or 1|0 (wait for key press to terminate) - DEFAULT:N
XML=Y|N or 1|0 (output in XML format) DEFAULT:Y

Status: (first character)
S - File was split by end of media.
C - File was continued from previous media.
X - File image on media is corrupt.

Example:

Catalog directory: C:\Program Files\Symantec\Backup Exec\Catalogs
Catalog file: {A018199C-8617-11D1-ABBE-0000-F832B476}.fh
Desired Output File: C:\Catalog.txt

The command would be:

catdump "C:\Program Files\Symantec\Backup Exec\Catalogs\{A018199C-8617-11D1-ABBE-0000-F832B476}.fh" > C:\Catalog.txt
The console will go into a non-responsive state. Press the 'Y' key to populate the catalog dump file and check the result.