In Backup Exec 12.5 ThreatCon functionality is built in. Backup Exec is trying to download a threatcon.zip file every 5 minutes, needed or not, Internet connected or not. Also you get a job warning every 24 hours mentioning the ThreatCon level is not up to date.   In a corporate environment this will flood firewall/proxy logfiles. The only workaround provided so far is to add an entry in the hosts file to point securityresponse.symantec.com to localhost.   If the backup server is ...

I have created a custom Schedule report for  job Summary. When the scheduled job runs everyday it sends the report in the email. The format of the report is in .htm format. It would be nice to  be able to select the format type of the report that comes in the email. For example in pdf format. Currently, our blackberries can't open htm files but we can pdf files.   i know the same issue or idea is raised by few other people also. Please look into reporting ...

This is for case id 281-865-416 were customer wanted to schedule automatic restore's of sql db after the backup is complete to a different server without having to do it manually with BE 12.5. Is this a distant possibility with BE 12.5 or something that we can implement

Of couse, this is the feature that already exist in other software such as TSM Fastback and Acronis. But I think it should also available within BESR and BEWS. Let say that when you submit restore job and the restored files/system suddenly accessible. The blocks that requested by application will be redirected to the backed up copy while the restore job running in background until finish. In case of BESR, after you submit the restore job. The system reboot to Windows system and start working ...

It would be nice when download multiple hotfixes , Symantec only restarts the services at the end of applying the last hotfix. Now it takes longer time as it stop and restart with every hot fix.

It would be nice if you could select multiple exclude dates by selecting "last day of the month," etc. For instance, I have a job that I want to NOT run on the last day of every month. Right now, I have to go in and individually select each day for the next five years or so, rather than being able to use the same functionality available in the Included dates

It would be nice to have the DST issue repaired so that i won't have to reschedule my backup jobs everytime the time changes!

I really enjoy the VMWare agent for Backup Exec for Windows.  There is one thing I would like for it to do that it can't.  When you create a backup job for a virtual server it would be nice if you could pick a different vmware esx server host as the destination.  That way the virtual machine can be backed up directly to a machine where the vm can be turned on right away. Thanks, Andy

I have created a custom report for Overall Summary. When the scheduled job runs everyday it sends the report in the email. The format of the report is in .htm format. It would be nice to  be able to select the format type of the report that comes in the email. For example in pdf format. Currently, our blackberries can't open htm files but we can pdf files. would make the management happy.