Hello!

This is my first post and I am driven to do this by a time consuming and annoying task I am currently doing!

Basically me and a few other people take it in turns to check backup successes from the previous night and inventory the new tapes. The usual process is to use NetOp or Dameware or Remote Desktop to jump from server to server remotely from our desktop PC and check/do what we need to on each Backup Exec. We speed this process up slightly by using the 'Connect To Media Server...' option within Backup Exec so that we can access multiple Backup Execs from one server. The problem is that we run 2 different versions of Backup Exec (v10 and v8.6) and this, along with other mystery connection issues, means that we can't see all the Backup Execs from one server.

What I would like is a tool on my desktop PC that allows me to connect to any instance of Backup Exec on the network or, even better, be able to write a report that automatically generates every morning with details of all the backups that ran on all the servers?

I'm pretty novice with Backup Exec so any help is greatly appreciated!

Thanks

Steven Collings