Did you know that Backup Exec 2012 has filtering capabilities that allow you to customize your views?

Sorting and filtering is not a new concept to Backup Exec, but in Backup Exec 2012 you can customize server and storage views and save them to use whenever you like.  Here’s how it works: in many of the tabs, your data is represented in a table with columns and rows. You have the ability to add, remove and change the order of the columns, and you can sort and filter your data to see what you want in the order that you want. You can save that view so that each time you switch tabs or reopen Backup Exec, your view remains the same. Backup Exec comes preconfigured with several views, and it’s easy to switch from the default view to a preconfigured view, or to one of your customized views.

I’ll walk you through how you can save your customized filter configuration and how to turn off the filters after they are applied. In this example, I’ll...

Backup Exec 2012 ships with a new PowerShell module called BEMCLI.  I lead the development of BEMCLI, and am very excited about its role in making your Backup Exec tasks more automated and easier to manage.

30,000 foot view of PowerShell and BEMCLI in 30 seconds

PowerShell is an automation technology.  PowerShell contains a language.  The interface you'll start using PowerShell from is a command window, but it can also be scripted.

PowerShell commands are called "cmdlets".

Developers can write and package custom cmdlets that plug into PowerShell.  Such packages of cmdlets are called "Modules" and that's what BEMCLI is: a PowerShell module.

There are three main categories of PowerShell cmdlets:

1. Get objects.  The topic of today's blog post.

2. Do work -- create, change, delete objects.

3. Filter or format...

Data is growing at an exponential rate and it is vital that SMBs are prepared and protected. With industry-leading Symantec Backup Exec.cloud, SMBs can simplify backup and ensure critical data is always protected – but don’t just take our word for it.  Third-party reviewer and tech expert, David Strom, just wrapped up his review of Backup Exec.cloud and agrees: he said, “If you are concerned with data growth and want an easy-to-use backup service that SMBs can set and forget, then consider Symantec’s Backup Exec.cloud.”

Check out the entire video review here: Using Symantec's Backup Exec.Cloud To Protect Your Small Business

And in case you missed it, CRN recently reviewed Backup Exec 2012 commenting that the new interface will “simplify and streamline the entire backup process,” and touted the new UI as “worlds away from its predecessor in ease of use.”

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For more information about Symantec Backup Exec for Windows Servers, please contact: Jerry Gowen (503) 690-4714. For more information about MSExchange.org, email info@msexchange.org.

May 23, 2012 – Leading Microsoft Exchange Server resource site, MSExchange.org, announced today that Symantec Backup Exec for Windows Servers was selected the winner in the Backup & Recovery category of the MSExchange.org Readers’ Choice Awards. 

“Our Reader’s Choice Awards give visitors to our site the opportunity to vote for the products they view as the very best in their respective category,” said Sean Buttigieg, MSExchange.org manager. “MSExchange.org users are specialists in their field who encounter various solutions for Exchange Server at the workplace.  Their vote serves as a solid peer-to-...