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James Avery

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discussion comment 01 Jul 2012
James Avery commented on: Impressions of BackupExec 2012
NOT EVER!
discussion comment 27 Jun 2012
James Avery commented on: Backup exec 2012 failing to convert backup to virtual
I have run into a really interesting instance of this. I have a CASO and a managed backup server. Created a convert to VM from a backup. Made sure the iso was on the server, pointed to it in the job. Kept getting the "unable to open the ...
discussion comment 30 May 2012
James Avery commented on: Anyone else have this issue?
added new maintenance license files to server, clicked through to finish, and ended up with a Trial Version of BE. Went back through the licensing, re-checked all the previously checked boxes and ended up with a licensed version of BE. Added a ...
New forum discussion 25 May 2012
James Avery posted: Anyone else have this issue?
When adding a license file to BE2012, the process of adding the file unchecks ALL of the existing licensed products after its run so that you now have a trial installation and you have to re-run the licensing app and recheck all the appropriate boxes in order to have a working ...
discussion comment 15 May 2012
James Avery commented on: BE 2012, Combine Backup Jobs to minize Tape Activity
Interestingly enough, I DIDN'T have any multiple server selection lists. All of my servers had their own selection list, but were backed up via multiple policies. I could add, remove, change backup times, jobs, with only a couple of clicks of ...
discussion comment 11 May 2012
James Avery commented on: Impressions of BackupExec 2012
I discovered just yesterday that even though you have a virtual tape library configured with 16 LTO4 tape drives, if the specific tape drive that was used for a backup isn't free - it's backing up a server - a restore job won't run ...
discussion comment 07 May 2012
James Avery commented on: Impressions of BackupExec 2012
It's now printed out and stuck to my door frame.  
discussion comment 28 Apr 2012
James Avery commented on: Can't move tape from vault to offline
Because it makes my boss, my boss's boss, and my Director happy. You're familiar with the old saying, " If mama ain't happy, ain't nobody happy"? It also pleases our auditors to have a vault report indicating which ...
discussion comment 26 Apr 2012
James Avery commented on: Can't move tape from vault to offline
Apparently I'm not being clear in trying to explain my quandry. Prior to upgrading my, having used Backup Exec since it was Veritas, to Backup Exec 2012, I could, by selecting tapes that had been backed up to, and consequently needed to be ...
discussion comment 26 Apr 2012
James Avery commented on: Can't move tape from vault to offline
Hey, P, Why yes, yes I can. I can move it to another vault, but can't move it to Offline. I can Scratch it, Retire it, or associate it with a Media Set, but cannot move a selection of tapes to the Offline group. Now, I haven't tried ...
New forum discussion 25 Apr 2012
James Avery posted: Can't move tape from vault to offline
Another improvement! I move physical duplicated tapes weekly to a vault case which is then taken to a data vault for a week. When it's returned to the data center, the tapes are removed and placed in a cabinet for another 5 weeks of retention. In BE2010, I could select the vault ...
discussion comment 22 Apr 2012
James Avery commented on: Impressions of BackupExec 2012
Not to blow my own horn - ok, maybe a little bit. Because of issues that I had had before, I took a full bare-metal backup and a master backup of my BE server before "upgrading" to 2012. I used a Unitrends DPU for this process so that I ...
discussion comment 20 Apr 2012
James Avery commented on: Impressions of BackupExec 2012
As one poster mentioned, I've been using BE since Veritas, and have happily buzzed along in familiar territory for years. As for BE2012, its interface has all the charm of, oh, I don't know, a broken elbow. It's as though Symantec ...
discussion comment 12 May 2011
James Avery commented on: One backup job out of 383 insists that it's been cancelled because of a media alert response
which I've shot. I got to thinking (a new thing) and looked at the target server in question.  I had been having a problem with the RALUS going unresponsive occasionally, so had created a cron job that would restart it on a daily basis ...
discussion comment 05 May 2011
James Avery commented on: One backup job out of 383 insists that it's been cancelled because of a media alert response
Thanks for the replay Greg; no joy there, either.
discussion comment 05 May 2011
James Avery commented on: One backup job out of 383 insists that it's been cancelled because of a media alert response
Weeellll...that's kind of the problem.  There is no alert being responded to. The job is apparently being cancelled because of a response to a non-existant alert. Been looking for a cause with no joy. Incidentally, I'm backing ...
New forum discussion 05 May 2011
James Avery posted: One backup job out of 383 insists that it's been cancelled because of a media alert response
I have a truly strange problem with one backup job out of 383 scheduled jobs.  It's backing up a backup folder that's been rsync'd from an internal backup job on a unix server to a linux server for the purposes of off-site storage.  The client server is running ...
New forum discussion 18 Jan 2011
James Avery posted: Tape moved to vault - changed to scratch
Greetings: Perhaps someone could provide an explanation for the following: Weekend backups finished, all jobs duplicated to physical tape from VTL backups.  It's time to unload the tapes and take them to the data safe for safekeeping.  In order to keep track of ...
discussion comment 06 Oct 2010
James Avery commented on: What's happened to RAWSBulkUpdate.exe?
Yes, shortly after posting the original question, I "discovered" that the new interface for the agent deployment  tool now will import all the servers that the media server connects to - if you're running it on the media ...
discussion comment 16 Sep 2010
James Avery commented on: CASO not delegating jobs to managed server
Boy! am I trying to avoid that particular scenario. I'll give it a shot, tho'. Thanks.