Rant warning... I'm DONE with Backup Exec
CALB wrote: Unless chaining jobs together WITHOUT HAVING TO WRITE A FREAKIN' SCRIPT is re-introduced into BE 2012, we have plans to cease using BE and migrate to HP Data Protector instead. This...
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For people to wish a disaster on a company or building full of people is just bad taste. I agree that the 2012 version is as close to crap as it comes but it does work fine for an SBS install where...
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GreatlyDisappointed wrote: P.S. After years of tech support BS and thousands of dollars in support contracts, I hope all at Symantec die in a blinding white light! If anyone is aware of any Symantec...
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I too am having tremendous issues with 2012 and have more or less decided to downgrade back to 2010. I resisted for a long time before upgrading. I understood that there were significant changes and a...
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GreatlyDisappointed wrote: I hope all at Symantec die in a blinding white light! If anyone is aware of any Symantec building that is in the way of any mud-slide, tornado, hurricane, earthquake,...
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Backup Exec Matt (Symantec) wrote: GreatlyDisappointed wrote: I hope all at Symantec die in a blinding white light! If anyone is aware of any Symantec building that is in the way of any mud-slide,...
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John White wrote: So... no blinding light? Even some blinding probably would have been nice. :-P One dude opened a soda and it sprayed in his face a little...I think he stained his shirt
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The much awaited Service Packs to add support to Windows Server 2012 (Remote Agent only) and VMWare 5.1 are released. Backup Exec 2010 R3 revision 5204 Service Pack 3http:/ Opens a new...
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Responding to the original "RANT Warning......" I can totally relate to about 90% of what you have experienced. I am right there with you - what I deal with now are some of the more simple things in...
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New Backup Exec 2014 Opens a new window released on Monday. No more rants ;-)
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Symantec Matt wrote:New Backup Exec 2014 Opens a new window released on Monday. No more rants ;-)Good luck with that ;)
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I am exhausted by BE 2012. The amount of issues we have had since upgrading to it is ridiculous. I often have more than one support case open at a time although to save confusion, I try and get one...
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Symantec Matt wrote:New Backup Exec 2014 Opens a new window released on Monday. No more rants ;-)And of course, we have to pay for it?
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The saga continues. I recently decided to give 2014 a shot and it was just as bad as 2012. I started the software and everything seemed a little slow but I wasn't getting any errors running backups at...
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I also upgraded to 2014 after being told that that was the only supported way to back up an MS SQL 2014 server using Backup Exec. I now have new issues including services hanging and becoming...
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Version 15 is no better for most people - especially anyone doing backups of vSphere VMs. I am about to install Version 16 (Beta release) and not confident it will do any better but I CAN"T BACKUP ANY...
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Version 15 was not working for ANY of my virtual backups and restores where impossible for DCs and other restores on GRT based backups. After many machinations, I was able to get my hands on Version 16...
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UPDATE: Version 16 much more stable than Version 15. Finally got something useful from support!I still have some backups with issues but they are mostly related to agent updates requiring a reboot and...
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