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Introducing Backup Exec
- About Backup Exec
- What's new in Backup Exec
- What's new in Backup Exec agents and options
- Backup Exec agents and options
- How Backup Exec works
  - About the Administration Console
  - About storage devices
Installing Backup Exec
- About installing Backup Exec
- Before you install
  - Checking your environment before installing
  - About the Backup Exec services account
  - Changing Windows security
  - About Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express Edition components installed with Backup Exec
  - About Backup Exec's standard features
- System requirements
- Installing Backup Exec to a local computer
- Installing Backup Exec options to the local computer
- Installing Backup Exec to remote computers
- Installing Backup Exec options to remote computers
- Installing the Remote Agent for Windows Systems
- Installing the Remote Agent and the Advanced Open File Option to a remote computer in the backup selections list
  - Installing the Remote Agent and Advanced Open File Option in an Active Directory network
  - Push-installing the Remote Agent and the AOFO using the command line
  - Using a command prompt to install the Remote Agent on a remote computer
  - Using a command prompt to uninstall the Remote Agent from a remote computer
  - Using a command script to install the Remote Agent and AOFO
  - Using a command script to uninstall the Remote Agent and AOFO
- Installing the Backup Exec Remote Administrator
- Installing Backup Exec using the command line (silent mode)
  - Command line switches for Backup Exec silent mode installation
  - Installing the Remote Administrator using the command line
  - Uninstalling Backup Exec using the command line
  - Creating and using installation parameter files
- Using a clone CD image
  - Creating a clone CD image
  - Installing locally using a clone CD image
  - Installing to a remote system using a clone CD image
- Evaluating Backup Exec agents and options
- About the installation log
- Repairing Backup Exec
- Starting and stopping Backup Exec services
- Uninstalling Backup Exec
- Uninstalling Backup Exec options from the local media server
- About updating Backup Exec with LiveUpdate
  - Scheduling automatic updates using LiveUpdate
  - Running LiveUpdate manually
  - Viewing installed updates
- Viewing license information
- Adding licenses
- Finding installed licenses in your environment
- Upgrading from previous versions of Backup Exec
- Upgrading Backup Exec options on remote computers
- Post-installation tasks
Configuring Backup Exec settings and options
- About configuring Backup Exec
- Configuring logon accounts
- About Backup Exec defaults
- Changing device and media job defaults
- Changing default preferences
- Copying configuration settings
- Copying logon account information
- Audit logs
  - Configuring the audit log
  - Viewing the audit log
- Configuring database maintenance
- Viewing the location of Backup Exec databases
- Configuring columns
Managing media
- About media in Backup Exec
- Media overwrite protection
- Setting defaults for media management
- Auditing media operations
- Media labeling
- About WORM media
- Cataloging media while reviewing devices or media
- Creating a restore job while reviewing media or devices
- Media locations and vaults
- Creating media vaults
- Moving media to a vault or to the offline media location
- Removing damaged media
- Deleting media
- Associating media with a media set
- Viewing general media properties
- Viewing media in storage devices
  - Viewing media statistics
- Media rotation strategies
Preparing for backup
- How to prepare for backup
- About backup strategies
- Choosing a backup strategy
  - How to determine your backup schedule
  - How to determine the amount of data to back up
  - How to determine a schedule for data storage
  - How to determine which devices to back up
  - How to determine the number of resources to back up in a job
  - Understanding the archive bit and backup methods
  - Understanding backup methods and their advantages
  - Understanding modified time and backup methods
  - Using the Windows NTFS Change Journal to determine changed files
- Selecting data to back up
- About using fully qualified computer names in backup selections
- About the Computer Name node in the backup selections list
- About the Favorite Resources node in the backup selections list
  - Adding a Windows system to the Favorite Resources node in the backup selections list
  - Deleting a Windows system from the Favorite Resources node in the backup selections list
- About the Domains node in the backup selections list
- Adding an Active Directory domain to the Active Directory Domains node
- About the Oracle Real Application Clusters node in the backup selections list
- About the NDMP Devices node in the backup selections list
- About the VMware VirtualCenter and ESX Servers node in the backup selections list
- About the Microsoft SharePoint Server Farms node in the backup selections list
- About the User-defined Selections node in the backup selections list
- Adding a user-defined selection to the User-defined Selections node
- How to back up Microsoft Windows Distributed File System
- Including or excluding files for backup
- About selection lists
  - Creating selection lists
  - Merging and replacing selection lists
  - Holding jobs that back up a selection list
  - Deleting selection lists
  - Editing selection lists
  - Editing the Excludes selection list
  - Setting priority and availability windows for selection lists
  - Creating separate selection lists for each computer or resource
  - Creating a custom filter for Backup Selection Lists
  - Filtering backup selection lists
  - Searching selection lists
  - Viewing the history for backup selection lists
  - Viewing a summary for a selection list
- Using resource discovery to search for new resources
- About the Backup Exec Shadow Copy Components file system
- How to restore individual items by using Granular Recovery Technology
  - Recommended devices for backups that use Granular Recovery Technology
  - About requirements for jobs that use Granular Recovery Technology
Backing up data
- How to back up data
- Creating a backup job by using the Backup Wizard
- Preventing the Backup Wizard from launching from the Backup button
- Creating a backup job by setting job properties
- Scheduling jobs
- Archiving data
- Duplicating backed up data
- Verifying a backup
- Creating a test run job
- Setting test run default options
Customizing backup options
- Setting default backup options
- Setting default pre/post commands
- Specifying backup networks
- About using Backup Exec with Symantec Endpoint Protection
- Creating automatic backup jobs for use with Symantec Endpoint Protection
- Using Backup Exec with firewalls
  - Browsing systems through a firewall
  - About enabling a SQL instance behind a firewall
- About encryption
  - About software encryption
  - About hardware encryption
- Encryption keys
- Encryption key management dialog box
Managing tape drives and robotic libraries
- About tape drives and robotic libraries
- Configuring storage devices by using the Device Configuration Wizard
- Adding devices by using the Hot-swappable Device Wizard
- Installing Symantec device drivers by using the Symantec Device Driver Installation Wizard
- Viewing storage device properties
- About creating utility jobs to help manage devices and media
Managing backup-to-disk folders
- About backup-to-disk folders and files
  - Requirements for creating a backup-to-disk folder
  - Requirements for creating a removable backup-to-disk folder
- Creating a backup-to-disk folder by using the Backup-to-disk Wizard
- Creating a backup-to-disk folder
- Configuring advanced options for a backup-to-disk folder
- Setting defaults for new backup-to-disk folders
- Sharing an existing backup-to-disk folder
- Renaming a backup-to-disk folder
- Changing the path of a backup-to-disk folder
- Deleting a backup-to-disk folder
- Recreating a backup-to-disk folder and its contents
- Pausing and resuming a backup-to-disk folder
- Changing the status of a backup-to-disk folder to online
- Renaming a backup-to-disk file
- Deleting a backup-to-disk file
- Recreating a deleted backup-to-disk file
- Erasing backup-to-disk files
- Recommendations for using backup-to-disk folders with backup jobs that use Granular Recovery Technology
- How to reclaim disk space for backup jobs that use Granular Recovery Technology
Managing device pools
- About device pools
- How to manage device pools
- Creating device pools
- Adding devices to a device pool
- About cascaded drive pools
Policies and templates
- About policies and templates
- Setting template rules
  - Changing template rules
  - Deleting template rules
- Creating jobs using policies
- About duplicate backup set templates
- Adding a duplicate backup template to a policy
Administrating Backup Exec
- About administrating Backup Exec
- Copying jobs, selection lists, and policies
- Monitoring jobs
- Filtering jobs
- About managing custom filters
- Viewing the job workload for a media server from the Calendar tab
- Viewing jobs for specific days on the calendar
- Managing jobs from the Calendar tab
- Viewing the System Summary
- Viewing the Symantec Endpoint Protection Security Summary
- Error-handling rules
- Setting thresholds to recover jobs
- About the Job Setup view
Restoring data
- About restoring data
- Restore jobs and the catalog
  - Setting catalog defaults
  - Catalog levels
- Restoring data by using the Restore Wizard
- Preventing the Restore Wizard from launching from the Restore button
- Restoring data by setting job properties
- Selecting data to restore
- Creating a restore selection list
- Including or excluding files for restore
- Changing and testing resource credentials for restore jobs
- Searching for files to restore
- Redirecting a restore job
- Using redirected restore for Active Directory, Active Directory Application Mode for Windows Server 2003/2008
- Setting defaults for restore jobs
- Specifying the restore network
- Canceling a restore job
Alerts and notifications
- About alerts and notifications
- Viewing alerts
- Responding to active alerts
  - Configuring automatic responses for alert categories
  - Clearing informational alerts from the Active Alerts pane
- Configuring alert category properties
- Enabling or disabling alerts from the Active Alerts pane
- Deleting alerts from the alert history
- Setting up notification for alerts
- Configuring recipients
- Assigning recipients to alert categories for notification
- Assigning notification recipients for completed jobs
- About SNMP notification
- Installing and configuring the SNMP system service
- Adding Windows Management Instrumentation capability
- Uninstalling WMI providers
Reports in Backup Exec
- About reports in Backup Exec
- Viewing reports
- Running a report
- Running and viewing a new report job
- Scheduling report jobs and setting notification recipients
- About custom reports in Backup Exec
- About filter criteria and filter expressions for custom reports
- Creating a custom report
- Copying custom reports
- Editing custom reports
- Deleting custom reports
- Setting default options for reports
- Viewing report properties
- Available reports
Disaster preparation and recovery
- About disaster preparation
- Key elements of a disaster preparation plan (DPP)
- Returning to the last known good configuration
- Creating a hardware profile copy
- Creating an emergency repair disk
- Using Windows' Automated System Recovery and System Restore to recover a Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 system
- Manual disaster recovery of Windows computers
  - Manual disaster recovery of a local Windows computer (includes non-authoritative and authoritative restore of Active Directory for a domain controller)
  - Disaster recovery of a remote Windows computer (includes non-authoritative and authoritative restore of Active Directory for a domain controller)
Troubleshooting
- Troubleshooting hardware-related issues
- How to get more information about alerts and error messages
- Troubleshooting backup issues
- About cluster sizes for NTFS partitions
- Troubleshooting restore issues
- Improving Backup Exec performance
- Searching the Symantec Knowledge Base for more information
- Contacting Technical Support
- Generating a diagnostic file for troubleshooting
- Running Bediag on a remote computer
- Collecting log file information for troubleshooting
- Using the Backup Exec Debug Monitor for troubleshooting
Using Symantec Backup Exec with Server Clusters
- About Backup Exec and server clusters
- Requirements for clustering Backup Exec in a Microsoft Cluster Server
- How Backup Exec works in a Microsoft Cluster Server
- Requirements for installing Backup Exec on a Microsoft Cluster Server
- Installing Backup Exec on a Microsoft Cluster Server
  - Upgrading Backup Exec on a Microsoft cluster
  - Installing additional Backup Exec options on a Microsoft cluster
  - Uninstalling Backup Exec from a Microsoft cluster
- Creating device pools for Microsoft Cluster Servers
- Using checkpoint restart on Microsoft Cluster Server failover
- Enabling or disabling checkpoint restart
- Specifying a different failover node
- Designating a new SAN SSO primary server and central administration server in a Microsoft Cluster Server
- Configurations for Backup Exec and Microsoft Cluster Servers
  - Two-node cluster with locally attached storage devices
  - Two-node cluster with tape devices on a shared SCSI bus
  - Configuring a shared SCSI bus for tape devices
  - Multi-node clusters on a fibre channel SAN with the SAN SSO
- Using the Central Admin Server Option with Microsoft clusters and SAN SSO
- Backing up Microsoft Cluster Servers
  - Backing up local disks in a Microsoft cluster
  - Backing up shared disks in a Microsoft cluster
  - Backing up database files in a Microsoft cluster
- About restoring data to a Microsoft cluster
  - About restoring Windows 2000 and Windows Server 2003/2008 features to a Microsoft cluster
  - Restoring the cluster quorum to a Windows 2000 and Windows Server 2003 node running Active Directory to a Microsoft cluster
  - Restoring the cluster quorum for Windows 2000 and Windows Server 2003/2008 computers to a Microsoft cluster
  - Specifying a new drive letter for the cluster quorum disk
- Using Backup Exec with Veritas Cluster Server
- Requirements for installing Backup Exec with the CASO option on a Veritas Cluster Server
- Installing Backup Exec with the CASO option on a Veritas Cluster Server
- Requirements for clustering Backup Exec using Veritas Cluster Server
- Clustering Backup Exec using Veritas Cluster Server
- About backing up Veritas Cluster Servers
  - About backing up Windows 2000 and Windows Server 2003/2008 features in a Veritas cluster
  - Backing up local disks in a Veritas cluster
  - Backing up shared disks in a Veritas cluster
  - Backing up database files in a Veritas cluster
- About restoring data to Veritas Cluster Servers
  - About restoring Windows 2000 and Windows Server 2003 features to a Veritas cluster
- About backup job failover with Veritas Cluster Servers
- Disaster recovery of a cluster
  - Using IDR to prepare for disaster recovery of a cluster
  - Recovering nodes on the cluster using IDR
  - Recovering Backup Exec on a Microsoft Cluster using IDR
  - Recovering the entire cluster using a manual disaster recovery procedure
  - Restoring the Microsoft Cluster data files
  - Recovering all shared disks in a Microsoft Cluster
  - Recovering all shared disks in a Veritas cluster
  - Recovering Backup Exec in a Microsoft cluster
- Troubleshooting clusters
  - Changing the Quorum disk signature
  - Manually joining two cluster disk groups and resynchronizing volumes
Symantec Backup Exec Central Admin Server Option
- How CASO works
- Requirements for installing CASO
- Choosing the location for CASO device and media data
- Installing the CASO central administration server
- Installing a managed media server from the central administration server in CASO
- Upgrading an existing CASO installation
  - Upgrading an existing CASO central administration server
  - Upgrading an existing CASO managed media server
- Changing a Backup Exec media server to a central administration server
- Changing a media server to a managed media server
- Changing a managed media server to a stand-alone media server
- Running the Backup Exec Utility for CASO operations
- Uninstalling Backup Exec from the central administration server in CASO
- Uninstalling Backup Exec from a managed media server
- Configuring CASO
- Grouping managed media servers in pools in CASO
- Copying jobs instead of delegating jobs in CASO
- Requirements for duplicate backup data and synthetic backup jobs in CASO
- How centralized restore works in CASO
- Administering managed media servers in CASO
  - Managing jobs in CASO
  - Recovering failed jobs in CASO
- Pausing and resuming a managed media server in CASO
Symantec Backup Exec Advanced Open File Option
- About the Advanced Open File Option
  - Supported snapshot technologies
  - Requirements for using Advanced Open File Option
- Installing the Advanced Open File Option
- Installing and uninstalling the Advanced Open File Option to remote windows computers using the command line
- Setting defaults for the Advanced Open File Option for backup jobs
- Changing the default settings for the Symantec Volume Snapshot Provider
- Checking the job log when using the Advanced Open File Option
Symantec Backup Exec Advanced Disk-based Backup Option
- About the Advanced Disk-based Backup Option
- Installing the Advanced Disk-based Backup Option
- About the synthetic backup feature
- What you can back up with synthetic backup
- Requirements for synthetic backup
  - Best practices for synthetic backup
  - Collecting additional information for synthetic backup and true image restore
- Creating a synthetic backup
- About true image restore
  - Requirements for running true image restore
  - Best practices for true image restore
- Creating a policy for true image restore
- Creating a policy for true image restore by using the Policy Wizard
- True image catalogs
- Restoring a backup set enabled for true image restore
- Troubleshooting tips for true image restore
- About offhost backup
- Configuring a GRT-enabled offhost backup for Exchange resources
- Restoring offhost backup data
- Troubleshooting the offhost backup
  - Offhost backup failures when using VSFW as a provider
  - Offhost backup issues when using a hardware provider
Symantec Backup Exec Active Directory Recovery Agent
- About the Active Directory Recovery Agent
- Requirements for the Active Directory Recovery Agent
- Installing the Active Directory Recovery Agent
- How the Active Directory Recovery Agent works
- How Granular Recovery Technology works with Active Directory and ADAM/AD LDS backups
- Setting default backup and restore options for the Active Directory Recovery Agent
- Backing up Active Directory or ADAM/ AD LDS
- About restoring individual Active Directory and ADAM/AD LDS objects
  - Restoring individual objects from an Active Directory backup
  - Restoring individual objects from an ADAM/AD LDS backup
- About recreating purged Active Directory and ADAM/AD LDS objects
Symantec Backup Exec Remote Agent for Windows Systems
- About the Remote Agent for Windows Systems
- Requirements for the Remote Agent for Windows Systems
- About installing the Remote Agent for Windows Systems
- About the Remote Agent for Windows Systems Bulk Upgrade and Update Utility
- Stopping and starting the Remote Agent for Windows Systems
- The Remote Agent Utility for Windows Systems
- Starting the Remote Agent Utility
- Viewing activity on the remote computer
- Publishing the remote Windows computer to media servers
- Configuring database access
- Using the Remote Agent Utility Command Line Applet
- About the Remote Agent Utility Command Line Applet
Symantec Backup Exec Remote Agent for NetWare Systems
- About the Remote Agent for NetWare Systems
- Requirements for installing the Remote Agent for NetWare Systems on a NetWare server
- About installing the Remote Agent for NetWare Systems on a NetWare server
- About backing up NetWare servers
  - About backing up the NetWare Directory Services (NDS)
  - Backing up NetWare servers
- About restoring NetWare servers
  - Restoring NetWare servers
- Setting default options for the Remote Agent for NetWare Systems
- Saving configuration information for the NetWare server
- Disaster recovery of NetWare servers
Symantec Backup Exec Remote Agent for Linux or UNIX Servers
- About the Remote Agent for Linux or UNIX Servers
- Requirements for the Remote Agent for Linux or UNIX Servers
- Installing the Remote Agent for Linux or UNIX Servers
- About creating the beoper group
- Installing Remote Agent for Linux or UNIX Servers by using the installation script
- Installing Remote Agent for Linux or UNIX Servers using the SSH (Secure Shell) protocol
- Publishing Linux and UNIX hosts to a media server
- Creating a Linux or UNIX logon account
- Setting properties for Linux, UNIX, and Macintosh jobs
- Backing up Linux and UNIX servers
- About protecting Novell Open Enterprise Server components on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
  - Requirements for Novell Open Enterprise Server
  - Backing up OES components
- Restoring Novell OES components
- Setting Linux/UNIX properties for Remote Agent restore jobs
- Uninstalling the Remote Agent for Linux or UNIX Servers
- Manually uninstalling the Remote Agent for Linux or UNIX Servers
- Manually starting the Remote Agent for Linux or UNIX Servers
- Manually stopping the Remote Agent for Linux or UNIX Server daemon
- Troubleshooting the Remote Agent for Linux or UNIX Servers
Symantec Backup Exec Remote Agent for Macintosh Systems
- About the Remote Agent for Macintosh Systems
- Requirements for the Remote Agent for Macintosh Systems
- Installing the Remote Agent for Macintosh Systems
- Creating a Macintosh logon account
- Backing up Macintosh computers
- Uninstalling the Remote Agent for Macintosh Systems
  - Manually starting the Remote Agent for Macintosh Systems daemon
  - Manually stopping the Remote Agent for Macintosh Systems daemon
- Troubleshooting the Remote Agent for Macintosh Systems
Symantec Backup Exec Remote Media Agent for Linux Servers
- About the Remote Media Agent
- How the Remote Media Agent works
- Requirements for the Remote Media Agent
- About installing the Remote Media Agent
  - Installing the Remote Media Agent
  - Uninstalling the Remote Media Agent
- Adding a Linux server as a Remote Media Agent
- Viewing Remote Media Agent properties
- About backing up data with the Remote Media Agent
- About restoring data with the Remote Media Agent
- About simulated tape libraries
- How to manage the Remote Media Agent in a shared storage environment
- Troubleshooting the Remote Media Agent
Backup Exec Desktop and Laptop Option
- About the Desktop and Laptop Option
- About the components of DLO
- Before you install DLO
- System requirements for the DLO Administration Console
- About installing the Backup Exec Desktop and Laptop Option
  - How to deploy the Desktop Agent
  - Customizing the Desktop Agent installation
  - Preparing for a manual push-deployment of the Desktop Agent
- About setting a recovery password
- Checking data integrity
- Changing DLO service credentials
- About administrator accounts in DLO
- About automated permissions management in DLO
- About limited restore in DLO
- Using a list of individual accounts to manage DLO permissions
- Using domain groups to manage DLO permissions
- About default DLO settings
- Changing default DLO profile settings
- Changing default DLO backup selection settings
- Changing default DLO global settings
- Configuring DLO to use a specific port for database access
- About using Backup Exec Retrieve with DLO
- About updating DLO
  - Updating the DLO Administration Console
  - Updating the Desktop Agent
  - About upgrading DLO to Windows Vista
  - Upgrading From NetBackup Professional to DLO
- Using the DLO Administration Console
- Using the DLO Overview view
- Connecting to DLO on a different Backup Exec Media Server
- Configuring DLO
- About DLO profiles
  - Creating a new DLO profile
  - Copying a DLO profile
  - Modifying a DLO profile
- About backup selections in DLO
  - About default backup selections in DLO
  - Removing default DLO backup selections from a profile
  - Adding a DLO backup selection to a profile
  - Defining general DLO backup selection properties
  - Including and excluding files or folders from a DLO backup selection
  - About revision control in DLO
  - About file grooming in DLO
  - Setting revision control for a DLO backup selection
  - Setting options for a DLO backup selection
  - How to use DLO macros in backup selections
  - Modifying a DLO backup selection
  - Deleting DLO backup selections
- About Delta File Transfer
  - Requirements for Delta File Transfer
  - Maintenance Server technical information and tips
  - How to enable Delta File Transfer for a backup selection
  - Adding a new Maintenance Server
  - Configuring a maintenance server for delegation
  - Changing the default maintenance server
  - Reassigning a file server
- About DLO Storage Locations
  - Supported Storage Location configurations
  - How to use hidden shares as Storage Locations
  - Creating DLO Storage Locations
  - Configuring a remote Windows share or NAS device for DLO Storage Locations
  - Deleting DLO Storage Locations
- About Automated User Assignments
  - Creating Automated User Assignments
  - Modifying Automated User Assignments
  - Changing the priority of Automated User Assignments
  - Viewing Automated User Assignment properties
  - Deleting Automated User Assignments
- About configuring global exclude filters in DLO
  - Specifying files and folders to exclude from all DLO backups
  - Excluding email from all DLO backups
  - Excluding files and folders from compression
  - Excluding files and folders from encryption
  - Excluding files and folders from Delta File Transfer
  - About excluding files that are always open
  - About using DLO macros to define global excludes
- About managing Desktop Agent users
  - Manually creating new network user data folders
  - Adding a single desktop user to DLO
  - Importing multiple desktop users who have existing network storage
  - Modifying Desktop Agent user properties
  - Enabling or disabling DLO access for a desktop user
  - Deleting a user from DLO
  - Moving Desktop Agent users to a new network user data folder
  - Migrating a desktop user to a new computer
  - Viewing a list of Desktop Agent users
- Modifying computer properties
- Enabling or disabling a desktop computer
- Deleting a desktop computer from DLO
- Backing up a desktop from the DLO Administration Console
  - Setting blackout windows
  - Deleting a blackout window schedule
- Restoring files and folders from the DLO Administration Console
- Searching for files and folders to restore with DLO
- About DLO emergency restore and recovery passwords
  - About changing recovery passwords
  - What happens when a user is deleted by the DLO Administration Console
  - Recovering data for a single user by using DLO Emergency Restore
  - Recovering data for a single user without using DLO Emergency Restore
  - Recovering a damaged or corrupt media server
  - Recovering a damaged or corrupt file server
- About the DLO job history
  - Viewing history logs
  - Setting filters for the job history view
  - Searching history logs
- About monitoring alerts on the DLO Administration Console
  - Configuring alerts
  - Managing DLO alerts
  - Clearing DLO alerts
- About configuring DLO alerts for notification
  - Configuring the SMTP email notification method in DLO
  - Configuring the MAPI email notification method in DLO
  - Configuring the VIM email notification method in DLO
  - Configuring the pager notification method in DLO
- About configuring recipients for notification in DLO
  - Enabling a person to receive DLO alert notifications by SMTP mail
  - Enabling a person to receive DLO alert notifications by MAPI mail
  - Enabling a person to receive DLO alert notifications by VIM mail
  - Enabling a person to receive DLO alert notifications by pager
  - Enabling SNMP Trap to receive DLO alert notifications
  - Enabling Net Send to receive DLO alert notifications
  - Enabling a printer to receive DLO alert notifications
  - Enabling a group to receive DLO alert notifications
  - Scheduling notification for recipients in DLO
  - Changing information about a recipient in DLO
  - Changing the notification method for a recipient in DLO
  - Removing recipients for DLO alerts
- About DLO reports
  - Running a DLO report
  - Viewing DLO report properties
- About maintaining the DLO database
- Clustering the Desktop and Laptop Option
- About the DLO command syntax
  - About remote server options for the command line
  - DLO commands in detail
  - About the -AssignSL Command
  - About the -EnableUser Command
  - About the -ChangeServer Command
  - About the -KeyTest Command
  - About the -ListProfile Command
  - About the -ListSL Command
  - About the -ListUser Command
  - About the -LogFile Command
  - About the -Update Command
  - About the -EmergencyRestore Command
  - About the -SetRecoveryPwd Command
  - About the -NotifyClients Command
  - About the -InactiveAccounts Command
  - About the -RenameDomain Command
  - About the -RenameMS Command
  - About the -LimitAdminTo Command
  - About the -IOProfile Command
- About the Desktop Agent
- Desktop Agent terminology
- Features and benefits of the Desktop Agent
- System requirements for the Desktop Agent
- Installing the Desktop Agent
- How to configure the Desktop Agent
  - About connecting from the Desktop Agent to the media server
  - Using alternate credentials for the Desktop Agent
  - About using local accounts on desktop computers
  - Resetting dialog boxes and account information in DLO
  - Changing your connection status
  - Enabling the Desktop Agent
  - Disabling the Desktop Agent
- About the Desktop Agent Console
- About using the Desktop Agent to back up your data
  - About revisions
  - Modifying backup selections in the Desktop Agent's standard view
  - Adding backup selections in the Desktop Agent's advanced view
  - Modifying backup selections in the Desktop Agent's advanced view
  - Deleting backup selections in the Desktop Agent's advanced view
  - About using DLO to back up Outlook PST files incrementally
  - Backing up Lotus Notes NSF files incrementally
  - About using the Desktop Agent when Lotus Notes is not configured for the current user
- About modifying Desktop Agent settings
  - Changing schedule options for a DLO backup job
  - Setting customized options on the Desktop Agent
  - Moving the desktop user data folder
  - Customizing connection policies
- About synchronizing desktop user data
  - How synchronization works
  - Synchronizing a folder across multiple desktops
  - Changing or viewing a synchronized folder
  - Removing a synchronized folder
  - Resolving conflicts with synchronized files
- About the status of the Desktop Agent
  - Starting a pending job from the Status view
- About suspending or canceling a job
- Viewing usage details
- Restoring files by using the Desktop Agent
  - Searching for desktop files and folders to restore
  - About restoring Microsoft Outlook Personal Folder files
  - Restoring deleted email messages
  - About restoring files with alternate stream data
- About using Backup Exec Retrieve to restore files
- About monitoring job history in the Desktop Agent
  - Viewing log files
  - Searching for log files
  - About grooming log files
- About using DLO with other products
- Troubleshooting the DLO Administration Console
- Troubleshooting the Desktop Agent
- Accessibility and DLO
Symantec Backup Exec Agent for Microsoft Exchange Server
- About the Backup Exec Exchange Agent
- Requirements for using the Exchange Agent
- Installing the Exchange Agent
- Recommended configurations for Exchange
- Exchange mailbox access requirements
- Backup strategies for Exchange
  - Automatic exclusion of Exchange data during volume-level backups
  - Reviewing the circular logging setting for Exchange
- How Granular Recovery Technology works with the Exchange Information Store
- Snapshot and offhost backups with the Exchange Agent
- About continuous protection for Exchange data
  - Requirements for installing components for CPS Exchange backup jobs
  - Requirements for configuring continuous protection for Exchange data
- Best practices for continuous protection of Exchange
- Setting default backup and restore options for Exchange data
- Backing up Exchange
  - About selecting individual Exchange mailboxes for backup
  - Backing up individual Exchange mailboxes
- About restoring Exchange data
- About redirecting Exchange restore data
- Preparing for disaster recovery of Exchange Server
- Disaster recovery for Exchange
- Disaster recovery for Exchange Server 5.5
Symantec Backup Exec Agent for Microsoft SharePoint
- About the SharePoint Agent
- Requirements for the SharePoint Agent
- Installing the SharePoint Agent
- Adding a SharePoint server farm to the backup selections list
- Changing the name of a SharePoint server farm
- Deleting a farm from the Microsoft SharePoint Server Farms node
- Disabling or enabling communication between a SharePoint Web server and Backup Exec
- Setting default options for SharePoint Portal Server 2003 and 2007
- Restoring SharePoint data
- Redirecting SharePoint restore jobs
- Backing up SharePoint data
- Using the SharePoint Agent with SharePoint Server 2007 and Windows SharePoint Services 3.0
- Using the SharePoint Agent with SharePoint Portal Server 2003 and Windows SharePoint Services 2.0
- Using the SharePoint Agent with SharePoint Portal Server 2001
Symantec Backup Exec Agent for Lotus Domino Server
- About the Agent for Lotus Domino Server
- Lotus Domino Agent requirements
- Installing the Lotus Domino Agent on the media server
- Viewing and selecting Lotus Domino databases
- Configuring default Lotus Domino options
- Backing up Lotus Domino databases
- Selecting backup options for Lotus Domino databases
- Restoring Lotus Domino databases
- Selecting Lotus Domino databases for restore
- Selecting restore options for Lotus Domino databases
- Redirecting restore jobs for Lotus Domino databases
- Preparing for disaster recovery on a Lotus Domino server
Symantec Backup Exec Agent for Microsoft SQL Server
- About the Agent for Microsoft SQL Server
- Requirements for using the SQL Agent
- Installing the SQL Agent
- About using Backup Exec logon accounts for SQL resources
- Backup strategies for SQL
- Consistency checks for SQL
- Using snapshot technology with the SQL Agent
  - Using AOFO with the SQL Agent
    - Protecting SQL on Windows 2003
    - Protecting SQL on Windows 2000
  - Using the ADBO with the SQL Agent
- Setting backup options for SQL
- Setting restore options for SQL
- About restoring SQL databases and file groups
- Setting default backup and restore options for SQL
- Preparing for disaster recovery of SQL Server
- Disaster recovery of SQL
  - Recovering SQL manually
Symantec Backup Exec Agent for Oracle on Windows or Linux Servers
- About the Backup Exec Oracle Agent
- Installation and configuration requirements for the Oracle Agent
- Configuring the Oracle Agent on Windows computers
- Configuring the Oracle Agent on Linux computers
- Authentication credentials for Oracle and DB2 servers
- Configuring database access on the media server for Oracle operations
  - Editing an Oracle server name or logon account on the media server's list of authentication credentials
  - Deleting an Oracle server name or logon account from the media server's list of authentication credentials
- About upgrading the Backup Exec Oracle Agent
- What to do when Oracle instance information changes
- About backing up Oracle resources
- DBA-initiated job settings
- Setting application defaults for Oracle
- About restoring and recovering Oracle resources
- About DBA-initiated restore and recovery for Oracle
- Restoring Oracle data
- Troubleshooting the Oracle Agent
Symantec Backup Exec Agent for SAP Applications
- About the SAP Agent
  - How the SAP Agent works
  - About using the SAP Agent with RMAN
- Requirements for using the SAP Agent
- About installing the SAP Agent
- About SAP Agent security and privileges
- Before backing up SAP data
  - Configuring biparam.ini for the SAP Agent
  - Configuring DBA-initiated job settings for SAP
- About system level SAP backup jobs
- About backing up and restoring with the SAP Agent
- Backing up SAP data with RMAN
- Restoring SAP data with RMAN
- Migrating the SAP Agent catalog from _backint.mdb to _backint.xml
- Backing up a clustered SAP database on Microsoft Cluster Server
- Backing up MaxDB databases by using the SAP Agent
- Restoring MaxDB databases by using the SAP Agent
- About performing disaster recovery using the SAP Agent
Symantec Backup Exec Agent for DB2 on Windows Servers
- About the Backup Exec DB2 Agent
- Installation and configuration requirements for the DB2 Agent
- Backing up DB2 resources
- About DBA-initiated jobs for DB2 operations
- Setting application defaults for DB2
- Restoring DB2 data
- Redirecting a restore of DB2 data
- About troubleshooting DB2
Symantec Backup Exec Agent for Enterprise Vault
- About the Enterprise Vault Agent
- Enterprise Vault Agent notes
- About installing the Enterprise Vault Agent
- About selecting a backup method for Enterprise Vault backup jobs
  - Setting a default backup method for Enterprise Vault backup jobs
- About the Terminate the Directory and Monitoring database connections automatically when restoring these databases option
- Backing up an Enterprise Vault open partition
- Backing up an Enterprise Vault closed partition
- Backing up the Enterprise Vault Directory database
- Backing up the Enterprise Vault Monitoring database
- Backing up an Enterprise Vault vault store database
- Backing up an Enterprise Vault vault store
- Backing up an Enterprise Vault server
- Backing up an Enterprise Vault site
- Backing up Enterprise Vault index locations
- About restoring Enterprise Vault
Symantec Backup Exec Intelligent Disaster Recovery Option
- About the Intelligent Disaster Recovery Option
- Requirements for using IDR
- Installing the IDR option
  - Using an evaluation version of the IDR option
- Preparing computers for IDR
- Getting started with IDR
  - Manually setting data paths for the *.dr files
- About creating and updating recovery media
  - Requirements for running the IDR Preparation Wizard
  - About running the IDR Preparation Wizard
  - About creating recovery media after a disaster
    - Creating a bootable CD image
    - Creating a bootable tape image
  - Creating the Intelligent Disaster Recovery nonbootable CD image only
  - Updating bootable media
    - Updating a bootable CD image
    - Updating a bootable tape image
- Copying the disaster recovery files
- Preparing IDR media by using other media servers
- About preparing to recover from a disaster by using IDR
  - About changing hardware in the computer to be recovered
  - About using IDR to recover IBM computers
- About recovering a computer and using the Disaster Recovery Wizard
  - About encrypted backup sets and the Disaster Recovery Wizard
  - Performing an automated restore by using the Disaster Recovery wizard
  - Restoring from a locally attached media device
  - Restoring from remote backup-to-disk folders
  - Restoring from a remote media server
  - Installing network drivers
  - About altering hard drive partition sizes
  - Performing a manual restore by using the Disaster Recovery Wizard
  - About Microsoft SQL Server recovery notes
  - About Microsoft Exchange recovery notes
  - About SharePoint Portal Server recovery notes
  - About Citrix Metaframe recovery notes
  - About using IDR with the Central Admin Server Option
  - About using IDR with Veritas Storage Foundation for Windows
- Best Practices for IDR
- CD image created successfully
- Disk Configuration Report
- Select a recovery file
- Provide a license key
- Installing SCSI, RAID, or USB drivers
- Restore hard disk layout
- Modify the hard disk layout
- Select a restore method
- Detecting media devices
- Network configuration
- Connect to a media server
- Select backup sets to restore
- Restoring data
- Applying hard disk drivers to the recovered computer
- Disaster recovery completion
- Partition information
- Insert media into restore device
- BitLocked Volumes
- Create IDR boot media
- Selecting a location for IDR bootable or non-bootable ISO image
- Selecting a path to the Windows operating system installation files
- Creating Disaster Recovery image
- CD image complete
- Copy Disaster Recovery Information Files
- Finished - Intelligent Disaster Recovery Preparation
- Active disaster recovery bootable images found
- Bootable tape image created
- Starting the non-bootable CD image creation
- Disaster recovery bootable image found
- Welcome to the IDR Preparation Wizard
- Enter an alternate data path
- Bootable tape device detected
- Startup complete
- Select computers to protect
- Select a location for the CD image
- Select a path to the Windows operating system installation files
- Creating the bootable disaster recovery image
Symantec Backup Exec Microsoft Virtual Agent
- About the Agent for Microsoft Virtual Servers
- Requirements for the Agent for Microsoft Virtual Servers
- About installing the Agent for Microsoft Virtual Servers
- About backing up data with the Agent for Microsoft Virtual Servers
- Backing up data by using the Agent for Microsoft Virtual Servers
- How Granular Recovery Technology works with the Agent for Microsoft Virtual Servers
- About selecting Microsoft virtual servers resources for restore
- Restoring data to the Microsoft virtual server
- Restoring a virtual machine to a different host
- Setting default backup and restore options for the Agent for Microsoft Virtual Servers
Symantec Backup Exec Agent for VMware Virtual Infrastructure
- About the Agent for VMware
- Requirements for using the Agent for VMware
- About configuring the environment for the Agent for VMware
- About installing the Agent for VMware
- Adding VMware VirtualCenter and ESX servers
- About backing up VMware virtual resources
- Backing up VMware virtual resources
- How Granular Recovery Technology works with the Agent for VMware
- Restricting a backup job to a VCB proxy server in a Central Admin Server Option environment
- About protecting databases and applications with the VSS Provider
- Installing the VSS Provider
- About restoring VMware virtual resources
  - About selecting VMware virtual resources for restore
  - Restoring VMware virtual resources
- Redirecting the restore of a VMware virtual machine
- Setting default backup and restore options for the Agent for VMware
Symantec Backup Exec Library Expansion Option
- About the Library Expansion Option
- Setting up robotic library hardware
- Configuring multi-drive robotic libraries
- Installing the Library Expansion Option
- Starting Backup Exec after installing the Library Expansion Option
  - About the Device Configuration Wizard
  - Viewing robotic libraries
Symantec Backup Exec SAN Shared Storage Option
- About the SAN Shared Storage Option
- Requirements for the SAN Shared Storage Option
- Installing the SAN Shared Storage Option
- About devices in the SAN Shared Storage Option
- Designating a new database server and setting up servers in the SAN Shared Storage Option
- Troubleshooting failed components in the SAN Shared Storage Option
- Best practices for the SAN Shared Storage Option
Symantec Backup Exec NDMP Option
- About the NDMP Option
- Requirements for using the NDMP Option
- About installing the NDMP Option
- Adding an NDMP server to Backup Exec
- Backing up NDMP resources
- About including and excluding directories and files for NDMP backup selections
- How to duplicate backed-up NDMP data
- Restoring NDMP data
- About redirecting restored NDMP data
- Setting default backup and restore options for NDMP
- Viewing NDMP server properties
Symantec Protection Network Online Storage for Backup Exec
- About Symantec Protection Network Online Storage for Backup Exec
- Best practices for using the Symantec Protection Network
- About setting up the Symantec Protection Network
- Creating backup jobs for the Symantec Protection Network
- About managing Symantec Protection Network jobs
- Erasing Symantec Protection Network files
- About restoring Symantec Protection Network jobs
Symantec Backup Exec Storage Provisioning Option
- About the Storage Provisioning Option
- Requirements for the Storage Provisioning Option
- Requirements for the Storage Provisioning Option in a CASO environment
- About installing the Storage Provisioning Option
- Viewing storage array components in Backup Exec
- About using the Storage Array Configuration Wizard
- Configuring a storage array by using the Storage Array Configuration Wizard
- Viewing general properties for a storage array
- Viewing properties of physical disks on a storage array
- About the All Virtual Disks device pool in the Storage Provisioning Option
- About virtual disks in the Storage Provisioning Option
- About hot spares in the Storage Provisioning Option
  - Adding a hot spare by using the Storage Array Configuration Wizard
  - Changing a hot spare by using the Storage Array Configuration Wizard
- Detecting a new storage array
- Renaming a virtual disk or storage array
- About predicting disk usage in the Storage Provisioning Option
- Configuring an alert for low disk space on storage arrays
- Troubleshooting the Storage Provisioning Option
Accessibility and Backup Exec
- About accessibility and Backup Exec
- Keyboard navigation and shortcuts in Backup Exec
- Support for accessibility settings in Backup Exec
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