Publishing the remote Windows computer to media servers

Use the Remote Agent Utility to add, change, or delete the media server names or IP addresses that this remote computer publishes to. Each media server that you add to the list on the Publishing tab displays this remote computer in its backup selection tree, under Favorite Resources.

This information that the Remote Agent publishes includes the version of the Remote Agent and the remote computer's IP addresses. Because the remote computer's IP address is published to the media server, the media server can connect to and display the remote computer even if it is in an unknown domain.

For each media server that is published to, you can specify a local backup network for operations between the media server and the remote computer. Directing jobs to a specified local network rather than to a corporate network isolates the backup data traffic so that other connected networks are not affected when operations are performed between the media server and the remote computer.

See Specifying backup networks.

To publish the remote Windows computer to media servers

  1. On the computer on which the Remote Agent is installed, on the taskbar, click Start > All Programs > Symantec Backup Exec for Windows Servers > Backup Exec Remote Agent Utility.

    When the Remote Agent Utility is running, an icon appears in the system tray. You can double-click this icon to view the utility.

  2. Click the Publishing tab.

  3. Complete the appropriate options as follows :

    Enable the Remote Agent to publish information to the media servers in the list

    Check Enable the Remote Agent to publish information to the media servers in the list to allow the remote agent to send information about itself, such as its version and IP address, to all of the media servers in the list. The media servers display the remote agent in the backup selections tree, under Favorite Resources and under Domains.

    By default, the name of the media server that push-installed this remote agent is displayed in this list. If the remote agent is also a media server, the name is displayed as 127.0.0.1.

    To stop the information from being sent to all of the media servers, uncheck Enable the Remote Agent to publish information to the media servers in the list. The list of media servers is preserved, but the Remote Agent does not send any information about itself to the media servers.

    Publishing interval

    Specify an interval, in minutes, for the Remote Agent to send information about its status to the media servers in the list. The default interval is 240 minutes. This is the recommended setting to appropriately balance system responsiveness with network traffic. The maximum interval allowed is 720 minutes.

    Add

    Click Add to add the media server name or IP address to the Media server list.

    Edit

    Select a name or address in the list, and then click Edit to make changes.

    Remove

    Select a name or address in the list, and then click Remove to delete a media server name or IP address from the list. The Remote Agent no longer publishes information to the media server. You cannot select the remote computer for backup from the media server's Favorite Resources node.

    Published names for this agent

    Displays the names that this remote computer is published as under a media server's Favorite Resources node.

    These names can include the following:

    • The fully qualified domain name.

    • The computer name.

    • The NetBIOS computer name.

    • Virtual Service names, which are the names given to clustered resources that are hosted by the remote computer.

    • Oracle RMAN Real Application Cluster (RAC) name, which is the virtual name used by computers in a RAC for the computer that hosts the Oracle application. This name is displayed in a media server's backup selection list under the Oracle RAC node.

  4. Click OK.

More Information

Installing the Remote Agent and the Advanced Open File Option to a remote computer in the backup selections list

Viewing activity on the remote computer

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