Backup Exec Blues

Hello World,

After many years of using Backup Exec (formerly Veritas, now Symantec) I’ve got the blues.  I can no longer be quiet about my frustrations and so I’ve decided to share my anguish and pain with the rest of the world.  As I wrestle with the product and get it to behave the way I want it to I will share my experience with you.  If you are a user of Backup Exec (version 9 through to 11d) then you and I have something in common. Let’s face it, system backups are not the most interesting task in the world but they are a necessity. One should be able to sleep easy at night secure in the knowledge that the system backups are operating efficiently and correctly.  There is nothing more horrid than the moment when you need to restore critical data only to find that your backups are not good.

At little about me:
I’m a consultant for a network/systems security company in the UK.  I’ve been in the industry for about 12 years.  I started at the bottom and worked my way up to where I am now through hard work and many long hours.  My specialties are designing and implementing Microsoft Active Directory (before that, NT) and MS Exchange systems, networking and firewalling, messaging system and data protection.  I’m also into Disaster Prevention and Recovery.

Right at this moment I’m implementing and managing backups systems for lots of customers.  Each have similar requirements, and each have similar issues.  Backup Exec should meet these requirements and solve these issues.  I’ll begin posting my issues very shortly.

BEBlue