Hi Tom Have you investigated DPM ?
Sent on the run! On 02 Apr 2013, at 11:33, Tom Miller <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for the comments and it's good to know it's not just my environment at > least. The backups never fail on my small databases and public folders, just > the large databases. When I check on the backups, I see the backup rate > getting slower as time goes by and I suppose it times out. I use backup to > disk, copy to tape method. > > Anyone have any suggestions for a product that works? > > Tom > > > On Mon, Apr 1, 2013 at 10:21 PM, Steve Ens <[email protected]> wrote: >> My suggestion is to start tweeting to the backup exec account....that >> usually wakes up their tier two or three support. >> >> Sent from my FriPad >> >> On 2013-04-01, at 9:04 PM, "Chyka, Robert" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I am using the same setup with you and encountering the same issues. I get >>> a successful, clean, no error backup about once every 6 backups or so. I >>> am very frustrated also. I may consider changing software packages if this >>> doesn’t get fixed soon. I really don’t think this is a Microsoft issue as >>> my exchange environment is very stable. >>> >>> >>> >>> <image001.png> >>> >>> >>> >>> From: Tom Miller [mailto:[email protected]] >>> Sent: Monday, April 01, 2013 9:30 PM >>> To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues >>> Subject: Backup Exec 2013 and Exchange 2013 issues - Symantec's response >>> >>> >>> >>> I've been having issues with Backup Exec backing up my Exchange 2010 SP3 >>> environment. I've had the same issues since we migrated to Exchange 2010 >>> and that was on SP2. >>> >>> >>> >>> Backup Exec 2012 (and Backup Exec 2010 before I upgraded) always failed on >>> Exchange DAGs here. This is a VMware environment. Exchange is on Windows >>> 2008 R2 servers. My environment is simple: two CAS servers, two DAG >>> servers. >>> >>> >>> >>> I opened a support request with Symantec about the issue. The response I >>> received is: >>> >>> >>> >>> I would like to inform you that exchange 2010 SP3 is not yet supported by >>> the latest version of BE at the moment. >>> >>> By not supported I mean that BE has not been tested with Exchange 2010 SP3 >>> officialy. Support for the same may be expected in upcoming releases. >>> >>> About the VSS writers, BE calls them during the backup to take a snapshot >>> of the databases and logs. But due to some reason the writers fail again >>> and again and cause the backup job to fail inturn. >>> >>> In this case, I would suggest you to contact Microsoft Support to fix the >>> VSS writer issue. Once fixed, you can continue taking backups successfully. >>> Just make sure that the Advanced Open File Option is not selected in the >>> backup as it is not recommended for exchange. >>> >>> Well...that sucks. I didn't know about the advanced open file. so I'll >>> disable that and give it another try. So, what are you folks using for >>> backup? The vss writers are always stable, at least when I check. >>> >>> >>> >>> Tom >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> --- >>> To manage subscriptions click here: >>> http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ >>> or send an email to [email protected] >>> with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist >>> >>> --- >>> To manage subscriptions click here: >>> http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ >>> or send an email to [email protected] >>> with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist >>> >> --- >> To manage subscriptions click here: >> http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ >> or send an email to [email protected] >> with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist >> > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist
