- #BACKUP EXEC MIGRATION HOW TO#
- #BACKUP EXEC MIGRATION UPGRADE#
- #BACKUP EXEC MIGRATION SOFTWARE#
- #BACKUP EXEC MIGRATION FREE#
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#BACKUP EXEC MIGRATION HOW TO#
#BACKUP EXEC MIGRATION UPGRADE#
Upgrade Support is limited to upgrade assistance and does not include step-by-step guidance nor consultancy about the upgrade process nor troubleshooting Backup Exec 16.Ĭustomers running Backup Exec 16 who wish to migrate their existing jobs and backup data to new hardware can follow the steps provided in the articles below as appropriate for their environment: Veritas Support is available to assist customers who are actively upgrading from Backup Exec 16 to Backup Exec 20.x. Please contact Symantec's support if you have further questions about the issue.The latest release of Backup Exec is 20.3Įxisting customers with active maintenance may be entitled to upgrade at no charge. Right-click on the tape drive, and select Prepare.Right-click on the tape drive, select Properties and uncheck Enable Drive.Navigate to Storage -> Removable Storage -> Libraries.Hit Start-Run and type in compmgmt.msc to open Computer Management.Put a new tape (or a tape that may be overwritten) in the tape drive.
Delete the RSM databases from %SystemRoot%\System32\NtmsData.
On the Services window, right-click on the Removable Storage entry and select Stop.
#BACKUP EXEC MIGRATION SOFTWARE#
Since Symantec software affects Windows Removable Storage Manager (RSM), you might need to rebuild RSM database to clean up all the traces after removing Symantec software:
#BACKUP EXEC MIGRATION FREE#
This should free the tape drive and let other software access it. SolutionĪs a workaround, uninstall Backup Exec.
NTBackup) can access the tape drive:Īcronis Backup (Acronis Backup & Recovery)īackup Exec takes exclusive control over the tape drive. With backups being a popular target, Backup Exec has strengthened defenses on backup storage and processes.