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September 2006 S ymantec Backup Ex ec TM 11d for Windo ws Ser v ers Quick Installation Guide[...]
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2 Quick Installation Guide Sym an te c L ega l N ot ic e Copyr ight © 20 06 Symantec Corpor ation. All rights r eserved. Symantec, Backup Ex ec, and the Symantec log o are tr ademar ks or r egister ed tr ademarks of Symantec C orporat ion or its affiliates in the U .S . and other c ountries. Other names ma y be tr ademarks of their r especti ve ow[...]
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3 Quick Installation Guide - T able of Contents System requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Before you install . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 About the Backup Exec se rv[...]
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5 English Symantec Backup Ex ec TM 11d f or Windows Ser vers Quick Ins tallation Guide This guide pr ovides instruc tions to help y ou install Backup Exec 11d f or W indows Serv ers and its options t o local servers by using the Back up Exec installation pr ogram. F or inf orma tion about any of the f ollowing installat ion scenarios, see the chapt[...]
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System requirements 6 Quick Installation Gui de Sys tem requirements The f ollowing ar e the minimum sy stem r equir em ents for running this ver sion of Backup Exec: Minimum system requirements Item Description Oper ating sy stem ◆ Micr osoft W indows 2000 Serv er (with Serv ice P ac k 4 and Update Rollup 1 f or Service P ack 4) ◆ Micr osoft W[...]
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Symantec Back up Exec TM 11d f or W indows Ser ver s Quick Installation Guide Before you install 7 English Before you install Befor e y ou install Backup Ex ec, yo u should do the fo llowing tasks: ■ R un the B ackup Ex ec Envir onme nt Check on the c omputer on which y ou want t o install Backup Ex ec. The Envir onment Chec k analyzes the c ompu[...]
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About the Backup Exec services account 8 Quick Installation Gui de ■ Install the st orag e dev ice hardw ar e (c ontr oller , driv es, r obotic libr aries ) on the media server . Ref er to the doc umentation that is included with your st or age dev ice hard war e for installat ion instructions. Use the appr opriate W i ndows har dwar e setup func[...]
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Symantec Back up Exec TM 11d f or W indows Ser ver s Quick Installation Guide Installing Backup Exec to a local computer 9 English On a comput er tha t runs W indows Ser ver 2003 or W indows XP , y ou cannot install Backup Ex ec with a service ac count that has a blank passwor d. If you att empt to do so, the f ollowing err or message appear s when[...]
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Installing Backup Exec to a local computer 10 Quick Installation Gui de 5. Click Ne xt F or fir st-time inst allations and fo r upgrades, the Back up Exec Env ironment Chec k runs aut omatically aft er you cl ick Ne xt. 6. Re view the r esults of the Envir onme nt Check. 7. Do one of the f ollowing: ■ If the Envir o nment Check does not r e veal [...]
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Symantec Back up Exec TM 11d f or W indows Ser ver s Quick Installation Guide Installing Backup Exec to a local computer 11 English The license k ey s that you ent ered ar e saved t o the besernum.xml file, located in the W indows or WINNT dir ect ory . 11. Select any ad ditional featur es to install. All fe atur es that you d o not se lect ha ve a[...]
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Installing Backup Exec to a local computer 12 Quick Installation Gui de During the installation pr ocess, Backup Exec st ops and starts the SQL Server instance that y o u select se ver al times. This might af fect other applic ations that use the SQL Server inst ance. 16. Click Next . Backup Exec at tempts t o connect t o the instance. 17. If the S[...]
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Symantec Back up Exec TM 11d f or W indows Ser ver s Quick Installation Guide Installing Backup Exec op tions to the local computer 13 English 22. Click Fi n i s h to c lose the i nstallation wizar d. If Rest art System appear s, restart the c omputer in order f o r the conf igurat ion to tak e eff ect. An installat ion job log named bkupinst.htm i[...]
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Upgrading from previous versions of Backup Exec 14 Quick Installation Gui de 5. Select one of the f ollowing methods to ent er license k ey s:. 6. Click Next . 7. V erify that the additional opt ions are selec ted f or in stallation, and then c lick Next . 8. If y ou are pr ompted, enter inf ormation or c hoose sett ings f or additional opt ions th[...]
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Symantec Back up Exec TM 11d f or W indows Ser ver s Quick Installation Guide Before starting Backup Exec 15 English F or inf orma tion on how t o migrat e templates fr om B ack up Exec ver sion 9.0 and 9.1, see the t opic titl ed "Migr ating T emplates fr om P re vious V ersions of B ac kup Exe c" in the Symantec B ackup Exec for W indow[...]
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Starting Backup Exec 16 Quick Installation Gui de ■ If you’ re backi ng up to a di sk devi ce u si ng th e B a ckup -to -D is k fea ture, d ec id e wher e you c an cr eate a backup f older . Y ou should cr eate it on a disk that won ’ t be included in the back up jobs and th at has enough fr ee space to c ontain the back up job. F o r mor e i[...]
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Symantec Back up Exec TM 11d f or W indows Ser ver s Quick Installation Guide Frequently asked questions 17 English F requently asked ques tions How do I run a backup job ? Ther e ar e sever al ways to run a back up, depending on your back up needs and level of exper ience with Backup Ex ec. Use one of the f ollowing to run a backup job : Where can[...]
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Frequently asked questions 18 Quick Installation Gui de Where can I find the online documentation for Backup Ex ec? Y ou can find the online doc umentation in the f ollowing locat ions: How do I get in touch with T echnical Support? Y ou can c ontact T echnic al Support the f ollowing wa ys: On the Help menu On the Hel p menu, clic k ReadM e File .[...]