Backup Exec 21 Best Practices
- Backup Exec Best Practices
- Best practices for Backup Exec software encryption
- Best practices for Backup Exec installation
- Best practices for Backup Exec tape management
- Best practices for Backup Exec disk-based storage
- Best practices for Backup Exec data lifecycle management (DLM)
- Best practices for Backup Exec catalogs
- Best practices for Backup Exec backups
- Best practices for Backup Exec backing up critical system components
- Best practices for Backup Exec Agent for Microsoft Exchange Server
- Best practices for Backup Exec Agent for Microsoft SQL Server
- Best practices for Backup Exec Agent for Linux
- Best practices for Backup Exec Agent for Microsoft SharePoint
- Best practices for Backup Exec Central Admin Server Option
- Best practices for Backup Exec Agent for Oracle on Windows and Linux Servers
- Best practices for Backup Exec NDMP Option
- Best practices for Backup Exec reports
- Best practices for Backup Exec and Veritas Update
- Best practices for Backup Exec Simplified Disaster Recovery
- Best practices for Backup Exec Agent for Enterprise Vault and the Backup Exec Migrator
- Best practices for Backup Exec Granular Recovery Technology
- Best practices for Backup Exec Remote Media Agent for Linux
- Best practices for Backup Exec Agent for Microsoft Hyper-V
- Best practices for Backup Exec Agent for VMware
- Best practices for using Backup Exec with server clusters
- Best practices for Backup Exec Deduplication Option
- Best practices for using Backup Exec Deduplication Option with the Central Admin Server Option
- Best practices for using hot-pluggable devices such as USB devices in a drive rotation strategy
- Best practices for Backup Exec database encryption keys
- Best Practices for Using the Backup Exec Cloud Connector
Best practices for Backup Exec data lifecycle management (DLM)
Best practices include tips and recommendations to allow the most efficient use for the Backup Exec data lifecycle management (DLM) feature. You should also review the best practices for the agents, options, or other features that you use.
For more information about DLM, see the Backup Exec Administrator's Guide.
The following best practices are for efficient DLM:
To prevent DLM from deleting an expired backup set, you can manually retain the backup set or you can change the expiration date of the backup set. Backup Exec automatically retains all dependent backup sets as well. When you no longer want to retain a backup set, you must release it so that DLM can delete it.
To prevent the inadvertent loss of backup sets when you enable the option 'Allow Backup Exec to delete all expired backup sets', do the following:
Ensure that when you create jobs, the backup sets are kept longer than the amount of time between full backups. Otherwise, the backup sets from the last full backup job may expire before the next full backup runs.
Ensure that you rerun failed or missed jobs before the backup sets from the previous full backup expire.
When setting up the schedules for backups in a backup definition, avoid adding many incremental backups between full backups. The DLM process must search through each backup set to check dependencies; therefore, the more incrementals there are, the longer the DLM process takes.
To monitor the backup sets that DLM deletes, you can view the Backup Set Retention category in the audit log. You can also run the audit log report to view the backup sets that DLM deletes.
Warning:
DLM deletes all expired backup sets that are created by a one-time backup job. DLM does not keep the last backup set after the retention date expires if the backup set is from a one-time backup.