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3 Deploying Symantec Backup Exec 2014 with Dell PS Series Arrays | TR1057
Table of contents
Revisions ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 2
Acknowledgements .......................................................................................................................................................................... 2
Preface ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 5
Audience ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 5
1 Introduction to Symantec Backup Exec 2014 and PS Series storage .............................................................................. 6
2 Common backup and recovery configurations ................................................................................................................... 8
2.1 VSS snapshots and backup .......................................................................................................................................... 10
3 Exchange backup levels ......................................................................................................................................................... 14
4 SharePoint backup levels........................................................................................................................................................ 15
5 Symantec application agents, and ADBO ............................................................................................................................ 16
5.1 Deploying Symantec Backup Exec 2014 .................................................................................................................. 16
5.2 Basic steps ...................................................................................................................................................................... 16
5.3 PS Series group requirements ..................................................................................................................................... 18
5.4 Backup server requirements ....................................................................................................................................... 18
5.5 Backup client requirements ........................................................................................................................................ 22
6 Launching the Backup Administration Console ................................................................................................................. 23
7 Creating disk backup media .................................................................................................................................................. 24
8 Creating an off-host backup job for NTFS volume(s) ....................................................................................................... 29
9 Creating an off-host backup job for Microsoft Exchange 2013 ..................................................................................... 36
10 Creating a VSS backup job for Microsoft SharePoint 2013 .............................................................................................. 42
11 Restoring NTFS files from an offhost backup ..................................................................................................................... 46
12 Restoring Microsoft Exchange 2013 from an offhost backup ......................................................................................... 48
13 Restoring Microsoft SharePoint data from a VSS backup ................................................................................................ 51
14 Summary ................................................................................................................................................................................... 55
A Configuration details ............................................................................................................................................................... 56
B Creating a volume in a PS Series group ............................................................................................................................... 57
B.1 Configuring CHAP......................................................................................................................................................... 62
B.2 Host Integration Tools for Microsoft ......................................................................................................................... 63
B.3 Perform a manual installation of HIT for Microsoft ................................................................................................ 64
B.4 Configuring PS Series group access in ASM/ME ..................................................................................................... 64
B.5 Connecting to a PS Series volume from Windows ................................................................................................. 66