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Locate the BEUtility.exe file under the Backup Exec folder and execute it.From the Data Folder on the desktop of the New Server, copy the Backup Exec Database encryption key (.dek) file to the \ Program Files\Symantec\Backup Exec\Data\ folder.From the Data Folder on the desktop of the New Server (copied to the desktop in Step 5), copy all BEX files to the \Program Files\Symantec\Backup Exec\ Data folder (only BEX files).In the event of a disaster, Backup Exec can recover an entire server from a bare-metal state to the same or dissimilar hardware in minutes, not hours or days. Copy the Catalogs folder from the desktop of the New Server (copied to the desktop in Step 5) to the Backup Exec folder on the New Server. Backup Exec also provides built-in DR to help minimize downtime, mitigate risk and eliminate business disruption.On the New Server, rename the Catalogs folder to Catalogs.old.On the New server, stop the Backup Exec Services from "Tools | Backup Exec Services | Stop All Services".Path:- Program Files\Symantec\Backup Exec\ Copy the Catalogs and Data folder from the Old server to the desktop of the New server.
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#Migration backup exec install
Make sure Backup Exec is working fine as a clean install on the New server.Install Backup Exec for Windows Server on the New Server.You may send me the output and writers.txt to for the co-operation.Before the existence of the Backup Exec Migration Assistant, the following Next re-run the " VSSADMIN LIST WRITERS" command and email me the output. Delete the HKLM\Software\Microsoft\EventSystem\\Subscriptions key to be rebuilt when the writers initialize.ĥ. Export the contents of the HKLM\Software\Microsoft\EventSystem key to a. In addition, please follow the steps to rebuild the VSS subscriptions key to see if this fixes the problem.ġ. Under the command prompt, type the following command and press enter:
logon to the affected server, click Start, click Run, type cmd in the open box and then press enter.ī. Please follow the steps to list writers on the problematic VM to see whether there are Virtual Server related writers:Ī. Meanwhile, I suspect that this problem occurred because Virtual Server 2005 VSS writer was not uninstalled properly. As Windows Server Backup is also based on VSS Snapshot, if it works while Backup Exec does not, it should be a Backup Exec related issue. I suggested that you use Windows Server Backup to test so that we can isolate the root cause.
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I know these drivers are part of the VMAdditions software so I can only assume the uninstaller did not properly clean out the system.
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I have removed the three driver entries from the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Setup\PnpLockdownFiles key but this has not resolved the issue.
File c:\windows\system32\vpc-s3.dll is not present on the snapshot. File c:\windows\inf\oem2.inf is not present on the snapshot. File c:\windows\system32\drivers\vpc-s3.sys is not present on the snapshot. File c:\windows\system32\drivers\msvmscsi.sys is not present on the snapshot. According to Symantec, these error are generated from VSS, not backup exec. Now, when backing up the system using Backup Exec, I get the following errors in the backup exec log. I performed the uninstall of VMadditions successfully before the migration. I migrated a VM running Windows 2008 32bit from Vitual Server 2005 SP1 to Hyper-V.