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Symantec Backup Exec

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Backup Exec 2012

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Default exclusions

Backup Exec excludes SQL Server .mdf, and .ldf files by default for every backup job.

Sources:
Personal experience.
Symantec Connect - Backup Exec Not Backing Up Files
serverfault - Is backing up SQL Server data and log file supported?

VSS is always used on Windows Server 2003/2008

Backup Exec always uses VSS snapshots on Windows Server 2003 and 2008. Even when the “Use snapshot technology” option is disabled in the backup jobs.

Sources:
Symantec Connect - Snapshot Technology
Symantec Connect - Disable AOFO completely

symantec/backupexec.txt · Last modified: 2014/09/19 18:15 by bas