Backup Exec – VSE+ Training

Protecting Microsoft Applications

The Windows Recovery Challenge

Windows Data

Windows Operating System

Windows System Data

Configuration & User Settings

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Agent for Applications and Databases
Microsoft Application Support
• Advanced protection of Microsoft application environments
• On-line protection of applications and granular recovery of
application objects Online
Protection of

• Flexible backup methods (full, incremental, differential) Applications

• Support for virtualized application servers (on Hyper-V and VMware)

Flexible backup methods
• Support for advanced configurations such as Exchange and SQL
DAGs Full Incremental Incremental Incremental

• Compression, Encryption, and Data deduplication Support

• Requires Silver or Gold edition license or Agent for Applications and
Databases license for each application instance Active Active Passive

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Backup Exec and Active Directory
• Works in conjunction with Windows System State and ADAM/AD LDS
• System State backups allow granular restores of objects and attributes
• The version of Windows on the Backup Exec server must be the same or newer than
the version on the Domain Controller
• Domain Controller must have the Agent for Windows installed
• Supports Active Directory 2019, 2016, 2012 R2, 2012, 2008 R2

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Active Directory Backup Data
Backup Exec Server Active Directory Server

Backup Data
Backup Exec

Enables Recovery Agent for

Without Reboots Windows

VMware Hosts Backup Exec Server Hyper-V Hosts

Backup Data Backup Data

VADP Agent for Windows

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Backup Exec and Exchange
• Exchange protected while operational and online
• Support for Virtual and Physical Exchange Servers
• Support for granular recovery of Exchange components such as emails and attachments,
including redirected recovery
• Supports Exchange high availability (DAG) Configurations
Production Network

Client Access Domain Cont. Mailbox Mailbox

Agent for Win Agent for Win Agent for Win Agent for Win

DAG

Backup Network

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Exchange Support

Supported Versions of Microsoft Exchange Server

High-level overview

Exchange 2019 Exchange 2016 Exchange 2013 Exchange 2010

✓ Exchange 2019 ✓ Exchange 2016 CU1 ✓ Exchange 2013 CU3 ✓ Exchange 2010 SP1
✓ Exchange 2019 CU1 through CU12 through CU22 ✓ Exchange 2010 SP2
✓ Exchange 2013 SP1 ✓ Exchange 2010 SP3

Note: For a complete and authoritative list of supported software platforms and applications,
please refer to the Backup Exec Software Compatibility List (SCL) available here.

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Backup Exec and SharePoint
• SharePoint protected while operational and online
• Support for Virtual and Physical SharePoint Servers
• Encryption, compression, deduplication of SharePoint backups
• Support for granular recovery of SharePoint components such as individual items and document sets
• Agent for Windows (AWS) installed to each SharePoint server requiring protection
Production Network

Domain Cont. SQL SharePoint

SQL Web server

Backup end Application server
Agent for Win Agent for Win Agent for Win

Backup Network

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SharePoint Support

Supported Versions of Microsoft SharePoint

High-level overview

SharePoint Server SharePoint Foundation

✓ 2010 SP2 ✓ 2010 SP1

✓ 2013 ✓ 2010 SP2
✓ 2013 SP1 ✓ 2013
✓ 2016 ✓ 2013 SP1

Note: For a complete and authoritative list of supported software

platforms and applications, please refer to the Backup Exec Software
Compatibility List (SCL) available here.

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SQL Protection Challenges

SQL Protection Challenges

Barriers to effective SQL Server protection

Microsoft SQL Server is a Manual backup processes do

! business-critical application not solve the business need of
for modern organizations SQL protection

Finding an acceptable backup 2016 Organizations commonly run

window for SQL is difficult 2014 multiple SQL environments
2012
using different SQL versions

Modern organizations running Microsoft SQL need a data protection solution specifically
designed to solve these and other challenges specific to the SQL application.

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Backup Exec and SQL
• Protects SQL databases, differential databases, files, filegroups, and transaction logs
• Supports SQL high availability (DAG) Configurations
• Uses SQL APIs for read and write requests
• Requires Agent for Windows (AW) to be installed on all SQL servers to be protected

Production Network

Domain Cont. SQL (Active) SQL (Passive)

Restore
Granular SQL data

Agent for Win Agent for Win Agent for Win

SQL Databases
SAN

Backup Network

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SQL Support

Supported Versions of Microsoft SQL Server

High-level overview

SQL 2017 SQL 2016 SQL 2014 SQL 2012 SQL 2008/R2
✓ SQL 2017 ✓ SQL 2016 ✓ SQL 2014 ✓ SQL 2012 ✓ SQL 2008 SP3
✓ SQL 2016 SP1 ✓ SQL 2014 SP1 ✓ SQL 2012 SP1 ✓ SQL 2008 SP4
✓ SQL 2016 SP2 ✓ SQL 2014 SP2 ✓ SQL 2012 SP2 ✓ SQL 2008 R2
✓ SQL 2014 SP3 ✓ SQL 2012 SP3 ✓ SQL 2008 R2 SP1
✓ SQL 1012 SP4 ✓ SQL 2008 R2 SP2
✓ SQL 2008 R2 SP3

Note: For a complete and authoritative list of supported software platforms and applications, please refer to the Backup
Exec Software Compatibility List (SCL) available here.

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SQL Recovery Methods
SQL Recovery Methods
Backup Exec SQL recovery methods and descriptions

Recovery model Description

Restoring SQL database backups Restores the database to the time of the last backup.
Restores transactions from a transaction log up to and
Restoring SQL transaction logs up to a
including a point in time in the transaction log (Full recovery
point in time
model only).
Restoring SQL transaction logs up to a Restores transactions from a transaction log up to and
named transaction including a named transaction (Full recovery model only).
Replace the corrupted or missing databases with the copies
Restoring the SQL master database
of the master and model databases.
Reverts a SQL 2005 or later database back to the state it
Reverting SQL 2005 or later databases
was in at a previous point in time, without having to run a
using database snapshots
full database restore job.

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