Backup Exec 22 Administrator's Guide
The Backup Exec installation program provides two methods of installation: typical and custom. A typical installation is simpler than a custom installation and will install all agents and features included with your license. A typical installation may be appropriate for small, simple environments. A custom installation is designed for large or complex environments, such as a remote Backup Exec server or an environment which uses the Enterprise Server feature. In a custom installation, you can choose which features and agents included with your license will be installed. This makes it ideal for a user who wants to view and control which agents and features will be installed.
In a typical installation, Backup Exec makes the following decisions for you, based on common installation scenarios:
- Backup Exec is installed to a local Backup Exec server.
- SQL Express is installed with the default instance.
- All agents and features included with your license are installed.
- Veritas Update runs automatically.
Before you install, make sure that your licenses for the Backup Exec editions that you want to install are available. You must enter a license in order to install any edition of Backup Exec, but you can install the trial edition without a license.
Choose either the typical installation or the custom installation:
How to perform a typical installation
Follow these steps to perform a typical installation of Backup Exec. A typical installation of Backup Exec installs all of the features included with your license.
To install a typical installation of Backup Exec
- From the installation media browser, click Install Products, and then select Backup Exec. If the required version of Microsoft .NET Framework is not already installed on this computer, Backup Exec installs it. The Backup Exec installation program uses the Microsoft .NET Framework version 4.8. However, not all versions of Windows support .NET Framework 4.8. If the Backup Exec installation program encounters an operating system that requires the use of a different version of the .NET Framework, Backup Exec blocks the installation and provides an error message that instructs you to install the required version of .NET Framework.
- On the Welcome panel, read the license agreement, and then click I accept the terms of the license agreement and click Next.
- On the Installation Type panel, click Typical installation, and then click Next.
- The Backup Exec Environment Check will run automatically.
- If the Environment Check does not reveal any issues that may prevent a successful installation of Backup Exec, click Next.
- If the Environment Check reveals any issues that may prevent a successful installation of Backup Exec, click Cancel to exit the wizard. Correct the issues before you attempt to install Backup Exec again.
If you do not have an Internet connection, import the license files manually to the Backup Exec server. To download the license file go to the Veritas Entitlement Management System portal and then import to the Backup Exec server.
- In the Enter an Entitlement ID field, type the appropriate entitlement ID from your license certificate.
- Click Add to List.
- Repeat for each entitlement ID.
- When you are finished entering the entitlement IDs, click Next.
- Enter the Veritas User Account credentials and then click Download to connect to the Veritas Entitlement Management System and download the license files.
To import licenses from the License File
Do the following in the order listed:
- Click Import License File.
- Browse to the location of your license files, and then select the appropriate file.
To install a trial version
Do not enter an entitlement ID or import a license file. Go to the next step.
- In the Select a Backup Exec edition license to install on the computer field, select the Backup Exec edition to install.
- Check the check boxes for the agents or features you want to install.
- Click the drop-down menu, and then select the number of licenses that you want to install.
To install a trial edition of Backup Exec, in the Select a Backup Exec edition license to install on the computer field, select Trial. This option is only available when you have installed a license. If you have not installed a license, a trial version will automatically be installed when you click Next.
When you are finished on the Review Licenses panel, click Next.
- Click Browse.
- Navigate to the location where you downloaded the SQL Express 2008 R2 SP2 setup file.
- Click OK.
- Click Next.
- Click Add.
- Select Add a Single Computer.
- Type the fully qualified name of the remote computer or click Browse Remote Computers to locate the remote computer.
- Under Remote computer credentials , type the credentials that Backup Exec can use to connect to the remote servers. You must use Administrator credentials.
- Click Next.
- In the Destination Folder field, enter the path where you want to install the files.
- Click Next.
- After all of the computers in the list are validated and the list is complete, click Next.
To install the Agent for Windows on multiple computers using the same settings, perform the following in order:
- Click Add.
- Select Add Multiple Computers with the Same Settings.
- Type the fully qualified name of the remote computer or click Browse to locate the remote computer.
- Click Add to List. Type the fully qualified name and then click Add to List for all of the remote computers for which you want to push-install the Agent for Windows.
- Under Remote computer credentials , type the credentials that Backup Exec can use to connect to the remote servers. You must use Administrator credentials.
- Click Next.
- In the Destination Folder field, enter the path where you want to install the files.
- Click Next.
- After all of the computers in the list are validated and the list is complete, click Next.
To proceed without push-installing the Agent for Windows, click Next.
This panel is displayed only when you upgrade Backup Exec.
The installation process creates an installation log named BKUPINST22.htm in the following directory on the computer where Backup Exec is installed.
For Windows Server 2012 and later: %programdata%\Veritas\Backup Exec\Logs
How to perform a custom installation
Follow these steps to install a custom installation of Backup Exec. A custom installation allows you to choose which agents and features will be installed, based on the licenses which you enter. Note that you cannot use a custom installation to install more agents and features than are included with your license.
To install a custom installation of Backup Exec
- From the installation media browser, click Install Products, and then select Backup Exec. If the required version of Microsoft .NET Framework is not already installed on this computer, Backup Exec installs it. The Backup Exec installation wizard uses the Microsoft .NET Framework version 4.8. However, not all versions of Windows support .NET Framework 4.8. If the Backup Exec installation program encounters an operating system that requires the use of a different version of the .NET Framework, Backup Exec blocks the installation and provides an error message that instructs you to install the required version of .NET Framework.
- On the Welcome panel, read the license agreement, and then click I accept the terms of the license agreement and click Next.
- On the Installation Type panel, select Custom installation, and then click Next.
- On the Menu panel, select Local Installation, and then select Install Backup Exec software and features. Click Next.
- The Backup Exec Environment Check will run automatically.
- If the Environment Check does not reveal any issues that may prevent a successful installation of Backup Exec, click Next.
- If the Environment Check reveals any issues that may prevent a successful installation of Backup Exec, click Cancel to exit the wizard. Correct the issues before you attempt to install Backup Exec again.
If you do not have an Internet connection, import the license files manually to the Backup Exec server. To download the license file go to the Veritas Entitlement Management System portal and then import to the Backup Exec server.
- In the Enter an Entitlement ID field, type the appropriate entitlement ID from your license certificate.
- Click Add to List.
- Repeat for each entitlement ID.
- When you are finished entering the entitlement IDs, click Next.
- Enter the Veritas User Account credentials and then click Download to connect to the Veritas Entitlement Management System and download the license files.
To import licenses from the License File
Do the following in the order listed:
- Click Import License File.
- Browse to the location of your license files, and then select the appropriate file.
- Click Next.
To install a trial version
Do not enter an entitlement ID or import a license file. Go to the next step.
- In the Select a Backup Exec edition license to install on the computer field, select the Backup Exec edition to install.
- Check the check boxes for the agents or features you want to install.
- Click the drop-down menu, and then select the number of licenses that you want to install.
- If you do not make a selection, Backup Exec will select the license with the largest feature set by default.
To install a trial version of Backup Exec, select Trial in the Select a Backup Exec edition license to install on the computer field. This option is only available when you have installed a license. If you have not installed a license, a trial version will automatically be installed when you click Next.
The Review Licenses panel also allows you to view and customize the capacity for each entitlement ID.
When you are finished on the Review Licenses panel, click Next.
The Choose SQL Server panel does not appear for upgrades. You cannot change the database location during the upgrade process. If you want to change the database location after the upgrade, use BE Utility.
- Click Create a local Backup Exec SQL Express instance to store the Backup Exec database.
- To change the location of the Backup Exec SQL Express instance, click Browse.
- Select the location, and then click OK.
To use an existing SQL Server Express 2017 instance, do the following in the order listed:
- Click Use an existing instance of SQL Server 2017 or a later supported SQL Server version.
- Select the instance.
- Note that when Backup Exec is installed into an existing instance, the automated Master database restore feature is not available. To recover the Master database, replace it with the Master database copy that Backup Exec automatically creates and updates when the Master database is backed up. For more information, See Microsoft SQL Server Express Edition components installed with Backup Exec.
Click Next when you are finished.
- Click Browse.
- Navigate to the location where you downloaded the SQL Service Express 2017 setup file.
- Click OK.
- Click Next.
