Best practices for Backup Exec 12.5 and LiveUpdate

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Best practices for Backup Exec 12.5 and LiveUpdate

Best practices include tips and recommendations to help you use Symantec Backup Exec for Windows Servers and Symantec LiveUpdate effectively. For more information about LiveUpdate, see the Backup Exec for Windows Servers Administrator’s Guide.

The following best practices can help ensure the effective operation of LiveUpdate:

Run LiveUpdate after each Backup Exec installation or upgrade.
Install Backup Exec into its own SQL instance to avoid conflicts during updates. Backup Exec stops and starts the SQL service several times during an update. Any other user-created databases that use the SQL Server instance are unavailable during this process.
Schedule LiveUpdate to run when backup jobs are idle to optimize system performance.
Push-install the Remote Agent for Windows Systems to remote computers after you install any service packs that include Remote Agent updates. LiveUpdate does not update the Remote Agent on remote computers. The Downloads section of the Symantec Technical Support Web site contains information about what each LiveUpdate service pack contains.

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Backup Exec for Windows Servers 12.5

Last Updated: October 16 2008 03:45 PM GMT
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Windows 2000

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Windows NT Small Business Server

2000

Windows XP

Pro 5.1, Pro 5.1 64 bit SP1, Pro 5.1 64 bit SP2, Pro 5.1 64-bit, Pro 5.1 SP1, Pro 5.1 SP2

Windows Server 2003

DataCenter, DataCenter (IA64), DataCenter (x64), DataCenter SP1, DataCenter SP1(IA64), DataCenter SP1(x64), DataCenter SP2, Datacenter SP2(x64), Enterprise (IA64), Enterprise (x64), Enterprise SP1(IA64), Enterprise SP1(x64), Enterprise SP2, Enterprise SP2(x64), Enterprise Server, Enterprise ServerSP1, R2, Standard Server, Standard Server SP1, Standard Server SP1 (x64), Standard Server SP2, Standard Server SP2 (x64), Standard Server(x64), Storage Server, Storage Server SP1, Storage Server SP2, Web Server, Web Server SP1, Web Server SP2

Windows Server 2008

DataCenter (x64-64bit), DataCenter (x86-32bit), Enterprise (x64-64bit), Enterprise (x86-32bit), Itanium, Standard (x64-64bit), Standard (x86-32bit), Web Server (x64-64bit), Web Server (x86-32bit)

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