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Veritas Backup Exec 16 Demo

Veritas™ Backup Exec 16 delivers powerful, flexible and trusted data  Link to demo of the
protection across virtual, physical and cloud environments. Veritas™ Backup upgrade process on
Exec 16 is designed to help you streamline operations with intuitive wizards, YouTube
insightful dashboards and radically faster performance. With Veritas™
Backup Exec 16 you can meet data recovery objectives and reduce overall
costs while eliminating traditional backup complexity.

Version Upgrade Process

1. Identify the license keys that will need to be replaced by Backup Exec 16 license keys
a) Start the Backup Exec 15 Administration Console.
b) Select the Installation and Licensing option.
c) Select the Install Options and Licenses on this Backup Exec Server option to start the Backup Exec
Installer.

Figure 1: Backup Exec™ 15 Administration Console Menu Figure 2: Backup Exec™ 15 Add Licenses

d) Select the Add Licenses option and record the Serial Numbers listed in the Activated Licenses
table
2. Locate the upgraded Backup Exec entitlements in your Veritas Licensing Portal account
a) Log into your MyVeritas account (https://my.veritas.com) and select the Licensing tab.
b) If you a member of more than one Licensing Portal account, you will be asked to select an account.
Select the account that contains the upgraded Backup Exec Entitlements.
c) Select the Entitlements tab and use the search feature to locate the Entitlements using the Serial
Numbers recorded from the Backup Exec 15 Activated License table.
 If the Serial Number starts with an ‘A’, then this number is the Entitlement ID for the Entitlement.
Select the Entitlement ID search option to locate the Entitlement.

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 If the Serial Number starts with an ‘M’, then this number is the Legacy Symantec™ Corporation
Serial Number for the Entitlement. Select the Legacy Serial Number search option to locate the
Entitlement.

Figure 3: Licensing Portal Entitlements page

Figure 4: Licensing Portal Successful Entitlement Search

Note: If you are not able to locate the Entitlement for a deployed Backup Exec 15 license, search other Licensing
Portal accounts by using the Switch Account link at the top right of the page to switch to another Licensing Portal
account. If this link is not visible, then your MyVeritas account is only a member of a single Licensing Portal account.
Contact Veritas Customer Care for assistance.

d) Click the Entitlement link in Entitlement ID column (see Figure 4) to get to the Product Information
page for the Entitlement.
 Backup Exec 16 should be listed on the Current Version tab. If it isn’t, then check the Service
Expiration date as needs to be greater than or equal to November 7, 2016.

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Figure 5: Licensing Portal Product Information page

e) Click the BE 16 Manage Licenses button to get to the Licenses page.

Figure 6: Licensing Portal Licenses page

f) Click the Generate button and follow the steps to generate and save the license key to the local
system.

Figure 7: Licensing Portal Generate a License Key page

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Figure 8: Licensing Portal Generated License page

g) Repeat these steps until all Backup Exec 16 license keys required to upgrade the Backup Exec 15
server have been generated.
3. Upgrade the Backup Exec 15 server to Backup Exec 16
a) Click the Backup Exec 16 Download Software button (see Figure 5 above) or by clicking the Files
tab if the current page is the Licenses page (see Figure 6 above) to get to the Files page.

Figure 9: Licensing Portal Files page

b) Check the boxes next to all the Veritas Backup Exec 16 files and click the Download Selected Files
button. Follow the prompts to download the Backup Exec 16 install image.
c) Follow the steps in the Backup 16 documentation to prepare downloaded install program to be
executed on the Backup Exec 15 server.
d) Start the Backup 16 installer, and then choose Install Products option followed by the Choose
Backup option.

Figure 10: Backup Exec 16 Installer Home and Installation pages

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e) Continue to follow prompts through the Licensing Terms and Installation pages. Once the
Installation location has been selected, the Environment Check will start.

Figure 11: Backup Exec 16 Installer License Agreement and Installation pages
f) Wait until the Environment Check completes, then review the results. Address any issues found
and click the Next button.

Figure 12: Backup Exec 16 Installer Environment Check progress and Environment Check results pages
g) Add the Backup Exec 16 license keys to the Backup Exec 16 server. Click the Next button when
done.
 If the server is able to connect to the Internet, license keys may be added to the server by
entering the Entitlement ID in Enter an Entitlement ID box and clicking the Add to List button.
 If the server is not able to connect to the Internet, license keys may be imported by clicking the
Import Veritas License File button.

Figure 13: Backup Exec 16 Installer Add Licenses page

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h) Validate that Backup Exec 16 and the correct license keys are installed. Click the Next button when
done.

Figure 14: Backup Exec 16 Installer Review Licenses page

i) Update the configuration options, click the Next button and follow the remaining prompts to
complete the upgrade.

Figure 15: Backup Exec 16 Installer Configuration Options page

Backup Exec™
Backup Exec™™ delivers powerful, flexible, and easy-to-use backup and recovery to protect your entire
infrastructure whether built upon virtual, physical, or a combination of both. Using modern technology,
Backup Exec™ backs up local or remote data to virtually any storage device including tape, disk and
cloud. Recovery is fast and efficient. With a few simple clicks, you can quickly search and restore granular
file or application objects, applications, VMs, and servers directly from backup storage. Additionally, easily
protect more data while reducing storage costs through integrated deduplication and archiving
technology.

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 Powerful: Super charge the performance of your backup with Backup Exec™. Get fast and reliable
backups that are up to 100% faster than prior releases, comprehensive and innovative
virtualization capabilities, and powerful built-in data deduplication and archiving. Avoid lengthy
downtime and missing a critical backup window with Backup Exec™.
 Flexible: Not all backup solutions have the flexibility to protect your environment while also
supporting agile recovery. You should be able to recover what you need, when you need it - quickly
and easily. Whether you want to recover a single, critical file or an entire server, Backup Exec™
can quickly search and restore without mounting or staging multiple backup jobs. Backup Exec™
protects hybrid architectures with a single solution that backs up to virtually any storage device and
achieves fast, efficient, versatile recovery.
 Easy to use: Traditional, complex and point backup and recovery solutions can be inefficient, time
consuming, and expensive to manage. Through intuitive wizards and insightful dashboards,
Backup Exec™ is easy to implement, use and manage, whether you’re upgrading from a previous
version or switching from an alternative solution.
Veritas Backup Exec™ 16 has dramatically re-engineered its range of offerings and user interface to
deliver even more comprehensive and reliable backup and recovery for any IT environment. The new,
modern range of Backup Exec™ solutions are designed to adapt for any business. Organizations can
easily protect increasing amounts of data, in either virtual or physical, environments with integrated
VMware and Hyper-V protection, while reducing storage and management costs through integrated
deduplication and archiving technology; reduce customer business downtime through integrated bare
metal and dissimilar hardware recovery features, backup to virtual (B2V) and convert to virtual (P2V)
capabilities, and ensure critical information on virtual or physical systems is always protected and can be
restored in seconds.
Key Features
 Market-leading data and application protection for physical and virtual server environments
 A redesigned administration console eliminates complexity and reduces time managing backups
 Radically faster backup and recovery

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 Support for the latest virtual platforms, such as Hyper-V 2012 R2 and vSphere 5.5
 First-to-market granular recovery for virtual applications from a single-pass backup
 Block-level data deduplication reduces storage costs associated with backup processes
 Integrated bare metal and dissimilar hardware recovery make disaster recovery painless
 B2V and P2V features leverage virtual technology for migration and virtual fail over
These powerful capabilities in Backup Exec™ 16 allow Businesses to protect more customer data while
reducing storage and management costs, optimize network utilization across physical and virtual
environments, automate storage management savings with efficient archiving and backup, and enable all
types of recovery for both virtual and physical resources, all through a single product and console.

Link to demo of the upgrade process on YouTube:

https://youtu.be/HeMFVuhMEck?list=PLCL5UFA_IQ6ueXSkka6TyaTtnx0KIt1gt

For More Information

Link Description

Backup Exec web page www.backupexec.com

Backup Exec licensing information www.backupexec.com/licensing

Backup Exec compatibility www.backupexec.com/compatibility

Backup Exec Support Site www.veritas.com/support

Backup Exec Knowledge Base www.backupexec.com/knowledge

PartnerNet https://partnernet.veritas.com/portal/faces/products/backupexec

Backup Exec training courses https://www.veritas.com/services/education-services/training-courses

60-day Trialware for Backup Exec www.backupexec.com/trybe

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