Hello,
We currently have a Win 2003 Server running BE 12.5, and saving various servers running on Win 2003, 2008 or 2008R2 on disks and tapes.
Two of those remote servers run Win 2008 std and use a Dell EqualLogic array on iSCSI. Backup Exec does NOT currently performs an offhost backup for these servers.
The current LTO-3 library has broken down and will soon be replaced by an LTO-6, we will change the backup server as well, for it is too old for the new LTO drive, and we'd like to switch to offhost backup to remove some charge from the LAN and remote servers.
My questions :
1) Can we still today buy the required ADBO option for BE 12.5 for offhost backup?
2) Can we run BE 12.5 on a Win 2008 server, and configure it to run an offhost backup for the volumes belonging to the win2008 servers? I've read the media and remote servers must have the same OS, but it was aimed at 2003/2008; is it still true with a 2008 remote server and a 2008R2 or 2012 media server? Must we use a 2008 OS on the media server to perform offhost backup?
3) If not, would an upgrade to BE 2012 allow us to do it?
Thank you,
Renaud