The earth is a giant god damned magnet…. Every fucking time I touch backup exec to upgrade to the next version it fucking blows up in my face.
I started the upgrade for a client of mine from to You would think that a multi-billion dollar company like symantec would understand the importance of making one revision of software easily upgraded to the next.
Clearly they do not. With that installed for , you cannot upgrade to unless you remove it. Seems simple enough. Open Backup Exec, go to options or something like that and uncheck it. Then of course, it asks for the installation disk. Apparently when was installed, it was installed with a download from their website. Not a problem, we do this all the time. Someone at the client however, deleted the installation files.
To Google I go. The internet is littered with people in the same predicament. The solution is to go to the Backupexec.
So I did. You have to fill out a request form to have a sales person contact you regarding it. You have to convince them that yes, you want it, and then they email you the download link. Downloaded this MB software, and installed it on the server… almost.
It wants a serial number. So I removed the software all together. Installed , the report said it went fine. However, the serivces do not start. Did a repair install. Still no good. An internal error -1 occurred in object Then install again. Are you kidding? How is someone who runs a small business supposed to handle things like this, if everyone thinks you buy a disk, put it in, and hit go. This is the worst god damned software on earth, bar none.
I love that this thread started in and is still going. I had I started upgrading our servers and ultimately installed BE 15…. This software is terrible. Would never recommend. Communities View more. Turn on suggestions. Auto-suggest helps you quickly narrow down your search results by suggesting possible matches as you type. Showing results for. Search instead for. Did you mean:. Sign In. Can't uninstall BackupExec R3. Go to solution. RAA Level 2. It gives the error message: Error connecting to remote computer.
Thank You for your help. All forum topics Previous Topic Next Topic. Accepted Solutions. VIP Certified. Are there any other ideas out there? Thank You. Hi, Are you able to ping the remote server? Are you able to telnet the remote server from the backup exec server using port ? On the remote server, make sure that the Remote Registry Service is up and running. It looks like it fixed itself when I manually installed the agent.
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