A while back I posted about Service Pack 2 for Backup Exec 2012 and Service Pack 3 for Backup Exec 2010 being in beta. Well, testing is over and the day has come. Both service packs have been released. And this is what they include.
Backup Exec 2012
- Windows® Server 2012. Including support for:
- Microsoft data Deduplication-enabled volumes (backs up and restores data in non-deduplicated data format)
- ReFS (Resilient File System)
- Windows Recovery Volume (WinRE)
- Latest Hyper-V version
- Updated Failover Clustering (CSV)
- Native 4K (Advanced Format) drives
- Online restore of computer and system component
- SQL 2012 SP1
- SQL 2008 R2 SP2
- Exchange 2013 (does not support GRT at present).
- Exchange 2010 SP3
- SharePoint Server 2013 (does not support GRT at present).
- VMware® vSphere® 5.1
- Added support for the following hardware:
- HP MSL 6480 Tape Library
- Isilon OneFS 7.0 NDMP
- IBM Storwize & SONAS series NDMP
- Oracle StorageTek SL150 library
Backup Exec 2012 Service Pack 2 can be downloaded here:
http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=TECH203155
Backup Exec 2012 Service Pack 2 release notes can be found here (including a list of all bug fixes):
http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=TECH208600
Backup Exec 2010
- Windows Server 2012. Including support for:
- Microsoft data deduplication-enabled volumes (backs up and restores data in non-deduplicated data format) (does not support GRT at present)
- ReFS (Resilient File System) (does not support GRT at present)
- New Hyper-V version (does not support GRT at present)
- Updated Failover Clustering (CSV)
- Native 4K (Advanced Format) drives
- Online recovery of volumes
- SQL 2012 SP1
- SQL 2008 R2 SP1
- SQL 2008 R2 SP2
- Exchange 2010 SP3
- VMware vSphere 5.1
- Added support for the following hardware:
- IBM Storwize & SONAS series NDMP
- Isilon OneFS 7.0
- Oracle StorageTek SL150 library
- HP MSL 6480 tape library
- Hardware encryption with LTO6
As you can see from above there will be no Exchange 2013 or SharePoint 2013 support in Backup Exec 2010.
Backup Exec 2010 Service Pack 3 can be downloaded here:
http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=TECH203157
Backup Exec 2012 Service Pack 2 release notes can be found here (including a list of all bug fixes):
http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=TECH208601
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