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Symantec Endpoint Protection Client command line parameters

The client part of Symantec’s (sorry Broadcom’s) Endpoint Protection can be controlled via command line in various ways.Here is the list of parameters you can use for the smc.exe as of Version 14.3: Parameter Description Applies to smc -start * Starts the client service.Returns 0, -1 All supported versions smc -stop *† Stops the client […]

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Backup Exec Feature Pack 5 from a Management Perspective

On August 2nd, Veritas released Feature Pack 5 for Backup Exec introducing a new technology called “Instant Recovery”. This technology allows administrators to stand up a virtual machine directly from a backup taken with Backup Exec. There are quite a lot articles on the Web that describe that feature and its benefits from a technical

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Backup Exec – Feature Pack 5: Mitigating the RTO

On August 2nd 2016, Veritas released Feature Pack 5 for Backup Exec 15. So, what’s new here and is it worth the effort to upgrade? Support for New or Updated Platforms and Applications SQL 2016 SQL 2014 SP2 Exchange 2016 CU2 Exchange 2013 CU13 SharePoint CUs 2013, 2010 SharePoint 2013 with SQL 2016 instance Customizable

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Backup Exec – Feature Pack 4: Introduction of Instant GRT

On April 18th 2016, Veritas released Feature Pack 4 for Backup Exec 15. So, what’s new here and is it worth the effort to upgrade? Support for New or Updated Platforms and Applications First of all, FP4 brings support for new and updated versions of Windows, Linux and VMware operating systems and applications like Enterprise

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Backup Exec Performance Series – Part 4

Hello and welcome back. This is part four of my short series of posts about tuning backups. I want to show you the performance, Backup Exec can reach. Disclaimer: Of course, this is neither an agreement that these performance values can be reached in every environment on the globe, nor that faster environments are not

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Tool: PingUs Performance Tuner for VMware Backups

This tool is useful for setting the buffer values on the Backup Exec Server that are used for backing up VMware hosted virtual machines. Setting these values correctly will increase the backup performance dramatically. There are recommended values for usage with the PingUs backup appliances but you can also use the tool to set the

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