Backup Exec

Within the "backup" portion of the data protection spectrum, one Veritas product, Backup Exec, has been in the market for more than two decades. Since the early days of Microsoft's journey to turn its Windows Server into the world's dominant client-server operating system, Backup Exec has been one of a handful of technologies to protect it. As the WinSvr OS grew to become a platform of choice for application enablement and user productivity, Backup Exec's media/platform support, application support, and internal operation evolved at a similar pace.{{Cite web

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Backup Exec has a long history of successive owner-companies. Its earliest roots stretch back to the early 1980s when Maynard Electronics wrote a bundle of software drivers to help sell their tape-drive products.

• 1982 – Maynard Electronics started. Maynard's software is known as "MaynStream."
• 1989 – Maynard Electronics is acquired by Archive Corporation MaynStream is available for DOS, Windows, Macintosh, OS/2, and NetWare.
• 1991 – Quest Development Corporation is independently formed to develop backup software under contract for Symantec.
• 1993 – Conner Peripherals acquires Archive Corporation and renames the software "Backup Exec".
• 1993 – Quest acquired rights to FastBack for Macintosh, and hired its principal author, Tom Chappell, from Fifth Generation Systems.
• 1994 – Conner creates a subsidiary, Arcada Software, by acquiring Quest and merging it with their existing software division.
• 1995 – Arcada acquires the SyTron division from Rexon, including their OS/2 backup software.
• 1996 – Conner is acquired by Seagate Technology and Arcada is merged into its subsidiary Seagate Software.
• 1999 – VERITAS Software acquires Seagate Software's Network and Storage Management Group, which included Backup Exec.
• 2005 – Symantec acquires VERITAS, including Backup Exec.{{Cite web|title = Symantec buys Veritas for $13.5bn stock|url = https://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/12/16/symantec_veritas_merger/|access-date = 2016-02-19|last1 = Hacking|last2 = Security|last3 = Cybercrime|last4 = Vulnerability|last5 = Malware|first6 = Cisco and Level 3 team up to squash brute force server|last6 = hijackers|first7 = Cyber-crypto-criminal-cock-up Little money and (probably)|last7 = embarrassed|first8 = Bad news everyone: Cybercrime is getting even|last8 = easier| website=The Register }}
• 2015 – Symantec announced they would be splitting off the Information Management Business which contains Backup Exec, into a new company named Veritas Technologies Corporation acquired by the Carlyle Group.{{Cite news|title = Symantec to split into security and storage software companies|url = https://www.reuters.com/article/us-symantec-divestiture-idUSKCN0HY2D320141009|newspaper = Reuters|date = 2014-10-09|access-date = 2016-02-19}}
• 2016 – Veritas Technologies re-launches as a newly independent company which contains Backup Exec.{{Cite web

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• 2024 - BackupExec, along with InfoScale and Veritas Data Compliance and Governance, split to form a new company called arctera.

The core components that are contained in a basic Backup Exec architecture include the following:

• A Backup Exec server is the heart of a Backup Exec installation. The Backup Exec server is a Windows server that:
• Runs the Backup Exec software and services that control backup and restore operations
• Is attached to and controls storage hardware
• Maintains the Backup Exec database, media catalogs, and device catalogs
• The Backup Exec Administration Console is the interface to control a Backup Exec server.
• The Administration Console can be run directly on a Backup Exec server or from a remote system (using a Backup Exec Remote Administration Console).
• Storage devices attached to the Backup Exec server contain the media on which backup data is written.
• Backup Exec supports many different types of devices and media, including cloud, disk-based and tape-based. Backup Exec supports unlimited number of clients, NDMP-NAS systems, tape drives, and tape libraries.
• Clients are the systems that contain the data which the Backup Exec server backs up.
• Clients can include database servers, application servers, file servers, and individual workstations.File:BE15Deployment.png

Backup Exec Agents and Options expand the features and functionality of core Backup Exec server to support the most common server applications, including Microsoft Exchange, SharePoint and SQL Server, Oracle, Windows and Linux clients, server operating systems, and the Hyper-V and VMware hypervisors. Not all agents are agents in the traditional sense. For example, the Agent for VMware and Hyper-V is not carrying out the backup process. The agent is simply collecting meta data (takes a few seconds) so that Backup Exec can perform granular recoveries directly from storage at a point in the future - no mounting required.

Here is a list of Backup Exec Agents and Options:{{cite web |title=Backup Exec TM 16 Agents and Options |url=https://www.veritas.com/content/dam/Veritas/docs/data-sheets/be16-agents-and-options.pdf |website=Veritas |publisher=Veritas Technologies LLC |access-date=14 January 2018 |year=2016}}

Backup Exec and its options can be installed on a local computer, a remote computer, within a virtual environment, or on a public cloud "Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)" virtualization platform.{{Cite web

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}} Today Backup Exec supports the Backup Exec server installation on 64-bit operating systems only. However, the Agent for Windows can be installed on 32-bit operating systems. Several methods are available for installing Backup Exec.{{Cite web|url=https://www.veritas.com/support/en_US/article.000068207|title=Backup Exec 16 Installation Best Practices|website=support.veritas.com|publisher=Veritas Technoloiges, LLC|access-date=2016-02-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170118223838/https://www.veritas.com/support/en_US/article.000068207|archive-date=2017-01-18|url-status=dead}} An Environment Check runs automatically during installation to make sure that the installation process can complete. If Backup Exec finds any configuration issues that can be fixed during the installation, or that may prevent Installation, warnings appear.

Backup Exec can be installed using the following:{{Cite web

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• Installation wizard from the Backup Exec installation media, which guides through the installation process.
• Push-install Backup Exec to remote computers through Terminal Services and the installation media is on a shared drive (network share).{{Cite web

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• Command line, which is called silent mode installation. The silent mode installation uses the Setup.exe program on the Backup Exec installation media.

Additionally, Backup Exec installation media also has a Remote Administrator feature which can be installed on a remote computer or workstation to administer the Backup Exec server remotely.

Backup Exec may install the additional products:{{Cite web| url =https://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/doc/59226269-135381838-0/v53887586-135381838| title =Backup Exec 20.4 Administrator's Guide| website =www.veritas.com| access-date = 2019-05-29}}

• Microsoft Report Viewer 2010 SP1
• Microsoft.NET Framework 4.6
• Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 ServicePack 1 Redistributable Package MFCSecurity Update
• Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 ServicePack 1 Redistributable Package MFC Security Update
• Microsoft Visual C++ 2012 Redistributable Package
• Microsoft Visual C++ 2015 Redistributable Package
• Microsoft SQL Server 2014 Express with SP2

Backup Exec installations can have one or more Backup Exec servers, which are responsible for moving data from one or more locations to a storage medium, including cloud, disk, tape, and OST device. The data may be from the local system or from a remote system.{{Cite web|title = How Backup Exec works {{!}} Symantec Backup Exec|url = http://backup-exec.helpmax.net/en/introducing-backup-exec/how-backup-exec-works/|website = backup-exec.helpmax.net|access-date = 2016-02-19}} There are two primary Backup Exec architectures:

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1. Standalone Backup Exec configuration (Two-Tier)

A single Backup Exec server is assigned the standalone Backup Exec server role. Each server runs the Backup Exec software and the services that control backup and restore operations of multiple clients. Each Backup Exec server maintains its own Backup Exec database, media catalogs, and device catalogs.

2. Central Admin Server Option (CASO) configuration (Three-Tier)

Large environments may contain multiple Backup Exec servers responsible for backing up many different client systems. Backup Exec servers in large environments can run independently of each other if each server is managed separately. Separate server management may not be an issue if there are only two or three Backup Exec servers, but it can become unwieldy as the environment grows. Backup Exec can centralize the management of multiple Backup Exec servers using an add-on option called the Backup Exec Central Admin Server Option (CASO). CASO ensures that everything throughout the network is protected by a single system that can be managed from one console and also balances the workload across all Backup Exec servers in the environment.

In a CASO environment, one Backup Exec server can be configured to be the Central Admin Server (CAS), while other Backup Execs become managed Backup Exec servers (MBESs) that are managed by the CAS. The CASO configuration simplifies the management and monitoring of enterprise-level environments.

Backup Exec includes the following features and capabilities:

• Backup Options:
• Image-based backups for VMware and Hyper-V{{Cite web|url=https://www.veritas.com/content/dam/Veritas/docs/white-papers/be16-virtualization-enhancements.pdf|title=Backup Exec Technical Brief: Protecting Virtual Environments|website=backupexec.com|publisher=Veritas Technologies, LLC}}
• Full backup method
• Differential backup method
• Incremental backup method
• Synthetic Backups
• Advanced Open File Option (AOFO){{cite web |title=Symantec Backup Exec: About the Advanced Open File Option |url=http://backup-exec.helpmax.net/en/symantec-backup-exec-advanced-open-file-option/about-the-advanced-open-file-option/ |website=Helpmax.net |publisher=HelpMax Software Help & Shop Inc. |access-date=30 January 2019}}
• Backup to disk, tape, or cloud regardless of location.
• Recovery Options:
• Catalog-assisted granular recovery of objects, files, folders, applications, or VMs (including Exchange, SharePoint, SQL Server, and Active Directory) directly from storage, with no mounting or staging.
• Restore to different targets or hardware (Dissimilar Hardware Recovery)
• Restore to physical or virtual servers
• Simplified Disaster Recovery (SDR)
• Guided Search and Restore: Built-in indexing and the ability to restore files through search.
• True image restore
• Cloud Support{{Cite web|title = Introducing the Backup Exec Cloud Connector|url = https://www.veritas.com/community/blogs/introducing-backup-exec-cloud-connector|website = www.veritas.com|access-date = 2016-02-23|date = 2015-10-08}}
• Free S3 Cloud Connector for Backup Exec to back up data to an S3-compatible cloud storage
• Free Azure Cloud Connector for Backup Exec to write data to Microsoft Azure cloud storage
• Cloud Connector can be deployed on-premises and in-the-cloud
• Backup Exec UI has predefined templates for disk-to-disk-to-cloud and direct-to-cloud backups.
• support for:
• Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3){{Cite web

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• Microsoft Azure Storage{{Cite news|url=https://vox.veritas.com/t5/Backup-Exec-Blog/The-Sky-is-the-Limit-Backup-Exec-16-and-Azure/ba-p/820477|title=The Sky is the Limit – Backup Exec 16 and Azure|date=2016-11-09|language=en|access-date=2017-01-18}}
• Google Cloud Standard{{Cite web|url=https://www.veritas.com/support/en_US/article.000017788|title=Backup Exec Compatibility Lists|website=www.veritas.com|access-date=2016-02-23}}
• Amazon Storage Gateway-VTL (iSCSI){{Cite web

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• Quantum Q-Cloud (OST Cloud Storage plug-in){{Cite web

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• Amazon S3 and Microsoft Azure via the NetApp AltaVault/SteelStore/Whitewater Appliance{{Cite web

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• Support for Backup Exec within a virtual environment on a public cloud "Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)" virtualization platform{{Cite web

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• Hybrid/Private Cloud Services
• Virtual Server protection support{{Cite web|title = ESG Lab Review: Protecting Virtual Environments with Symantec Backup Exec 2014 - ESG Research - Enterprise Strategy Group|url = http://www.esg-global.com/lab-reports/esg-lab-review-protecting-virtual-environments-with-symantec-backup-exec-2014/|website = www.esg-global.com|access-date = 2016-02-23}}
• Multi-hypervisor support (Microsoft Hyper-V, VMware vSphere, & Citrix XenServer){{Cite web|url = https://www.symantec.com/content/en/us/enterprise/white_papers/b-esg-report-backup-exec-2014-WP-en-us.pdf|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140817053715/http://www.symantec.com/content/en/us/enterprise/white_papers/b-esg-report-backup-exec-2014-WP-en-us.pdf|url-status = dead|archive-date = August 17, 2014|title = Lab Validation Symantec Backup Exec 2014}}
• Supports Agentless backup of both Hyper-V and VMware virtual machines
• Supports image-level, off-host backups of virtual machines
• Support for VMware Changed Block Tracking (CBT)
• Block Optimization Support:{{Cite web|title = Reasons why the data throughput rate can be slower than the theoretical maximum when backing up to or restoring from tape media or disk (B2D) & how to troubleshoot or improve backup performance|url = https://www.veritas.com/support/en_US/article.TECH8326|website = www.veritas.com|access-date = 2016-02-23|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161220191343/https://www.veritas.com/support/en_US/article.TECH8326|archive-date = 2016-12-20|url-status = dead}} Intelligent skipping of unused blocks within a virtual disk file
• Integration with Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Service and VMware's {{Proper name|vStorage}} APIs for Data Protection (VADP){{Cite web|title = 9 Reasons to Take a Look at Backup Exec 15|url = http://blogs.dlt.com/9-reasons-backup-exec-15/|website = Technically Speaking|access-date = 2016-02-23|language = en-US}}
• From a single-pass backup of a virtual machine, recover:{{Cite web|title = Agent and Agentless VM Backup and Recovery – Unraveling the myths|url = https://www.veritas.com/community/blogs/agent-and-agentless-vm-backup-and-recovery-unraveling-myths|website = www.veritas.com|access-date = 2016-02-23|date = 2012-09-28}}
• An entire virtual machine
• Individual virtual machine disk (VMDK) and virtual hard disk (VHD/X) files
• Individual files and folders
• Entire applications (Microsoft Exchange Server, Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft Active Directory, Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle Database)
• Granular application objects from Microsoft Exchange Server, Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft Active Directory, Microsoft SQL Server
• Fully integrated Physical-to-Virtual (P2V), which can be used for migrations or instant recovery{{Cite web

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• Also supports - Backup to Virtual (B2V) and Point-in-time Conversion (PIT){{Cite web

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• Integrated Data Deduplication:{{Cite web

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• Integrated block-level data deduplication
• Client, server-side, or OST appliance deduplication
• Client deduplication supported for both Windows as well as Linux computers

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• Optimized duplication (Opt Dup) supports backup "replication" from MMS/MBE to CAS/ CAS to MMS/MBE{{Cite web|title = Backup Exec Replication & Recovery {{!}} Veritas|url = https://www.veritas.com/community/forums/backup-exec-replication-recovery|website = www.veritas.com|access-date = 2016-02-19|date = 2012-11-05}}
• Security and Data Encryption:
• Software encryption{{cite web |title=Veritas Backup Exec Administrator's Guide: Using encryption with Backup Exec |url=https://www.veritas.com/support/en_US/doc/59226269-99535599-0/v53895058-99535599 |website=Veritas Support |publisher=Veritas Technologies LLC |access-date=30 January 2019 |date=17 November 2017}}
• Hardware encryption (T10 encryption standard)
• Database Encryption Key (DEK){{Cite web|title = Backup Exec Security Blogs|url = https://www.veritas.com/community/blogs/backup-exec-security-blogs|website = www.veritas.com|access-date = 2016-02-19|date = 2015-05-04}}
• FIPS Version: OpenSSL FIPS 2.0.5{{Cite web|url = http://www.veritas.com/community/sites/default/files/Whats_New_in_BackupExec_15_FP1.pdf|title = Whats_New_in_BackupExec_15_FP1}}
• Secure TLS protocol for its SSL control connection (over NDMP) between the Backup Exec Server and the Agent on a remote computer{{Cite web|title = Backup Exec and Self Signed Certificates|url = https://www.veritas.com/community/blogs/backup-exec-and-self-signed-certificates|website = www.veritas.com|access-date = 2016-02-23|date = 2012-05-17}}
• Management and Reporting:
• Centralized administration:{{Cite web |title=White Paper: Windows® Enterprise Data Protection with Symantec Backup Exec™ |url=http://www.r2gen.com.br/images/symantec/pdf/symantec_protegendo_sua_empresa.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180115184451/http://www.r2gen.com.br/images/symantec/pdf/symantec_protegendo_sua_empresa.pdf |archive-date=2018-01-15}} Provides a single console for managing the entire Backup Exec environment, creates and delegates jobs to multiple Backup Exec servers, defines device and media sets.
• File:Typical CASO-Configured BE environment.pngCentralized reporting: Monitors all job activity dispatched by the CAS in real time, provides holistic reporting for the entire storage environment, centrally defines notification and alert settings
• Operational resiliency: Automatically load-balances jobs across multiple Backup Exec servers, provides job failover from one Backup Exec server to another, centralizes or replicates catalogs for restores.
• Management Plug-in for VMware vSphere{{Cite web|title = Symantec Backup Exec Management Plug-in for VMware®|url = https://www.veritas.com/support/en_US/article.TECH144754|website = www.veritas.com|access-date = 2016-02-23|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161220190658/https://www.veritas.com/support/en_US/article.TECH144754|archive-date = 2016-12-20|url-status = dead}}
• Management pack for Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 & 2012 R2 (SCOM){{Cite web

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• Management Plug-In for Kaseya{{Cite web|title = Symantec Backup Exec Management Plug-in for Kaseya® Download|url = https://www.veritas.com/support/en_US/article.TECH172294|website = www.veritas.com|access-date = 2016-02-23}}
• Localization/Language packs{{Cite web|title = How to modify the language Backup Exec user interface displays|url = https://www.veritas.com/support/en_US/article.000025014|website = www.veritas.com|access-date = 2016-02-23}}
• Command Line Interface (BEMCLI){{Cite web

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• Media Management:
• Automatic robotic/tape drive configuration
• Broad tape device support
• Heterogeneous Support:
• Broad platform support
• Bare-metal restore, supports P2V as an option.File:BEMCLI.png
• Support for leading networking topologies
• Advanced VSS support
• OpenStorage (OST) support
• IPv4 & IPv6 support{{Cite web|title = About using IPv4 and IPv6 in Backup Exec|url = https://www.veritas.com/support/en_US/article.000058679|website = www.veritas.com|access-date = 2016-02-23|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161220191633/https://www.veritas.com/support/en_US/article.000058679|archive-date = 2016-12-20|url-status = dead}}

Backup Exec does not have support for sending data streams from multiple parallel backup jobs to a single tape drive, which Veritas refers to as multiplexing.Veritas tech note: What is the difference between multiplexing and multistreaming?, article #000004808, September 14, 2015, http://www.veritas.com/docs/000004808 Their NetBackup product does have this capability.{{cite web |title=About multiplexing |url=http://systemmanager.ru/nbadmin.en/ch29s14s12s01.htm |website=systemmanager.ru/nbadmin.en |access-date=22 June 2019}}

Multiplexing can reduce backup times when backing up data from non-solid state sources containing millions of small or highly fragmented files, which require very large amounts of head-seeking using traditional mechanical hard drives, and which significantly slow down the backup process.

When only a single job is running, and the source server is constantly seeking at a high rate, the tape drive slows down or may stop, waiting for its write cache to be filled. These delays accessing data can cause the backup availability window to be exceeded, when multiple servers with slow transfer rates are being backed up one after the other to the tape device.

A workaround to this is to install temporary disk storage in the backup server to use as a cache for the backup process. This storage is split into hundreds of small 1-5 gigabyte data blocks. Backups to the data blocks can be done in parallel, and each of the separate disk-based backup jobs are configured to duplicate and append to tape when completed.

Backup Exec has the following licensing options:{{Cite web|url=https://www.veritas.com/support/en_US/article.000116657|title=Backup Exec 16 Licensing Guide|website=www.veritas.com|access-date=2016-02-19}}

• Capacity Edition - Deploy an unlimited number of Backup Exec servers, Agents and Options (Licensed per TB)
• Capacity Edition Lite - Includes protection for Windows and Linux operating systems, VMware and Hyper-V virtual environments, Microsoft applications, Oracle, and Enterprise Vault (Licensed per TB)
• V-Ray Edition - Protects an unlimited number of guest machines per host including all of the applications and databases (Licensed per occupied processor socket on the virtual host){{Cite web |date=October 2012 |title=So what exactly is in this Backup Exec V-Ray edition any way? |url=https://community.spiceworks.com/topic/268910-so-what-exactly-is-in-this-backup-exec-v-ray-edition-any-way |access-date=2016-02-19 |website=The Spiceworks Community}}
• Traditional - Licensing per Backup Exec server with Agents and Options available based on need

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• MaynStream for Windows 3.0, May, 1992{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IjwEAAAAMBAJ |title=InfoWorld |date=1993-04-26 |publisher=InfoWorld Media Group, Inc. |language=en |issn=0199-6649}}
• Conner Backup Exec 2.1 DOS Version{{Cite web|title = DANIELSAYS.COM - Daniel's Legacy Computer Collections - Screen Shot Gallery - DOS - Backup Exec 2.1(f) DOS Version|url = http://www.danielsays.com/ss-gallery-dos-backup-exec-21f.html|website = www.danielsays.com|access-date = 2016-02-19|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150127064606/http://www.danielsays.com/ss-gallery-dos-backup-exec-21f.html|archive-date = 2015-01-27|url-status = dead}}
• Conner Backup Exec for Windows NT 3.1, May, 1993
• {{cite journal |last1=Barney |first1=Doug |title=Arcada Backup Exec will be bundled with Chicago |journal=InfoWorld |volume=16 |issue=24 |date=June 1994 |page=26 }}
• Arcada Software Backup Exec for Windows NT 6.0, April, 1995{{Cite book |last=Davis |first=Ziff |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nJSSNehld0kC |title=PC Mag |date=1996-02-20 |publisher=Ziff Davis, Inc. |language=en |issn=0888-8507}}
• Seagate Software Backup Exec for Windows NT 7.0, August, 1997{{Cite web|title = Powerful New Seagate Backup Exec for Windows NT Sets the Standard for Windows NT Enterprise Storage Management|url = http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/powerful-new-seagate-backup-exec-for-windows-nt-sets-the-standard-for-windows-nt-enterprise-storage-management-75368762.html|website = www.prnewswire.com|access-date = 2016-02-19|first = Seagate|last = Software}}
• Seagate Backup Exec 7.2, October, 1998
• VERITAS Backup Exec 7.3, March, 1999{{Cite web|title = Veritas Software releases new version of Veritas Backup Exec Small Business Server Solution|url = http://www.itweb.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=132445|website = ITWeb Technology News|access-date = 2016-02-23|author = Staff Writer|date = 1999-06-24}}
• VERITAS Backup Exec 8.0, January, 2000File:Veritas Backup Exec 9.1.jpg
• VERITAS Backup Exec 8.6, November, 2001
• VERITAS Backup Exec 9.0, January 22, 2003{{Cite web|title = VERITAS Extends Data Protection Leadership With Backup Exec 9.0|url = http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/veritas-extends-data-protection-leadership-with-backup-exec-90-73972617.html|website = www.prnewswire.com|access-date = 2016-02-23|first = VERITAS Software|last = Corporation}}
• VERITAS Backup Exec 9.1, November 4, 2003{{Cite web|title = Veritas Backup Exec 9.1 for Windows Servers Specs|url = http://www.cnet.com/products/veritas-backup-exec-9-1-for-windows-servers/specs/|website = CNET|access-date = 2016-02-19}}
• VERITAS Backup Exec 10.0, January, 2005{{Cite web|title = VERITAS Partners Worldwide See Golden Opportunities in Backup Exec 10.0|url = https://www.symantec.com/about/newsroom/press-releases/2005/veritas_0118_02|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160301223009/https://www.symantec.com/about/newsroom/press-releases/2005/veritas_0118_02|url-status = dead|archive-date = March 1, 2016|website = Symantec|access-date = 2016-02-19}}
• Symantec Backup Exec 10d, September, 2005{{Cite web|title = Symantec Backup Exec 10d is "Designed for Disk" and Delivers Continuous Data Protection|url = https://www.symantec.com/about/newsroom/press-releases/2005/veritas_0927_02|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160301214825/https://www.symantec.com/about/newsroom/press-releases/2005/veritas_0927_02|url-status = dead|archive-date = March 1, 2016|website = Symantec|access-date = 2016-02-19}}
• Symantec Backup Exec 11d, November, 2006{{Cite web|title = Symantec Backup Exec 11d Review|url = http://www.zdnet.com/product/symantec-backup-exec-11d/|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141227184249/http://www.zdnet.com/product/symantec-backup-exec-11d/|url-status = dead|archive-date = December 27, 2014|website = ZDNet|access-date = 2016-02-19}}
• Symantec Backup Exec 12, February, 2008{{Cite web|title = Symantec Busts Out SaaS with Backup Exec 12 {{!}} Network Computing|url = http://www.networkcomputing.com/storage/symantec-busts-out-saas-backup-exec-12/1455897042|website = www.networkcomputing.com|access-date = 2016-02-19|date = 2008-02-19}}
• Symantec Backup Exec 12.5, October, 2008{{Cite web|title = Symantec embraces server virtualization with Backup Exec|url = https://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/09/15/backup_exec_embraces_server_virtualization/|access-date = 2016-02-19|last1 = Ibm|last2 = Emc|last3 = Netapp|last4 = Seagate|last5 = Hp|first6 = Boring old Brocade just sits there making money Damn|last6 = them|first7 = Cisco strengthens its hardware-defined networking|last7 = products|first8 = HP storage revenues declining as the dithering|last8 = continues| website=The Register }}
• Symantec Backup Exec 2010 (13.0), February, 2010{{Cite web|title = Symantec Backup Exec 2010 review|url = http://www.alphr.com/symantec/symantec-backup-exec-2010/30748/symantec-backup-exec-2010-review|website = Alphr| date=7 April 2010 |access-date = 2016-02-19}}
• Symantec Backup Exec 2010 SP1, August 16, 2010{{Cite web|title = Backup Exec 2010 Service Pack 1 released|url = https://vox.veritas.com/t5/Backup-Exec/Backup-Exec-2010-Service-Pack-1-released/td-p/327722|website = vox.veritas.com|access-date = 2017-07-18|date = 2010-08-16}}

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• Symantec Backup Exec 2010 R2, August 2, 2010{{Cite web|title = Announcing the launch of Backup Exec 2010 R2|url = https://www.veritas.com/community/blogs/announcing-launch-backup-exec-2010-r2|website = www.veritas.com|date = 2 August 2010|access-date = 2016-02-19}}
• Symantec Backup Exec 2010 R2 SP1{{Cite web|title = How to get updates for Backup Exec - Service Pack, Hotfix, Patches and Device Drivers|url = https://www.veritas.com/support/en_US/article.TECH66724|website = www.veritas.com|access-date = 2017-07-18}}
• Symantec Backup Exec 2010 R3, May 3, 2011{{Cite web|title = Backup Exec 2010 R3 Released Today|url = https://www.veritas.com/community/blogs/backup-exec-2010-r3-released-today|website = www.veritas.com|date = 3 May 2011|access-date = 2016-02-19}}
• Symantec Backup Exec 2010 R3 SP1, June 12, 2012{{Cite web|title = Backup Exec 2010 R3 revision 5204 Service Pack 1|url = https://www.veritas.com/support/en_US/article.TECH168343|website = www.veritas.com|access-date = 2016-02-23}}
• Symantec Backup Exec 2010 R3 SP2, February 1, 2012{{Cite web|title = Backup Exec 2010 R3 revision 5204 Service Pack 2|url = https://www.veritas.com/support/en_US/article.TECH178798|website = www.veritas.com|access-date = 2016-02-23|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161220190718/https://www.veritas.com/support/en_US/article.TECH178798|archive-date = 2016-12-20|url-status = dead}}
• Symantec Backup Exec 2010 R3 SP3, July 26, 2013{{Cite web|title = ACME Communications – Backup Exec 2010 R3 SP3 and Backup Exec 2012 SP2 have been released!|url = http://www.acmehk.net/2013/07/26/backup-exec-2010-r3-sp3-and-backup-exec-2012-sp2-have-been-released/|access-date = 2016-02-19}}
• Symantec Backup Exec 2010 R3 SP4, January 27, 2014
• Symantec Backup Exec 2012 (14.0), March 5, 2012{{Cite web|title = Symantec NetBackup 7.5 and Backup Exec 2012 Global Availability Announced {{!}} StorageReview.com - Storage Reviews|url = http://www.storagereview.com/symantec_netbackup_75_and_backup_exec_2012_global_availability_announced|website = www.storagereview.com|access-date = 2016-02-19}}
• Symantec Backup Exec 2012 SP1, June 1, 2012{{Cite web|title = Announcing Backup Exec 2012 SP1 Available Now!|url = https://www.veritas.com/community/blogs/announcing-backup-exec-2012-sp1-available-now|website = www.veritas.com|date = June 2012|access-date = 2016-02-19}}
• Symantec Backup Exec 2012 SP2, July 26, 2013
• Symantec Backup Exec 2012 SP3, November 21, 2013{{Cite web|title = Backup Exec 2012 Service Pack 3 with added VMware vSphere 5.5 support|url = https://support.symantec.com/en_US/article.TECH212668.html|website = Symantec|access-date = 2016-02-19}}{{dead link|date=April 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
• Symantec Backup Exec 2012 SP4, March 13, 2014{{Cite web|title = Backup Exec 2012 Service Pack 4 is Available Now|url = https://www.veritas.com/community/blogs/backup-exec-2012-service-pack-4-available-now|website = www.veritas.com|date = 13 March 2014|access-date = 2016-02-19}}
• Symantec Backup Exec 2014, (14.1), June 2, 2014{{Cite web|title = Backup Exec 2014 is Now Available!|url = https://www.veritas.com/community/blogs/backup-exec-2014-now-available|website = www.veritas.com|date = 2 June 2014|access-date = 2016-02-23}}
• Symantec Backup Exec 2014 SP1, September 22, 2014{{Cite web|title = Backup Exec 2014 SP1 Now Available|url = https://www.veritas.com/community/blogs/backup-exec-2014-sp1-now-available|website = www.veritas.com|date = 22 September 2014|access-date = 2016-02-19}}
• Symantec Backup Exec 2014 SP2, December 15, 2014
• Symantec Backup Exec 15, (14.2 Rev 1180), April 6, 2015{{Cite web|title = Backup Exec™ 15 Delivers Performance and Simplicity for Hybrid Clouds|url = https://www.veritas.com/community/blogs/backup-exec-15-delivers-performance-and-simplicity-hybrid-clouds|website = www.veritas.com|date = 6 April 2015|access-date = 2016-02-19}}
• Symantec Backup Exec 15 FP1, July 8, 2015{{Cite web|title = Feature Pack 1 for Backup Exec 15 delivers improved performance, intelligent backups and enhanced platform support|url = https://www.veritas.com/community/blogs/feature-pack-1-backup-exec-15-delivers-improved-performance-intelligent-backups-and-enhanced-p|website = www.veritas.com|date = 8 July 2015|access-date = 2016-02-19}}
• Symantec Backup Exec 15 FP2, October 19, 2015{{Cite web|title = Backup Exec 15 Feature Pack 2 includes new Cloud Connector, platform support, enhanced user experience and more - Now Available!|url = https://www.veritas.com/community/blogs/backup-exec-15-feature-pack-2-includes-new-cloud-connector-platform-support-enhanced-user-expe|website = www.veritas.com|date = 27 October 2015|access-date = 2016-02-19}}
• Symantec Backup Exec 15 FP3, December 9, 2015{{Cite web|url = https://www.veritas.com/support/en_US/article.000099842|title = Backup Exec 15 revision 1180 Feature Pack 3 Release Notes}}
• Veritas Backup Exec 15 FP4, April 18, 2016{{Cite web|url=https://www.veritas.com/support/en_US/article.000097855|title=Backup Exec 15 revision 1180 Feature Pack 4|date=April 20, 2016|website=www.veritas.com|access-date=2016-09-02}}
• Veritas Backup Exec 15 FP5, August 1, 2016{{Cite web|url=https://www.veritas.com/support/en_US/article.TECH100816|title=Backup Exec 15 revision 1180 Feature Pack 5|website=www.veritas.com|access-date=2016-09-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160919013930/https://www.veritas.com/support/en_US/article.TECH100816|archive-date=2016-09-19|url-status=dead}}
• Veritas Backup Exec 16, November 7, 2016{{Cite web|url=https://www.veritas.com/support/en_US/article.000116164|title=Backup Exec 16 Readme|website=www.backupexec.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170119051519/https://www.veritas.com/support/en_US/article.000116164|archive-date=2017-01-19|url-status=dead}}
• Veritas Backup Exec 16 FP1, April 4, 2017{{Cite web|url=https://www.veritas.com/support/en_US/article.000126048|title=Backup Exec 16 FP1 Release Notes|website=www.veritas.com|access-date=2017-04-13}}
• Veritas Backup Exec 16 FP2, July 31, 2017{{Cite web|url=https://www.veritas.com/support/en_US/article.000116194|title=Backup Exec 16 FP2 Release Notes|website=www.veritas.com|access-date=2017-08-03}}
• Veritas Backup Exec, November 7, 2017{{Cite web|url=https://www.veritas.com/support/en_US/doc/59226813-126999530-0/index|title=Backup Exec ReadMe|website=www.veritas.com|access-date=2017-11-10}}
• Veritas Backup Exec (20.1), April 2, 2018{{Cite web|url=https://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/doc/59226813-131650528-0/v60224998-131650528|title=Backup Exec ReadMe|website=www.veritas.com|access-date=2019-01-05}}
• Veritas Backup Exec (20.2), August 13, 2018{{Cite web|url=https://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/doc/59226813-132544169-0/v60224998-132544169|title=Backup Exec ReadMe|website=www.veritas.com|access-date=2019-01-05}}
• Veritas Backup Exec (20.3), October 23, 2018{{Cite web|url=https://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/doc/59226813-133519999-0/v60224998-133519999|title=Backup Exec ReadMe|website=www.veritas.com|access-date=2019-01-05}}
• Veritas Backup Exec (20.4), May 6, 2019{{Cite web|url=https://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/doc/59226813-135381841-0/v60363342-135381841|title=Backup Exec ReadMe|website=www.veritas.com|access-date=2019-01-05}}
• Veritas Backup Exec (20.5), Sep 02, 2019{{Cite web|url=https://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/doc/59226813-137906761-0/index|title=Backup Exec ReadMe|website=www.veritas.com|access-date=2019-09-03}}
• Veritas Backup Exec (20.6), Dec 02, 2019{{Cite web|url=https://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/doc/59226813-138991357-0/v120780199-138991357|title=Backup Exec 20.6 Readme|website=www.veritas.com|access-date=2020-01-27}}
• Veritas Backup Exec (21), Apr 06, 2020{{Cite web|url=https://www.veritas.com/support/en_US/doc/59226813-140215376-0/index|title=Backup Exec 21 Readme|website=www.veritas.com|access-date=2020-04-07}}
• Veritas Backup Exec (21.1), Sep 06, 2020{{Cite web|url=https://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/doc/59226813-141939443-0/v62960150-141939443|title=Backup Exec 21.1 Readme|website=www.veritas.com|access-date=2021-02-17}}
• Veritas Backup Exec (21.2), Mar 01, 2021{{Cite web|url=https://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/doc/59226813-142155634-0/index|title=Backup Exec 21.2 Readme|website=www.veritas.com|access-date=2021-06-21}}
• Veritas Backup Exec (21.3), Sep 06, 2021
• Veritas Backup Exec (22.0), Jun 06, 2022{{Cite web|url=https://www.veritas.com/support/en_US/downloads/detail.REL631590|title=Backup Exec 22.0 Support|website=www.veritas.com|access-date=2022-12-22}}

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