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Backup Exec 9.0 on Win2k server will not back up remote WinXP

I am trying to back up a folder on a Windows XP machine from Windows 2000 Server with Backup Exec 9 installed. I have Remote Agent for Windows Servers installed, but it will not see the XP machine when I do the remote install for 'Remote Agent for Windows Servers'.

I tried connecting across the network from the client and ran setup from the RANT32 folder but nothing seemed to happen after the install.

If I try to backup from Veritas and point the job to the XP machine, Veritas throws an error that the Remote Agent is either corrupted or not installed on the remote machine. The contents of the 'C' drive on the remote machine are greyed out.

I removed 'Remote Agent for Windows Servers' and reinstalled it. I checked off the 'Remote Install' button. When it came time to select the XP machine to install the remote agent, no computer showed up. Do I need 9.1 in order to do this?

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Hi Meesha

Try this link:

http://seer.support.veritas.com/search_forms/SearchFrame.asp?SearchTerm=%22Xp%22&Path=seer%2esupport%2everitas%2ecom%2fdocs%2f241557%2ehtm

meesha

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That tells me it supports XP, but it does not explain why I can't install Remote Agent on the XP computer or select any of the folders on the XP machine. The XP computer *is* a member of a domain. I am using version 9 of BackupExec. Thanks

sirbounty

Check the services on the XP client - as well as the server. The server's BE services should posses domain credentials - not the localsystem account.
Change this to a domain account with administrative rights in the domain - it should then be granted "act as a service" credentials and the backup should then work successfully...

meesha

ASKER

Wehn I go to install the Remote Agent, there is an option for remote install but I do not see the XP machine. How do I onstall the remote client on the XP machine? Otherwise, at the momemt there is no BE service on the XP machine because I can't get that far.

Thanks

sirbounty

Are you running the remote agent install from the XP client?

How are the server's credentials defined?

meesha

ASKER

All I saw on the Verritas CD was a folder for RANT32 and I tried to install that with no luck. The server is a Windows 2000 domain controller. The XP machine is a member of the domain.

sirbounty

Try running setup from the cd - I believe it asks you if you want to install remote agent...

meesha

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That's what I did in the first place, ran setup and installed Veritas, entered the license to install remote agent. When you go to 'remote install' on the install screen and browse to the XP computer, the XP machine is not in the network properties. Hence, the agent never gets installed on the XP box. This is basically the problem. It was only after this I tried to install the agen from the CD.

Then I uninstalled everything and went back and started all over again. Right now, I have the XP unit doing an xcopy to the server and then the local backup runs.

sirbounty

No - use the cd on the XP device...install remote agent there.

meesha

ASKER

By running the setup program and entering the license for remote agent?

sirbounty

Yes, although I'm not certain you will need to enter the license for it there...

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