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I have a 64 bit Windows 2003 Server installed on a machine with a SAS storage unit attached and backup exec is installed on the local OS.<br />
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I then have a VM installed in VMware which is 32 bit Windows 2003 Server, the SAS storage is mapped to this VM and is a shared drive to our other servers.<br />
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I am trying to backup the data from the shared drive in the VM, using backup exec on the local OS but keep getting the error that I need to purchase a license for remote agent.<br />
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I have tried adding User Defined Selections to the share \\SERVER\Data which lets me select the directories required but I still get the same error.<br />
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I am trying to avoid the large cost of an agent license.<br />
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Any ideas? Thanks.
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I have a 64 bit Windows 2003 Server installed on a machine with a SAS storage unit attached and backup exec is installed on the local OS.

I then have a VM installed in VMware which is 32 bit Windows 2003 Server, the SAS storage is mapped to this VM and is a shared drive to our other servers.

I am trying to backup the data from the shared drive in the VM, using backup exec on the local OS but keep getting the error that I need to purchase a license for remote agent.

I have tried adding User Defined Selections to the share \\SERVER\Data which lets me select the directories required but I still get the same error.

I am trying to avoid the large cost of an agent license.

Any ideas? Thanks.

Backup Exec 12.5 asking for Remote Agent to backup data shared through VM.

The term "Backup" means the methods and processes involved to copy computer data (system data as well as application data) to media other than the ones where the data originally live (disk, tape, optical, cloud). "Restore" in turn means the methods and processes involved in data recovery, i. e., bringing back copied computer data to their original location. Backup/Restore primarily serves as a means of protection against data loss, be it due to disaster, corruption or sabotage. It can also be used for recovering data from an earlier point in time and even for cloning machines or applications. There is a wide variety of backup/restore software available, from expensive commercial products to free or open source tools.

Storage Software

VMware, a software company founded in 1998,  was one of the first commercially successful companies to offer x86 virtualization. The storage company EMC purchased VMware in 1994. Dell Technologies acquired EMC in 2016. VMware’s parent company is now Dell Technologies.

VMware has many software products that run on desktops, Microsoft Windows, Linux, and macOS, which allows the virtualizing of the x86 architecture.  Its enterprise software hypervisor for servers, VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi), is a bare-metal hypervisor that runs directly on the server hardware and does not require an additional underlying operating system.

VMware

Windows Server 2003 was based on Windows XP and was released in four editions: Web, Standard, Enterprise and Datacenter. It also had derivative versions for clusters, storage and Microsoft’s Small Business Server. Important upgrades included integrating Internet Information Services (IIS), improvements to Active Directory (AD) and Group Policy (GP), and the migration to Automated System Recovery (ASR).