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Follow up: &nbsp;Discovered that backup Exec 12.5 for some reason does not enumerate Exchange 2007 mailbox size when doing test runs. &nbsp;Is this accurate??? &nbsp;Now the actual data size makes sense because it appears all that 150GB or so of email data was missing from the test runs. &nbsp;Very frustrating.<br />
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Follow up:  Discovered that backup Exec 12.5 for some reason does not enumerate Exchange 2007 mailbox size when doing test runs.  Is this accurate???  Now the actual data size makes sense because it appears all that 150GB or so of email data was missing from the test runs.  Very frustrating.



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Thanks, i figured somthing was up with it. &nbsp;That was helpful. &nbsp;Also kind of deceiving on Symantec's part, since you relay on the test runs to give some accurate info to base what kind of storage need is apparent.
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Thanks, i figured somthing was up with it.  That was helpful.  Also kind of deceiving on Symantec's part, since you relay on the test runs to give some accurate info to base what kind of storage need is apparent.

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Have Symantec Backup Exec 12.5 SP4. &nbsp;Test run's on SBS 2008 server show 124GB of data to back up according to data selected and tape drive can handle up to 150GB. &nbsp;When ACTUAL backups occur, we are getting up to 280GB trying to get backed up! &nbsp;It absolutely makes no sense. &nbsp;All data manually checked is around 124GB, so the test run seems fine, but the actual backups are really, really off. &nbsp;Any suggestions? &nbsp;I cannot find any solutions to this.<br />
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Have Symantec Backup Exec 12.5 SP4.  Test run's on SBS 2008 server show 124GB of data to back up according to data selected and tape drive can handle up to 150GB.  When ACTUAL backups occur, we are getting up to 280GB trying to get backed up!  It absolutely makes no sense.  All data manually checked is around 124GB, so the test run seems fine, but the actual backups are really, really off.  Any suggestions?  I cannot find any solutions to this.

DG

Symantec Backup Exec 12.5 with SP 4 Test Run byte size completely different from actual backup

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.