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The free Windows Server Backup is ok in a pinch but it's not intended for enterprise level backups.
With Backup Exec you'll need the following server and agents, depending on what you have:
-Backup Exec for Windows Server (for the server with a tape drive, includes 1 agent)
-Agent for Windows Server (1 for each server you want to backup)
-Agent for SQL (specially for SQL servers, includes an agent for the entire machine)
-Agent for Active Directory (specially for AD, includes an agent for the entire machine)
-Agent for Exchange specially for Exchange, includes an agent for the entire machine)
-Agent for Hyper-V specially for Hyper-V, includes unlimited VM agents on the machine)
If you need prices and part numbers I can look up a few.
Microsoft's Data Protection Manager is a good solution but requires a System Center infrastructure. That is significantly more complicated to install, configure, and manage than Symantec Backup Exec. It's also expensive and you'll probably want to invest in a SQL Server license to run it, the free express version may not be worth the trouble. But you can purchase Microsoft System Center Essentials Plus. This is a complete package that lets you get into System Center at a very low price point. It includes: Configuration Manager, Operations Manager, Virtual Machine Manager, and (with the "Plus" edition) Data Protection Manager. You'll still probably want to purchase a license for SQL server. We run System Center Essentials here in a virtual environment. I really like the P2V capabilities and have used it to virtualize physical servers that are live and running.