This morning the Backup Exec Beta team posted an update to their blog answering some questions they have been getting surrounding the beta program.
Here are the key points that I took away from this update.
- You must have Backup Exec 2010 or Backup Exec 2012 already installed on your system. The beta will be delivered as a Service Pack update and should be installed as such (SP3 for Backup Exec 2010 and SP2 for Backup Exec 2012).
- This initial delivery of the beta will only support remote protection (Agent for Windows) of Windows Server 2012, this means that Backup Exec must be installed on a Windows Server 2008 R2 box or lower.
- No multi-server jobs will be available in the initial release of the beta, the job monitor will also not be available..
Links to trail version of Backup Exec and Windows Server
Backup Exec 2010 https://www4.symantec.com/Vrt/offer?a_id=91912
Backup Exec 2012 https://www4.symantec.com/Vrt/offer?a_id=142338
Windows Server 2008 R2 http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/dd459137.aspx
Windows Server 2012 http://technet.microsoft.com/en-au/evalcenter/hh670538.aspx
