see http://seer.support.veritas.com/docs/231029.htm

BENT needs to be on W2000 to protect W2000 machines

John Washbourne wrote:

> I am running BENT 8.0 and trying to backup/restore a W2k machine on our network.
> I have been able to backup but when I try to restore files, I get a FAILURE
> in the Job Monitor and Access Denied - Error Writing File Data error in the
> log, but the file does actually restore. The BENT help says:
>
> "To fully restore Windows 2000 features to a remote Windows 2000 system,
> the restore operation MUST be performed by a Windows 2000 backup server,
> and the Agent Accelerator must be installed on the remote system. You cannot
> use a backup server running Windows NT to restore data to a Windows 2000
> system.
>
> You can restore a Windows NT 4 system from a backup server running on either
> Windows NT 4 or Windows 2000. It is not necessary to have the Agent Accelerator
> installed to perform the restore."
>
> The statement, "You cannot use a backup server running Windows NT to restore
> data to a Windows 2000 system." make me think that what I am trying to do
> is not possible.
>
> My question 1) Is what I'm trying to do possible? 2) Has anyone expierenced
> the same problems I am having and been able to fix it?
>
> thanks