You know, I like the fact that technology is always moving forward (in most cases) and I consider myself to be a pretty adaptive guy. But this Backup Exec 2012 garbage has got to be one of the worst experiences I've ever had with an upgrade... EVER! And we're not a huge corporation or something that can afford a test environment. Everything is done live here.
First I read the pre-upgrade documentation. Okay, it says right their in black and white that there are significant structure changes between 2010 and 2012. Fine. I can deal with that as long as they make sense and eventually benefit me in some way.
Not the case at all, here.
After the upgrade everything looks good so far. I see my deduplication folder, my backup-to-disk folder, my VTL, and my tape loader. Then I start looking at the jobs that it automatically migrated for me. It...
