First off I admit that I might not fully know what I am talking about and any clarification to my question you can provide would be helpful.
My understanding is that Symantec Backup Exec stores information about the tape backups that it is performing inside of a database. If backup exec and that database lived on the same server and that server was destroyed due to a flood so that nothing was recoverable from it but the tapes themselves were recovered intact, would you still be able to restore the data from the tape backups without getting that database back?
If so what would you have to do to recover this data?
Best Answer
You should be able to build a new server with Backup Exec and import the tape. The import populates the new database with what was backed up, allowing you to then recover content.
If the database is selected in your backup process, you should also then be able to recover the database in its entirety, including the historical data.