posts<\/a> on Symantec’s support forum indicate the company plans to address the ability to back up multiple servers in a single job with the next major update. The company wouldn’t say, however, if this would require buying the 2013 version. Because these promises began in May 2012 and we’re already into 2013, I’d be surprised to see it addressed as a free patch at this point.<\/p>\nI strongly recommend looking elsewhere for Enterprise-class backup software, especially if your company relies on tape for backups. For those backing up to hard disk, at least the multiple jobs for multiple server backups won’t create extra wear and tear on physical tape drives as extra rewinding and fast forwarding is needed to complete each one. Regardless, this software is too expensive to have these limitations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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