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I just returned from the Backup Exec 2010 Administrator course; the R2 version was mentioned and some vague info dropped about additional features and such, but no detailed information. I checked Symantec website with even worse results. Anyone know what's up with Backup Exec 2010-R2? And will we need to get it?

Hi,
If you are a maintenance customer with Symantec the 2010 R2 edition I is available. I believe for 6 months now.
It is required if you wanted to use SharePoint 2010 granular backup. The base 2010 edition will not do granular BU from SP2010.
I upgraded as soon as I could get my hands on it. There was some problems with a hotfix and remote agents - but that seemed to get fixed by a follow on hotfix.
So when you get your 2010 R2 - run live update till there are no more updates to be had

Bruce

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BE2010 R2 came out last year. Sometime around June I think. Any current download after June of last year will be the R2 release.

You cannot upgrade BE2010 to R2 via LiveUpdate, it's a reinstall on top of your existing install of BE2010.

Notable updates are better dedupe performance, Exch2010 support, vSphere 4.1, and more...

Once you upgrade your media server, run a live update at least a few times... Then you'll have to re-push all of your agents too.

2010 R3 is out now.