Symantec has published an article on how to restore Backup Exec to factory defaults using BEUtility.exe however this article only works for Backup Exec 11D/12.0/12.5/2010/2010R2/2010R3. This article can be found here:
http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=TECH66780
When trying to perform this procedure on Backup Exec 2012 it fails with the following error message:
Error: Unable to drop database
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http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=TECH66780
When trying to perform this procedure on Backup Exec 2012 it fails with the following error message:
Error: Unable to drop database
This is a bug with Backup Exec 2012 however there is a work around, to restore the Database to Factory Defaults perform the following procedure:
1. Stop all backup exec services.
2. Go to C:\program files\symantec\backup exec\data
3. Rename the current database file bedb_dat.mdf to something else.
4. Rename the current log file database bedb_log.ldf to something else
5. Now use bedb_dat.bak file and rename it to bedb_dat.mdf
6. Now use the bedb_log.bak file and rename it to bedb_log.ldf
7. Now restart all backup exec services.