Symantec Backup Exec 15 (also marketed as Veritas Backup Exec 15 after corporate changes) is a backup and recovery solution for small-to-medium Windows server environments. The ISO download is the installation image used for on-premises deployments.
Veritas maintains an unlisted legacy archive for customers with existing contracts:
The modern version supports Windows Server 2022, cloud backups (AWS, Azure), and has a much more efficient web-based management console. Veritas provides migration tools to import catalogs from Backup Exec 15.
If you have a valid license, convert your old physical BE 15 server to a VM (using Disk2VHD or VMware Converter). Then you never need to reinstall from ISO – just run the VM.
Despite the release of newer versions (Backup Exec 16, 20, 21, and now Veritas Backup Exec 22), version 15 is still widely used. Here is why:
If you need to reinstall this version, the first hurdle is obtaining the legitimate ISO image.