Re: NTBackup and Exchange 2003

From: Bob (noone_at_nowhere)
Date: 04/22/04 

Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2004 08:07:39 +1000

Hi Kirill,

The command line is
ntbackup backup "LocalExchange.bks" /J "ExchangeBackup" /F
"C:\BackupFiles\Exchange.bkf" /is W2kSVR3 /M normal /L:f

Bob
"Kirill S. Palagin" <kpalagin@nomail.phxint.please.ru> wrote in message
news:40877463.AFCF526F@nomail.phxint.please.ru...
> Backup can be automated, restore can not. Let's troubleshoot two issues
> separately.
> 1. Your command-line backup fails? Can we see command line options? What
account
> is used when running that command line? Have you tried to use IP address
instead
> of name?
> 2. Tell us more about restore.
>
> Bob wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am running Windows2000 with Exchange2003 on top. I am trying to
automate
> > a backup solution (and restore) solution for Exchange2003.
> >
> > When I run a backup throught the GUI, everything works fine and I can
> > restore the Exchange 2003 databases from the backup file.
> >
> > Whenever I try to run a batch file with a command-line for NTBackup, the
> > process fails with an EventID 8010 in the application log. I have
checked
> > to ensure that the database can be overwritten by a restore. I found
the KB
> > article describing this error for Exchange 2000 and have done all the
things
> > mentioned.
> >
> > In the backup log is the following comment
> > Error: The Microsoft exchange W2KSVR3\Information Store service is not
> > started on the selected computer.
> > W2KSVR3 is the name of the computer I am running the backup from, and it
is
> > also the server on which Exchange is running and where the database
files
> > are located.
> >
> > Why would the backup work in GUI but not in the batch file - are there
some
> > special considerations for Exchange 2003 with Windows 2000? Windows
2000 is
> > running service pack 4 and NTBackup has a version of 5.0.2195.6713.
> >
> > Can anyone point me in the right direction?
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > Bob
>

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