Re: SPBackup utility failing

(Extract from Resource Kit by Bill English and others)

The SPBackup.exe Utility

The SPBackup.exe tool determines which site collections have changed and
generates a batch file that, when run on a server running Windows SharePoint
Services, backs up changed site collections using the Stsadm.exe tool. The
batch file created by SPBackup.exe will not back up SharePoint Portal Server
2003 portal sites. However, when run on a server running SharePoint Portal
Server, SPBackup.exe will generate a batch file that backs up team sites,
personal sites, and workspace sites on the server. You must install
SPBackup.exe to the same folder as Stsadm.exe.

i.e. it is a front-end to stsadm.

It is also not an official Microsoft product unlike SPSBackup which I
mistook it for *and for which mistake I have already apologised*

If you were to use a real e-mail address instead of
joe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx I could by adding you to my blocked list avoid
any possibility of disturbing you again. As it is I can't without excluding
every other joe.

I at least use my real name and an e-mail address that is real and constant
(and accumulates spam) when posting [so you *can* add me to *your* blocked
list] and yes, I have spent time on my holiday trying to help people in this
newsgroup, not just in trying to get you to (wrongly as it turns out) direct
this elsewhere.

You haven't helped anyone.

Mike Walsh, Helsinki, Finland

"Joe" <Joe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:6700774E-EC77-4875-8E6E-1DFFAA8CE1A9@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> You took time away from a holiday to jump in here and criticize both me
> and
> the person who was already trying to help me solve my problem, and now it
> turns out that it's a subject you really don't know anything about? And
> you're wrong on top of that.
>
> You get too excited about slamming people for posting in the "wrong"
> place,
> Mike. I appreciate that you help a lot of people here, but there's
> obviously
> a very general and widespread confusion about the two products that
> comprise
> Sharepoint, further exacerbated by the fact that there are 5 separate
> newsgroups available for asking questions.
>
> Thanks for stepping on my thread and chasing my help away.
>
>
> "Mike Walsh" wrote:
>
>> If that's the case, I apologise profusely.
>>
>> Unfortunately the book I rely on to solve problems like this (the
>> Resource
>> Kit) is at work and I'm on holiday.
>>
>> So if anyone cares to confirm this I'd be grateful.
>>
>> I have always (?) assumed that stsadm and smigrate are the routines that
>> are
>> available for WSS backups / restores and I'll admit that I've come to the
>> conclusion that SPBackup and SPSBackup are the same thing - just people
>> spelling it (!) wrongly.
>>
>> Wrong again ??
>>
>> Mike Walsh, Helsinki, Finland
>>
>> "Joe" <Joe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:4A5EEFC2-2B8D-4495-B182-FB8429F6676F@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > It was my understanding that SPSBackup was for the portal and SPBackup
>> > was
>> > for the team sites. My problem is with SPBackup. In fact, Mike, I
>> > used
>> > one
>> > of your own posts from 5/5/05, in the thread "Backup and Restore
>> > Problem,"
>> > in
>> > my decision to post this question here.
>> >
>> > "Mike Walsh" wrote:
>> >
>> >> SP Backup is for backing up SharePoint Portal Server 2003 sites only.
>> >>
>> >> As such it is not covered in this newsgroup which is for standalone
>> >> WSS
>> >> issues and issues common to all WSS implementations.
>> >>
>> >> Please post it to the SPS newsgroup at
>> >>
>> >> microsoft.public.sharepoint.portalserver
>> >>
>> >> Mike Walsh, Helsinki, Finland
>> >> WSS FAQ at http://wss.collutions.com
>> >> Please reply to the newsgroup
>> >>
>> >> "Joe" <Joe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> >> news:C95DA35D-F972-4913-9FD7-2B49B184D6F9@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >> > I've been using SPSBackup.exe to backup my portal server, and
>> >> > SPBackup.exe
>> >> > to
>> >> > create the SPBakOut.bat file to backup my personal and team sites.
>> >> >
>> >> > About a week ago, SPBackup stopped working. Now, no matter what
>> >> > command
>> >> > line parameters I use, it generates an empty .BAT file. Prior to
>> >> > this,
>> >> > everything had been working fine. I have SPS2003 and WSS on the
>> >> > same
>> >> > server,
>> >> > together with my SQL 2000 instance.
>> >> >
>> >> > If I use the last successfully-generated SPBakOut.bat file I have,
>> >> > the
>> >> > backup works fine.
>> >> >
>> >> > Any ideas?
>> >> >
>> >> > Thanks
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>>
>>
>>


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