Re: Delayed write failure..... Please Help!

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Hello,

I was hoping that someone can help with a problem I'm having.

Here is the setup;
-Small office network.
-Windows 2003 fileserver, fully up to date. Used as a file server.
-User A's local machine, Windows XP Prof, fully up to date.
-User B's local machine, Windows XP Prof, fully up to date.
-The file server has various shared folders on the network.
-The local machine maps these foldrs as local network drives when the
users
logs in.
-All drive mappings is common to all computers.
-I set up a standard backup using the windows backup to backup the
users
\work\ folder.
-For user A the backup work just fine.
-For user B the backup fails with a delayed write failed.

I've been reading & reading with no luck. I found a number of articles
that
describe the issue close but not exact.

I found an article ID#890352 that exactly describes a system event
warning
that comes up at the time of the delayed failure. But its for a W2003
server
based OS not a WinXP Prof machine.

I also found a forum thread that described increasing the SessTimeout
parameter from 45 to 300 in the registry under
\HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanWorkstation\Parameters.
But
there is no SessTimeout parameter in my users machines. So...?

Here is the warning out of the event log;

Event Type: Warning
Event Source: MRxSmb
Event Category: None
Event ID: 50
Date: 4/21/09
Time: 10:02:00 AM
User: N/A
Computer: OWNER
Description:
{Delayed Write Failed} Windows was unable to save all the data for the
file
\Device\LanmanRedirector. The data has been lost. This error may be
caused
by
a failure of your computer hardware or network connection. Please try
to
save
this file elsewhere.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Data:
0000: 00040004 00560002 00000000 80040032
0010: 00000000 c000020c 00000000 00000000
0020: 00000000 00000000 c000020c

Does anyone have a suggestion?

Thanks,
Mat

I suggest you post the following items:
- The full backup command
- The contents of the ntbackup log file that relates to this event.

By the way - why do you run ntbackup on the workstations? Since you have
a
file server, the usual method is to run a centralised backup process on
this
server.



Thanks for the quick reply.

-I'n not sure how to get the full backup command. I used the windows
backup
to create the job & scheduled it daily.
-The backup log is below.
-Umm... To show you how green I am..... I'm not sure how to go about
cetralizing the backup of individual machines from the server. (I know
computers quite well but I'm not a server tech guys. It took me forever to
setup the server especially with active directory.) Back to the backup.
Eack
user has a single folder that I want backed up from thier local machine to
a
location on the server. (I don't want to backup thier entire PC) Can you
point me to a resource to set that up?

Here is the lob
Backup Status
Operation: Backup
Active backup destination: File
Media name: "Bobs-Backup.bkf created 4/21/09 at 10:00 AM"

Backup (via shadow copy) of "C: SYSTEM"
Backup set #1 on media #1
Backup description: "Set created 13/04/2009 at 1:47 PM"
Media name: "Bobs-Backup.bkf created 4/21/09 at 10:00 AM"

Backup Type: Normal

Backup started on 4/21/09 at 10:00 AM.

Error: The device reported an error on a request to write data to media.
Error reported: Unknown error.
There may be a hardware or media problem.
Please check the system event log for relevant failures.
The operation was ended.
Backup completed on 4/21/09 at 10:01 AM.
Directories: 3
Files: 1
Bytes: 2,977,494
Time: 1 minute and 29 seconds

----------------------

The operation did not successfully complete.

----------------------

Thanks,
Mat

If you scheduled the backup task to run some time later then you will find
the complete backup command line in the Task Scheduler (via the Control
Panel). If you did not schedule it then you should so that you can see the
command line.

Backing up files on a server is no different than backing them up on a
workstation. Presumably you require your users to save their files on a file
share whose physical location is a folder on the server. All you need to do
is to back up this folder. This is far more reliable than backing up files
on each workstation. Remember to perform a test recovery at regular
intervals (e.g. every six months) so that you *know* that you could retrieve
your users' files if it came to the crunch.


.

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