Re: Failing ADAM restores via NTBackup (Error 31)

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Hi

is that error from the ADAM Instance event log?

Lee Flight

"jeff henrichs" <jeffhenrichs@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:1129794183.300232.80750@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Getting inconsistent results on simple backup/restore of ADAM
> databases/logs via NT backup.
>
> Sometimes I backup to .bkf file and then can turn around and restore
> with no problem. Other times I restore the files, start up the ADAM
> service and get the following error:
>
> Could not start ADAMservicename service on Local Computer
> Error 31: A Device Attached to the System is not functioning
>
> Anyone have any ideas what this could be? Setup is quite simple -
> adamntds.dit on E:, logs on F:, backing up to a single .bks on F:.
> System is standalone Win2k3 server nothing but ADAM on it.
>
> Any help is greatly appreciated - we have a live system on this.
>
> (Some things I've checked - VSS service is enabled, backing up full
> contents of both DB and logs directory)
>
> Thanks,
> Jeff
>


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