Re: Scheduled NTBackup.exe Fails with Status Running

From: Zoltan Fekete (zoltanf_at_neobee.net)
Date: 08/13/04 

Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2004 17:53:43 +0200

On Fri, 13 Aug 2004 08:39:04 -0700, Niel Kruger wrote:

> Hi Guys,
>
> Using windows 2003 NT backup; jobs 'sometimes' fail with status 'running'
> and dropping no event log, scheduled task log or Backup log. The job run
> perfectly when scheduled task manually run.
> This is documented in KB 555136. it is recommended to log the console user
> off to prevent the problem.
>
> Could someone explain how to backup mapped network drives in this scenario?
> The profile that usually remains logged in has several mapped network drives
> that are to be backed up with the scheduled event. These mapped drives are
> not avaialble when the user is logged off and the Backup Gui has no capacity
> to use UNC paths for the network shares.
>
> Regards,
> Niel Kruger

You can override the ntbackup GUI by using notepad.exe on .bks files. The
only important thing is to remember to use Save As when saving .bks from
notepad, and choosing "Unicode" for encoding in the save as dialog.

Works for me perfectly.

Best regards, 

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