Re: back not backing up

I forgot about that i am doing full back-ups of system state and all
information on the server drives which are local not networked drives. I am
using the main administrator account which has access to everything so that
rules out your thinking of networked drives and the account without correct
permissions. I will give your idea a try and report back...

"Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:

> I'm glad to read that the backup log files were there after
> all. If you're serious about your backup operation then
> you will have to examine them once a week.
>
> You're not telling us what you're backing up to. I suspect
> it's a networked drive. I also suspect that you're using
> an account for the scheduled task that has insufficient
> access rights to that drive. Copy the command line from
> the scheduled task into the following batch file:
>
> @echo off
> echo %date% %time% Start of task > c:\test.log
> echo User=%UserName%, Path=%path% >> c:\test.log
> md x:\Test 1>>c:\test.log 2>c:\test.err
> ntbackup @... / / / 1>>c:\test.log 2>c:\test.err
> echo ErrorLevel of c:\Tools\YourTask.exe=%ErrorLevel% >> c:\test.log
> echo %date% %time% End of task >> c:\test.log
>
> Where it says "md x:\Test", place your actual backup drive letter.
>
> Now run this batch file under the Task Scheduler, then examine
> the two log files. I suspect it will make it very clear why your
> jobs fail.
>
> "alex" <alex@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:EC96587E-4A56-4B60-8F89-70F4B9E5F5B9@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > they say Cannot locate the specified media or backup device. This backup
> > operation will terminate.
> >
> >
> > When i do it myself it works but what can i do to make it work by Task
> > Scheduler ?
> >
> > "Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:
> >
> > > Look in "c:\documents and settings" for files called
> > > "backup*.log". They are located in the profile folder
> > > of the account under which you ran the backup job.
> > > The command
> > > dir /s "%userprofile%\..\backup*.log"
> > > will find them for you if you still think they are not there.
> > > What do they contain?
> > >
> > >
> > > "alex" <alex@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> > > news:177B17EA-FD7B-4650-B7A9-31CF1AC45447@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > I don't have log files and the event log doesn't say much besides RSM
> was
> > > > started and then the next event says RSM was stopped. Like it tried
> but
> > > did
> > > > go....
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > "Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > "alex" <alex@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> > > > > news:4A1A3314-45C4-4F8E-B6D3-38D535A5BA9A@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > > > All of our servers are running w2k3 and using the back-up software
> > > that
> > > > > comes
> > > > > > with it, i have it the servers to be backed up with Scheduled
> Tasks
> > > and do
> > > > > > full back-ups and overwrite whatever is on the tape but it's not
> > > working.
> > > > > If
> > > > > > i do manually it works fine what can i do to make this work?
> > > > >
> > > > > There are three types of logs that relate to scheduled
> > > > > backup jobs that use ntbackup.exe:
> > > > > - The event logger
> > > > > - backupxx.log in your profile folder
> > > > > - The log maintained by the Task Scheduler under "Advanced".
> > > > >
> > > > > What do they report?
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
>
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