Re: back not backing up

There is a time lapse of 2 minutes between the start and the end
of your batch file. Presumably this is the time it took for ntbackup
to figure out that it was unable to complete the task. The next
steps are obvious:
- Post the whole ntbackup command line
- Post c:\test.err
- Post the backup??.log pertaining to this run.
- State if the folder ?:\Test was successfully created.

"alex" <alex@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:A7D64FA5-52DC-45E6-868F-63B00C957990@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> I just did it and the log put this out
>
> Fri 11/18/2005 20:32:00.46 Start of task
> User=wink, Path=C:\Program Files\Windows Resource
Kits\Tools\;C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem
> ErrorLevel of c:\Tools\YourTask.exe=87
> Fri 11/18/2005 20:32:02.50 End of task
>
>
> "alex" wrote:
>
> > 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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