Re: NTBackup doesn't end - No errors

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"Manny" <Manny@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I have SBS Windows 2003 Server running with a 36/72 gig 4mm tape backup .
Everytime I run it manually, it shows the progress window and ends
perfectly.
I created a backup job and scheduled it to run every night at 11:00pm. The
backup started but DOESN'T ENDS. I recreated the backup routine several
times as well as the schedule. I checked all the technet and all the
parameters seems to be ok. Any suggestions. Here it is the script.

C:\WINDOWS\system32\ntbackup.exe backup "@C:\Documents and
Settings\Administrator\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Windows
NT\NTBackup\data\Wednesday.bks" /n "Wenesday_Media_label" /d
"Wednesday_Label" /v:yes /r:no /rs:no /hc:on /m normal /j "Wednesday" /l:s
/um /p "4mm DDS"

mtoledo@xxxxxxxxxx

Your backup selection file "Wednesday.bks) might include files that
are accessible while you're logged on but inaccessible under the
account used to schedule the task. If you log on under that same
account then you can watch the job as it gets invoked by the Task
Scheduler.

You should also check the backup log.

Lastly, to confirm that the job starts but does not end, use the
Task Scheduler to invoke the following batch file instead of
the command line you quoted:

@echo off
echo %date% %time% User=%UserName% Start of task > c:\test.log
C:\WINDOWS\system32\ntbackup.exe backup "@C:\Documents and
Settings\Administrator\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Windows
NT\NTBackup\data\Wednesday.bks" /n "Wednesday_Media_label" /d
"Wednesday_Label" /v:yes /r:no /rs:no /hc:on /m normal /j "Wednesday" /l:s
/um /p "4mm DDS" 1>>c:\test.log 2>>&1
echo ErrorLevel of ntbackup.exe=%ErrorLevel% >> c:\test.log
echo %date% %time% End of task >> c:\test.log

The log file c:\test.log should be interesting.


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