Re: Location of Windows Backup Logfile?

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"Pegasus (MVP)" <I.can@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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The command line has nothing to do with the log file.
Furthermore, it WILL create a log file.

The command certainly does control whether a logfile is created. The
argument /L to ntbackup.exe is defined as:

/L:{f | s | n}
Specifies the type of log file: f=full, s=summary, n=none (no log file is
created).

Perhaps default filename is being altered from one that contains the word
backup.

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Will


"Will" <westes-usc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Perhaps it would help to post the actual command line that is used to
create
the backup. The following when executed is apparently NOT creating a
logfile:

ntbackup backup "@c:\test\select-c-system.bks" /J "Local Backup" /F
"%backup-target%\%COMPUTERNAME%_1.bkf" /v:yes /L:f /m copy /snap:on

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Will


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"Will" <westes-usc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Where does Windows Server 2003 store the Backup program's logfile each
time
you run Backup from the command line? I thought it was
ntbackup.log,
but I am not locating any file with such a name anywhere on the file
system.

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Will


It's backup??.log and they are kept deep inside your profile folder.
When you do a search then it pays not to be too specific. When
you look for ntbackup.* then you won't find anything. However,
when you look for file names containing "backup" then you will
find then immediately.






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