Re: Scheduled backups fail to start

Hi and thanks for your help.

The .bks file contains the following:
C:\
D:\
Systemstate

Normally we run and manage the Backups and schedule entirely through the GUI
located in Accessories, System tools, Backup.
When we try to run in a batch file as you suggested then a log is made which
is visible in the Backup GUI.

When we run using batch file it seems ok but when i try to run using the
scheduler the '0x80090016: keyset does not exist' message appears again. - I
think message may be the key to the problem.

Any more ideas or assistance is definately welcome.

Thanks and regards

Frances.




"Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:


"Frances Butcher" <FrancesButcher@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
message news:3624C5FC-D93B-4046-9F14-BE8D7866B826@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
We have been using Win Backup on Win Svr 2003 for at least 18months now
and
suddenly it is refusing to work. If I run a manual backup it backs up no
problem. However the scheduled backups do not start. No log is generated
in
the backup GUI and the very few messages which appear in the event viewer
do
not seem applicable. I have rebooted the server and also deleted and
recreated all the scheduled tasks and media but it has made no
difference. -
The only clue I have is that if I select properties on any of the tasks
then
the following error appears:
General page initialization failed. The specific error is:
0x80090016:keyset does not exist. An error has occurred attempting to
retrieve task account information you may continue editing the task
object, but will be unable to change the task ac info.

No changes have been made to the system and a similar server on the
network
does not give this error. Currently we are on Win Svr 2003 SP1. I have not
tried to upgrade to SP2 yet.

Can anyone assist please?

Your first job should be to establish if the task does start or
not. Even though you think that it does not, I suspect that it
does. Grab the command line from the scheduled task and
insert it into a batch file like so:

@echo off
echo The backup job started on %date% at %time%. Account=%UserName% >>
c:\test.log
ntbackup /.. /.. /..
echo The backup job ended on %date% at %time%. >> c:\test.log
echo. >> c:\test.log

Now use the Task Scheduler to run this job instead of ntbackup.exe,
then have a look at c:\test.log

It would also help if you posted the exact command line you
currently have, and the contents of your .bks file.



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