Re: NTBACKUP log missing

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If you're looking for the ntbackup.exe log file then it would be
best to leave out the any references to Backup Exec. They
only confuse the issue.

ntbackup will ***always*** create a backup log. It goes
under the name of backup??.log and is stored in the profile
folder of the accout used to run the job. To find the log file,
simply check c:\Documents and Settings recursively for files
"backup??.log". If you insist on using at.exe to schedule the
job then you will find this log file in the "NetworkService"
profile folder. It seems the "other people" you refer to after
doing your research did not look in c:\Documents and Settings
for these files.

I recommend you stop using at.exe and use the Task Scheduler
or schtasks.exe.


"seanmig" <seanmig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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dThanks for responding. I'm not sure though if it is really Backup Exec
10
issue. It is not the BACKUP EXEC log that is missing but the NTBACKUP
log.
If I use AT.EXE command to schedule task to run the same script it doesn't
create NTBACKUP log either.

I did a bit of research before and I saw that other people experience this
problem as well when using AT.EXE to schedule task. They never mentioned
using Backup Exec as well so I can assume that they are not using Backup
Exec
and Backup Exec may have nothing to do with this problem at all. We also
have several other servers using Backup Exec that's not experiencing this
problem and they are configured exactly the same as the one I'm having
problem with.

Thanks again,

Charles


"Hank Arnold (MVP)" wrote:

seanmig wrote:
When you define a job in Backup Exec 10 there is an option to run
another
independent program\script before actually running the Backup Exec job
itself. In our case, we want to run a script which runs NTBackup.
We use
NTBackup to backup database\system state to a file then we use Backup
Exec
job to backup these files to a tape.

Thanks,

Charles


"Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:

"seanmig" <seanmig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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We are using NTBackup (in a batch command) as a PRE command (runs the
batch
file first before running actual Backup Exec job) on Backup Exec 10.
If
you
run the batch file manually by double clicking or as a scheduled task
you
can
see "backup.log" being created in
"%Userprofile%\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Windows
NT\NTBackup\data\" folder. However there is no log file generated
whenever
the batch file was invoked (as pre-command) by running a Backup Exec
job.

Has anyone encountered something like this? Any assistance would be
greatly
appreciated.


Thanks and regards,

Charles

What is a "Pre-command backup exec job"?




As Pegasus says, this is really a Backup Exec problem. As a work around,
though, I would:

1) Run the NTBACKUP job several times to get a good feel for how long it
takes. Let's say it takes 3 minutes.

2) Create a scheduled job that will run NTBACKUP 5 or 10 minutes before
the Backup Exec job.

That should get you going until you can get Backup Exec working. I would
suggest that you first look for any updates/fixes for your version...
Symantec isn't the best support org if you don't have a contract.

http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index.jsp



--

Regards,
Hank Arnold
Microsoft MVP
Windows Server - Directory Services



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