RE: Problems with SBS Backup wizard.

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Have you tried call HP support (OK I know its Cristmas) in Denmark they have
a free support to sort problems like these out (works exelent).

In the meantime you can backup on a local workstation (remember encryption
and strong passwords) using the SBS backup (doesnt help you much if
everything burns, but it is better than nothing.

/Thomas Kragh

"Dirk Lingier" wrote:

> I 've run a SBS2003 Std Server (HP Proliant ML350 G3) for about 18 months
> now, backups configured with the SBS Backup Wizard from the Server
> Management console ran without errors in the report.
> Then the Old Compaq 12/24GB Tape Drive (recovered from a previous server
> and 5 years old) went bad (errors in the report, backup software locked up),
> so I replace it with a new HP Storageworks DAT72 SCSI ( HP p/n: DW032A).
> Since then my problems began: although I installed the drivers for the tape
> drive, used new 72GB tapes, ran the backup wizard again selecting the new
> drive, deallocated the media from Removable Storage/media, no succesfull
> backup could be made anymore. The error log produced contained no useful
> information and looked like this:
>
> *******************************************************REPORT BEGIN
>
> 12/21/2005 4:25 PM
> -------------------------------
> Date: 12/21/2005
> Time: 4:25 PM
> User: SYSTEM
> -------------------------------
>
> Backup Runner started.
> Launching NTBackup: ntbackup.exe backup "@C:\Program Files\Microsoft Windows
> Small Business Server\Backup\Small Business Backup Script.bks" /d "SBS
> Backup created on 12/21/2005 at 4:25 PM" /v:yes /r:no /rs:no /hc:off /m
> normal /j "Small Business Server Backup Job" /l:s /f "G:\Backup Files\Small
> Business Server Backup (01).bkf" /UM
> NTBACKUP LOG FILE: C:\Documents and Settings\SBS Backup User\Local
> Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Windows NT\NTBackup\data\backup10.log
> =====================<BEGIN NTBACKUP LOG FILE>=====================
> Backup Status
> Operation: Backup
> Active backup destination: File
> Media name: "Small Business Server Backup (01).bkf created 12/21/2005 at
> 4:25 PM"
>
>
> ----------------------
>
> The operation did not successfully complete.
>
> ----------------------
>
> =======================<END NTBACKUP LOG FILE>=====================
> NTBackup finished the backup with errors.
>
> For more information about failed backups, see the article on
> troubleshooting your backup at the following Web page:
> http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=18414
>
> Backup ended at Wednesday, December 21, 2005 4:25 PM
> Backup Runner finished.
> ********************************************************REPORT END
> The link mentioned didn't contain any usefull information.
> Then I tried another trick: I configured the SBS backup wizard to backup to
> a 2nd hard drive instead of tape, this worked perfectly.
> Secondly, I configured NTBackup (not the SBS-wizard, the "plain" backup
> program like in Server 2003) to backup the .bks file the wizard produced
> from the 2nd hard drive to tape.
> If I don't do a verify, this seems OK. But when I configure the /v:on swith
> to verify after backup, I have problems again, the backup ended
> unsuccesfull, the report in "Backup Utlity/Tool/Report" stated:
>
> ************************BEGIN REPORT
>
> Backup Status
> Operation: Backup
> Active backup destination: 4mm DDS
> Media name: "Media created 23/12/2005 at 2:00"
>
> Backup (via shadow copy) of "G: Safety"
> Backup set #1 on media #1
> Backup description: "Set created 23/12/2005 at 2:00"
> Media name: "Media created 23/12/2005 at 2:00"
>
> Backup Type: Normal
>
> Backup started on 23/12/2005 at 2:01.
> Backup completed on 23/12/2005 at 4:33.
> Directories: 5
> Files: 7
> Bytes: 35.135.379.577
> Time: 2 hours, 32 minutes, and 10 seconds
>
> ----------------------
>
> Verify Status
> Operation: Verify After Backup
> Active backup destination: 4mm DDS
>
> Error: An inconsistency was encountered on the requested media.
>
> ----------------------
> ************************END REPORT
>
>
> Does anyone has a idea wat might be happening here ?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Pascal Hertz
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