Re: Back up broken by latest updates

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Merv's suggestion seems to be working! Please note that this was not the
original problem. What had been working for manths and quit working was
backing up to a REV drive connected to another computer over the network.
Once that quit working I moved the REV to the server to see if I could get it
working there. That's when I ran into the problem of not being able to get
SBS to back up to the local REV.

Thanks to all for the great help. It would be next to impossible to
maintain this SBS without this forum.


Stuart
"Larry Struckmeyer" wrote:

Stuart.... it Merv's suggestions fix your REV drive issue, please post
back. This is the first time I have seen "its been working for months" then
having to apply, or perhaps reapply the fix Merv posted

Larry

"Merv Porter [SBS-MVP]" <mwport@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:OP2eRQ88HHA.5948@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Any help here Stuart?

SBS Backup Configuration Wizard does not let you select "Removable Media"
as a backup target location
http://blogs.technet.com/sbs/archive/2006/08/29/452501.aspx

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Merv Porter [SBS-MVP]
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"Stuart" <Stuart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:C4A09025-0F88-4CB5-8C46-3DA755D865D0@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hi Susan,

I can connect a USB Harddrive directly to the server and the SBS back up
works. If I connect the USB Rev drive to the server the SBS backup will
not
allow me to use it as the backup device since it shows up as an CD Rom
drive.

I tried backing up to a network hard drive using SBS and it failed at
different points in the process with :
====================================
Error: The device reported an error on a request to write data to media.
Error reported: Unknown error.
There may be a hardware or media problem.
Please check the system event log for relevant failures.
========================================

Perhaps the network is flakey all of a sudden, though I don't see any
signs
of it elsewhere. As I said this was all working flawlessly every day for
well over a year until I rebooted for the latest updates to take effect!!
Coincindence? Maybe.

Right now I'm testing using an NTbackup job to back up to the Rev drive
connected directly to the server. (Not setting up with the SBS backup
wizard). This seems to be working.

Thanks,
Stuart

"Susan Bradley, CPA aka Ebitz - SBS Rocks" wrote:

Again, there's nothing in the last updates nor trends in this group that
points to updates causing this.

Have you tried on another drive?



Stuart wrote:
Hi Susan,

I tried your suggestions but I still had the same problem last night.

I did notice this morning, however, that if I start the back up
manually
while logged onto the server as an administrator that the backup will
run.
So I assume I've got some change in permissions since doing the
updates.
Can you give me any ideas based on the new information?

Thanks,
Stuart



"Stuart" wrote:


Thanks Susan. I'll give it a try tonight.

Stuart

"Susan Bradley, CPA aka Ebitz - SBS Rocks" wrote:


I honestly don't think the updates did this. Sometimes the backup
dlls'
need redllin'g

C:
CD \Windows\System32
Net stop vss
Net stop swprv
regsvr32 ole32.dll
regsvr32 vss_ps.dll
Vssvc /Register
regsvr32 /i swprv.dll
regsvr32 /i eventcls.dll
regsvr32 es.dll r
egsvr32 stdprov.dll
regsvr32 vssui.dll
regsvr32 msxml.dll
regsvr32 msxml3.dll
regsvr32 msxml4.dll

Reboot your server. After reboot, open a command prompt and run:
vssadmin list writers
Look for any errors.


Try that.

Stuart wrote:

SBS 2003 SP2.

I'm backing up to a REV drive over the network. All has been
working fine
for months until I installed the latest Windows updates a couple of
days ago.
Any ideas??

Here's the log:
==========================================
9/5/2007 7:00 PM
-------------------------------
Date: 9/5/2007
Time: 7:00 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 9/5/2007 at 7:00 PM" /v:yes /r:no /rs:no /hc:off /m
normal /j
"Small Business Server Backup Job" /l:s /f "\\stu\REV_Drive\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\backup05.log
=====================<BEGIN NTBACKUP LOG FILE>=====================
Backup Status
Operation: Backup
Active backup destination: File
Media name: "Small Business Server Backup (01).bkf created 9/5/2007
at 7:00
PM"

Volume shadow copy creation: Attempt 1.
Backup (via shadow copy) of "C: "
Backup set #1 on media #1
Backup description: "SBS Backup created on 9/5/2007 at 7:00 PM"
Media name: "Small Business Server Backup (01).bkf created 9/5/2007
at 7:00
PM"

Backup Type: Normal

Backup started on 9/5/2007 at 7:02 PM.

Error: The device reported an error on a request to write data to
media.
Error reported: Unknown error.
There may be a hardware or media problem.
Please check the system event log for relevant failures.
The operation was ended.
Backup completed on 9/5/2007 at 7:08 PM.
Directories: 1112
Files: 12628
Bytes: 864,561,491
Time: 6 minutes and 5 seconds

Error: C: is not a valid drive, or you do not have access.

The operation was ended.
Backup completed on 9/5/2007 at 7:08 PM.
Directories: 1112
Files: 12628
Bytes: 864,561,491
Time: 6 minutes and 8 seconds

----------------------

The operation did not successfully complete.







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