NT Backup failed

[Lisa]

Hi,

We run Windows server 2003. I try to use NTBackup to backup data to a mapped
network drive. The manual backup is completed successfully, but the scheduled
backup failed with error message: Backup Status: The operation was not
performed because the specified media cannot be found. It seems the mapped
network drive is disconnected while the scheduled job try to run. Is there
anyone know why this happen?

Any help will be appreciated!

Thanks in advance!

Lisa

 

[Anthony [MVP]]

Re: NT Backup failed

Lisa,
You can back up to a UNC path instead.
Anthony,
http://www.airdesk.com


"Lisa" <Lisa@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:6E233802-D3B9-4DFA-92EC-E385BDF772E2@microsoft.com...
> Hi,
>
> We run Windows server 2003. I try to use NTBackup to backup data to a
> mapped
> network drive. The manual backup is completed successfully, but the
> scheduled
> backup failed with error message: Backup Status: The operation was not
> performed because the specified media cannot be found. It seems the mapped
> network drive is disconnected while the scheduled job try to run. Is there
> anyone know why this happen?
>
> Any help will be appreciated!
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> Lisa
>
>
>

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Re: NT Backup failed


"Lisa" <Lisa@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:6E233802-D3B9-4DFA-92EC-E385BDF772E2@microsoft.com...
> Hi,
>
> We run Windows server 2003. I try to use NTBackup to backup data to a
> mapped
> network drive. The manual backup is completed successfully, but the
> scheduled
> backup failed with error message: Backup Status: The operation was not
> performed because the specified media cannot be found. It seems the mapped
> network drive is disconnected while the scheduled job try to run. Is there
> anyone know why this happen?
>
> Any help will be appreciated!
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> Lisa

Scheduled tasks run in a shell that is independent of your foreground shell.
They don't "know" what shares you mapped, so you need to follow Anthony's
recommendation.