ntbackup issue

[Mike-in-Houston]

I adopted a windows server 2003 SP1 client that wants to phase out there tape
drive backup method that currently uses Symantec backup exec 10d. I'm
reading up on that program now to see if it allows you to substitute rotating
external USB drives for the tape drive it currently has configured.

Meanwhile, I tried to schedule ntbackup to perform a backup nightly to an
attached USB drive and it doesn't start up at the scheduled time. Manual
starts work fine.

Is it a logon permission issue? Did the Backup Exec program turn off this
feature? Will updating to the current SP level fix it?

One last thing. The server doesn't have a keyboard of monitor, so I logged
on thru remote desktop as administrator to configure the ntbackup schedule.
Does it have to be configured by a local user?

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Re: ntbackup issue


"Mike-in-Houston" <MikeinHouston@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:3CCF7CA8-6F73-4E3F-8C8B-302ABD09A3FC@microsoft.com...
>I adopted a windows server 2003 SP1 client that wants to phase out there
>tape
> drive backup method that currently uses Symantec backup exec 10d. I'm
> reading up on that program now to see if it allows you to substitute
> rotating
> external USB drives for the tape drive it currently has configured.
>
> Meanwhile, I tried to schedule ntbackup to perform a backup nightly to an
> attached USB drive and it doesn't start up at the scheduled time. Manual
> starts work fine.
>
> Is it a logon permission issue? Did the Backup Exec program turn off this
> feature? Will updating to the current SP level fix it?
>
> One last thing. The server doesn't have a keyboard of monitor, so I
> logged
> on thru remote desktop as administrator to configure the ntbackup
> schedule.
> Does it have to be configured by a local user?

It is common to believe that ntbackup.exe does not start but in most cases
it does start but fails to finish for some reason. What does the backup log
report? What does it say in the Task Scheduler log file?

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

Re: ntbackup issue

Mike-in-Houston <MikeinHouston@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> I adopted a windows server 2003 SP1 client that wants to phase out
> there tape drive backup method that currently uses Symantec backup
> exec 10d. I'm reading up on that program now to see if it allows you
> to substitute rotating external USB drives for the tape drive it
> currently has configured.

It should, but you really need to upgrade to the latest verion of BE.
Seriously.
>
> Meanwhile, I tried to schedule ntbackup to perform a backup nightly
> to an attached USB drive and it doesn't start up at the scheduled
> time. Manual starts work fine.
>
> Is it a logon permission issue?

Possibly. What account did you use?

> Did the Backup Exec program turn off
> this feature? Will updating to the current SP level fix it?

No, but you mght as well anyway.
>
> One last thing. The server doesn't have a keyboard of monitor, so I
> logged on thru remote desktop as administrator to configure the
> ntbackup schedule. Does it have to be configured by a local user?

Nope, shouldn't make any difference.