Scheduled ntbackup not running

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I recently setup a differential ntbackup to a file and scheduled it to run
at 2:00am every night and it is not running. It shows on the scheduled
tasks and is checked as being active. Any ideas on where I can look? Also,
I checked the event logs and nothing shows up there. Thank you.

David
 
Re: Scheduled ntbackup not running


"David C" <dlchase@lifetimeinc.com> wrote in message
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>I recently setup a differential ntbackup to a file and scheduled it to run
>at 2:00am every night and it is not running. It shows on the scheduled
>tasks and is checked as being active. Any ideas on where I can look?
>Also, I checked the event logs and nothing shows up there. Thank you.
>
> David

There are three logs to check:
1. Event Viewer
2. Task Scheduler
3. Backup log

I suspect that the Backup log will tell you what's going on.
 
Re: Scheduled ntbackup not running

When you say "Backup Log" are you referring to the report you can print from
the ntbackup interface? That is empty. Thanks.

David
"Pegasus (MVP)" <I.can@fly.com> wrote in message
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>
> "David C" <dlchase@lifetimeinc.com> wrote in message
> news:eSDjRTg9HHA.5840@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>I recently setup a differential ntbackup to a file and scheduled it to run
>>at 2:00am every night and it is not running. It shows on the scheduled
>>tasks and is checked as being active. Any ideas on where I can look?
>>Also, I checked the event logs and nothing shows up there. Thank you.
>>
>> David
>
> There are three logs to check:
> 1. Event Viewer
> 2. Task Scheduler
> 3. Backup log
>
> I suspect that the Backup log will tell you what's going on.
>
 
Re: Scheduled ntbackup not running

ntbackup.exe maintains up to ten log files. Look in
c:\documents and settings\..\..\backup*.log.

If the log files are empty then ntbackup does run
(contrary to the Subject of your post) but it waits
for some user input. Schedule it to run under the
same account as your foreground account, then
watch what happens.


"David C" <dlchase@lifetimeinc.com> wrote in message
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> When you say "Backup Log" are you referring to the report you can print
> from the ntbackup interface? That is empty. Thanks.
>
> David
> "Pegasus (MVP)" <I.can@fly.com> wrote in message
> news:%236qqjag9HHA.2004@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>
>> "David C" <dlchase@lifetimeinc.com> wrote in message
>> news:eSDjRTg9HHA.5840@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>>I recently setup a differential ntbackup to a file and scheduled it to
>>>run at 2:00am every night and it is not running. It shows on the
>>>scheduled tasks and is checked as being active. Any ideas on where I can
>>>look? Also, I checked the event logs and nothing shows up there. Thank
>>>you.
>>>
>>> David
>>
>> There are three logs to check:
>> 1. Event Viewer
>> 2. Task Scheduler
>> 3. Backup log
>>
>> I suspect that the Backup log will tell you what's going on.
>>
>
>
 
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