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"JohnG" <mlmpros@jwgmg.com> wrote in message
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> No errors, and I'm the only user.
>
>
Did you try running the backup from a script?
Kerry
> "Kerry Brown" <kerry@kdbNOSPAMsystems.c*o*m> wrote in message
> news:Ow$DIE9PFHA.1932@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>> "JohnG" <mlmpros@jwgmg.com> wrote in message
>> news:uULj6x8PFHA.1476@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>>> Considering that the program won't accept the scheduled backup without a
>>> correct username and password, I must have used the right one, because
>>> it accepted the scheduled backup and lists it on the calendar.
>>>
>>> And I'm using an internal hard disk for backup, not a tape. The disk is
>>> also formatted with NTFS, just like the disk that is being backed up.
>>>
>>
>> Just because the backup is scheduled doesn't mean the user it is
>> scheduled to run as will work. The scheduler will accept a blank or wrong
>> pasword. Did you get any errors in the event logs at the around the same
>> time as the backup was scheduled?
>>
>> Kerry
>>
>>
>>> "JB" <johnpaul_elliott@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>> news:bfad3536.0504110400.57be39de@posting.google.com...
>>>> "Kerry Brown" <kerry@kdbNOSPAMsystems.c*o*m> wrote in message
>>>> news:<uymJvCkPFHA.3668@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl>...
>>>>> "JohnG" <mlmpros@jwgmg.com> wrote in message
>>>>> news:uaUZX9iPFHA.244@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>>>>> >I set up NTBackup to do scheduled backups twice weekly on 3/24/2005.
>>>>> >Only
>>>>> >one backup has been recorded, and that was the manual backup I did on
>>>>> >3/24/2005. Does this feature not work with XPHome?
>>>>> >
>>>>>
>>>>> It could one of several problems. What user did you specify to run the
>>>>> scheduled backup? This user must have a password and sufficient rights
>>>>> to do
>>>>> the backup. The backup will fail if the user doesn't have a password.
>>>>> The
>>>>> next most common problem is with tapes. If the tape is different from
>>>>> what
>>>>> the backup expects the backup will fail. To get around this problem
>>>>> you have
>>>>> to run the backup from a script and schedule the script to run at the
>>>>> right
>>>>> times. You either have to learn how the Removable Storage Manager
>>>>> works and
>>>>> plan your scripts to use it or include the /um switch which will erase
>>>>> whatever tape is in the drive. Here is a coupe of links to start you
>>>>> on the
>>>>> way. It can be a long and winding road
>>>>>
>>>>>
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;314844
>>>>>
>>>>>
http://syneticon.net/service/w2k/ntbackup_en.html
>>>>>
>>>>> Kerry
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I had the same problem recently with Server 2003. The thing which
>>>> fixed it was changing the drive path to UNC format, this means instead
>>>> of using "G:\backup\wednesday backup" for the location of your backup
>>>> file, you type "\\server-01\backup\wednesday backup"
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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