Schedule Backup in Win NT 4.0

To backup a network drive, you must be logged in, and have the drive mapped, you might want to try unc names instead.
at 22:00 /every M,T,W,Th,F ntbackup backup //servername/sharename /v

The above answer may work but, you need to use BACKSLASHES (\\) in the UNC as an arguement for the backup command. Forward slashes will cause a command error.

This is the syntax I use for the ntbackup to backup network drives:

ntbackup backup m:\ /v /a /hc:on /dScheduledBackupm /ld:\logs\backup\backup.log /e /tape:0

(all one line, of course, and where the drive letter m is mapped to the target folder).

By using the logging switch, you get a lot better information on what happened and that might help you track the problem down.

I've occasionally had some problems with the AT command and since Task Scheduler now installs as part of IE, I use that and it seems more stable.

So you might try running the backup manually and making sure it works and then try to tweak the AT part. If it's just the AT part that won't run, check the service account on the Scheduling service.

regards!
paul

1 Make sure your entry is correct by typing ATat a command prompt
2 Let the AT entry start a .cmd or .bat program where you map to \\servername\ipc$ first then run the backup; the syntax could be:
net use \\servername\ipc$ /user:backupuser password
ntbackup backup etc etc

Best luck

I was just recently working with the AT command, and found out that there could be 2 reasons that your backup might not execute correctly. The permissions may disallow the bat script to execute or the network resources you are requesting are not available at the time of execution.

hope this helps,
Anthony Biondo

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