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by pferme

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I have a DNS with a new 40 Gig tape backup installed. I use it to backup this server of course, but I also want to backup files on an XP Pro pc on the network, joined to the domain. I use the native NTBackup.

I have written the batch files correctly, mapping the drive in the file and stating which directories to backup. When I am logged in to the server and run the batch file, it runs the backup as it should.

When I leave the server to run the backup on a schedule using AT. The backup backs up the server drives but doesn't backup the networked drive.

After running a few tests, the only error I can create in the log is 'no files selected for backup'.

I have checked the accounts etc and permissions and I just can't find out why it won't work when no-one is logged in. What am I doing wrong?

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by chris

What account are you using to connect to the mapped drives? If you are using a AT job, you need to schedule it with a domain account - so it has permissions to access the remote machine. You can run the AT job to back your local system without problems, but in order to connect to a remote machine you have to specify an account / password. AT jobs don't run with your environment settings or drive mappings, so you need to connect with UNC paths too.

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