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W2K Scheduled Backup Does Not Run

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by dcassat 1 view

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This has happened on two installations recently. Windows 2000 server SP2 or SP1 using the native backup program and scheduler. Backup ran the first time but has not run since. We have deleted the job and set it again to no avail. Manual backups are fine. If we schedule it in the near future and watch the process, it is obvious that the schedule starts the job but reports an invalid command line parameter after the backup starts. We have been unable to find anything on Technet regarding this problem. Has anyone seen this problem before and found a solution BESIDES buying a real backup program? We're stuck!

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by strong002

Good Morning,
I would recommend that you try setting the scheduler in services to use an account on the 2000 box that has admin privliges. I lot of time the backup can run manully because the account that you are using and the rights to do everything, but the service account that the scheduler service tries to use does not allow everything needed.

by dcassat

Thanks for your information. I have discovered that this problem has something to do with the command switches on the ntbackup line that the backup application creates.

by quest4

Try a third party product, no one ever said Microsoft wrote good software. They aren't very expensive and they work great. You have probably just discover bug # 10,987. Sorry I can't be of any better help, but we gave up on back in NT 4.0 and have never really trusted Bill and company ever sense.

by rynzeski

We did use NTBackup for a while until we decided that it is too much of a hassle and we bought a third party software for our backup.

In regards to your problem, I remember that whenever NTBackup fails, it leaves an NTBACKUP task, go to Task Manager and see if there is any active. If there is then you have to clear this by rebooting the machine or right-click on the task and select debug. Doctor Watson will appear and when you hit OK this will delete the NTBackup task from Task Manager, end task does not work.

After clearing the NTBackup task the backup job usually works again. Maybe this will help you with your problem.

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