Big-time update (and hardly a Windows update and something that shows the necessity of "security")!
One of our programmers (a consultant, but the guy has set up some absolutely wonderful and necessary scripts for us) whacked the user profile which had the *.bks file. That is what broke it in the first place. It took some research, but to deal with the issue of the job not finding the drive or media - apparently it is necessary to end the schedule string with the "/um" switch. So, I think editing a backup script (changing paths), creating a new *.bks file, etc, it will hopefully run early tomorrow morning. Thanks for your patience, and I'll try to remember to let all know. -- richard From: John C Owen [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2012 10:30 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: NTBackup will no longer run as a scheduled task Any recent applied windows updates and security patches? From: Richard McClary [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2012 11:13 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: NTBackup will no longer run as a scheduled task Greetings! We have a library of "substances" on a server (really old - Dell PE-2650). It has an Adaptec card and a Dell StoreVault(?) LTO2 drive. For years it has been backing the library pre-dawn, M-F using NTBackup as a Scheduled Task. [Windows 2003 SP2] This broke last week. The Events log showed that the system was unable to find the script associated with the job... OK, I go and create the script again (in NTBackup, but finishing with scheduling it to run weekly, each M-F). I right click it and select "Run now". NTBackup starts to open, then it vanishes. I check EventLogs, and I see no errors. I repeat the steps above running NTBackup manually, The backup process runs with no issues. Googling, I learned of "Scheduled Tasks" logs. This is not useful: "AnToxSubstances.job" (ntbackup.exe) Started 3/28/2012 1:45:01 AM "AnToxSubstances.job" (ntbackup.exe) Finished 3/28/2012 1:45:17 AM Result: The task completed with an exit code of (0). Other scheduled tasks appear to be running successfully. So, why is it when I create a job in NTBackup, it runs if I click "Run now"; but if I save it as a scheduled task (and then try to run it from the list of tasks), it fails immediately? Again, this had been running with no such issues for several years (up until last week). Thanks! -- Richard D. McClary Jr Infrastructure Architect, Information Technology Group ASPCA(r) 1717 S. Philo Rd, Ste 36 Urbana, IL 61802 [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> P: 217-337-9761 C: 217-417-1182 F: 217-337-9761 www.aspca.org<http://www.aspca.org/> The information contained in this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is from The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals(r) (ASPCA(r)) and is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, copying or use of the contents of this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify me by reply email and permanently delete the original and any copy of this e-mail and any printout thereof. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin The information contained in this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is from The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals® (ASPCA®) and is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, copying or use of the contents of this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify me by reply email and permanently delete the original and any copy of this e-mail and any printout thereof. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
