What a frustrating situation, eh? I have basically given up on getting anything really good from NTBackup from long ago. Are you backing up to tape or HDD? I have been doing disk-to-disk (external USB HDD units) for several years, and love it. But the info I am going to provide you ought to work for tape backups as well. For 2003 Server and XP (and perhaps even Vista) there is a service called Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS). I have sometimes seen it turned on for automatic running, and other times it is set up as a manual process. I always make certain it is working. What it does is allow you to back up open files, under certain conditions. The reason I bring this up is you may be running into an Open File issue with NTBackup that is causing it to barf out its bytes & bits quite unceremoniously.
VSS will work for the OSes identified above, and only on a local disk with an NTFS partition. The backup software must be designed to work with VSS to take advantage of the Open File Backup feature offered via VSS. I have used it SyncBack for a few years, with excellent results. It is designed for disk-to-disk and disk-ftp backups, not tape. But, if you do a disk-to-disk, you can do a tape backup with NTBackup from the HDD used to contain the backed up files. At $40 or $45 license for SyncBack it is worth a shot. Then again, simply turning on VSS to run automatically may also correct the problem for you. Even if this does not help you in your specific situation, it is a good thing to be aware of for general backup strategies. Good luck! Gil > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Robert Jennings > Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2007 12:37 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [NF] NTBACKUP ERROR WIN 2003 SBS > > > Hi all, > > I can't find any information on this exact problem on Technet. > > I'm using the SBS2003 backup utility and it's failing on Backup when it > gets to the AD. > > Details Application Event Log has the following > Event Type: Error > Event Source: NTBackup > Event Category: None > Event ID: 8012 > Date: 18/04/2007 > Time: 17:10:40 > User: N/A > Computer: FRED > Description: > The 'Active Directory' returned 'The parameter is incorrect. > ' from a call to 'BackupRead()' additional data '-' > > The backup.log file has the following:- > > Backup started on 18/04/2007 at 17:09. > The 'Active Directory' returned 'The parameter is incorrect. > ' from a call to 'BackupReadFile' additional data '-' > The operation was ended. > Backup completed on 18/04/2007 at 17:10. > Directories: 184 > Files: 2987 > Bytes: 547,614,902 > Time: 1 minute and 13 seconds > > I'm logged onto the server as an administrator and I've tried rebooting > the server. It's failed 4 times today, once after a reboot. > > I'm just trying a system state backup only to see if that breaks through > it but I'm not hopeful! > > TIA > > Robert > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > -------------------------------------------- > This email was sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unless otherwise agreed > expressly in writing by Marine Software Limited, > this communication and attachments are to be treated as confidential > and the information in it may not be used or disclosed except for the > purpose for which it was sent. > If you are not the intended recipient of this communication you should > destroy it without copying, disclosing or otherwise using its contents. > Please notify the sender immediately of the error. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Marine Software Limited. Registered in England & Wales. No 2576494 > Regsitered Office. Unit3, Aylesham Business Pk, Aylesham. Kent. UK > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > ------------------------------------------------ > > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
