Have you tried a full ? I am guessing it will have the same result. We recently had a similar issue during a full server recovery and our Exchange group had to take it up with MS support. The DB was saying a transaction log still existed and the trans log file had already been deleted.
Duane -----Original Message----- From: Kamp, Bruce [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2004 10:28 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Exchange Backup Problem Environment: TSM 5.2.1.2 on AIX 5.1 TSM client 5.2.0.3 on Win2k SP4 with TDP Exchange client 5.2.1.0. I was looking at the exchange log & found this: 03/15/2004 06:34:20 ============== Log file pruned using log retention period of 60 day(s) 03/15/2004 06:34:20 ============== No log entries pruned 03/15/2004 06:34:20 ========================================================================= 03/15/2004 06:34:20 Request : Backup 03/15/2004 06:34:20 SG List : * 03/15/2004 06:34:20 Backup Type : INCREMENTAL 03/15/2004 06:34:20 Database Name : 03/15/2004 06:34:20 Buffers : 3 03/15/2004 06:34:20 Buffersize : 1024 03/15/2004 06:34:20 Exchange Server : (Local Machine) 03/15/2004 06:34:20 TSM Node Name : 03/15/2004 06:34:20 TSM Options File : dsm.opt 03/15/2004 06:34:20 Mount Wait : Yes 03/15/2004 06:34:20 Quiet : No 03/15/2004 06:34:20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 03/15/2004 06:34:32 Total storage groups requested for backup: 2 03/15/2004 06:34:32 Total storage groups backed up: 2 03/15/2004 06:34:32 Total storage groups expired: 0 03/15/2004 06:34:32 Total storage groups excluded: 0 03/15/2004 06:34:32 Throughput rate: 2,233.30 Kb/Sec 03/15/2004 06:34:32 Total bytes transferred: 26,214,685 03/15/2004 06:34:32 Elapsed processing time: 11.46 Secs 03/15/2004 08:34:20 ============== Log file pruned using log retention period of 60 day(s) 03/15/2004 08:34:20 ============== No log entries pruned 03/15/2004 08:34:20 ========================================================================= 03/15/2004 08:34:20 Request : Backup 03/15/2004 08:34:20 SG List : * 03/15/2004 08:34:20 Backup Type : INCREMENTAL 03/15/2004 08:34:20 Database Name : 03/15/2004 08:34:20 Buffers : 3 03/15/2004 08:34:20 Buffersize : 1024 03/15/2004 08:34:20 Exchange Server : (Local Machine) 03/15/2004 08:34:20 TSM Node Name : 03/15/2004 08:34:20 TSM Options File : dsm.opt 03/15/2004 08:34:20 Mount Wait : Yes 03/15/2004 08:34:20 Quiet : No 03/15/2004 08:34:20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 03/15/2004 08:34:21 Backup of storage group Directory failed. 03/15/2004 08:34:23 ACN5798E MS Exchange API HRBACKUPPREPARE() failed with HRESULT: 0xc7ff000a - Unable to perform an incremental backup because a required Microsoft Exchange database log file could not be found. 03/15/2004 08:34:38 Retrying failed backups... 03/15/2004 08:34:38 Backup of storage group Directory failed. 03/15/2004 08:34:38 ACN5798E MS Exchange API HRBACKUPPREPARE() failed with HRESULT: 0xc7ff000a - Unable to perform an incremental backup because a required Microsoft Exchange database log file could not be found. 03/15/2004 08:34:39 Retrying failed backups... 03/15/2004 08:34:39 Backup of storage group Directory failed. 03/15/2004 08:34:39 ACN5798E MS Exchange API HRBACKUPPREPARE() failed with HRESULT: 0xc7ff000a - Unable to perform an incremental backup because a required Microsoft Exchange database log file could not be found. 03/15/2004 08:34:39 Retrying failed backups... 03/15/2004 08:34:40 Backup of storage group Directory failed. 03/15/2004 08:34:40 ACN5798E MS Exchange API HRBACKUPPREPARE() failed with HRESULT: 0xc7ff000a - Unable to perform an incremental backup because a required Microsoft Exchange database log file could not be found. 03/15/2004 08:34:40 Retrying failed backups... 03/15/2004 08:34:41 Backup of storage group Directory failed. 03/15/2004 08:34:41 ACN5798E MS Exchange API HRBACKUPPREPARE() failed with HRESULT: 0xc7ff000a - Unable to perform an incremental backup because a required Microsoft Exchange database log file could not be found. 03/15/2004 08:34:41 Retrying failed backups... 03/15/2004 08:34:41 Total storage groups requested for backup: 2 03/15/2004 08:34:41 Total storage groups backed up: 1 03/15/2004 08:34:41 Total storage groups expired: 0 03/15/2004 08:34:41 Total storage groups excluded: 0 03/15/2004 08:34:41 Throughput rate: 1,712.85 Kb/Sec 03/15/2004 08:34:41 Total bytes transferred: 26,214,680 03/15/2004 08:34:41 Elapsed processing time: 14.95 Secs 03/15/2004 08:34:41 ACN0151E Errors occurred while processing the request. 03/15/2004 10:34:19 ============== Log file pruned using log retention period of 60 day(s) Here is the activity log for this node between these times: 03/15/04 06:35:08 ANE4991I (Session: 8879, Node: MABEXCH01_TDPE) TDP MSExc hg ACN3501 Data Protection for Exchange: incr backup of Directory from server MABEXCH01 completed successfully. 10485875 bytes sent in 4.74 seconds. 03/15/04 06:35:08 ANE4991I (Session: 8879, Node: MABEXCH01_TDPE) TDP MSExc hg ACN3500 Data Protection for Exchange: Starting incr b ackup of Information Store from server MABEXCH01. 03/15/04 06:35:15 ANE4991I (Session: 8879, Node: MABEXCH01_TDPE) TDP MSExc hg ACN3501 Data Protection for Exchange: incr backup of Information Store from server MABEXCH01 completed succes sfully. 15728810 bytes sent in 6.72 seconds. 03/15/04 06:35:15 ANE4991I (Session: 8879, Node: MABEXCH01_TDPE) TDP MSExc hg ACN3516 Data Protection for Exchange: Backup of server MABEXCH01 is complete. Total storage groups backed up: 2 Total bytes transferred: 26214685 Elapsed process ing time: 11.46 Secs Throughput rate: 2233.30 Kb/Sec 03/15/04 06:35:15 ANR0403I Session 8879 ended for node MABEXCH01_TDPE (TDP MSExchg). 03/15/04 08:35:01 ANR2561I Schedule prompter contacting MABEXCH01_TDPE (ses sion 9003) to start a scheduled operation. 03/15/04 08:35:03 ANR0480W Session 9003 for node MABEXCH01_TDPE () terminat ed - connection with client severed. 03/15/04 08:35:03 ANR0406I Session 9005 started for node MABEXCH01_TDPE (Wi nNT) (Tcp/Ip 10.1.82.32(3391)). Anybody have any suggestions why this happened? Thanks, ------------------------------------- Bruce Kamp Senior Midrange Systems Analyst Memorial Healthcare System E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: (954) 987-2020 x4597 --------------------------------------