Re: A very odd problem...
OK - I think I've got it fixed. Per MBS's suggestion, I've split the backup into two parts, with the Exchange backup happening second and appending to the tape. I've still not mastered RSM, but have found that running rsm refresh before each instance of ntbackup is dang useful. I wish rsm were better documented, though. I've spent a good few hours over the course of the last week trying to figure this out. Once again, thanks for Mr. Cornetet for the original script, which has made my life easier. Kurt On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 05:22, Michael B. Smith mich...@theessentialexchange.com wrote: There were early issues with vss causing backups to fail - most of the time but not all - if you backed up the systemstate at the same time as Exchange. I thought all of those were fixed by sp2 tho...You might try splitting them up. Have you patched the backup server, specifically have you patched the Exchange tools to match the Exchange server? What's going on in the logs and in the backup log? Only that single failure message? -Original Message- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 8:54 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Re: A very odd problem... Anyone? Bueller? After lots of fiddling, still no success. Can do the backups manually, but the batchfile tanks. I've even regenerated the .bks file. Kurt On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 19:05, Kurt Buff kurt.b...@gmail.com wrote: All, In my UK office, I've got three servers - a DC, a file server and an E2k3 server - all are SP2 R2. There is no AV running on the Exchange server. The file server has an external LTO3 tape drive attached to it, and for about a year it was working just fine pulling backups from the Exchange server - I installed the ESM on it for just this purpose. The DC is doing a system state backup to a share the file server. However, the NTBackup batch job that I'm running to pull the Exchange backup to the file server's tape drive has recently stopped working . I was able to get it going again last month by rebooting the Exchange server, but it was failing with this error message: The requested media failed to mount. The operation was aborted. The operation was ended. I am able to pull a backup by manually starting the wizard as the same user that the scheduled batch file was using and specifying the Exchange server's storage group. But when running as a batch file, whether launching the batch file manually or as a scheduled task, it fails to pull the backup of the Exchange server. The batch file backs up the entire file server first, then goes to the Exchange server. I just tried launching the batch file again, and the error message I got this time is different, but still a failure: The network disk drive has stopped responding. Backup set aborted. I'm not finding anything on google, either - most were regarding SBS, and pre-SP1 at that, and the rest don't seem to fit my circumstances. Any help much appreciated. Thanks, Kurt ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja ~ ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja ~ ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja~
RE: A very odd problem...
There were early issues with vss causing backups to fail - most of the time but not all - if you backed up the systemstate at the same time as Exchange. I thought all of those were fixed by sp2 tho...You might try splitting them up. Have you patched the backup server, specifically have you patched the Exchange tools to match the Exchange server? What's going on in the logs and in the backup log? Only that single failure message? -Original Message- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 8:54 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Re: A very odd problem... Anyone? Bueller? After lots of fiddling, still no success. Can do the backups manually, but the batchfile tanks. I've even regenerated the .bks file. Kurt On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 19:05, Kurt Buff kurt.b...@gmail.com wrote: All, In my UK office, I've got three servers - a DC, a file server and an E2k3 server - all are SP2 R2. There is no AV running on the Exchange server. The file server has an external LTO3 tape drive attached to it, and for about a year it was working just fine pulling backups from the Exchange server - I installed the ESM on it for just this purpose. The DC is doing a system state backup to a share the file server. However, the NTBackup batch job that I'm running to pull the Exchange backup to the file server's tape drive has recently stopped working . I was able to get it going again last month by rebooting the Exchange server, but it was failing with this error message: The requested media failed to mount. The operation was aborted. The operation was ended. I am able to pull a backup by manually starting the wizard as the same user that the scheduled batch file was using and specifying the Exchange server's storage group. But when running as a batch file, whether launching the batch file manually or as a scheduled task, it fails to pull the backup of the Exchange server. The batch file backs up the entire file server first, then goes to the Exchange server. I just tried launching the batch file again, and the error message I got this time is different, but still a failure: The network disk drive has stopped responding. Backup set aborted. I'm not finding anything on google, either - most were regarding SBS, and pre-SP1 at that, and the rest don't seem to fit my circumstances. Any help much appreciated. Thanks, Kurt ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja~ ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja~
Re: A very odd problem...
I think the Exchange patch levels are the same on both boxes - Help/About on EMS for both machines says 6.5.7638.1 - but is there something else I should check? I could try doing the Exchange backup first, then appending the local backup to that. Kurt On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 05:22, Michael B. Smith mich...@theessentialexchange.com wrote: There were early issues with vss causing backups to fail - most of the time but not all - if you backed up the systemstate at the same time as Exchange. I thought all of those were fixed by sp2 tho...You might try splitting them up. Have you patched the backup server, specifically have you patched the Exchange tools to match the Exchange server? What's going on in the logs and in the backup log? Only that single failure message? -Original Message- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 8:54 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Re: A very odd problem... Anyone? Bueller? After lots of fiddling, still no success. Can do the backups manually, but the batchfile tanks. I've even regenerated the .bks file. Kurt On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 19:05, Kurt Buff kurt.b...@gmail.com wrote: All, In my UK office, I've got three servers - a DC, a file server and an E2k3 server - all are SP2 R2. There is no AV running on the Exchange server. The file server has an external LTO3 tape drive attached to it, and for about a year it was working just fine pulling backups from the Exchange server - I installed the ESM on it for just this purpose. The DC is doing a system state backup to a share the file server. However, the NTBackup batch job that I'm running to pull the Exchange backup to the file server's tape drive has recently stopped working . I was able to get it going again last month by rebooting the Exchange server, but it was failing with this error message: The requested media failed to mount. The operation was aborted. The operation was ended. I am able to pull a backup by manually starting the wizard as the same user that the scheduled batch file was using and specifying the Exchange server's storage group. But when running as a batch file, whether launching the batch file manually or as a scheduled task, it fails to pull the backup of the Exchange server. The batch file backs up the entire file server first, then goes to the Exchange server. I just tried launching the batch file again, and the error message I got this time is different, but still a failure: The network disk drive has stopped responding. Backup set aborted. I'm not finding anything on google, either - most were regarding SBS, and pre-SP1 at that, and the rest don't seem to fit my circumstances. Any help much appreciated. Thanks, Kurt ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja ~ ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja ~ ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja~
RE: A very odd problem...
I must say that the subject line of this post greatly concerned me at first glance. I immediately assumed (for obvious reasons) that this meant that Shook's long planned upgrade to ShookieMonster 2.0 had gone terribly wrong. WhewThe relief. TVK -Original Message- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2009 12:02 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Re: A very odd problem... I think the Exchange patch levels are the same on both boxes - Help/About on EMS for both machines says 6.5.7638.1 - but is there something else I should check? I could try doing the Exchange backup first, then appending the local backup to that. Kurt On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 05:22, Michael B. Smith mich...@theessentialexchange.com wrote: There were early issues with vss causing backups to fail - most of the time but not all - if you backed up the systemstate at the same time as Exchange. I thought all of those were fixed by sp2 tho...You might try splitting them up. Have you patched the backup server, specifically have you patched the Exchange tools to match the Exchange server? What's going on in the logs and in the backup log? Only that single failure message? -Original Message- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 8:54 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Re: A very odd problem... Anyone? Bueller? After lots of fiddling, still no success. Can do the backups manually, but the batchfile tanks. I've even regenerated the .bks file. Kurt On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 19:05, Kurt Buff kurt.b...@gmail.com wrote: All, In my UK office, I've got three servers - a DC, a file server and an E2k3 server - all are SP2���R2. There is no AV running on the Exchange server. The file server has an external LTO3 tape drive attached to it, and for about a year it was working just fine pulling backups from the Exchange server - I installed the ESM on it for just this purpose. The DC is doing a system state backup to a share the file server. However, the NTBackup batch job that I'm running to pull the Exchange backup to the file server's tape drive has recently stopped working . I was able to get it going again last month by rebooting the Exchange server, but it was failing with this error message: �� �� �� �� ��The requested media failed to mount. The operation was aborted. ���The operation was ended. I am able to pull a backup by manually starting the wizard as the same user that the scheduled batch file was using and specifying the Exchange server's storage group. But when running as a batch file, whether launching the batch file manually or as a scheduled task, it fails to pull the backup of the Exchange server. The batch file backs up the entire file server first, then goes to the Exchange server. I just tried launching the batch file again, and the error message I got this time is different, but still a failure: �� The network disk drive has stopped responding. Backup set aborted. I'm not finding anything on google, either - most were regarding SBS, and pre-SP1 at that, and the rest don't seem to fit my circumstances. Any help much appreciated. Thanks, Kurt ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~�� http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja �� �� �� �� �� �� �� ��~ ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ � http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja~ ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja~ ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja~
Re: A very odd problem...
Anyone? Bueller? After lots of fiddling, still no success. Can do the backups manually, but the batchfile tanks. I've even regenerated the .bks file. Kurt On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 19:05, Kurt Buff kurt.b...@gmail.com wrote: All, In my UK office, I've got three servers - a DC, a file server and an E2k3 server - all are SP2 R2. There is no AV running on the Exchange server. The file server has an external LTO3 tape drive attached to it, and for about a year it was working just fine pulling backups from the Exchange server - I installed the ESM on it for just this purpose. The DC is doing a system state backup to a share the file server. However, the NTBackup batch job that I'm running to pull the Exchange backup to the file server's tape drive has recently stopped working . I was able to get it going again last month by rebooting the Exchange server, but it was failing with this error message: The requested media failed to mount. The operation was aborted. The operation was ended. I am able to pull a backup by manually starting the wizard as the same user that the scheduled batch file was using and specifying the Exchange server's storage group. But when running as a batch file, whether launching the batch file manually or as a scheduled task, it fails to pull the backup of the Exchange server. The batch file backs up the entire file server first, then goes to the Exchange server. I just tried launching the batch file again, and the error message I got this time is different, but still a failure: The network disk drive has stopped responding. Backup set aborted. I'm not finding anything on google, either - most were regarding SBS, and pre-SP1 at that, and the rest don't seem to fit my circumstances. Any help much appreciated. Thanks, Kurt ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja~
Re: A very odd problem...
Thats why I quit using NT Backup. Seen it too many times, not enough hours in the day to chase it. M - Original Message - From: Kurt Buff kurt.b...@gmail.com To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues exchangelist@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 5:53 PM Subject: Re: A very odd problem... Anyone? Bueller? After lots of fiddling, still no success. Can do the backups manually, but the batchfile tanks. I've even regenerated the .bks file. Kurt On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 19:05, Kurt Buff kurt.b...@gmail.com wrote: All, In my UK office, I've got three servers - a DC, a file server and an E2k3 server - all are SP2 R2. There is no AV running on the Exchange server. The file server has an external LTO3 tape drive attached to it, and for about a year it was working just fine pulling backups from the Exchange server - I installed the ESM on it for just this purpose. The DC is doing a system state backup to a share the file server. However, the NTBackup batch job that I'm running to pull the Exchange backup to the file server's tape drive has recently stopped working . I was able to get it going again last month by rebooting the Exchange server, but it was failing with this error message: The requested media failed to mount. The operation was aborted. The operation was ended. I am able to pull a backup by manually starting the wizard as the same user that the scheduled batch file was using and specifying the Exchange server's storage group. But when running as a batch file, whether launching the batch file manually or as a scheduled task, it fails to pull the backup of the Exchange server. The batch file backs up the entire file server first, then goes to the Exchange server. I just tried launching the batch file again, and the error message I got this time is different, but still a failure: The network disk drive has stopped responding. Backup set aborted. I'm not finding anything on google, either - most were regarding SBS, and pre-SP1 at that, and the rest don't seem to fit my circumstances. Any help much appreciated. Thanks, Kurt ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja~ ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja~
Re: R: A very odd problem...
Well, perhaps, but why does it work when run through the wizard, but the batch file fails? g... On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 22:49, HELP_PC g...@enter.it wrote: Should be something related to communications .When trying to connect to the database a timeout occurs. GuidoElia HELPPC -Messaggio originale- Da: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] Inviato: venerdì 6 marzo 2009 3.05 A: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Oggetto: A very odd problem... All, In my UK office, I've got three servers - a DC, a file server and an E2k3 server - all are SP2 R2. There is no AV running on the Exchange server. The file server has an external LTO3 tape drive attached to it, and for about a year it was working just fine pulling backups from the Exchange server - I installed the ESM on it for just this purpose. The DC is doing a system state backup to a share the file server. However, the NTBackup batch job that I'm running to pull the Exchange backup to the file server's tape drive has recently stopped working . I was able to get it going again last month by rebooting the Exchange server, but it was failing with this error message: The requested media failed to mount. The operation was aborted. The operation was ended. I am able to pull a backup by manually starting the wizard as the same user that the scheduled batch file was using and specifying the Exchange server's storage group. But when running as a batch file, whether launching the batch file manually or as a scheduled task, it fails to pull the backup of the Exchange server. The batch file backs up the entire file server first, then goes to the Exchange server. I just tried launching the batch file again, and the error message I got this time is different, but still a failure: The network disk drive has stopped responding. Backup set aborted. I'm not finding anything on google, either - most were regarding SBS, and pre-SP1 at that, and the rest don't seem to fit my circumstances. Any help much appreciated. Thanks, Kurt ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja ~ ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja ~ ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja~
A very odd problem...
All, In my UK office, I've got three servers - a DC, a file server and an E2k3 server - all are SP2 R2. There is no AV running on the Exchange server. The file server has an external LTO3 tape drive attached to it, and for about a year it was working just fine pulling backups from the Exchange server - I installed the ESM on it for just this purpose. The DC is doing a system state backup to a share the file server. However, the NTBackup batch job that I'm running to pull the Exchange backup to the file server's tape drive has recently stopped working . I was able to get it going again last month by rebooting the Exchange server, but it was failing with this error message: The requested media failed to mount. The operation was aborted. The operation was ended. I am able to pull a backup by manually starting the wizard as the same user that the scheduled batch file was using and specifying the Exchange server's storage group. But when running as a batch file, whether launching the batch file manually or as a scheduled task, it fails to pull the backup of the Exchange server. The batch file backs up the entire file server first, then goes to the Exchange server. I just tried launching the batch file again, and the error message I got this time is different, but still a failure: The network disk drive has stopped responding. Backup set aborted. I'm not finding anything on google, either - most were regarding SBS, and pre-SP1 at that, and the rest don't seem to fit my circumstances. Any help much appreciated. Thanks, Kurt ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja~
R: A very odd problem...
Should be something related to communications .When trying to connect to the database a timeout occurs. GuidoElia HELPPC -Messaggio originale- Da: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] Inviato: venerdì 6 marzo 2009 3.05 A: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Oggetto: A very odd problem... All, In my UK office, I've got three servers - a DC, a file server and an E2k3 server - all are SP2 R2. There is no AV running on the Exchange server. The file server has an external LTO3 tape drive attached to it, and for about a year it was working just fine pulling backups from the Exchange server - I installed the ESM on it for just this purpose. The DC is doing a system state backup to a share the file server. However, the NTBackup batch job that I'm running to pull the Exchange backup to the file server's tape drive has recently stopped working . I was able to get it going again last month by rebooting the Exchange server, but it was failing with this error message: The requested media failed to mount. The operation was aborted. The operation was ended. I am able to pull a backup by manually starting the wizard as the same user that the scheduled batch file was using and specifying the Exchange server's storage group. But when running as a batch file, whether launching the batch file manually or as a scheduled task, it fails to pull the backup of the Exchange server. The batch file backs up the entire file server first, then goes to the Exchange server. I just tried launching the batch file again, and the error message I got this time is different, but still a failure: The network disk drive has stopped responding. Backup set aborted. I'm not finding anything on google, either - most were regarding SBS, and pre-SP1 at that, and the rest don't seem to fit my circumstances. Any help much appreciated. Thanks, Kurt ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja~ ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja~
