RE: NTBackup will no longer run as a scheduled task
Backup ran. My failing jobs simply needed the /um switch added to the end of the Task properties. Thanks all! -- richard From: Richard McClary [mailto:richard.mccl...@aspca.org] Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2012 11:45 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: NTBackup will no longer run as a scheduled task 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:jo...@innovativefoto.com] 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:richard.mccl...@aspca.org] 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 richard.mccl...@aspca.orgmailto:richard.mccl...@aspca.org P: 217-337-9761 C: 217-417-1182 F: 217-337-9761 www.aspca.orghttp://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 listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.commailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com 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 listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.commailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com 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 listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.commailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com 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®)
Re: NTBackup will no longer run as a scheduled task
Any recent updates applied? On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 11:13 AM, Richard McClary richard.mccl...@aspca.org wrote: 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®* 1717 S. Philo Rd, Ste 36 Urbana, IL 61802 richard.mccl...@aspca.org P: 217-337-9761 C: 217-417-1182 F: 217-337-9761 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® (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 listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com 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 listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
RE: NTBackup will no longer run as a scheduled task
Any recent applied windows updates and security patches? From: Richard McClary [mailto:richard.mccl...@aspca.org] 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 richard.mccl...@aspca.orgmailto:richard.mccl...@aspca.org P: 217-337-9761 C: 217-417-1182 F: 217-337-9761 www.aspca.orghttp://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 listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.commailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com 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 listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
RE: NTBackup will no longer run as a scheduled task
Isn't there a separate log somewhere for scheduled tasks? Google it. Could also be an authentication failure. Regards, Don Guyer Directory and Messaging Services Catholic Health East, ITSS From: Cameron [mailto:cameron.orl...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2012 11:23 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: NTBackup will no longer run as a scheduled task Any recent updates applied? On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 11:13 AM, Richard McClary richard.mccl...@aspca.orgmailto:richard.mccl...@aspca.org wrote: 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 richard.mccl...@aspca.orgmailto:richard.mccl...@aspca.org P: 217-337-9761tel:217-337-9761 C: 217-417-1182tel:217-417-1182 F: 217-337-9761tel:217-337-9761 www.aspca.orghttp://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 listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.commailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com 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 listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.commailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail, including any attachments is the property of Catholic Health East and is intended for the sole use of the intended recipient(s). It may contain information that is privileged and confidential. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure, or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please delete this message, and reply to the sender regarding the error in a separate email. ~ 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 listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
RE: NTBackup will no longer run as a scheduled task
Just the usual monthly MS Update stuff. Thing is, the failure occurred some time after the last update. HOWEVER, not doing a dump-and-run, I found another set of logs. I believe I have just now stumbled across a major clue. The task does not find the tape drive... I'll dig there and try to figure out why the scheduled jobs can't find it but running manually does find the drive. Thanks! -- richard From: Cameron [mailto:cameron.orl...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2012 10:23 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: NTBackup will no longer run as a scheduled task Any recent updates applied? On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 11:13 AM, Richard McClary richard.mccl...@aspca.orgmailto:richard.mccl...@aspca.org wrote: 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 richard.mccl...@aspca.orgmailto:richard.mccl...@aspca.org P: 217-337-9761tel:217-337-9761 C: 217-417-1182tel:217-417-1182 F: 217-337-9761tel:217-337-9761 www.aspca.orghttp://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 listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.commailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com 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 listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.commailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com 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 listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
RE: NTBackup will no longer run as a scheduled task
You say you had to re-create the script. Is it possible that you had command lines in quotes the first time around? From: Richard McClary [mailto:richard.mccl...@aspca.org] Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2012 10:40 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: NTBackup will no longer run as a scheduled task Just the usual monthly MS Update stuff. Thing is, the failure occurred some time after the last update. HOWEVER, not doing a dump-and-run, I found another set of logs. I believe I have just now stumbled across a major clue. The task does not find the tape drive... I'll dig there and try to figure out why the scheduled jobs can't find it but running manually does find the drive. Thanks! -- richard From: Cameron [mailto:cameron.orl...@gmail.com]mailto:[mailto:cameron.orl...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2012 10:23 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: NTBackup will no longer run as a scheduled task Any recent updates applied? On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 11:13 AM, Richard McClary richard.mccl...@aspca.orgmailto:richard.mccl...@aspca.org wrote: 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 richard.mccl...@aspca.orgmailto:richard.mccl...@aspca.org P: 217-337-9761tel:217-337-9761 C: 217-417-1182tel:217-417-1182 F: 217-337-9761tel:217-337-9761 www.aspca.orghttp://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 listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.commailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com 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 listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.commailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com 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 listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.commailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com 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 listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
RE: NTBackup will no longer run as a scheduled task
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:jo...@innovativefoto.com] 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:richard.mccl...@aspca.org] 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 richard.mccl...@aspca.orgmailto:richard.mccl...@aspca.org P: 217-337-9761 C: 217-417-1182 F: 217-337-9761 www.aspca.orghttp://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 listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.commailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com 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 listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.commailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com 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
Re: NTBackup will no longer run as a scheduled task
On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 12:45 PM, Richard McClary richard.mccl...@aspca.org wrote: 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. In my experience, NTBACKUP is flat out broken without the /UM switch (un-managed media mode). (For command line operation.) -- Ben ~ 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 listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
