Guest ThomasAJ Posted July 31, 2008 Posted July 31, 2008 It seems the floppy drive A is not working. I get "No ID address mark was found on the floppy disk" whenever I put a floppy in. This problem was discovered when I did a FULL BACKUP using the BACKUP utiliyt in W2003. So, does BACKUP have to use the floppy or can it write its files to CD. OR is there a good backup utility on the market that does not cost $1000 just becasue it's used on a server. (the server is a very simple setup and has 5 users on 1 app thru Terminal Services). I am loath to open the guts of the server and install another floppy - or am I being too cautious? OR Is there a setting on W2003 to tell it to use the floppy or something like that. -- Regards Tom
Guest Lanwench [MVP - Exchange] Posted July 31, 2008 Posted July 31, 2008 Re: Must W2003 BACKUP utility use the Floppy Drive. ThomasAJ <ThomasAJ@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > It seems the floppy drive A is not working. > > I get "No ID address mark was found on the floppy disk" whenever I > put a floppy in. This problem was discovered when I did a FULL BACKUP > using the BACKUP utiliyt in W2003. > > So, does BACKUP have to use the floppy or can it write its files to > CD. > OR is there a good backup utility on the market that does not cost > $1000 just becasue it's used on a server. (the server is a very > simple setup and has 5 users on 1 app thru Terminal Services). > > I am loath to open the guts of the server and install another floppy > - or am I being too cautious? > OR > Is there a setting on W2003 to tell it to use the floppy or something > like that. I've never seen NTBackup insist on a floppy - many servers don't have floppy drives nowadays. Not sure why you're putting a floppy in there - you most certainly can't run a server backup to one. You can get a few inexpensive USB or eSATA drives to do backups if you can't swing a tape drive.
Guest ThomasAJ Posted July 31, 2008 Posted July 31, 2008 Re: Must W2003 BACKUP utility use the Floppy Drive. After the full system backup to say an external hard drive the Backup utility writes asr.sif, asrpnp.sif and setup.log to a floppy which is used by the Automatic System Recovery. -- Regards Tom "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" wrote: > ThomasAJ <ThomasAJ@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > > It seems the floppy drive A is not working. > > > > I get "No ID address mark was found on the floppy disk" whenever I > > put a floppy in. This problem was discovered when I did a FULL BACKUP > > using the BACKUP utiliyt in W2003. > > > > So, does BACKUP have to use the floppy or can it write its files to > > CD. > > OR is there a good backup utility on the market that does not cost > > $1000 just becasue it's used on a server. (the server is a very > > simple setup and has 5 users on 1 app thru Terminal Services). > > > > I am loath to open the guts of the server and install another floppy > > - or am I being too cautious? > > OR > > Is there a setting on W2003 to tell it to use the floppy or something > > like that. > > I've never seen NTBackup insist on a floppy - many servers don't have floppy > drives nowadays. Not sure why you're putting a floppy in there - you most > certainly can't run a server backup to one. > > You can get a few inexpensive USB or eSATA drives to do backups if you > can't swing a tape drive. > > >
Guest Meinolf Weber Posted July 31, 2008 Posted July 31, 2008 Re: Must W2003 BACKUP utility use the Floppy Drive. Hello ThomasAJ, Have a look here: http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver/en/library/4586ec82-25f6-468f-a857-19bc23eca2981033.mspx?mfr=true From http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver/en/library/7b4f0436-cc90-4b52-b6ab-064f9db8d2721033.mspx?mfr=true You normally access the ASR state file (Asr.sif) through a local floppy disk drive. If the computer does not have a floppy disk drive, or you want to perform an ASR restore over a network or remotely, you can use a Remote Installation Services (RIS) server to fully automate the ASR process. RIS uses Pre-boot eXecution Environment (PXE) technology to enable client computers without an operating system to boot remotely to a RIS server that performs installation of a supported operating system over a TCP/IP network connection. Consequently, the remote installation client computer must have a PXE-enabled network adapter. Best regards Meinolf Weber Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. ** Please do NOT email, only reply to Newsgroups ** HELP us help YOU!!! http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm > It seems the floppy drive A is not working. > > I get "No ID address mark was found on the floppy disk" whenever I put > a floppy in. This problem was discovered when I did a FULL BACKUP > using the BACKUP utiliyt in W2003. > > So, does BACKUP have to use the floppy or can it write its files to > CD. > OR is there a good backup utility on the market that does not cost > $1000 > just becasue it's used on a server. (the server is a very simple setup > and > has 5 users on 1 app thru Terminal Services). > I am loath to open the guts of the server and install another floppy - > or am > I being too cautious? > OR > Is there a setting on W2003 to tell it to use the floppy or something > like > that.
Guest Lanwench [MVP - Exchange] Posted July 31, 2008 Posted July 31, 2008 Re: Must W2003 BACKUP utility use the Floppy Drive. ThomasAJ <ThomasAJ@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > After the full system backup to say an external hard drive the Backup > utility writes asr.sif, asrpnp.sif and setup.log to a floppy which is > used by the Automatic System Recovery. No...that doesn't happen if you haven't told the system to run an ASR backup. See Meinolf's reply for more info. > >> ThomasAJ <ThomasAJ@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: >>> It seems the floppy drive A is not working. >>> >>> I get "No ID address mark was found on the floppy disk" whenever I >>> put a floppy in. This problem was discovered when I did a FULL >>> BACKUP using the BACKUP utiliyt in W2003. >>> >>> So, does BACKUP have to use the floppy or can it write its files to >>> CD. >>> OR is there a good backup utility on the market that does not cost >>> $1000 just becasue it's used on a server. (the server is a very >>> simple setup and has 5 users on 1 app thru Terminal Services). >>> >>> I am loath to open the guts of the server and install another floppy >>> - or am I being too cautious? >>> OR >>> Is there a setting on W2003 to tell it to use the floppy or >>> something like that. >> >> I've never seen NTBackup insist on a floppy - many servers don't >> have floppy drives nowadays. Not sure why you're putting a floppy in >> there - you most certainly can't run a server backup to one. >> >> You can get a few inexpensive USB or eSATA drives to do backups if >> you can't swing a tape drive.
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