Guest Nandan Posted January 14, 2008 Posted January 14, 2008 Hi, NTBACKUP fails to start automatically when I schedule a job. The only way I am able to start it is by typing " control sched taks" in RUN. There also ,no schedules start up,the only way to backup is through selecting" RUN NOW". Another problem I faced is that I cant remove a job I had scheduled .when i click on the job in the calendar,it says"unnamed file contains an invalid path".It 's because no name has been set for the job.I dont know how a job can be scheduled without giving it a name but that's exactly wat's happening here.. Would appreciate it if you could help me out. Regards, Nandan
Guest Pegasus \(MVP\) Posted January 14, 2008 Posted January 14, 2008 Re: NT Backup fails to start automatically "Nandan" <nandagopalrvarma@gmail.com> wrote in message news:6bee7233-0465-411e-b6a6-7415017b01fe@d21g2000prf.googlegroups.com... > Hi, > > NTBACKUP fails to start automatically when I schedule a job. The only > way I am able to start it is by typing " control sched taks" in RUN. > There also ,no schedules start up,the only way to backup is through > selecting" RUN NOW". > > Another problem I faced is that I cant remove a job I had > scheduled .when i click on the job in the calendar,it says"unnamed > file contains an invalid path".It 's because no name has been set for > the job.I dont know how a job can be scheduled without giving it a > name but that's exactly wat's happening here.. > > Would appreciate it if you could help me out. > > Regards, > Nandan You should do this in small steps: 1. Become familiar with the Task Scheduler by scheduling this batch file: @echo off echo %date% %time% %UserName% >> c:\test.log When this works well, move to Step 2. 2. Run a backup job via the ntbackup wizzard. When this works well, move to Step 3. 3. Schedule a backup job via the ntbackup wizzard, then grab the command line from the Task Scheduler and add it to the batch file from Step 1 like so: @echo off echo Start %date% %time% %UserName% >> c:\test.log ntbackup /.. /.. /.. echo End %date% %time% >> c:\test.log Use the Task Scheduler to run this batch file, then examine the following report files: - c:\test.log - The backup log report - The Task Scheduler report - The Event Viewer When reporting back, please be precise and accurate. In your current post you write "I am able to start it is by typing 'control sched taks' in RUN." I don't think that this is what you typed in the Run box, hence I can't comment on it.
Guest Nandan Posted January 17, 2008 Posted January 17, 2008 Re: NT Backup fails to start automatically Hi Pegasus, Thanks for the input and sorry for the typo errors.It should have been "Control Sched tasks" in the RUN box. I was able to start backup manually as well as at scheduled times. The main objective behind my post was to get the backup done properly.Unfortunately, the backup fails after running for a long time .The reason quoted in bothe backup log and event viewer as " Hardware or media error " on the backup volume. It's an old P4 with a very huge latency which is being used for back up of the file server. I was thinking maybe it could be either due to a bottleneck in processor speeds or maybe due to physical media problems on the hard disk which is being used. Thanks again for the valuable support.
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