Backup Failure--error 0x80070040

[Flatus Ohlfahrt]

Here is the error message from the Vista event log:

The specified network name is no longer available. (0x80070040)
40000780E0040000EC06000008070000420ED1665C2BEE174B64529CB14610EA
71000000

Binary data:
In Words
0000: 80070040 000004E0 000006EC 00000708
0008: 66D10E42 17EE2B5C 9C52644B EA1046B1
0010: 00000071

In Bytes
0000: 40 00 07 80 E0 04 00 00 @..?à...
0008: EC 06 00 00 08 07 00 00 ì.......
0010: 42 0E D1 66 5C 2B EE 17 B.Ñf\+î.
0018: 4B 64 52 9C B1 46 10 EA KdR?±F.ê
0020: 71 00 00 00 q...

System is a 4GB Ultimate x64 on a Gbit lan backing-up to an
SBS03 R2 Premium software-Raid5 volume. All shares appear to be
valid as do the permissions. There is much free space on the
backup volume.

The x64 is behind two cascaded gigabit switches.

There is no concurrent error in the server logs.

Much of the data is backed-up before the failure occurs.

The problem is consistently repeatable even when all other load
is removed from the backbone.

Any help from those who have overcome this problem in the past
would be appreciated.

Flatus

 

[Bob Wilcox]

I had a similar error that went away if I disabled Symantec Antivirus and
Firewall before running the backup.

 

[Flatus Ohlfahrt]

Thanks, Bob. Sound advice.

I did find the cause of the problem I was having. It was mostly
between my ears. Somewhere along the line a restore point was
established on the local D-drive. I cleared that, and I'm now
able to make good backups.

Flatus

I had a similar error that went away if I disabled Symantec
Antivirus and Firewall before running the backup.

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