Backup Utility help

[Guest]

I am trying to backup our company's server using the Backup Utility on
Windows 2000 Server. I am using a tape drive for the media. I've got the
Remote Storage in the Computer Management to recognize the tape in the drive
and it is in the "Backup Media Pool." I have a task scheduled to backup at
nights, however when I come back to work in the morning it shows the task as
"Running." I check the tape drive but it is not running. I check the Task
Manager and it shows Ntbackup.exe process, but it only used 11 seconds of CPU
time.

I'm confused on what else I need to do. Everything looks fine, I've been
able to run the backup job manually, but I still can't get it to run
automatically. I don't want to pay $500-$700 for Veritas Backup Exec. Can
someone help me?

NOTE: After I end task the scheduled job I get a 0x0 result. On a test job
when I manually run it from Task Scheduler I get a 0xe001 result. Does
anyone know what the hex codes mean?

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

I am trying to backup our company's server using the Backup Utility on
Windows 2000 Server. I am using a tape drive for the media. I've got the
Remote Storage in the Computer Management to recognize the tape in the drive
and it is in the "Backup Media Pool." I have a task scheduled to backup at
nights, however when I come back to work in the morning it shows the task as
"Running." I check the tape drive but it is not running. I check the Task
Manager and it shows Ntbackup.exe process, but it only used 11 seconds of CPU
time.

I'm confused on what else I need to do. Everything looks fine, I've been
able to run the backup job manually, but I still can't get it to run
automatically. I don't want to pay $500-$700 for Veritas Backup Exec. Can
someone help me?

NOTE: After I end task the scheduled job I get a 0x0 result. On a test job
when I manually run it from Task Scheduler I get a 0xe001 result. Does
anyone know what the hex codes mean?

The backup job is probably waiting for some input from you.
Log on under the same account as the one you use for the
scheduled job, then re-run the scheduled job. You will now
see ntbackup.exe in action.

 

[Guest]

I've tried it just now and I still get the same results.

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Please describe what exactly you saw while the backup
job ran visibly in front of your eyes!

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Log on to your machine with the same account & password as
you used for your scheduled task, then invoke your backup
batch file from the Command Prompt.

If you don't have a backup batch file, create one by copying
the command line from the scheduled task into a batch file.