Veritas 9.1 can't schedule jobs after full restore of server

[Guest]

First of all I hope I posted this in the right area. Sorry if I did not.
Could not find a WIN2K3 general forum.

I have a WIN2K3 WITH SQL SERVER 2K SP3 ON IT. The server crashed and I
replaced the 2 disks that failed in the raid. Performed basic install and
then installed Veritas. Did the restore in AD restore mode etc. Everything
worked great. I then noticed the schedule wasnt working. Uninstalled BE then
re-install. Still no go. When I schedule a job BE says not in time window. Go
and edit the job schedule and it just disappears. So then I called Veritas
support and they walked me thru a full removal procedure. Then a fresh
install Service pack updates etc. Then finally they tell me after going thru
3 engineers on their side to remove tape drive and install on another server.
My problem is this site doesnt have another server.

I can manually start the backup jobs I created and they run with no errors.
Just cant get the jobs to run on a schedule.

Has anyone else had this problem and did they find a solution other than
what I am about to do. I am about to format the drive and re-install WIN2k3
and re-create AD and everything else that goes with it manually.

Any suggestions would be great.

Thanks

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

First of all I hope I posted this in the right area. Sorry if I did not.
Could not find a WIN2K3 general forum.

I have a WIN2K3 WITH SQL SERVER 2K SP3 ON IT. The server crashed and I
replaced the 2 disks that failed in the raid. Performed basic install and
then installed Veritas. Did the restore in AD restore mode etc. Everything
worked great. I then noticed the schedule wasnt working. Uninstalled BE then
re-install. Still no go. When I schedule a job BE says not in time window. Go
and edit the job schedule and it just disappears. So then I called Veritas
support and they walked me thru a full removal procedure. Then a fresh
install Service pack updates etc. Then finally they tell me after going thru
3 engineers on their side to remove tape drive and install on another server.
My problem is this site doesnt have another server.

I can manually start the backup jobs I created and they run with no errors.
Just cant get the jobs to run on a schedule.

Has anyone else had this problem and did they find a solution other than
what I am about to do. I am about to format the drive and re-install WIN2k3
and re-create AD and everything else that goes with it manually.

Any suggestions would be great.

Thanks

It's a while since I used BackupExec on Win2000 and I do not
remember if it creates a scheduled job in the Task Scheduler or
not.

If it does then I recommend you check if the Task Scheduler
works properly, by scheduling a simple job like this one:

@echo off
echo %date% %time% Start of test job > c:\test.txt

 

[David H. Lipman]

Nick go to the following News Group URL for support on Veritas Backup Exec software...

news://news.support.veritas.com/veritas.backupexec.windowsnt.english

Dave



| First of all I hope I posted this in the right area. Sorry if I did not.
| Could not find a WIN2K3 general forum.
|
| I have a WIN2K3 WITH SQL SERVER 2K SP3 ON IT. The server crashed and I
| replaced the 2 disks that failed in the raid. Performed basic install and
| then installed Veritas. Did the restore in AD restore mode etc. Everything
| worked great. I then noticed the schedule wasnt working. Uninstalled BE then
| re-install. Still no go. When I schedule a job BE says not in time window. Go
| and edit the job schedule and it just disappears. So then I called Veritas
| support and they walked me thru a full removal procedure. Then a fresh
| install Service pack updates etc. Then finally they tell me after going thru
| 3 engineers on their side to remove tape drive and install on another server.
| My problem is this site doesnt have another server.
|
| I can manually start the backup jobs I created and they run with no errors.
| Just cant get the jobs to run on a schedule.
|
| Has anyone else had this problem and did they find a solution other than
| what I am about to do. I am about to format the drive and re-install WIN2k3
| and re-create AD and everything else that goes with it manually.
|
| Any suggestions would be great.
|
| Thanks

 

[Guest]

Thanks guys for the input. I will try what you suggested. Just so you know BE
does not use the Task Scheduler to run any jobs. It runs as a seperate
service part of itself.

 

[David H. Lipman]

That's what I thought. So does my enterprise backup solution, CA Arcserve 11.1.

Dave



| Thanks guys for the input. I will try what you suggested. Just so you know BE
| does not use the Task Scheduler to run any jobs. It runs as a seperate
| service part of itself.