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paleface<br />
Have you tried replacing the drivers for the tape drive?<br />
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Cheers<br />
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JamesDS
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paleface
Have you tried replacing the drivers for the tape drive?

Cheers

JamesDS

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Thanks for the assistance JamesDS and Vlad - the hotfix did the trick &nbsp;:)
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Thanks for the assistance JamesDS and Vlad - the hotfix did the trick  :)

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I am using the standard Microsoft backup on SBS 2003 std with a tape drive. &nbsp;I perform a full or &quot;normal&quot; backup with verify data. &nbsp;Everything looks fine and works fine. &nbsp;Back up catalogs the data that has been stored on the tape and it is listed under the default media title. &nbsp;All the files appear to be in place and when I have tested the tape by removing files and folders from the hard drive and then restoring them ... it works seamlessly.<br />
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BUT ... if I reboot, &nbsp;all the catalogged backups disappear and the media is no longer recognized as valid and Backup basically asks if I'm sure I want to continue and lose all data on tape.<br />
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Upon rebooting, the remote storage service does not start automatically, so I do it manually but it doesn't resolve the missing data. &nbsp;<br />
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The tape drive is a Seagate travan, but Server 2003 only recognizes the tapes as miniQIC ... what the?<br />
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I am using the standard Microsoft backup on SBS 2003 std with a tape drive.  I perform a full or "normal" backup with verify data.  Everything looks fine and works fine.  Back up catalogs the data that has been stored on the tape and it is listed under the default media title.  All the files appear to be in place and when I have tested the tape by removing files and folders from the hard drive and then restoring them ... it works seamlessly.

BUT ... if I reboot,  all the catalogged backups disappear and the media is no longer recognized as valid and Backup basically asks if I'm sure I want to continue and lose all data on tape.

Upon rebooting, the remote storage service does not start automatically, so I do it manually but it doesn't resolve the missing data.  

The tape drive is a Seagate travan, but Server 2003 only recognizes the tapes as miniQIC ... what the?



SBS 2003 backup failing

Windows Server 2003 was based on Windows XP and was released in four editions: Web, Standard, Enterprise and Datacenter. It also had derivative versions for clusters, storage and Microsoft’s Small Business Server. Important upgrades included integrating Internet Information Services (IIS), improvements to Active Directory (AD) and Group Policy (GP), and the migration to Automated System Recovery (ASR).