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have you checked your event logs
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Event ID 84 Source: Removable Storage Server<br />
RSM database is not compatible with the Removable Storage Service binary. &nbsp;<br />
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From that I am guessing the RSM database is corrupt. &nbsp;Looking for how to restore it, but any other suggestions would help.
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Event ID 84 Source: Removable Storage Server
RSM database is not compatible with the Removable Storage Service binary.  

From that I am guessing the RSM database is corrupt.  Looking for how to restore it, but any other suggestions would help.

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Figured it out, had to delete the files located in windows\system32\ntmsdata then start the removable storage service. &nbsp;It created more files then was deleted and NT Backup now opens.
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Figured it out, had to delete the files located in windows\system32\ntmsdata then start the removable storage service.  It created more files then was deleted and NT Backup now opens.

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i came here because there was an automated request for attention<br />
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my 2 cents: &nbsp;matt asked you to look in the event logs, you did, found an error, and fixed it yourself<br />
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hi kinda pushed you down the hill, should get something.. i'm sure he was more than willing and able to help you further if you didnt fix it yourself, after you got the event logs<br />

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i came here because there was an automated request for attention

my 2 cents:  matt asked you to look in the event logs, you did, found an error, and fixed it yourself

hi kinda pushed you down the hill, should get something.. i'm sure he was more than willing and able to help you further if you didnt fix it yourself, after you got the event logs


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Pointed me in the right direction to resolve the issue myself.
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Pointed me in the right direction to resolve the issue myself.

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I have a machine running windows 2003 SP2. &nbsp;When I try to open NT Backup, the process starts but the GUI does not. &nbsp;I have tried this on several administrative accounts and performed a reboot of the server. &nbsp;
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I have a machine running windows 2003 SP2.  When I try to open NT Backup, the process starts but the GUI does not.  I have tried this on several administrative accounts and performed a reboot of the server.  

NTBackup GUI does not open

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).

Windows Server 2003

The term "Backup" means the methods and processes involved to copy computer data (system data as well as application data) to media other than the ones where the data originally live (disk, tape, optical, cloud). "Restore" in turn means the methods and processes involved in data recovery, i. e., bringing back copied computer data to their original location. Backup/Restore primarily serves as a means of protection against data loss, be it due to disaster, corruption or sabotage. It can also be used for recovering data from an earlier point in time and even for cloning machines or applications. There is a wide variety of backup/restore software available, from expensive commercial products to free or open source tools.