SBS 2003 Backup Issues
I run a backup every night on my SBS2003 server. Instead of tape, (which I consider to be slow, clunky and overpriced compared to modern-day alternatives - But that's a matter of personal opinion!) - We use 5 external hard-drives, rotating daily - Which are taken off-site for safety.
The backups have been going fine, but now the drives contain a fair few backups, they are beginning to fill up. Last night, the backup failed for the first time.
Here's a copy of the backup log:
I have researched this, and there is only *Just* enough free space on the drive to complete the backup. This happens on any hard-drive I try out of the 5 I have.
If I delete all but the most recent bkf file from the hard-drive and run the backup again, it's fine! It's almost as if ntbackup isn't correctly calculating free space and over-writing the last backup.
Thoughts please!
The backups have been going fine, but now the drives contain a fair few backups, they are beginning to fill up. Last night, the backup failed for the first time.
Here's a copy of the backup log:
13/09/2010 19:00
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Date: 13/09/2010
Time: 19:00
User: SYSTEM
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Backup Runner started.
Launching NTBackup: ntbackup.exe backup "@C:\Program Files\Microsoft Windows Small Business Server\Backup\Small Business Backup Script.bks" /d "SBS Backup created on 13/09/2010 at 19:00" /v:yes /r:no /rs:no /hc:off /m normal /j "Small Business Server Backup Job" /l:s /f "F:\Backup Files\Small Business Server Backup (02).bkf" /UM
NTBACKUP LOG FILE: C:\Documents and Settings\SBS Backup User\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Windows NT\NTBackup\data\backup02.log
=====================<BEGIN NTBACKUP LOG FILE>=====================
Backup Status
Operation: Backup
Active backup destination: File
Media name: "Small Business Server Backup (02).bkf created 13/09/2010 at 19:00"
Volume shadow copy creation: Attempt 1.
Backup (via shadow copy) of "C: "
Backup set #1 on media #1
Backup description: "SBS Backup created on 13/09/2010 at 19:00"
Media name: "Small Business Server Backup (02).bkf created 13/09/2010 at 19:00"
Backup Type: Normal
Backup started on 13/09/2010 at 19:02.
Backup completed on 13/09/2010 at 19:38.
Directories: 5159
Files: 44435
Bytes: 27,280,998,918
Time: 36 minutes and 11 seconds
Backup (via shadow copy) of "D: Storage"
Backup set #2 on media #1
Backup description: "SBS Backup created on 13/09/2010 at 19:00"
Media name: "Small Business Server Backup (02).bkf created 13/09/2010 at 19:00"
Backup Type: Normal
Backup started on 13/09/2010 at 19:38.
Error: The device reported an error on a request to write data to media.
Error reported: Invalid command.
There may be a hardware or media problem.
Please check the system event log for relevant failures.
The operation was ended.
Backup completed on 13/09/2010 at 19:40.
Directories: 76
Files: 331
Bytes: 2,855,105,501
Time: 2 minutes and 19 seconds
Error: D: is not a valid drive, or you do not have access.
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The operation did not successfully complete.
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=======================<END NTBACKUP LOG FILE>=====================
NTBackup finished the backup with errors.
For more information about failed backups, see the article on troubleshooting your backup at the following Web page: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=18414
Backup ended at 13 September 2010 19:40
Backup Runner finished.I have researched this, and there is only *Just* enough free space on the drive to complete the backup. This happens on any hard-drive I try out of the 5 I have.
If I delete all but the most recent bkf file from the hard-drive and run the backup again, it's fine! It's almost as if ntbackup isn't correctly calculating free space and over-writing the last backup.
Thoughts please!
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Any idea how I can pre-launch a .bat when the backup starts?
I'm not using a batch file to initiate the backup, I've done it through the wizard.
The scheduled task has the following shortcut path:
"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Windows Small Business Server\Backup\bkprunner.ex
I'm unsure as to the syntax for the batch script also. The freecom external drives I'm hot-swapping have 149GB of usable space, and the backups reach 33.4 GB (35,960,156,160 bytes) per day.
I'm not using a batch file to initiate the backup, I've done it through the wizard.
The scheduled task has the following shortcut path:
"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Windows Small Business Server\Backup\bkprunner.ex
I'm unsure as to the syntax for the batch script also. The freecom external drives I'm hot-swapping have 149GB of usable space, and the backups reach 33.4 GB (35,960,156,160 bytes) per day.
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Infact to be honest, I think this setup could be simplified by having differential or daily backups instead of a full backup every day - That would more than likely solve the problem, as they only keep a weeks worth so the drives would never become close to full before being overwritten! This is a much simpler solution :-)
Thanks for your help everyone!
Thanks for your help everyone!
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