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Symantec Backup Exec - Job Selection Failures & Notifications

Hi, I have a job defined in Backup Exec where the job fails to backup a specified folder but yet the job reports success. For the particular folder the job does report 'This backup set may not contain any data'. Can anyone please help on the following:
1) How I diagnose this issue? Are there any logs that may be of use?
2) Why are these types of situations not reported as errors? I would like to know when a top level selection fails to get backed up or for that matter when a sub-folder fails to get backed up.

Thanks in advance,
Terry

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I have the following questions for you then:

1) What are you backing up? Flat files, database files or Exchange database files?
2) Do you add Verify after each backup?
3) What are the error code from the logs?

wahlster

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Hi hunart,
Thanks for the reply.

I am backing up flat files. The only thing is that the directory is also a DFS (Replicated Directory File Share) but I don't think that is the problem...I think.

I do Verify.

Here is the log results below. I'm not really seeing an error code.
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AOFO: Started for resource: "\\MSP-SQL\D:". Advanced Open File Option used: Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS).
The snapshot provider used by VSS for volume D: - Microsoft Software Shadow Copy provider 1.0 (Version 1.0.0.7).
Network control connection is established between 10.49.128.59:3866 <--> 10.49.128.56:10000
Network data connection is established between 10.49.128.59:3878 <--> 10.49.128.56:3249

Set Information - \\MSP-SQL\D:
Backup Set Information
Family Name: "Media created 3/9/2011 2:00:04 PM"
Backup of "\\MSP-SQL\D:"
Backup set #183 on storage media #9
Backup set description: "MS Daily Backup"
Backup Method: Full - Back Up Files - Reset Archive Bit

Backup started on 3/30/2011 at 8:51:19 PM.
Backup completed on 3/30/2011 at 8:51:29 PM.

Backup Set Summary
Backed up 0 files in 10 directories.
Processed 5,768 bytes in 10 seconds.
Throughput rate: 0.033 MB/min
Compression Type: Hardware

This backup set may not contain any data.
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Lee_YCP

Are you doing a full/copy backup or a incremental/differential? The latter will be zero if the file has not changed. That seems obvious, but easily overlooked.

wahlster

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Hi Lee_YCP, Backup method is set Full/reset archive bit. You did have me second guessing though.
Thanks,
Terry

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