NTBackup on Winodows 7
I have copied over NTBackup from an XP machine. On that XP machine I was running a batch script to backup files and it worked well. After coping the three files (NTBackup.exe, vssapi.dll, and ntmsapi.dll) I am able to run a backup sucessfully if i start NTBackup manually. When I attmpt to run the script that was working on Windows XP NTBackup does start but I am getting the following error:
Event ID 8017 Source: NTBackup
NTBackup error: 'Command Line Problem: A valid backup operation was not specified on the command line.'
The command I am trying to run from the script is:
start /B /WAIT /HIGH C:\NTBackup\NTBackup.exe \\phlms1\c$\intranet /J "PHLMS1 Intranet %dsdate%" /F "%BU2%\backup\%dsdate% PHLMS1 Intranet.bkf" /D "%dsdate% PHLMS1" /L:S /M normal /UM
%dsdate% is the date the backup is run and %BU2% is the drive letter to do the backup too and are set prior to the ntbackup running
Event ID 8017 Source: NTBackup
NTBackup error: 'Command Line Problem: A valid backup operation was not specified on the command line.'
The command I am trying to run from the script is:
start /B /WAIT /HIGH C:\NTBackup\NTBackup.exe \\phlms1\c$\intranet /J "PHLMS1 Intranet %dsdate%" /F "%BU2%\backup\%dsdate% PHLMS1 Intranet.bkf" /D "%dsdate% PHLMS1" /L:S /M normal /UM
%dsdate% is the date the backup is run and %BU2% is the drive letter to do the backup too and are set prior to the ntbackup running
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KB974674 is a restore only utility...
Reading on the internet you should be able to copy ntbackup from an XP system and it will work in Windows 7.
The backup of files does work if I launch NTBackup and use the GUI to select my files and backup location.... It does not work if I try and launch NTBackup from a dos script.
Reading on the internet you should be able to copy ntbackup from an XP system and it will work in Windows 7.
The backup of files does work if I launch NTBackup and use the GUI to select my files and backup location.... It does not work if I try and launch NTBackup from a dos script.
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Think this is the Micro$oft link:
http://support.microsoft.c