Cannot schedule backup on SBS 2008
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From: Brian Cryer on 26 Jul 2010 04:26 "Hart" <Hart(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:F5757121-4E2B-4D93-B2E7-9827CBC672A5(a)microsoft.com... > Hi Brian, > > When you said "permission related", I actually had some similar suspicion, > based on the errors in the log "could not find folder/file" etc. But I > added > as many roles/groups as I could to my account, so I am not sure what could > be > missing. > > Do you have any reference or link that talks about this "permission > related" possibility? No, just experience. If you log-in using an administrator account and run it "manually" then does it work? I've had problems when a backup would work when run directly but not when run via the scheduler. -- Brian Cryer http://www.cryer.co.uk/brian
From: Brian Cryer on 26 Jul 2010 04:31 "Hart" <Hart(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:7594FF5E-5A8A-408E-BAD3-190F34F9D18C(a)microsoft.com... > Thanks a lot Brian! I did look into some of those posts, but did not > anything > that is suitable for my situation. However, through your link today I > found > one which could be possibly the cause: > > "The backup destination drive must be larger than the partition(s) that > you > want to back up (including freespace). " > > My backup drive is 500GB and my C partition is 750GB, with only 60GB data. > So I will try to find a larger drive to test it out, or make C smaller if > possible. Well it totally sucks if that is the case. I would have expected free space to be the deciding factor not the partition size. 60GB of data logically ought to backup to your 500GB drive. Thinking about it, all the backups I do are to larger drives than the partition I'm backing up. That said, I wouldn't have expected this from preventing you from scheduling the backup - just running it. So I'm not sure that this is the right road to be going down - anyone reading this with more experience? If you go this route then I'd advise against shrinking your C drive. Okay 750GB is overly generous, but (backup aside) it shouldn't hurt. -- Brian Cryer http://www.cryer.co.uk/brian
From: Brian Cryer on 26 Jul 2010 04:32 "Brian Cryer" <not.here(a)localhost> wrote in message news:eO%23T9wJLLHA.5792(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > "Hart" <Hart(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:F5757121-4E2B-4D93-B2E7-9827CBC672A5(a)microsoft.com... >> Hi Brian, >> >> When you said "permission related", I actually had some similar >> suspicion, >> based on the errors in the log "could not find folder/file" etc. But I >> added >> as many roles/groups as I could to my account, so I am not sure what >> could be >> missing. >> >> Do you have any reference or link that talks about this "permission >> related" possibility? > > No, just experience. If you log-in using an administrator account and run > it "manually" then does it work? I've had problems when a backup would > work when run directly but not when run via the scheduler. > -- > Brian Cryer > http://www.cryer.co.uk/brian I should have added: does the backup run okay if you run it from the command line and forget about scheduling? So is it "just" the scheduling side which doesn't work? -- Brian Cryer http://www.cryer.co.uk/brian
From: Hart on 27 Jul 2010 00:03 I tried another backup app which is also backing up the whole partition, not just the data part. so I just ordered a 1.5TB drive for backup purpose. I thought about shrinking the drive, but with all the cheap HDD available, it really does not give me much diference. So I decided to keep it that way. Hopefully, this 1.5TB will do what I want it to do. otherwise my wall will add another hole! "Brian Cryer" wrote: > > "Hart" <Hart(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:7594FF5E-5A8A-408E-BAD3-190F34F9D18C(a)microsoft.com... > > Thanks a lot Brian! I did look into some of those posts, but did not > > anything > > that is suitable for my situation. However, through your link today I > > found > > one which could be possibly the cause: > > > > "The backup destination drive must be larger than the partition(s) that > > you > > want to back up (including freespace). " > > > > My backup drive is 500GB and my C partition is 750GB, with only 60GB data. > > So I will try to find a larger drive to test it out, or make C smaller if > > possible. > > Well it totally sucks if that is the case. I would have expected free space > to be the deciding factor not the partition size. 60GB of data logically > ought to backup to your 500GB drive. Thinking about it, all the backups I do > are to larger drives than the partition I'm backing up. That said, I > wouldn't have expected this from preventing you from scheduling the backup - > just running it. So I'm not sure that this is the right road to be going > down - anyone reading this with more experience? > > If you go this route then I'd advise against shrinking your C drive. Okay > 750GB is overly generous, but (backup aside) it shouldn't hurt. > -- > Brian Cryer > http://www.cryer.co.uk/brian > > > > . >
From: Hart on 27 Jul 2010 14:38 "does the backup run okay if you run it from the command line"??? How can I do this? "Brian Cryer" wrote: > "Brian Cryer" <not.here(a)localhost> wrote in message > news:eO%23T9wJLLHA.5792(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > > "Hart" <Hart(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > > news:F5757121-4E2B-4D93-B2E7-9827CBC672A5(a)microsoft.com... > >> Hi Brian, > >> > >> When you said "permission related", I actually had some similar > >> suspicion, > >> based on the errors in the log "could not find folder/file" etc. But I > >> added > >> as many roles/groups as I could to my account, so I am not sure what > >> could be > >> missing. > >> > >> Do you have any reference or link that talks about this "permission > >> related" possibility? > > > > No, just experience. If you log-in using an administrator account and run > > it "manually" then does it work? I've had problems when a backup would > > work when run directly but not when run via the scheduler. > > -- > > Brian Cryer > > http://www.cryer.co.uk/brian > > I should have added: does the backup run okay if you run it from the command > line and forget about scheduling? So is it "just" the scheduling side which > doesn't work? > -- > Brian Cryer > http://www.cryer.co.uk/brian > > . >
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