ntbackup not working. Empty backup logs.

[mrforgetful]

Hi,

I am running Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition 32bit. Things have
worked fine for over a year.

Now ntbackup will start running, estimate the size then start backing up and
stop after a hundred thousand or so bytes. This happens if from a scheduled
task or if I run the backup wizard and do it immediately.

The backup log file created is blank.

The Event Viewer log has this entry:

Source: Application Error
Category: (100)
Event ID: 1000
Description: Faulting application ntbackup.exe, version 5.2.3790.3959,
faulting module unknown, version 0.0.0.0, fault address 0x00440031.

Help is massively appreciated.

[timbo343]

Can you not reinstall it from a Windows XP disk??? or use the add/remove windows components to remove it

[mrforgetful]

I can't see it in Add/Remove Windows Components.

From what I understand it's only on the XP Home disc? Having said that, I have tried copyinf the ntbackup.exe executable from another server that's working but that didn't solve the problem.

[mrforgetful]

I tried using the version of ntbackup from my computer to no avail.

Searching around on the internet I found it could be VSS related, but the only fix was included in SP2, which I have installed already.

vssadmin list writers shows the following:

vssadmin 1.1 - Volume Shadow Copy Service administrative command-line tool
(C) Copyright 2001 Microsoft Corp.

Writer name: 'System Writer'
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State: [5] Waiting for completion
Last error: No error

Writer name: 'FSRM Writer'
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Writer Instance Id: {97d1acfe-a8d1-47ce-8ee6-c06ae20462cc}
State: [5] Waiting for completion
Last error: No error

Writer name: 'Registry Writer'
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Writer Instance Id: {c0d70833-1070-483d-a9e3-0405caaaa5f8}
State: [1] Stable
Last error: No error

Writer name: 'MSDEWriter'
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Writer Instance Id: {dcf78216-c20d-4417-b011-86b64576d4a6}
State: [1] Stable
Last error: No error

Writer name: 'Event Log Writer'
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Writer Instance Id: {9ea3574a-24ed-4a4e-854f-68134ff6d1b3}
State: [1] Stable
Last error: No error

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Writer Id: {542da469-d3e1-473c-9f4f-7847f01fc64f}
Writer Instance Id: {0b59642c-32c0-4ad8-96a5-2ff81bacec9f}
State: [1] Stable
Last error: No error

Writer name: 'FRS Writer'
Writer Id: {d76f5a28-3092-4589-ba48-2958fb88ce29}
Writer Instance Id: {d97d32f2-20f9-41a1-b114-6c8d53a7e37c}
State: [5] Waiting for completion
Last error: No error

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Writer Instance Id: {b2293f85-3f62-4926-a0bd-2a1735dd4578}
State: [5] Waiting for completion
Last error: No error

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Writer Id: {5d3c3e01-0297-445b-aa81-a48d7151e235}
Writer Instance Id: {8d27cdcb-c64e-4430-9092-43277eaedfa0}
State: [5] Waiting for completion
Last error: No error

Writer name: 'BITS Writer'
Writer Id: {4969d978-be47-48b0-b100-f328f07ac1e0}
Writer Instance Id: {7a8c68b6-6331-43e7-80b1-916ccb381e95}
State: [5] Waiting for completion
Last error: No error

Writer name: 'IIS Metabase Writer'
Writer Id: {59b1f0cf-90ef-465f-9609-6ca8b2938366}
Writer Instance Id: {99180736-7fc5-4418-b214-a307c0a42f84}
State: [5] Waiting for completion
Last error: No error

Writer name: 'WMI Writer'
Writer Id: {a6ad56c2-b509-4e6c-bb19-49d8f43532f0}
Writer Instance Id: {a4a1fb29-3301-4195-8d56-c9b1008fe0d8}
State: [5] Waiting for completion
Last error: No error

Writer name: 'NTDS'
Writer Id: {b2014c9e-8711-4c5c-a5a9-3cf384484757}
Writer Instance Id: {8f72088b-993c-472e-abd7-94b6034d552f}
State: [1] Stable
Last error: No error