Scheduled NTBackup tasks don't run

[paulvernon63]

Windows 2003 Server Standard, SP2; HP Proliant ML115 with a HP DAT72 USB drive installed. Driver is version 1.7.0.2, dated 19/5/09.

 

I have daily backups, created using the NTBackup Add Job function. They all have /um appended and the /n option removed. The backups are set to run as administrator at 20:00 on a small server which is logged in as the administrator user at all times.

 

The scheduled tasks appear to run but are stopped after 30 seconds or so. Nothing is recorded in the event log. There is a backup log but there is nothing in it.

 

I can set the time for each scheduled task to a few minutes time and they run.

 

I have just set up batch files to run the code created (and subsequently modified by me) by Add Job ... I'll see if they work.

 

Don't know what to look at next!

[sparkeh]

Have you tried running the backup manually rather than scheduling?

You might get some more feedback from an interactive session.

[chazzy2501]

as sparkeh says, just go to scheduled tasks right click on the task and run now. an error (if there is an error) will popup on it's right.

[paulvernon63]

I have tried that, thanks. That always works, as does setting the time of the scheduled task for a few minutes hence.