Showing posts with label sbsbackup. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sbsbackup. Show all posts

Friday, October 31, 2008

sbsbackup fails with "Script.bks" cannot be found.

One of my SBS boxes had its SBSbackup jobs fail nightly with the following info:

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Backup Runner started.
Launching NTBackup: ntbackup.exe backup "@D:\Program Files\Microsoft Windows Small Business Server\Backup\Small Business Backup Script.bks" /d "SBS Backup created on 10/30/2008 at 11:00 PM" /v:yes /r:no /rs:no /hc:off /m normal /j "Small Business Server Backup Job" /l:s /f "H:\backup4\Backup Files\Small Business Server Backup (04).bkf" /UM
NTBACKUP LOG FILE: C:\Documents and Settings\SBS Backup User\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Windows NT\NTBackup\data\backup05.log
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The saved selection file "Script.bks" cannot be found.
The saved selection file "Script.bks" cannot be found.
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NTBackup finished the backup with errors.

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Apparently, the problem is that selections are invalid - which is strange because I didn't change anything. The solution turned out to be:
1. Start -> Run -> NTBackup -> Advanced Mode -> Backup tab -> Job -> Load
Selections.

2. Select Small Business Backup Script.bks

3. Click OK on the error message:

Some invalid selections found in C:\Program Files\Microsoft Windows Small
Business Server\Backup\Small Business Backup Script.bks.

4. Job -> Save Selections (overwrite --> Small Business Backup Script.bks)



It seems like this is related to a recovery storage group causing backup trouble.