Whenever I try to run an NTBACKUP job, it backs up C: and D: drives fine,

however it always fails on S: drive with the following error - "S: is not a

valid drive or you do not have access to it"

 

When I browse My Computer, S: IS a valid drive, and I DO have access to it.

It has about 6-7 folders in it and I can open, browse and write to each

folder in it. I also verified that I have full permissions to the foler.

 

I've pasted below the NTBACKUP LOG and also the EVENT LOG

 

Thanks for any help,

 

 

-----------------------------NTBACKUP LOG------------------------------

Backup Status

Operation: Backup

Active backup destination: File

Media name: "##########.bkf created 7/6/2007 at 1:46 PM"

 

Volume shadow copy creation: Attempt 1.

Backup (via shadow copy) of "S: SQL Data and Web"

Backup set #1 on media #1

Backup description: "Set created Fri 07/06/2007 at 13:46:17.47"

Media name: "##########.bkf created 7/6/2007 at 1:46 PM"

 

Backup Type: Normal

 

Backup started on 7/6/2007 at 2:03 PM.

 

Error: The device reported an error on a request to write data to media.

Error reported: Unknown error.

There may be a hardware or media problem.

Please check the system event log for relevant failures.

The operation was ended.

Backup completed on 7/6/2007 at 2:11 PM.

Directories: 1

Files: 2

Bytes: 93,351,998

Time: 7 minutes and 35 seconds

 

Error: S: is not a valid drive, or you do not have access.

 

 

----------------------

 

The operation did not successfully complete.

 

----------------------

-----------------------------NTBACKUP LOG------------------------------

 

--------------------------------EVENT LOG--------------------------------

Event Type: Error

Event Source: NTBackup

Event Category: None

Event ID: 8001

Date: 7/6/2007

Time: 2:11:24 PM

User: N/A

Computer: VLA

Description:

End Backup of 'S:' 'Warnings or errors were encountered.'

 

Verify: On

Mode: Replace

Type: Normal

 

Consult the backup report for more details.

 

 

For more information, see Help and Support Center at

http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

--------------------------------EVENT LOG--------------------------------

Although you don't say so, I suspect that you're running ntbackup

as a scheduled job. Scheduled jobs run in their own environment

and just because you have drive S: in your own session does not

mean that drive S: exists for the scheduled task.

 

You should use UNC coding for scheduled jobs instead of drive letters.

 

"NetTech" <NetTech@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:B302CC29-3C61-4450-A7AD-E539279414FD@microsoft.com...

> Whenever I try to run an NTBACKUP job, it backs up C: and D: drives fine,

> however it always fails on S: drive with the following error - "S: is not

> a

> valid drive or you do not have access to it"

>

> When I browse My Computer, S: IS a valid drive, and I DO have access to

> it.

> It has about 6-7 folders in it and I can open, browse and write to each

> folder in it. I also verified that I have full permissions to the foler.

>

> I've pasted below the NTBACKUP LOG and also the EVENT LOG

>

> Thanks for any help,

>

>

Pegasus, thank you for the quick reply. The job was running as a scheduled

job, but during my troubleshooting I ran it as a manual job and got the same

results. The S: drive is actaully a partition and not a share, therefore I'm

not able to use a UNC path.

 

"Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:

> Although you don't say so, I suspect that you're running ntbackup

> as a scheduled job. Scheduled jobs run in their own environment

> and just because you have drive S: in your own session does not

> mean that drive S: exists for the scheduled task.

>

> You should use UNC coding for scheduled jobs instead of drive letters.

>

> "NetTech" <NetTech@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> news:B302CC29-3C61-4450-A7AD-E539279414FD@microsoft.com...

> > Whenever I try to run an NTBACKUP job, it backs up C: and D: drives fine,

> > however it always fails on S: drive with the following error - "S: is not

> > a

> > valid drive or you do not have access to it"

> >

> > When I browse My Computer, S: IS a valid drive, and I DO have access to

> > it.

> > It has about 6-7 folders in it and I can open, browse and write to each

> > folder in it. I also verified that I have full permissions to the foler.

> >

> > I've pasted below the NTBACKUP LOG and also the EVENT LOG

> >

> > Thanks for any help,

> >

> >

>

>

>

When running this backup job (either manually or under

the Task Scheduler), embed it in this batch file like so:

 

@echo off

echo %date% %time% Start of task > c:\test.log

echo User=%UserName%, Path=%path% >> c:\test.log

dir S:\ 1>>c:\test.log 2>>&1

dir C:\ > c:\test.txt

copy /y c:\test.txt S:\ 1>>c:\test.log 2>>&1

ntbackup /.. /.. /..

echo %date% %time% End of task >> c:\test.log

 

Now run this batch file, then examine c:\test.log in

detail. I suspect that everything will become clear.

 

 

"NetTech" <NetTech@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:F0BA13F6-6F0B-4537-95E6-46954C45F62B@microsoft.com...

> Pegasus, thank you for the quick reply. The job was running as a

> scheduled

> job, but during my troubleshooting I ran it as a manual job and got the

> same

> results. The S: drive is actaully a partition and not a share, therefore

> I'm

> not able to use a UNC path.

>

> "Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:

>

>> Although you don't say so, I suspect that you're running ntbackup

>> as a scheduled job. Scheduled jobs run in their own environment

>> and just because you have drive S: in your own session does not

>> mean that drive S: exists for the scheduled task.

>>

>> You should use UNC coding for scheduled jobs instead of drive letters.

>>

>> "NetTech" <NetTech@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

>> news:B302CC29-3C61-4450-A7AD-E539279414FD@microsoft.com...

>> > Whenever I try to run an NTBACKUP job, it backs up C: and D: drives

>> > fine,

>> > however it always fails on S: drive with the following error - "S: is

>> > not

>> > a

>> > valid drive or you do not have access to it"

>> >

>> > When I browse My Computer, S: IS a valid drive, and I DO have access to

>> > it.

>> > It has about 6-7 folders in it and I can open, browse and write to each

>> > folder in it. I also verified that I have full permissions to the

>> > foler.

>> >

>> > I've pasted below the NTBACKUP LOG and also the EVENT LOG

>> >

>> > Thanks for any help,

>> >

>> >

>>

>>

>>