Backup Selections shows *some* remote folders as empty

[TolkienRing]

This is killing me.

In the Backup Selections tab, two critical folders show up as being empty when viewed through the administrative share (D$).(They are NOT)

- Other folders are perfectly normal - through the same share.
- All folders are visible through a user share (in BE).
- All folders are visible through D$ using windows browsing or NTBackup from the same backup server.
- Tried both with and without the Remote Agent; no impact.

I don't think the following is related, but in the interest of full disclosure:
The machine involved is a W2K PDC emulator and RIS server (this is a SIS drive), and these 2 folders are shared directly and advertised through DFS.
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- Running a backup on these folder works sometimes, sometimes not - Sometimes one works and not the other! There is never an error; it simply doesn't back the folder up. The only way I can tell is the amount of data backed up and whether they show up in restore selections.

 

[pytchley]

RIS uses a Single Instant Store with a Grovller service which allow a reduction in disk space. The 0 byte files you see are pointers to the common store. I suggest you read article 263027 at

HTTP://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=263027

as the restore from backup tapes are at the best long winded and the worst unrestorable. I would personally make a copy of important data on to another disk either on the RIS server or a workstation so that an 'ungrovelled' copy is available.