Backups Running Long

[sshafe]

I have a few backups on a server that over the past week, have been running longer that normal. When I say longer, I'm meaning 7 to 8 hours before I kill the process. This db is about 30 GB's and the backup usually runs about 1-2 hours.

I have checked disk space and memory usage on the server and everything looks fine.

Any ideas?

Thanks in advance!!

 

[SQLBill]

Where are you backing up to? Tape, disk, some other place on the network?

Are you seeing any error(s) in the logs: SQL Server Error logs? Windows Event Logs?

-SQLBill

 

[sshafe]

I actually figured it out. I am backing up to tape, and there were no error logs. The job in Enterprise Manager would not end. I ran the command file that the job calls and found it was being prompted for a password and was just waiting on that.

I appreciate your help