I've had great success with running NT 4.0 backups from scripts, but have never been able to do it on 2000 server. There seem to be more requirements as far as media and pool names, and although I can run jobs that overwrite a tape, I've never been able to successfully append.
Here is a working command to overwrite. The bks path has been shortened so it is more readable:
C:\WINNT\system32\NTBACKUP.EXE backup "Paths.bks" /p "Travan" /n "ARTC Backup" /j "Weekly Full" /m normal /l:f /hc
n /UM
I think the only reason I got this working was the addition of the /UM option, which tells it to just overwrite the first available tape, no questions asked. The problem comes in trying to append to it. The /A option worked just fine under NT 4.0, but dozens of command line option changes have never yielded anything that worked under 2000. The restrictions and requirements of using the /P /G and /T switches have totally thrown me.
I can't simply replace the /UM option with /A because /A can't be used with /P, and it also requires /G or /T. Making any change in these three options in the working overwrite command seems to break it.
NT 4.0 was so easy:
ntbackup backup c: /b /t Normal /d "Full Backup" /e
and
ntbackup backup c: /t Normal /d "Full Backup" /e /a
This is a Windows 2000 server with a single IDE Travan tape drive. No autoloader, nothing complicated. How can I simply append a backup to whatever tape happens to be in the tape drive, regardless of the tape name, pool name, or guid name? I have a list of all the switches, but am not clear on pool name, guid, etc..
Your help would be appreciated, not only by me, but also by my wife who I keep up nights with all my tossing and turning over this issue.
Brandon
Here is a working command to overwrite. The bks path has been shortened so it is more readable:
C:\WINNT\system32\NTBACKUP.EXE backup "Paths.bks" /p "Travan" /n "ARTC Backup" /j "Weekly Full" /m normal /l:f /hc
n /UMI think the only reason I got this working was the addition of the /UM option, which tells it to just overwrite the first available tape, no questions asked. The problem comes in trying to append to it. The /A option worked just fine under NT 4.0, but dozens of command line option changes have never yielded anything that worked under 2000. The restrictions and requirements of using the /P /G and /T switches have totally thrown me.
I can't simply replace the /UM option with /A because /A can't be used with /P, and it also requires /G or /T. Making any change in these three options in the working overwrite command seems to break it.
NT 4.0 was so easy:
ntbackup backup c: /b /t Normal /d "Full Backup" /e
and
ntbackup backup c: /t Normal /d "Full Backup" /e /a
This is a Windows 2000 server with a single IDE Travan tape drive. No autoloader, nothing complicated. How can I simply append a backup to whatever tape happens to be in the tape drive, regardless of the tape name, pool name, or guid name? I have a list of all the switches, but am not clear on pool name, guid, etc..
Your help would be appreciated, not only by me, but also by my wife who I keep up nights with all my tossing and turning over this issue.
Brandon
