System state backup fails with access denied

[tommythegeek]

I am a unix guy struggling in a windowed world.

The error I see in the job log is
Access denied to directory \System Files.
^ ^ ^ ^ ^

I am logged in as administrator. What do I need to do to make this error message disappear and supposedly get the system state backed up?

I don't see "\System" when I browse with explorer.

 

[sdeb]

SYSTEM STATE is not viewable such as a directory, it is a part of the configuration needed in case of server crash (such as registry in Windows NT4).
I think it only works if your server is W2K, for NT4 you should use the old "registry" keyword.

So that's totally normal if you don't see it as a directory.

If your client is W2K you should try to take a look at the account used for backups. You can find it in the "Services Section", try to set it either to "localsystem" either to an administrator account.

 

[tommythegeek]

>try to set it either to "localsystem" either to an >administrator account.

What??

Ok so maybe I need to see if the backup service is running as a backup administrator rather than as the Administrator.

BTW this is a backup of the local system disk. There shouldn't be any access problems since this operation never touches the network or another system.

Thanks