Recent content by Greenback

Thanks for the replies guys, but i think im doing something wrong. If I schedule a daily backup to a DLT drive, the schedule calls the media name and description to whenever the job was created, so you end up with taps all called the same! I must be really stupid. Any ideas?

I dont perform a full backup, I choose what I want to backup. I also run the full logging... Thanks for the prompt reply. GB

Hi, I run NT Backup on a w2k sp4 server - it seems like it keeps appending the reports to the end of an existing file, and this file is starting to get pretty big! I'm requesting the full report of everything it backs up. Is there anyway to force it to create a new file everytime a backup is...

youre a star basspro - worked a treat! sorry for late reply, havent been able to get on recently :( thanks to Loekje as well for the prompt reply :D

Hey all, I have a W2k RAS server on my network, and it keeps taking up all my DHCP licenses! This is very irritating :P Any ideas how to stop this - cant seem to find anything :| Thanks in advance, GB

Thats great, thanks Joseph - I will give em a whirl!! :D Also, I scheduled a job to run - however, when I try to restore, all I get as "Free Media Label 6" under the DLT's. If I run the job manually, it has the name "Media created xx/xx/xx at xx:xx PM" Is there anyway around this? I don't...

Hey all, Is there any way to set up mail/network notifications for basic w2k ntbackup, letting me know whether the backup completed or failed? Cheers peeps, GB

Thanks Jump1ng, thats the article i used to fix my problem! thanks for getting back to me, GB

gah - think i found it...

hey all, I have a w2k server running sp3. this is just a dumb file and print server, nothing fancy. never used ntbackup before, but i gather you have to prepare a tape before you can use it. when i try to prepare a tape that ntbackup has used before, it says the resource is in use :( also...

LOL same time posts...

Cheers for the prompt reply :D I take it i set this on the server thats having the problem? Its currently set to 15 - what do you think i should set it to? Thx GB

All, I have recently moved all my users onto a new mail server. As well as having their external SMTP address, they also have another SMTP address that my qmail server sends too: another@servera.abc.com I have created a new test user, with a correct external address and a different second...

Hey all, in the event of a scheduled comms room power down, is there any particular order i should bring my DC's down in? thanks in advance GB

Hi all, Ive had BUExec running on my old w2k e2k servers and it automatically found the MS Information Store under the back selections. Ive recently installed 2 new servers and BUExec doesnt find the MS Information Store - It finds the mailboxes fine, but not the MSIS. Has anyone else noticed...