The network disk drive has stopped responding. Backup set aborted.

[czarcoma]

guys,

--- the subject line pretty much sums it up.
--- i got backup sets everyday, each scheduled to run weekly.
--- but a particular backup set fails each time it's run.
--- backup set always fail in the middle of the session with the error on the subject line.
--- the folder being backed up resides in a separate internal 40GB drive on a different server.
--- backup sessions are run on 1 server that has our DLT drive.
--- backup sets backup different shares on different file servers.
--- all the other backup sets run smoothly. this particular backup set has been problematic since last week.

--- woul very much appreciate any insights...

--- advanced thanks...

 

[rct99403]

Hello:
first off any chance the network drive drops??? If so use the netuse command with persistent command in the line. If this fixes it I would place it in the autoexec.bat so it runs every time the machine restarts.

Also how about firewalls ect??? Is there a time limit on network connections??
RCT

 

[czarcoma]

RCT

--- nope, not a chance that the drive is disconnected. i dont use mapings to backup shares.

1)i use UNC paths to backup shares on a remote server. e.g. \\server2\email_folder...

2) share being backed up (as mentioned in my previous post) resides in a single internal IDE drive in my IBM file server. the rest of the other shares ON THE SAME box, are physically located in the SCSI drives that came with the box.

3) both backup and file servers are inside 1 broadcast domain. don't think its a network issue, since the other shares in the same box backup flawlessly.

--- microsoft support site, dont give any hint on this issue.

 

[rtichnor]

I've had problems backing-up, to or from, an IDE drive. I think they are just too slow compared to SCSI configurations with RAID.

If I had to backup to and IDE drive, I've used a slower network connection.

 

[czarcoma]

rtichnor,

--- many thanks for the hint.
--- although it's a little inconvenient, i may just have to set the network connection speed of the backup server down a notch over the weekend. and just restore start of the following week.
--- hopefully it will solve my issue as well.

best regards