Veritas Backup Exec. 99% complete. Failed

A quick question,
A user today shut the server down during a power outage. She forgot to
acknowledge "please eject media" message in Backup Exec. The job was at 99%
complete. The amount of data looks correct, though. Is the data ok on the
tape?

I can try a restore and have not done yet on this tape. The ominous "failed"
message is troublesome. I am going to set it automatically to eject for me
via this article.

http://seer.support.veritas.com/docs/192055.htm

Should I be concerned?

John

Dennis
Wed Apr 28 03:29:33 CDT 2004

John wrote:
> A quick question,
> A user today shut the server down during a power outage. She forgot to
> acknowledge "please eject media" message in Backup Exec. The job was
> at 99% complete. The amount of data looks correct, though. Is the
> data ok on the tape?
>
> I can try a restore and have not done yet on this tape. The ominous
> "failed" message is troublesome. I am going to set it automatically
> to eject for me via this article.
>
> http://seer.support.veritas.com/docs/192055.htm
>
> Should I be concerned?
>
> John

Check the job log for that backup and determine what it was doing when the
server was shut down. If it was verifying I think it should be ok, but if
you are uncertain just re-run the backup. You might consider setting up the
backup job so that if it fails the first time it automatically tries again.

--
Dennis B.

John
Wed Apr 28 11:31:31 CDT 2004

Thx, Dennis.
"Dennis Balogh" <posttest@nospam_yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> John wrote:
> > A quick question,
> > A user today shut the server down during a power outage. She forgot to
> > acknowledge "please eject media" message in Backup Exec. The job was
> > at 99% complete. The amount of data looks correct, though. Is the
> > data ok on the tape?
> >
> > I can try a restore and have not done yet on this tape. The ominous
> > "failed" message is troublesome. I am going to set it automatically
> > to eject for me via this article.
> >
> > http://seer.support.veritas.com/docs/192055.htm
> >
> > Should I be concerned?
> >
> > John
>
> Check the job log for that backup and determine what it was doing when the
> server was shut down. If it was verifying I think it should be ok, but if
> you are uncertain just re-run the backup. You might consider setting up
the
> backup job so that if it fails the first time it automatically tries
again.
>
> --
> Dennis B.
>
>

Applebaum
Wed Apr 28 15:22:01 CDT 2004

I've found that Veritas calls backups "failed" if it can't backup one file.
Two file types cause this on our network. If someone's left Quickbooks
open, it'll think that the quickbooks database is a corrupt file and cannot
backup. Same if someone has a .pst file open. If one of those things
happens, it'll call the backup a failure, even though the rest of the server
backed up fine.

"John" <john@dontreply.net> wrote in message
news:I1Ejc.1401$k24.25@fed1read01...
> A quick question,
> A user today shut the server down during a power outage. She forgot to
> acknowledge "please eject media" message in Backup Exec. The job was at
99%
> complete. The amount of data looks correct, though. Is the data ok on the
> tape?
>
> I can try a restore and have not done yet on this tape. The ominous
"failed"
> message is troublesome. I am going to set it automatically to eject for me
> via this article.
>
> http://seer.support.veritas.com/docs/192055.htm
>
> Should I be concerned?
>
> John
>
>

John
Thu Apr 29 02:16:04 CDT 2004

I see that in my logs. I have two situations. One is where the backup worked
but with exceptions. Like a file was in use. And another where BE went to
backup up a directory that was deleted and BE could not find. The second one
is reported as a failure. Odd.
John
"Applebaum" <mappleNOSPAM@inchNOSPAM.com> wrote in message
news:%23eGYG6VLEHA.3944@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> I've found that Veritas calls backups "failed" if it can't backup one
file.
> Two file types cause this on our network. If someone's left Quickbooks
> open, it'll think that the quickbooks database is a corrupt file and
cannot
> backup. Same if someone has a .pst file open. If one of those things
> happens, it'll call the backup a failure, even though the rest of the
server
> backed up fine.
>
> "John" <john@dontreply.net> wrote in message
> news:I1Ejc.1401$k24.25@fed1read01...
> > A quick question,
> > A user today shut the server down during a power outage. She forgot to
> > acknowledge "please eject media" message in Backup Exec. The job was at
> 99%
> > complete. The amount of data looks correct, though. Is the data ok on
the
> > tape?
> >
> > I can try a restore and have not done yet on this tape. The ominous
> "failed"
> > message is troublesome. I am going to set it automatically to eject for
me
> > via this article.
> >
> > http://seer.support.veritas.com/docs/192055.htm
> >
> > Should I be concerned?
> >
> > John
> >
> >
>
>

Jim
Thu Apr 29 09:08:34 CDT 2004

Go to selections and clear out any deleted selections. This will hold
true for mailboxes also.

"John" <john@dontreply.net> wrote:

>I see that in my logs. I have two situations. One is where the backup worked
>but with exceptions. Like a file was in use. And another where BE went to
>backup up a directory that was deleted and BE could not find. The second one
>is reported as a failure. Odd.
>John
>"Applebaum" <mappleNOSPAM@inchNOSPAM.com> wrote in message
>news:%23eGYG6VLEHA.3944@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>> I've found that Veritas calls backups "failed" if it can't backup one
>file.
>> Two file types cause this on our network. If someone's left Quickbooks
>> open, it'll think that the quickbooks database is a corrupt file and
>cannot
>> backup. Same if someone has a .pst file open. If one of those things
>> happens, it'll call the backup a failure, even though the rest of the
>server
>> backed up fine.
>>
>> "John" <john@dontreply.net> wrote in message
>> news:I1Ejc.1401$k24.25@fed1read01...
>> > A quick question,
>> > A user today shut the server down during a power outage. She forgot to
>> > acknowledge "please eject media" message in Backup Exec. The job was at
>> 99%
>> > complete. The amount of data looks correct, though. Is the data ok on
>the
>> > tape?
>> >
>> > I can try a restore and have not done yet on this tape. The ominous
>> "failed"
>> > message is troublesome. I am going to set it automatically to eject for
>me
>> > via this article.
>> >
>> > http://seer.support.veritas.com/docs/192055.htm
>> >
>> > Should I be concerned?
>> >
>> > John
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>

Jim B. SBS MVP
remove the mvp to send email

John
Thu Apr 29 23:55:25 CDT 2004

that worked! thx.
John
"Jim Behning" <jimbehningmvp@atl.mindspring.com> wrote in message
news:0l2290l9epfq11023pfkrc14av9s5ie1f8@4ax.com...
> Go to selections and clear out any deleted selections. This will hold
> true for mailboxes also.
>
> "John" <john@dontreply.net> wrote:
>
> >I see that in my logs. I have two situations. One is where the backup
worked
> >but with exceptions. Like a file was in use. And another where BE went to
> >backup up a directory that was deleted and BE could not find. The second
one
> >is reported as a failure. Odd.
> >John
> >"Applebaum" <mappleNOSPAM@inchNOSPAM.com> wrote in message
> >news:%23eGYG6VLEHA.3944@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> >> I've found that Veritas calls backups "failed" if it can't backup one
> >file.
> >> Two file types cause this on our network. If someone's left Quickbooks
> >> open, it'll think that the quickbooks database is a corrupt file and
> >cannot
> >> backup. Same if someone has a .pst file open. If one of those things
> >> happens, it'll call the backup a failure, even though the rest of the
> >server
> >> backed up fine.
> >>
> >> "John" <john@dontreply.net> wrote in message
> >> news:I1Ejc.1401$k24.25@fed1read01...
> >> > A quick question,
> >> > A user today shut the server down during a power outage. She forgot
to
> >> > acknowledge "please eject media" message in Backup Exec. The job was
at
> >> 99%
> >> > complete. The amount of data looks correct, though. Is the data ok on
> >the
> >> > tape?
> >> >
> >> > I can try a restore and have not done yet on this tape. The ominous
> >> "failed"
> >> > message is troublesome. I am going to set it automatically to eject
for
> >me
> >> > via this article.
> >> >
> >> > http://seer.support.veritas.com/docs/192055.htm
> >> >
> >> > Should I be concerned?
> >> >
> >> > John
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >
>
> Jim B. SBS MVP
> remove the mvp to send email

Keith
Fri May 07 07:12:47 CDT 2004

Hi,
If the backup completed prior to the shutdown then you
should be okay. If the backup header info. did not
finalize then you may have a problem.

Keith

>-----Original Message-----
>A quick question,
>A user today shut the server down during a power outage.
She forgot to
>acknowledge "please eject media" message in Backup Exec.
The job was at 99%
>complete. The amount of data looks correct, though. Is
the data ok on the
>tape?
>
>I can try a restore and have not done yet on this tape.
The ominous "failed"
>message is troublesome. I am going to set it
automatically to eject for me
>via this article.
>
>http://seer.support.veritas.com/docs/192055.htm
>
>Should I be concerned?
>
>John
>
>
>.
>