I am having same issue I see others have with Windows 2003 backup. Neither
the new shell in server management that sets up a daily backup nor setting
up a daily backup as a job using the regular NT backup program work.
Unless I put in a completely blank tape the backup will not run from the
scheduler. Works perfectly when done manually. The server management
backup doesn't seem to have any options to set overwrite an existing backup
(or any other normal settings u may want to set like compression). I have
setup the NT backup to overwrite existing backups but the tape will not
mount. Have tried freeing the media (i.e. erasing the tape), but that moves
the drive to "free media", and still will not do the tape unless done
manually. I also notice that when doing tape manually, the software asks
for confirmation that you want to replace existing backup even though you
have checked off overwrite in the wizard.
This does not seem to be a hardware issue. I've installed the patch for the
Travan drive that came with the spanking new Dell Server preloaded with SBS
2003. The software still shows tape drives that are not on the system, e.g.
miniQIC, EVIC, etc.
It is amazing to me that not only did Dell not load the patch, they insisted
I contact Microsoft myself to get it, on an OEM server preloaded with the
OS. And they must have done extensive testing on the backup huh?
Any help from anyone who has actually figured out the solution for this
(other than buying better backup software than Microsoft seems to be able to
manage to produce), would be deeply appreciated..
Wayne