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108412 - Exabyte 8200-EXB Streamer Time-Outs During Backup
When you are using the Exabyte 8200-EXB (SCSI-1 device) and backing up files with NTBACKUP, NTBACKUP stops after processing less than 1.5 megabyte (MB) of data. NTBACKUP displays the following error message: Fatal error 1. The Event log contains the...
108241 - Incorrect Date Generates an Exception Error in NTBACKUP
The Windows NT Backup utility (NTBACKUP.EXE) generates the following error message when the system date is greater than the year 2070: An application error has occurred and an application error log is being generated. NTBACKUP.EXE Exception: access...
107391 - Restoring files to a Network Drive with NTBACKUP
When you use NTBACKUP to restore to a network drive, the user making the network connection must have write privileges to the share, regardless of the directory or file permissions or other rights granted to the user.
107371 - NTBackup 1.0 is not Unicode Aware
Windows NT Backup does not support the unicode character set. It supports only the 8-bit ANSI character set.
107147 - Cannot Backup Files Remotely with No File Permissions
Cannot use Backup to back up a remote directory.
106711 - Err Msg: Backup: NTBACKUP.EXE - Application Error
When you use a batch file to back up directories, you will receive the following error message: Backup: NTBACKUP.EXE - Application Error The instruction at "XxXXXXXXXX" referenced memory at "XxXXXXXXXX". The memory could not be "read". Click on OK to...
106152 - Changing Schedule Service Object Account Causes Problems
When you change the default object account (system account) for the Schedule service to another account, you will experience problems when you run scheduled commands. If you want to schedule commands that need to access network resources, such as back...
104668 - Backup Truncates Long Mac Filenames w/ Trailing Dots or Spaces
When you back up files created by Macintosh clients that have long filenames with a trailing dot or space, the Windows NT Backup program (NTBACKUP.EXE) truncates the filenames and the file associations are stripped.
104661 - Help for Backup Is Not Available from Command Prompt
Although you can run Backup from Command Prompt, there is no on-line help available. If you try to use the NTBACKUP /? command, Backup is invoked. Once you start Backup, you can view on-line help by pressing F1 or by choosing the Help menu.
104291 - Using Windows NT Backup to Backup Removable Media
Windows NT Backup does not recognize removable media drives, such as Bernoulli or floptical drives, as usable backup drives. To work around this limitation, use the following procedure: Use File Manager to share the removable media drive. Connect to...
104169 - Files That Are Automatically Skipped by the Backup Program (NTBackup.exe) During the Backup and Restore Processes
The Backup program (Ntbackup.exe) automatically skips the following types of files during the backup and restore processes: Files that are locked by a program other than Backup -and- Files that are skipped by default by Backup NOTES By default, the...
104168 - Command Line Windows NT Backup Backs Up Files as Directories
When issuing the following command ntbackup backup o:\readme.txt Windows NT Backup will report that it "Backed up 0 files in 2 directories." The file is backed up; however, it is backed up as a directory instead of a file. The following backup status...
104081 - Command Line NTBackup Won't Backup Files Using UNC Naming
Windows NT Backup (NTBACKUP.EXE) does not support uniform naming convention (UNC) naming for paths. For example, when issuing the command ntbackup backup \\server1\share\<dirname> Windows NT Backup will not backup any files in the specified directory,...
103941 - Using Wildcards to Perform NT BACKUP
Page 393 of the Windows NT "System Guide" and page 491 of the Windows NT Advanced Server "System Guide" incorrectly state that you can back up files using a wildcard for a specific directory. The example given is the following: NTBACKUP BACKUP...
102822 - "Fatal Error on Drive 1" Using Exabyte 4200 with IBM
If you use the Exabyte 4200 tape drive with the IBM SCSI adapter, you receive the message "Fatal error on drive 1" in NTBACKUP.
102593 - Restart NTBACKUP to Restore to Net Connection
Before you can restore to a target that you find while browsing with NTBACKUP and the common dialog box, you must quit NTBACKUP and then restart it. With NTBACKUP, you have several options for the restore location. You can use the local or network...
102544 - README.TXT: Windows NT Version 3.1 U.S. Service Pack
This article contains the complete text of the README.TXT file included with U.S. Service Pack 3 for Windows NT and Windows NT Advanced Server version 3.1. For information on obtaining U.S. Service Pack 3, query on the following word (without the...
102042 - Wangtek Tape Drives Require Firmware Version 73j or Later
Wangtek Tape 5525es tape drives require firmware version 73j or later for use with Windows NT. Earlier versions of the firmware failed when tested with Windows NT. For example, firmware version 17G used with NTBackup results in the following error...
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