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This Knowledge Base primarily applies to BackupAssist version 3 or earlier. For newer versions of BackupAssist please visit http://kb.backupassist.com
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This Knowledge Base primarily applies to BackupAssist version 3 or earlier. For newer versions of BackupAssist please visit http://kb.backupassist.com
March 23, 2011, at 12:29 AM by 150.101.221.18
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This Knowledge Base primarily applies to BackupAssist version 3 or earlier. For newer versions of BackupAssist please visit http://kb.backupassist.com
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This Knowledge Base primarily applies to BackupAssist version 3 or earlier. For newer versions of BackupAssist please visit http://kb.backupassist.com
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This Knowledge Base primarily applies to BackupAssist version 3 or earlier. For newer versions of BackupAssist please visit http://kb.backupassist.com

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License Keys and Registration

How License Keys Work
How our license key system works, and why each key will only work on one computer
February 19, 2007, at 11:21 PM by 61.95.74.130
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Windows oi Home?
- ensuring that the Windows Backup Utility, NTBackup is installed.

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Windows oi Home?
- ensuring that the Windows Backup Utility, NTBackup is installed.

January 30, 2007, at 08:45 PM by 61.95.74.130
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{{Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 database files, the Microsoft Exchange Information Store service may stop responding}}
- The Microsoft Exchange Information Store service may stop responding when you try to back up your Exchange 2003 database files by using a program that uses the Volume Shadow Copy Service.
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Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 stops responding
- The Microsoft Exchange Information Store service may stop responding when you try to back up your Exchange 2003 database files by using a program that uses the Volume Shadow Copy Service.
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{{Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 database files, the Microsoft Exchange Information Store service may stop responding}}
- The Microsoft Exchange Information Store service may stop responding when you try to back up your Exchange 2003 database files by using a program that uses the Volume Shadow Copy Service.

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Internal Errors
- A growing list of internal error codes, what they mean and steps for troubleshooting them.

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Troubleshooting REV drives
Steps to use when troubleshooting REV drive issue.

February 26, 2006, at 08:30 PM by Justin Doyle
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{{550 Your message does not conform to RFC2822 standard}}
you receive this error message when BackupAssist attempts to send report emails.
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{{550 Your message does not conform to RFC2822 standard}}
- you receive this error message when BackupAssist attempts to send report emails.
February 26, 2006, at 08:17 PM by Justin Doyle
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{{550 Your message does not conform to RFC2822 standard}}
you receive this error message when BackupAssist attempts to send report emails.

January 29, 2006, at 06:42 PM by 61.95.74.130
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  • LTO Drives?
  • AIT Drives?
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  • LTO Drives
  • AIT Drives
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Windows XP Home
- ensuring that the Windows Backup Utility, NTBackup is installed.

January 12, 2006, at 06:56 PM by 61.95.74.130
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Backup Time and System Peroformance
- Using the /FU command to increase system performance during a backup on Windows 2003.
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Backup Time and System Performance
- Using the /FU command to increase system performance during a backup on Windows 2003.
January 12, 2006, at 06:55 PM by 61.95.74.130
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Backup Time and System Peroformance
- Using the /FU command to increase system performance during a backup on Windows 2003.

October 24, 2005, at 11:49 PM by Tim
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SNAP and NAS errors
- you cannot retrieve a file listing from a shared drive mapped on your SNAP server or backup to this share

October 21, 2005, at 03:47 AM by Tim
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{{1505 errors}}
- You experience problems when attempting to backup to your tape drive.
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Tape Drive Backup Errors
- You experience problems when attempting to backup to your tape drive eg #15050 and #15012
October 21, 2005, at 03:46 AM by Tim
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Stuff?
- You experience problems when attempting to backup to your tape drive.
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{{1505 errors}}
- You experience problems when attempting to backup to your tape drive.
October 21, 2005, at 03:46 AM by Tim
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{{15050 and 15012 Errors}}
- You experience problems when attempting to backup to your tape drive.
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Stuff?
- You experience problems when attempting to backup to your tape drive.
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{{15050 and 15012 Errors}}
- You experience problems when attempting to backup to your tape drive.
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{{#15050 and #15012 Errors}}
- You experience problems when attempting to backup to your tape drive.
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October 21, 2005, at 03:40 AM by Tim
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{{#15050 and #15012 Errors}}
- You experience problems when attempting to backup to your tape drive.

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Slow backup times to the REV Drive
The backup to the REV drive is taking an excessive time to complete

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BackupAssist services fail to start
- eg. the BackupAssist service fails to start and consequently your backup fails.

October 20, 2005, at 09:57 PM by Tim
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Exchange Backup Errors and Circular Logging
- eg. Error: Server\Microsoft Information Store\First Storage Group is not a valid drive, or you do not have access

October 20, 2005, at 02:05 AM by Tim
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Timeout Error
- eg. The BackupAssist Backup Executor has detected that the backup operation failed to complete within the timeout period...

October 19, 2005, at 09:46 PM by Tim
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{{!!Backing up Files with specific permissions}}
- how to ensure that files and folder with specific permissions are being backed up.
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Backing up Files with specific permissions
- how to ensure that files and folder with specific permissions are being backed up.
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{{!!Backing up Files with specific permissions}}
- how to ensure that files and folder with specific permissions are being backed up.

October 18, 2005, at 03:23 AM by Tim
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Troubleshooting restore problems

Backup Device Error
- eg. You receive this error when you try to catalog or restore from a tape

October 18, 2005, at 01:13 AM by Justin
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Error on a request to MS_UpdateNtmsOmidInfo
- eg. The device reported an error on a request to MS_UpdateNtmsOmidInfo

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Unable to assign desktop rights
- the backup never runs, and you get a message in the event log - Error #00103 - Unable to assign desktop rights to launch Backup
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No unused media was available
- eg. The operation was not performed because no unused media was available

Unable to assign desktop rights
- the backup never runs, and you get a message in the event log - Error #00103 - Unable to assign desktop rights to launch Backup
April 15, 2005, at 03:18 AM by Tim
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Excluding File Types
- how to exclude certain file types from your backups

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Restoring your data
- how to restore data from a backup

March 14, 2005, at 10:21 PM by Tim
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{{Start/Stop Windows Services}}
How you can use BackupAssist to start/stop Windows Services before and after your backup jobs
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Starting and Stopping Windows Services
How you can use BackupAssist to start/stop Windows Services before and after your backup jobs
March 14, 2005, at 10:04 PM by Tim
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Stop Windows Services?
How you can use BackupAssist to start/stop Windows Services before and after your backup jobs
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{{Start/Stop Windows Services}}
How you can use BackupAssist to start/stop Windows Services before and after your backup jobs
March 14, 2005, at 10:01 PM by Tim
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Windows Services

Stop Windows Services?
How you can use BackupAssist to start/stop Windows Services before and after your backup jobs

March 01, 2005, at 06:43 PM by 220.244.224.41
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Backup Errors with SNAP Servers
- Difficulty backing up to or from a SNAP server.

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Backup Errors with MailEssentials
- MailEssentials? causes your backups to fail.

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Hard Drive Backup Strategies
- explains how to implement different backup strategies that allow for limited file space storage.
February 02, 2005, at 07:12 PM by 220.244.224.45
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Ejecting REV disks
How to setup BackupAssist to eject REV disks after each backup.

February 02, 2005, at 01:40 AM by 220.244.224.45
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RSM service has not started
- you receive warning messages in the event log about the RSM service not having been started.

February 02, 2005, at 01:21 AM by 220.244.224.45
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Invalid Picture
- the error message Invalid Picture appears either from the BackupAssist service, or when a backup is executing

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General system problems

Invalid Picture
- the error message Invalid Picture appears either from the BackupAssist service, or when a backup is executing

Insert Office CD
- you are prompted to insert the Microsoft Office CD when a backup runs
February 02, 2005, at 12:59 AM by 220.244.224.45
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Unable to assign desktop rights
- the backup never runs, and you get a message in the event log - Error #00103 - Unable to assign desktop rights to launch Backup

January 30, 2005, at 11:13 PM by 220.245.131.45
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Invalid Picture
- the error message Invalid Picture appears either from the BackupAssist service, or when a backup is executing

January 23, 2005, at 07:03 PM by 220.245.131.45
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Authenticating to remote machines

Authenticating
How to authenticate to remote machines so you can backup from/to networked machines that are not on the same domain, or that are running non-Windows OS (eg. Linux, BSD, Novell, etc)
January 17, 2005, at 02:10 AM by 220.244.224.42
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REV Drive Backups

REV and Windows 2000
How to get REV drive backups working with Windows 2000.

January 05, 2005, at 07:17 PM by 220.245.131.45
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License Keys and Registration

How License Keys Work
How our license key system works, and why each key will only work on one computer
December 10, 2004, at 02:24 AM by 220.244.224.42
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Troubleshooting SQL Server problems

SQL Login Problems
How to troubleshoot SQL Server login problems.

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Troubleshooting Backup User Identity issues

Windows XP Authentication
Important points if you're running Windows XP
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NTBackup Failed
The ntbackup process failed (return code -1073741819). Please examine
the attached log file for an explanation.
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NTBackup Failed
The ntbackup process failed (return code -1073741819). Please examine the attached log file for an explanation.
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Hardware Failure
Error: The device reported an error on a request to write data to media. Error reported: Hardware failure

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Network Drives
- explains how to use Network Drives with BackupAssist - to backup data from the network drive, as well as backing up data to a network drive.

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Troubleshooting email problems

How to troubleshoot email problems
A step by step guide on troubleshooting email

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No log file found
No log file could be found. This indicates that the backup did not run successfully.

October 15, 2004, at 02:47 AM by 203.40.160.104
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{{The ntbackup process failed (return code -1073741819).}}
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NTBackup Failed
The ntbackup process failed (return code -1073741819). Please examine
the attached log file for an explanation.
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{{The ntbackup process failed (return code -1073741819).}}

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Splitting Backup Jobs
- explains how to split your backup job into two jobs on two tapes [when you run out of tape space]

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General backup information

Two Phase Backup Process
- explains how BackupAssist uses a two phase backup process to backup your data

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The saved selection file "Files\BackupAssist\PhaseTwo?-0.bks" cannot be found.
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Tape Drive Topics

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Troubleshooting backup problems

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Troubleshooting backup problems

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The saved selection file "Files\BackupAssist\PhaseTwo?-0.bks" cannot be found.
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Information on different types of tape drives

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Information on different types of tape drives

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BackupAssist issues with tape drives

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Troubleshooting backup problems

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Our thoughts on different types of tape drives

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Information on different types of tape drives

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BackupAssist issues with tape drives

Our thoughts on different types of tape drives

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Exchange Server Backup Topics

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Here are some useful default pages installed along with the PmWiki software:
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Tape Drive Topics

Exchange Server Backup Topics

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More information about PmWiki can be found at http://www.pmwiki.org/.
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This is the default HomePage for a new PmWiki installation. If you're reading this screen, then the PmWiki software is probably set up correctly.
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Welcome to the BackupAssist Knowledge Base. This contains the solutions to common support issues.

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