New Install of BackupAssist

[Lego]

Hi
I have just purchased BackupAssist to be used on a server running Small Business Server 2003 and I will be installing in several days after I cleanup the server and install the service packs.
The question is what you have to do to the original backups that are all ready scheduled with NT Backup.

[Andrew]

Hi Lego,

Thanks for your post, this is Andrew from BackupAssist support.

Although you could use the selection files from your NTBackup jobs by renaming and relocating them appropriately, this is the only thing that you can do to potentially save some work.

I would personally suggest that you just run through the BackupAssist wizard and recreate your backup jobs so that you can use all of the special features in BackupAssist and can be assured that the jobs will run properly.

I hope this helps, but please let me know if you have any questions.

[Lego]

Hi Andrew,
Thanks for getting back to me
The question I am asking is that when the Server software is installed one of the to do tasks is to run the backup wizard to set a backup of the server.
That task is accessed from Server Management
With BackupAssist intergrated with NT Backup and the reports it sends.
How do I deal with that task.

Regards Paul

[Dhiraj]

Hi Lego,

This is Raj from BackupAssist.

I would recommend you to delete the jobs configured through the SBS backup wizard and then recreate the jobs through BackupAssist.

If you have already configured the backup job through the SBS backup wizard, please follow the steps below to delete them:-

1) Click Start > All Programs > Accessories > System Tools > Scheduled Tasks

2) Find the task 'Back Up Small Business Server', then right click on this task and choose delete.

Please note that you would want to enable the option of integrating BackupAssist with the SBS performance logs to enable you to receive the backup results. To do this, please go to view > navigator > advanced > enable the option "Integrate with Small Business Server Performance Logs"

Where BackupAssist integrates with SBS is in the Performance Logs, and although you have enabled the feature in BackupAssist you will also need to do some configuration of the SBS Performance Logs as well to have the backup report added to your performance report. To do this please follow the steps below;

1. Open the SBS Server Management console
2. Click on Monitoring and Reporting, then View Usage Report
3. Click on Change Server Status Report Settings
4. If you do not have any reports configured click Add, otherwise select your existing report and click Edit
5. Click on the Content tab and select the SBS Backup Logs, then click OK, then Close

I hope the above suggestions help, but in case you have any further issues, please do not hesitate to contact us.

[Lego]

Raj,

Thank you for getting back to me,

That was the information I was looking for.

Also I am impressed with the speed of the help with your program.

Regards Paul