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BA1007: The NTbackup parser log strings are not installed

End of life

BackupAssist v8 and later don't use NTBackup. This article applies to BackupAssist v7 and earlier, which reached end of life on 30 September 2016 and no longer receive technical support. See Software end of life.

Error code Product Applies to
BA1007 BackupAssist BackupAssist v4 to v7

Description

The file ntbackup.dat is missing from the BackupAssist installation directory, or has been corrupted.

This file is needed by BackupAssist to interpret the results of the NTBackup logs. This happens after the backup has finished.

Resolution

  • Ensure that the ntbackup.dat file is present, and that the default NTFS permissions have not changed.
  • Ensure that your backup user has permissions to read the file.
  • If required, perform a repair install to reinstall that file
Last updated Created Further assistance
12th Nov 2007 16th Mar 2007 BackupAssist Support page