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- DOCUMENT:Q104081 29-SEP-1993 [W_NT]
- TITLE :Command Line NTBackup Won't Backup Files Using UNC Naming
- PRODUCT :Windows NT
- PROD/VER:3.10
- OPER/SYS:WINDOWS
- KEYWORDS:
-
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- The information in this article applies to:
-
- - Microsoft Windows NT operating system version 3.1
- - Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server version 3.1
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-
- 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, even though files exist in the directory (\<dirname>).
-
- MORE INFORMATION
- ================
-
- This might be an issue for someone (such as a network administrator)
- who wants to make nightly backups using the AT command (which
- schedules programs to run on a computer at a specified time and date).
-
- For example, you may want to issue the following command
-
- AT 3:30am backup.bat
-
- where the contents of the BACKUP.BAT file are the following:
-
- ntbackup backup \\server1\share\sys
-
- When you are using UNC naming conventions, you can avoid mapping a
- drive letter to a network resource; however, Windows NT Backup does
- not support UNC naming.
-
- In the above example, then, the correct contents for the BACKUP.BAT is
- the following:
-
- rem Disconnect the current network resource if it exists.
- net use o: /d
- rem Connect to the correct network resource for the backup.
- net use o: \\server1\share
- rem Run the backup to the network resource.
- ntbackup backup o:\sys
- rem Disconnect the current network resource.
- net use o: /d
-
- Additional reference words: 3.10
- KBCategory:
- KBSubCategory: ntap
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