Microsoft KB Archive/113909

= NTBACKUP Creates Additional Backup Set Description File =

Article ID: 113909

Article Last Modified on 10/31/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server 3.1
 * Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.1

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This article was previously published under Q113909



SYMPTOMS
If you update Windows NT to Service Pack 2 and back up a network drive from the MS-DOS command prompt, the Windows NT Backup program (NTBACKUP) creates a second backup set description file. For example, if from drive C you run

  NTBACKUP BACKUP H: /R /D "Backup" /L "C:\Backup.log"

where H is the logical network drive, two backup set description files are created: one for drive H and one for drive C. The file for drive C contains no information.



CAUSE
The filename for BACKUP.LOG (specified for the network drive on drive C) is incorrectly parsed.



WORKAROUND
To create only one backup set for the logical network drive, remove this parameter from the command:

  /L "C:\Backup.log"



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT and Windows NT Advanced Server version 3.1. This problem has been corrected in the latest U.S. Service Pack for Windows NT and Windows NT Advanced Server version 3.1. For information on obtaining the Service Pack, query on the following word in the Microsoft Knowledge Base (without the spaces):

  S E R V P A C K

Additional query words: prodnt ntas

Keywords: KB113909

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