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Eugene_Mitton's avatar
Eugene_Mitton
Level 2
19 years ago

Backup Job Failing, AOFO: Initialization failure on

Hi

I have a problem where my Backup Job Keeps failing. The error I get is:
Backup- DC1
AOFO: Initialization failure on: "\\Server\C:". Advanced Open File Option used: No.
The network connection failed during the snapshot. Check the network, and then run the job again.

All the info on the Net says I am not running Advanced Open File Option and I can test by searching for VSP.SYS file in Drivers Dir on the remote Server. I have done this and the file is there.

This problems is only happening some times, failed last night but was successful the night before.

Any help would be much appreciated.

Thanks
10.x and Earlier
Backup and Recovery
Backup Exec

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  • Guy_Jacobs's avatar
    Guy_Jacobs
    Level 3
    19 years ago
    Hi Eugene

    I have the same error message also on a DC, but I don't have the AOFO option selected anywhere for the job. It's also not installed on the DC. You could try checking the version of beremote.exe on the client server. To do that search for it and then go to properties --> Version and check that it is the same as the media server.

    Guy
  • Eugene_Mitton's avatar
    Eugene_Mitton
    Level 2
    19 years ago
    Hi

    Thanks for the info.
    I have checked the version of this file and it is 10.0.5484.0 on both servers.

    Thanks
    Eugene
  • Guy_Jacobs's avatar
    Guy_Jacobs
    Level 3
    19 years ago
    Hi Eugene

    Check the following:
    The service account for BE must be a domain admin for the appropriate domain. It must also be a local admin on the client server. Then change your policies as per this doc: http://seer.support.veritas.com/docs/254239.htm
    This solved it for me, hopefully it works for you too.

    Regards

    Guy
  • Eugene_Mitton's avatar
    Eugene_Mitton
    Level 2
    19 years ago
    Hi

    My backup actually worked last night, without me doing anything. Weird one. Thank for the info. Will keep this if something like this should happen again.
  • Rucha_Abhyankar's avatar
    Rucha_Abhyankar
    Level 6
    19 years ago
    Hello,

    Please give us an update on the same.


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