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Schniips
Level 2
12 years ago

Problems backing up to a junction-point: 'The system cannot find the path specified.'

Hello!

 

So I have a server 2008 standard, and installed on it is Symantec System Recovery 2013. I have created a junction point for the backup, pointing to a USB-drive. This is because of a rotation betwean 2 different USB-drives. This has worked very well on other servers but on this one I keep getting the same error every night when the AUTOMATIC backup is starting:

Error EC8F17B7: Cannot create recovery points for job: Drive Backup of (C:\), DATA (E:\).
    Error E7D1002A: Unable to create new 'C:\backup\[server_name]_C_Drive003.v2i'.
        Error E7D1001D: Unable to open 'C:/backup/[server_name]_C_Drive003.v2i'.
            Error EBAB03F1: Following Operating System error occurred while performing requested operation: 'The system cannot find the path specified.' (UMI:V-281-3215-6071)

 

If, however, I try to start the backup MANUALLY, it will complete with no errors!

I have tried to reinstall the program as well. With no success. Please help!

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  • grantpsd's avatar
    grantpsd
    Level 4
    12 years ago

    Try deleting the backup job and then recreating it. Has the job ever run successfully automatically? If so, did the problem start when you changed the USB drive?

  • grantpsd's avatar
    grantpsd
    Level 4
    12 years ago

    I'm assuming that your third error message is a typo on your part and not a copy and paste, because the slashes in the file name are backwards.

  • Schniips's avatar
    Schniips
    Level 2
    12 years ago

    I have tried to delete the backup jobs many times, without any results. I don't have any memory of this backup ever running successfully. It has the same problems with each of the drives, so.. We have even tried to change the USB cable.

     

    I have copy - pasted the error message. So yes, its strange that the file path is written in a different way. Could this be the problem?

  • grantpsd's avatar
    grantpsd
    Level 4
    12 years ago

    Yes that is odd. The second and third error message seem to indicate that it is trying to store the backup files on the C: drive instead of whatever drive letter is assigned to the USB drive. Is this a full independent recovery point or part of an incremental set? As far as the filename error goes, this could just be a coding error that is only effecting the output of the error message text itself, but not sure at this point.

  • Schniips's avatar
    Schniips
    Level 2
    12 years ago

    As I explained earlier in my post; this is a backup to a junction-point. Its like a shortcut to a USB disk. And the shortcrut i located on the root of the C-drive. But all it does it points to the USB drive which has the drive letter D:\.

     

    The backup job is a incremental.

  • Gogs's avatar
    Gogs
    Level 3
    12 years ago

    Recreate the Juntion point again and try then...