Well it came time to actually restore some files. One of my servers run Solar Winds from Orion and it's database is SQL. I needed to restore the SQL database because of a problem. I went into 11D and selected the whole data folder and tried to restore. Guees what, there were NO FILES in that folder!
I tried a restore from disk and another from tape, both created on different days. All along, 11D has been telling me the backup has been successful. I even went back and checked that my selection list was right and I had an SQL license. All the options looked correct also.
Bottom line, good thing I put an external USB drive on that box and run NTBACKUP every night. It restored the SQL database and it worked like a charm.
I run live update all the time so I am current on my patches.
This isn't the first fiasco I have had with 11D, after getting really tired of fighting with Exchange 07 backups I gave up and went to an MS DPM server for backup of that box.
It seems backups work for a few days then for no apparent reason, throw out an obscure error, work for a few more days, throw out a different error, etc etc etc
Thanks again...