Test Run Succeeds, Job Fails

[Chris_Clark_3]

I set up a job to go out and backup several of my servers.
When I do a Test Run of the job, it ends with a Successful status.

Yet, when I run the job itself, it ends with a Failed status.
When I view the job, it says "The job failed with the following error: A communications failure has occurred between the Backup Exec job engine and the remote agent. "

Why would the test be successful, but the actual job fail? That makes little sense.

[A_van_der_Boom]

I think it depends on what a test does. If it only connects to the agent and does not try to backup any file then it could fail when trying a backup for real.

You could try to make a small backupjob to see if it works. The problem is that there are more than one reason that communictation with an agent can fail. (see the knowledgebase)

Regards
A van der Boom

[Ajit_Kulkarni]

Hello,

How many servers you are backing up in this job ?

Does the backup fails on a specific server ?

Please mention the exact error code and the error message reported in the job log.


Regards

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