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Unable to open the item C:\WINNT\security\edb.log - skipped

Russ_Simmonds
Level 2
Hi,
When my backup runs on an Win2000 SBS server the following 2 files are skipped every night:
Unable to open the item C:\WINNT\security\edb.log - skipped.
Unable to open the item C:\WINNT\security\tmp.edb - skipped.

What do I need to do to sort this?

Thanks
Russ
1 REPLY 1

Ajit_Kulkarni
Level 6
Hello,

You are getting the following error,
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Unable to open the item C:\WINNT\security\edb.log - skipped.
Unable to open the item C:\WINNT\security\tmp.edb - skipped.
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Some files may remain open at the time of performing backup. Backup Exec tries to backup these files by trying to acquire a lock on the open file.

If the file is in use continuously longer then, Backup Exec skips the files so that it can continue backing up the remaining files. These skipped files are reported in the job log as "Unable to open the item skipped".

To successfully backup open files except large database files, we recommend you to use the Backup Exec Advanced Open File Option.


There is no need to backup WINNT folder as this data can be backed up through system state. Hence, suggest you to run a separate backup job for system state and observe the result.

Hope this helps you.

Regards


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