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ctcbod · 04-07-2011

Hi, I'm trying to shorten my backup window and have started using pre/post commands to shut down my AV software. This worked fine on Tuesday (file server backed up in 2 hours) but on Wednesday the post command that starts AV backup kicked in 40 mins...

ctcbod · 11-11-2009

Can the BU exec 12.5 standard reports be edited? Or is there a way of looking at the report definition? I dont want to re-invent the wheel if you know what I mean. In a little more detail, I want to take the Jobs\Backup Set Details by Resource re...

ctcbod · 04-12-2011

Hi - It looks like the AV update service (Sophos) was actually starting up the AV on access scanner service when Sophos tried to update. It seems to work now that I shut down both services with the pre-command.

ctcbod · 04-08-2011

Thanks - don't worry just yet. I'm going to move from 2010 sp1 to R2 sp1 on Monday and see if we get any different results. I was holding out for R3 (to hopefully fix the issue with slow W2K8 R2 system state backups) but I think this we'll have to ...

ctcbod · 04-08-2011

Same problem occurred last night, post job ran after about 18mins of job starting, thus re-enabling AV service and backup slowing right down. It should have restarted after about 2 hours but the command is being executed too early. grrrrrr. I may ...

ctcbod · 04-07-2011

Hi, Thanks for the reply. It's one job that backs up several servers with the same pre\post commands. Pre Commands (batch file that stops AV service) should run on each server before that backup runs, then the post command (batch file that starts the...

ctcbod · 11-11-2009

OK, unless I'm being uber thick here (it has been known) I can't see a way of recreating all the fields that the standard reports offer. For example, the above mentioned Jobs\Backup Set Details by Resource report offers very useful fields such as '...

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Post Command runs befor job ends

Can the BU exec 12.5 standard reports be edited?

Hi - It looks like the AV

Thanks - don't worry just

Same problem occurred last

Hi, Thanks for the

OK, unless I'm being uber