Microsoft Backup...VERY STRANGE program!!!

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Dave Lindenberg

Hi,

I was wondering if anyone has had the same problem as me.

I am currently using MS Backup to backup certain folders
on one server to another. The thing is instead of
overwriting the backup job from the previous day I have
accidentally set it to amend the backup job, obviously
over time this has created a massive backup file...35gb to
be exact and the HD is only 40gb.

When I saw this problem I thought, ah! I shall go and
amend this using MS Backup. The bad news is that when I
went into MS Backup there were no instances of a scheduled
job and therefore I could not amend it or delete. I next
checked Windows Scheduler and again it's not there.

So if I cannot this scheduled job I have a file that keeps
on growing and growing which I can't stop.

I hope someone can help!!!

Thanks

Dave
 
Hi,

I was wondering if anyone has had the same problem as me.

I am currently using MS Backup to backup certain folders
on one server to another. The thing is instead of
overwriting the backup job from the previous day I have
accidentally set it to amend the backup job, obviously
over time this has created a massive backup file...35gb to
be exact and the HD is only 40gb.

When I saw this problem I thought, ah! I shall go and
amend this using MS Backup. The bad news is that when I
went into MS Backup there were no instances of a scheduled
job and therefore I could not amend it or delete. I next
checked Windows Scheduler and again it's not there.

So if I cannot this scheduled job I have a file that keeps
on growing and growing which I can't stop.

I hope someone can help!!!

Thanks

Dave
Click to expand...

Maybe it was scheduled with the AT command.

Open a CMD prompt on the server and type
AT


Jerold Schulman
Windows: General MVP
JSI, Inc.
http://www.jsiinc.com
 
the server is working fine, right? why don't you just
start over, create a new job and make sure this time that
it replaces instead of appending.
 
Scheduled tasks are, I believe, per-user in the control panel. Did the task
get scheduled by another user, perhaps? Try logging on as that user and
checking scheduled tasks again.

-Matt
 
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