see http://seer.support.veritas.com/docs/191844.htm
point 2

Thomas M wrote:

> I'm using Backup Exec 6.1 Rev. 060. I've just set it up to backup the My
> Documents folder on several of our NT4 machines. The backup is set to
> run each night. All the machines are powered on, but are not logged on
> to the network. When I check the job history in the morning I see that
> the job status is Failed. When I look at the log file I see that the
> data files on the server were backed up just fine, but I also see the
> following message for each of the clients:
>
> Connection to device \\MACHINE\C$ has been lost
>
> If I manually start the backup job during the day, when all the machines
> are on the network, it runs without a hitch.
>
> If it's possible to backup the clients when they are not logged onto the
> network, then how do I prevent the connection from being lost?
>
> If the clients must be logged onto the network, then I could create a
> separate backup job that runs during the day and backs up only the client
> machines. However, there will always be a few machines that are not
> logged onto the network. So, how do I prevent the lost connection from
> causing a Failed status for the backup job?
>
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> from your wisdom.
>
> --Tom

In article <3A268CF0.5988EA8A@zd.com>, kputnam@zd.com says...
> see http://seer.support.veritas.com/docs/191844.htm
> point 2

Ya know, I have the TechNote search page and the TechNote for NT/Win2K
bookmarked in IE. The problem is, I forgot that I had those bookmarks!
Anyway, thanks for the pointer.

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In article <3A268CF0.5988EA8A@zd.com>, kputnam@zd.com says...
> see http://seer.support.veritas.com/docs/191844.htm
> point 2

I did some experimenting and finally got it working. It just took a
while to figure out exactly what the article was telling me.

For the benefit of those who are also struggling to figure this out,
here's the short version:

1) Create a Backup user account.
2) Place the Backup account in the Domain Admins group.
3) Make sure the Domain Admins group is part of the Backup Operators
group.
4) Make sure the Backup Exec services (Start | Settings | Control Panel |
Services) log on using the Backup account, and be sure to supply the
correct password for that account.

Here's the long version:

In the 3 Backup Exec services I had selected the option to log on as a
system account, allowing the service to interact with the desktop. That
didn't work so I decided to have the service log on as the administrator,
figuring that the administrator account would have rights to backup the
clients. It does not. It then occurred to me that I needed to add the
administrator account to the Backup Operators group. When I did that, my
backups started working.

However, using the administrator account brings up another problem. If
you change the password on the administrator account, you have to
remember to go change the password on each of the Backup Exec services.
Otherwise, Backup Exec will be unable to connect to the client machines.
I don't trust myself to remember that the next time our administrator
password changes. To remedy this I created a custom user account called
Backup, and I added that account to the Backup Operators group. I then
changed the Backup Exec services to log on using the Backup account. Now
if the administrator password changes, I don't have to worry about
changing it on the Backup Exec services.

But doing this caused one more problem. My server froze yesterday and I
had to do a reboot. When I came in this morning, I saw that the backup
did not run last night. When I checked the Event Log I saw error
messages indicating that the Backup Exec services had not started
automatically after the reboot. Those error messages indicated that
access to those services was denied. I figured that this was because the
custom Backup account that I created was not part of the Domain Admins
group. So I added the Backup account to the Domain Admins group. I then
rebooted the server to test the change, and the Backup Exec services
started automatically.

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