I'm having a similar problem. Every backup I try to make goes into the running
state, completes virus scanning, and then just sits in the Running state
doing absolutely nothing, no matter how much time it's given to run. Even
just trying to backup one 3KB file on the same machine as the backup server
and backup exec front end doesn't work. The job can't be aborted (the options
is there 90% of the time, but it doesn't do anything), and the job isn't
even trying to access the tape drive. The tape can be removed from the drive
and reinserted without any complaint from Backup Exec, and disabling the
drive in Backup Exec's Devices tab also has no effect. I have tried stopping
and starting the services, rebooting the machine, trying different selections
of files / folders, but it never works. The job always has status Running,
progress 0 bytes, and elapsed time 0:00:00.

This is what the log file looks like:

================================================== ================
Job server: MONOLITH
Job name: Backup 0028
Job started: Thursday, August 14, 2003 at 8:52:12 AM
Job type: Backup
Log file: BEX18.txt
================================================== ================

================================================== ================
Job Operation - Virus Scan
Attempt to clean infected files enabled.
Infected files will be skipped.
================================================== ================

Scan of "D:".
Virus Scan started on 8/14/2003 at 8:52:13 AM.

1 file was scanned for viruses.
0 files were infected with a virus.
---------------------------------------------------------------

I'm not running a cluster of machines, or even trying to backup files accross
the network. I'm running VERITAS Backup Exec Version 8.0 for Windows 2000
Revision 3166 on Microsoft Windows 2000 Server v5.00.2195 Service Pack 4.
The problem appeared suddenly over a week ago and shows no signs of improvement.

"Peter Selis" wrote:
>
>When I start a backup of my SQL2k/w2k Cluster server, the backup job of
my
>first node is starting and stops after 27MB. There is no message on screen,
>no special messages in the log file, no message on my autoloader except
that
>backup exec 8.5 is still telling me "job status running". This status doesn't
>change even not after 36hours. The backup job on my second node, starts
but
>"byte count" stays forever on "0" and job status stay's on Running ????
Help!!!