On Friday 19 January 2007 16:30, Scott Ruckh wrote: > > This is what you said Erich Prinz > > Agreed Troy! Add the .exe to the path name. I ran into this very > > same issue 'assuming' the extension would otto-magically be added. So > > much for assuming.... > > > > Erich > > > > > > On Jan 19, 2007, at 12:40 AM, Troy Daniels wrote: > > > >> Hi Scott, > >> > >> I might be completely wrong but have you tried to append .exe to the > >> ntbackup command? > >> > >> On my systems at least the full path is c:\WINDOWS\system32 > >> \ntbackup.exe > >> > >> Microsoft normally tries to be nice and append the .exe extension > >> automatically, but something may have changed in the latest version > >> that > >> interferes with that. However, it also hides the extension in by > >> default > >> in Explorer which leads to confusion more often than not in my > >> experience. > >> > >> What version were you running before upgrading? And what version of > >> Windows are you running? > >> > >> The answers to the above might help others answer your original > >> question. > >> > >> Hope this helps, > >> > >> > >> Troy Daniels. > >> Perth Systems Admin. > >> iTouch Australia (pty) ltd. > > To answer Kern, it was working with version 1.39.27. I can not remember > what the actual version of the Windows FD was at that time. Both director > and FD were upgraded at the same time when version 1.39.27 was installed.
I wouldn't be surprised if there are differences between 1.39.27 and 2.0.x since, if I am not mistaken, the code was changed during that period. You can check the ChangeLog, which should explain what was done. > > Now the Window FD is version 2.0.1. > > I will definitely give adding the extension (.EXE) a try, but I am not > sure why that would make a difference. The .BAT file, which calls the > ntbackup.exe, program works fine (from an windows command prompt). This > leads me to believe the syntax in the .BAT file is correct. > > I assume the bacula-dir.conf file is correct because the .BAT file IS > being called (or so appears from bacula's messages). The messages show > the commands from the .BAT file. > > The problem is that what is in the .BAT does not run (when executed from > bacula). > > The results are the same if I add the .EXE extension to the command line > in the .BAT file. Below are the results: > > ClientRunBeforeJob: run command ""C:/Program Files > (x86)/Bacula/bin/backup_systemstate.bat"" > ClientRunBeforeJob: > ClientRunBeforeJob: C:\WINDOWS\system32>C:\WINDOWS\system32\ntbackup.exe > backup systemstate /F C:\SystemState\systemstate.bkf > ClientRunBeforeJob: 'C:\WINDOWS\system32\ntbackup.exe' is not recognized > as an internal or external command, > ClientRunBeforeJob: operable program or batch file. > ClientRunBeforeJob: > ClientRunBeforeJob: C:\WINDOWS\system32>exit 0 > > I do not doubt the problem could be me, but this used to work in earlier > versions of bacula. I started using this .BAT file in version 1.38.11. > > Thanks. > Scott > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your > opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > _______________________________________________ > Bacula-users mailing list > Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
