NTbackup Reports Drive Verify as Informational or Error Message
Article ID: 186303
Article Last Modified on 10/31/2006
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q186303
SUMMARY
NTBackup generates one the following messages in the Application Event Log
when Verify After Backup is selected:
ID : 8009
Source : NTBackup
Type : Information
Category : None
Decription : End Verify to 'C.'
-or-
ID : 8009
Source : NTBackup
Type : Error
Category : None
Decription : End Verify to 'C.'
MORE INFORMATION
When NTbackup verifies files after a backup, it logs an event to the
Application Event Log on completion. If there are no differences noted in
the files on the tape versus the files on the drive, then the Event Type
will be informational. If there are differences noted in the files on the
tape versus the files on the drive, then the Event Type will be error. If
the Event Type is error, more information can be obtained in the Backup.log
file. Enable Full Detail logging to generate detailed information about the
differences that were detected.
An error does not necessarily mean that the file is corrupt. It can
indicate that changes were made to the file or that files have been deleted
or added since the backup was completed. Depending on the environment that
is being backed up, multiple error messages of type 8009 can be common.
However, it is good practice to monitor your backups and ensure that they
complete successfully.
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