> I'm trying to use NTBackup on my W2k SP4 server.  When I run
> NTBackup, my "Backup Destination" option is gray'ed out and only
> allows me to backup to a file.
>
> I have the Yosemite 7.0 SP4 installed and working fine.  Device
> manager see's my Seagate STT20000A just fine.
> Removable Storage Manager is also running.
>
> I have this almost identical hardware & software configuration
> running on a test server with no problems.  Yosemite & NTBackup are
> playing nicely together there.
>
> The server this is running correctly has SATA hard drives and in IDE
> interface for the tape drive.
>
> The problem server has a SCSI RAID for the hard drives and an IDE tape
> drive, just like the test unit.
>
> The tape drive was not installed at the time the OS was loaded if that
> matters to anyone.
>
> Is there something in the registry that needs or can be tweek'ed to
> correct this?  I've searched on-line for answers to this issue and
> can not find anything relating to it.
>
> Any help will be appreciated!
>
> Thank you!

"Steve Parry [MVP]" wrote:


>
> > I'm trying to use NTBackup on my W2k SP4 server.  When I run
> > NTBackup, my "Backup Destination" option is gray'ed out and only
> > allows me to backup to a file.
> >
> > I have the Yosemite 7.0 SP4 installed and working fine.  Device
> > manager see's my Seagate STT20000A just fine.
> > Removable Storage Manager is also running.
> >
> > I have this almost identical hardware & software configuration
> > running on a test server with no problems.  Yosemite & NTBackup are
> > playing nicely together there.
> >
> > The server this is running correctly has SATA hard drives and in IDE
> > interface for the tape drive.
> >
> > The problem server has a SCSI RAID for the hard drives and an IDE tape
> > drive, just like the test unit.
> >
> > The tape drive was not installed at the time the OS was loaded if that
> > matters to anyone.
> >
> > Is there something in the registry that needs or can be tweek'ed to
> > correct this?  I've searched on-line for answers to this issue and
> > can not find anything relating to it.
> >
> > Any help will be appreciated!
> >
> > Thank you!
>
> I've had this happen with Backup exec. If I stop the BackUp Exec
> services it releases the drive for use by NT backup ...
>
> Are you using the default driver for your tape drive or one that came
> with your backup software?
>
>
> --
> Steve Parry BA (Hons) MCP MVP
>
> http://www.gwynfryn.co.uk
>

>
>

"Bill" wrote:

>
>
> "Steve Parry [MVP]" wrote:
>
>
> >
> > > I'm trying to use NTBackup on my W2k SP4 server.  When I run
> > > NTBackup, my "Backup Destination" option is gray'ed out and only
> > > allows me to backup to a file.
> > >
> > > I have the Yosemite 7.0 SP4 installed and working fine.  Device
> > > manager see's my Seagate STT20000A just fine.
> > > Removable Storage Manager is also running.
> > >
> > > I have this almost identical hardware & software configuration
> > > running on a test server with no problems.  Yosemite & NTBackup are
> > > playing nicely together there.
> > >
> > > The server this is running correctly has SATA hard drives and in IDE
> > > interface for the tape drive.
> > >
> > > The problem server has a SCSI RAID for the hard drives and an IDE tape
> > > drive, just like the test unit.
> > >
> > > The tape drive was not installed at the time the OS was loaded if that
> > > matters to anyone.
> > >
> > > Is there something in the registry that needs or can be tweek'ed to
> > > correct this?  I've searched on-line for answers to this issue and
> > > can not find anything relating to it.
> > >
> > > Any help will be appreciated!
> > >
> > > Thank you!
> >
> > I've had this happen with Backup exec. If I stop the BackUp Exec
> > services it releases the drive for use by NT backup ...
> >
> > Are you using the default driver for your tape drive or one that came
> > with your backup software?
> >
> >
> > --
> > Steve Parry BA (Hons) MCP MVP
> >
> > http://www.gwynfryn.co.uk
> >
>
> Hi Steve,
>
> I didn't load any specific drivers from Yosemite.  It's using the device
> drivers that came with Windows.
>
> I'll try stopping the Yosemite service to see if it helps.  It would be
> great if it was that simple!  On my test server both NTBackup & Yosemite are
> working fine.
>
> Thanks for the advice!  I'll let you know what happens!
>  Bill
>
> >
> >