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    why are backup sets empty

    i've scheduled backups of some folders for 4:00AM and let them run daily as test... today i realized that the "backup sets" are empty

    one of my friend had the same problem

    what am i missing?

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    what am i missing?
    I could say "the data"..... But I won't.... I'm too nice.....

    What OS and what are the parameters of the scheduled backup..... make sure you don't have some blank backup set, it can be easy to do.
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    yeah ... the data

    i don't know what to tell you about "parameters" but i checked 3 different folders for back up and scheduled them "daily" not "now" . i set the time for 4AM... when i look at the little calendar thingy in "schedule" tab in "backup" it shows that the schedule is fine... when i look at the "scheduler" log... it show that the backup ran & finished as it should

    i thought that the "backup set" is the file you get after you backup but you say "make sure you don't have some blank backup set"

    how can i make the "set" blank if i checked folders to be backed up and the actual back up takes like 20 minutes

    don't know what to do

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    How big is the resultant file?
    Did you set incremental or full backup?

    In my terminology the "backup set" is the scheduled files to be backed up..... I might be wrong..... It's what I have always called it..... I've always known the resultant file as the archive or simply the backup......
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    this may sound really stupid but you dont have your hard drive shut off after a certain amount of idle time or go into hibrination do you?
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    Heya Rabit - What OS? We talkin' Veritas or something else? Backing up to disk, tape? Compressions? Alert Messages? Event Logs?

    I think just a little more info would go a long way.
    David

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