Backup to: Disc with Unknown

[rodscholl]

I seem to have corrupted my AISBackup settings. I upgraded to 2.4 -- and also unwittingly deleted the backup folder including the .bdb file.

I have used 2.3 in the past sucessfully many times. And have an old disk with a .bdb file to use so that my settings are not lost. However, I cannot seem to run a backup because of trouble writing to the DVD.

I've tried many settings, but the latest setting give me the error box:
The CD/DVD packet writing system has not been activated. [ok]

Under Program settings and options it recognizes my device:
_NEC DVD+-RW ND-6500A [R01]

unchecked-direct to CD,DVD compatible devices. (no packet writing system detected)
checked - Enable AISBackup integrated
unchecked - Enable third party disc mastering application
unchecked dvd writer present:

When I use TroubleshootCD/DVD writer faults:
I click "no" on the first box asking if my system can write directly to CD or DVD...

It responds:
Detecgted CD Writer:
_NEC DVD+-RV ND-6500A2.NO
ASPI Set to : Binarymagics version 1.0.0.0
The itegrated disc writer has been enabled for backups to CD or DVD.
A DVD writer has been detected.
No Packet writing system:Disabled.
[OK]

As far as choosing the ASPI driver... I've tried a few but for this post I'll click on Current AISBACKUP ASPI Driver:
binary magics WNASPI32.DLL
Supplied with AISBACKUP, suitable for WinNT...
Will not work with 95,98...
version 1.0.0.0
Detected Drives:
0:1:0,D: _NEC DVD+-RV ND-6500A2.NO

As a final clue, on the "ALl Jobs" tab, with my job selected, the backup destination says [CD]:\Full.zip... and the line above it, Backup to: says Disc with [] where [] is an ascii character which usually shows up with the program doesn't recognize the actual character. For my earlier messing around this used to say "not known"... now it just has that Disc with *unknown character thingy*.

Here's a good backup log file:
DT39356.4783400231 SSTART Full Backup Session: 1 Started on Monday, October 01, 2007 at 11:28:48 AM Version: 2.3 (292)
DT39356.478833912 STAT Full Files Selected For Backup: 199 (1,537.33 MB)
DT39356.478833912 STAT Full Already Backed up: 11,277
DT39356.478833912 STAT Full Excluded From Backup: 5,588 Files and 69 Folders.
DT39356.4788346296 DEST Full Backup destination: C:\Backup\Full\Full.zip
DT39356.4788346296 INF Full 8 New Folders.
DT39356.4788469329 CD Full >>> WNASPI32.DLL
DT39356.4788469329 CD Full >>> binarymagics.com (SPTI 0)
DT39356.4789093171 CD Full ASPI Set to: BinaryMagics version 1.0.0.0
DT39356.4789440394 INF Full Backing up: 199 Files of 1,537.00 Megabytes
DT39356.4789440394 INF Full Ignoring: 5,588 Files
DT39356.4789440394 INF Full Already on Backup: 11,277 Files
DT39356.4789442245 INF Full Compression Level: High
DT39356.4789445833 INF Full Directory: C:\Backup\Full\ Created
DT39356.4789445833 STAT Full Estimated Size of Backup: 1.33 GB
DT39356.4879117824 RESULT Full Completed successfully
DT39356.4881477778 CD Full Adding Backup to Disc Layout
DT39356.4881477778 CD Full Mastering R02 Started
DT39356.4882137847 CD Full Importing last session
DT39356.4882143287 CD Full >>> IMPORTING SESSION # 2
DT39356.4882459838 CD Full Files added to Disc Layout
DT39356.4882465278 CD Full Speed set: 3.1X (4,234 KB/s) (Max)
DT39356.4882637037 CD Full Writing 1,444.04MB Backup To 1645 MB DVD+R 0:1:0,D: _NEC DVD+-RW ND-6500A2.N0
DT39356.4882799769 CD Full >>> STARTING WRITE PROCESS ON DVD+R AT 3.1X (4,234 KB/s)
DT39356.4949168056 CD Full Written: 1,444.04 MB
DT39356.4949171644 CD Full Writing lead-out:
DT39356.4952640278 CD Full Write Disc: Completed Okay
DT39356.4952669213 CD Full Finished Mastering R02: Okay
DT39356.4952690972 CD Full Re-initialising Disc Interface
DT39356.4952745139 CD Full >>> WNASPI32.DLL
DT39356.4952745139 CD Full >>> binarymagics.com (SPTI 0)
DT39356.4954815856 CD Full Re-initialising Disc Interface
DT39356.4954823032 CD Full >>> WNASPI32.DLL
DT39356.4954824884 CD Full >>> binarymagics.com (SPTI 0)
DT39356.5068853009 CD Full Re-initialising Disc Interface
DT39356.5071270949 CD Full >>> WNASPI32.DLL
DT39356.5071270949 CD Full >>> binarymagics.com (SPTI 0)
DT39356.5334899421 PRUNE Full ============ Pruning 169 files from Session: 1 (Excess )
DT39356.533496088 PRUNE Full C:\Backup\Full\Full_2.zip: Removing 1 File
DT39356.533496088 PRUNE Full C:\Backup\Full\Full_3.zip: Removing 1 File
DT39356.5334962732 PRUNE Full C:\Backup\Full\Full_4.zip: Removing 1 File
DT39356.5334962732 PRUNE Full C:\Backup\Full\Full_9.zip: Removing 1 File
DT39356.5334962732 PRUNE Full C:\Backup\Full\Full_12.zip: Removing 1 File - Zip File No Longer Used: Deleted
DT39356.5334962732 PRUNE Full C:\Backup\Full\Full_17.zip: Removing 1 File
DT39356.5334964468 PRUNE Full C:\Backup\Full\Full_29.zip: Removing 1 File
DT39356.5334964468 PRUNE Full C:\Backup\Full\Full_32.zip: Removing 5 Files
DT39356.5334964468 PRUNE Full C:\Backup\Full\Full_34.zip: Removing 2 Files
DT39356.5334964468 PRUNE Full C:\Backup\Full\Full_35.zip: Removing 1 File - Zip File No Longer Used: Deleted
DT39356.5334966319 PRUNE Full C:\Backup\Full\Full_37.zip: Removing 1 File
DT39356.5334966319 PRUNE Full C:\Backup\Full\Full_38.zip: Removing 10 Files
DT39356.5334966319 PRUNE Full C:\Backup\Full\Full_41.zip: Removing 2 Files
DT39356.5334966319 PRUNE Full C:\Backup\Full\Full_42.zip: Removing 1 File
DT39356.5334968171 PRUNE Full C:\Backup\Full\Full_43.zip: Removing 33 Files
DT39356.5334968171 PRUNE Full C:\Backup\Full\Full_44.zip: Removing 17 Files
DT39356.5334969907 PRUNE Full C:\Backup\Full\Full_62.zip: Removing 1 File
DT39356.5334969907 PRUNE Full C:\Backup\Full\Full_64.zip: Removing 1 File
DT39356.5334969907 PRUNE Full C:\Backup\Full\Full_83.zip: Removing 1 File
DT39356.5334969907 PRUNE Full C:\Backup\Full\Full_99.zip: Removing 71 Files
DT39356.5334973495 PRUNE Full C:\Backup\Full\Full_100.zip: Removing 4 Files
DT39356.5334973495 PRUNE Full C:\Backup\Full\Full_101.zip: Removing 3 Files - Zip File No Longer Used: Deleted
DT39356.5334973495 PRUNE Full C:\Backup\Full\Full_102.zip: Removing 1 File - Zip File No Longer Used: Deleted
DT39356.5334973495 PRUNE Full C:\Backup\Full\Full_103.zip: Removing 1 File
DT39356.5334973495 PRUNE Full C:\Backup\Full\Full_105.zip: Removing 1 File
DT39356.5334973495 PRUNE Full C:\Backup\Full\Full_106.zip: Removing 3 Files - Zip File No Longer Used: Deleted
DT39356.5334975347 PRUNE Full C:\Backup\Full\Full_107.zip: Removing 1 File - Zip File No Longer Used: Deleted
DT39356.5334975347 PRUNE Full C:\Backup\Full\Full_108.zip: Removing 1 File - Zip File No Longer Used: Deleted
DT39356.5334975347 PRUNE Full C:\Backup\Full\Full_109.zip: Removing 1 File
DT39356.5334998843 RESINF Full 199 Files were backed up successfully
DT39356.5606255324 STAT Full Time Calculating Backup: 42 Seconds
DT39356.5606262616 STAT Full Time Backing up: 12 Minutes 55 Seconds
DT39356.5606266204 STAT Full Time writing Disc(s): 1 Hour 5 Minutes 36 Seconds
DT39356.5606266204 STAT Full Total Time: 1 Hour 18 Minutes 32 Seconds
DT39356.5606266204 STAT Full Time Waiting for Media: 3 Seconds
DT39356.5606266204 STAT Full Time Deleting Old Versions: 1 Second
DT39356.5606268056 STAT Full Backed up at 118.85 MB per minute
DT39356.5606268056 STAT Full Compression Ratio: 37%
DT39356.5606268056 STAT Full Not Compressible 1253.10 MB 82% (Not included in compression ratio)
DT39356.5606287963 SESSEND Full Backup Session Ended: Monday, October 01, 2007 1:27:18 PM


And here's one a latest one that doesn't work:

DT39377.6650956597 SESSEND Full AISBackup Session Finished: Monday, October 22, 2007 3:57:44 PM
DT39384.3162349884 SSTART Full Backup Session: 1 Started on Monday, October 29, 2007 at 7:35:22 AM Version: 2.3 (292)
DT39384.3167426157 STAT Full Files Selected For Backup: 39 (122.30 MB)
DT39384.3167426157 STAT Full Already Backed up: 11,166
DT39384.3167426157 STAT Full Excluded From Backup: 5,518 Files and 69 Folders.
DT39384.3167428009 DEST Full Backup destination: C:\Backup\Full\Full.zip
DT39384.3167428009 INF Full 4 New Folders.
DT39384.3167467708 CD Full >>> WNASPI32.DLL
DT39384.3167467708 CD Full >>> binarymagics.com (SPTI 0)
DT39384.3167816782 CD Full ASPI Set to: BinaryMagics version 1.0.0.0
DT39384.3171034028 SESSEND Full Backup Aborted: Monday, October 29, 2007 7:36:37 AM

Thanks for the help... I've been messing with this all morning and can't seem to figure it out!

Rod Scholl

[Barry]

Try removing the backup from the list of backups using Manage Backup / Remove Backup Job From List, do not archive or delete the backup (if somebody is reading this for a disk based backup) if asked.

Then use the Tools / Open Job From Backup Media option and re-instate the backup - everything should now be as it was.

Barry

[rodscholl]

Ah of course! That did it!

To confirm for others, I wiped out the existing job -- and then when I restore the job from the old CD, AISBACKUP now recognize the "Backup to" as an AISBACKUP mastered Disc.

Thanks Barry -- awesome tool. Awesome support. We'll continue to plug it in our publications and with our customers!