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Q310720: SMS: SMS Backup Task May Not Run Machinfo.bat Correctly

Article: Q310720
Product(s): Microsoft Systems Management Server
Version(s): 2.0,2.0 SP1,2.0 SP2,2.0 SP3,2.0 SP4
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbfile kbsms200 kbsms200bug kbBackUp
Last Modified: 31-OCT-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Systems Management Server versions 2.0, 2.0 SP1, 2.0 SP2, 2.0 SP3, 2.0 SP4 
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SYMPTOMS
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The Systems Management Server (SMS) built-in backup task may not finish or may
stop running and the following error message may be logged as the last log entry
in the Smsbkup.log file:

  Successfully ran command line 'ECHO' (exit status 0). SMS_SITE_BACKUP Tue Jan
  01 1:23:45.6789 2001 Eastern Daylight Time thread=001 (0x001)

CAUSE
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This problem occurs because there are spaces in the backup location path. A
valid path to a backup location cannot contain spaces.


WORKAROUND
==========

To work around this problem, manually stop and then restart all SMS services.

You can also change the backup folder location to a share or file location that
does not contain any spaces, for example, you can change the location to
G:\Smsbackup.

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Systems Management Server
version 2.0.

Additional query words: prodsms

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Keywords          : kbfile kbsms200 kbsms200bug kbBackUp 
Technology        : kbSMSSearch kbSMS200 kbSMS200SP1 kbSMS200SP2 kbSMS200SP3 kbSMS200SP4
Version           : :2.0,2.0 SP1,2.0 SP2,2.0 SP3,2.0 SP4
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbfix

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