NTBACKUP Doesn't Create Set Description from Command Line

 Last reviewed: May 14, 1997
Article ID: Q113709 
 The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft U.S. Service Pack 2 for Windows NT and Windows NT Advanced Server version 3.1

    SYMPTOMS

    After you install U.S. Service Pack 2, the Windows NT Backup program (NTBACKUP) no longer creates a set description when you start it from the command line. For example, if you type the following and then press ENTER 

       NTBACKUP backup C:\DOS /D "TEST"
    NTBACKUP does not create the set description of TEST. Instead, it leaves the set description blank on the tape.

    CAUSE

    This problem occurs because quotation marks are not handled correctly.

    STATUS

    Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT and Windows NT Advanced Server version 3.1. This problem has been corrected in the latest U.S. Service Pack for Windows NT and Windows NT Advanced Server version 3.1. For information on obtaining the Service Pack, query on the following word in the Microsoft Knowledge Base (without the spaces): 

       S E R V P A C K
    This problem was corrected in Windows NT version 3.5.

    • Additional query words: prodnt
    Keywords : kbbug3.10 kbfix3.50 kbtool ntutil
    Version : 3.1
    Platform : WINDOWS

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    Last reviewed: May 14, 1997
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