<kristinneibuhr@bc.com> wrote:

>I don't see any errors in event viewer around the time
>frames that the backups were running.
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>I'd go with Allan's first guess. Have you checked the
>>Windows event logs for network related warnings or errors?
>>Any redirector timeouts?
>>
>>-Sue
>>
>>On Fri, 12 Sep 2003 09:41:05 -0700, "Kristin"
>><kristinneibuhr@bc.com> wrote:
>>
>>>RAID 2. I have tried changing the time on the plan, but
>>>it doesn't seem to make a difference.
>>>
>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>It sounds like your network has a glitch every now and
>>>then OR is the
>>>>destination a RAID 5 array ? It could be that writing
>>>the large files to
>>>>this disk subsystem is causing it to hiccup.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>--
>>>>--
>>>>
>>>>Allan Mitchell (Microsoft SQL Server MVP)
>>>>MCSE,MCDBA
>>>>www.SQLDTS.com
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>>>>"Kristin" <kristinneibuhr@bc.com> wrote in message
>>>>news:002801c3794a$159ce350$a401280a@phx.gbl...
>>>>> I am backing up 2 databases and sending the
>>>files/reports
>>>>> to another server. I have requested that backup
>files
>>>be
>>>>> deleted that are > 1 day, and report files > 1 week.
>>>>> Occasionally it fails with the following error, and I
>>>>> don't know why. Has anybody seen this before?
>>>>>
>>>>> BackupDiskFile::RequestDurableMedia: failure on
>backup
>>>>> device '\\WWSFP1
>\Data\Backup\WWDB1_db_200309112200.BAK'.
>>>>> Operating system error 64(The specified network name
>is
>>>no
>>>>> longer available.).
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>.
>>>>
>>
>>.
>>