Could you please provide the information from applogs directory on the active node for service named pluto?

Thank you for your response. When I run the job again to get the latest from the applog, it isn't updating the nsrsqlsv log so I don't believe the data in the file will be relavant any more...I do have what I am receiving from the email notifications however:

pluto:MSSQL$VENUS: 1 retry attempted
pluto:MSSQL$VENUS:: No full backups of this save set were found in the media database; performing a full backup
* pluto:MSSQL$VENUS: [5812] 03/11/08 08:24:57 pluto is a SQL Virtual Server
* pluto:MSSQL$VENUS: nsrsqlsv: Invalid SQL instance name in a cluster: MSSQL$VENUS:
See the file C:\Program Files\Legato\nsr\tmp\sg\blank\sso.000040 for details. This file may be removed after Tue Mar 18 08:24:51 2008.

I have checked the sso file it names but that only gives me information already mentioned in the email. When I connect to the SQL instance through management studio, I connect by typing in pluto\venus and everything works.

Thanks again,

Can you paste here the outcome of net start runned on physical node that contains venus instance?

Thanks.

I can run a client side backup successfully from the client SQL GUI, however the scheduled backups from the server do not work nor do they work through command prompt.

Thanks for your help.

Just out of curiosity, when you use client side GUI do you see it and can you do the backup?

Did you try same command line as the one used by GUI? I believe you can see what is used from module log.

Once I ran the backup from the client, I recognized that it was using just the MSSQL: saveset even though it is a named SQL instance. I then went back and re-tryed using only MSSQL: in the saveset field and it worked. My backups are now working fine which is very odd because I had attempted using this saveset before creating this post.

Thank you all for your help.

I used to have such situations with tech support for my electronic devices: at home NOT working, at the service point - WORKING