The semaphore timeout period has expired

I got this error message on my SharePoint farm backup (using the STSADM commandSTSADM.EXE -o backup -directory \srv001sqlbackups -backupmethod full): Object SharePoint_Config failed in event OnBackup. For more information, see the error log located in the backup directory. SqlException: Write on “\srv003SP_Backupspbr0001000001D.bak” failed: 121(The semaphore timeout period has expired.) BACKUP DATABASE is terminating abnormally. My …

SharePoint farm backup

I think I have blogged about this before, but I cannot enough emphasize the importance of running SharePoints own backup together with your SQL database backup. Of course, some third party backup products might be able to restore in the same way as you can restore a site collection backup inside Central Admin, but it …

Use a domain account on MSSQLSERVER

We had some trouble running the full backup (both from CA and stsadm), we got error messages in CA that said “Error: Object SharePoint_Config failed in event OnBackup. For more information, see the error log located in the backup directory. SqlException: Cannot open backup device…” and in EventViewer it complained that we used a Bad …

It’s a dirty job but someone’s gotta do it….

Got this error in the Backup history: Object SSO failed in event OnBackup. For more information, see the error log located in the backup directory. SqlException: Could not locate entry in sysdatabases for database ‘SSO’. No entry found with that name. Make sure that the name is entered correctly. BACKUP DATABASE is terminating abnormally. Found …