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I use NTBACKUP and some scripts that email me the results.
For the most part it is OK, but be aware that if it halts for any reason it can be a pain to get going again.
I have two recommendations based on my experience:
1) Make sure that you allow NTBACKUP to interact with the console if you are running it as a background job. If it stops waiting for a tape subsequent attempts will just fail silently and without error.
2) If you are running the backup as a scheduled task, run another independant task at a time that the backup *should* have finished. This task should email you if the backup has not completed, so that you can deal with it.
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