One question Martin, is it domain controller you are trying to backup? I had 
this happen to one of the DC servers, and turned out that this server was in 
constant replication mode, so i never was able to backup sys state fully.
other way we use to recover sysstate on 2000/2003 servers is native ntbackup 
utility and just dump it to a flat file, then keep it someplace on the network 
or on the tape.
hope it helps
cheers,
Oleg



>From:  Martin  IZ/HZA-ICS
>Date: Tue Mar 08 03:00:36 CST 2005
>To: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
>Subject: [Veritas-bu] System State:\ Backup Jobs hang

>Hello all,
>
>Does anyone of you discover problems with Windows Server System State
>backups.
>My policies are configures to use multiple datastreams. All drive are
>fine, only the
>System state backup hangs (mounted tape and no activities)
>My master runs Windows 2000 / Netbackup Enterprise 5.0 MP4.
>
>Anyone seen this?
>
>Best Regards
>
>Martin
>
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