Michael,

You are right. We don't have any problems with the NTUSER.DAT files from the
users, but there are services running that lock the file. Think about wins and
dhcp services. We now have to stop those services first before the ADSM backup
starts.

Regards
Dick

Michael Bartl wrote:

> Dick,
> NTUSER.DAT gets backed up without any problems for those users that are not
> currently logged in during backup time.
> For the users logged on the contents of NTUSER.DAT are backed up together
> with the registry. After a restore you'd find this information in
> C:\ADSM.SYS
> \---Registry
>     \---PC5622
>         +---Machine
>         |       Sam
>         |       Security
>         |       Software
>         |       System
>         |
>         \---Users
>             |   Default
>             |
>             +---ppomb
>             |       S-1-5-21-2130729834-1554841893-515445417-7181
> (=NTUSER.DAT)
>             |
>             \---SYSTEM
>
> Regards,
> Michael
>
> -----Urspr|ngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: mailandnews [mailto:dnieuwen AT MAILANDNEWS DOT COM]
> Gesendet am: Mittwoch, 8. September 1999 09:34
> An: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Betreff: How to backup NTUSER.DAT
>
> Hi all ADSM'ers
>
> Is there a way to backup the NTUSER.DAT file with ADSM without getting
> the message access to the object is denied.
>
> Thanks in advance
> Dick Nieuwenhuizen