Backup Error

Hi Guys,
I am facing a problem with sql server 2000 sp3 backup to network.This backuP
is as part of scheduled backup to another server in the same network and was
working fine for the last 3 yrs But Recently the backUP is failing with
following errors

 BackupMedium::Report
IoError: write failure on backup device
'\\192.168.30. 231\dbbackups\rptser
 ver\Revenues_db_2006
02280100.BAK'.
Operating system error 121(The semaphore timeout period has expired.).

Internal I/O request 0x3CF14628: Op: Write, pBuffer: 0x08260000, Size:
983040, Position: 12786176, UMS: Internal: 0x0, InternalHigh: 0xF0000,
Offset: 0xC31A00, OffsetHigh: 0x0, m_buf: 0x08260000, m_len: 983040,
m_actualBytes: 0, m_errcode: 121, BackupFile:
\\192.168.30. 231\dbbackups\rptser
 ver\Revenues_db_2006
02280100.BAK

I have formateed the destination drive to where backup is taking place but
still same error.
the backup file size is 8.5 GB.
Pls Aedvice.

Not to alarm you but I found something out on the web about this strange
error...
http://www.thescripts.com/forum/thread78842.html
might worth the look...

"bijupg@hotmail.com" < bijupghotmailcom@dis
cussions.microsoft.com> a écrit
dans le message de news:
281CE432-4B50-44CE-A299- 19653E1AEF37@microso
ft.com...
> Hi Guys,
> I am facing a problem with sql server 2000 sp3 backup to network.This
> backuP
> is as part of scheduled backup to another server in the same network and
> was
> working fine for the last 3 yrs But Recently the backUP is failing with
> following errors
>
>  BackupMedium::Report
IoError: write failure on backup device
> '\\192.168.30. 231\dbbackups\rptser
 ver\Revenues_db_2006
02280100.BAK'.
> Operating system error 121(The semaphore timeout period has expired.).
>
> Internal I/O request 0x3CF14628: Op: Write, pBuffer: 0x08260000, Size:
> 983040, Position: 12786176, UMS: Internal: 0x0, InternalHigh: 0xF0000,
> Offset: 0xC31A00, OffsetHigh: 0x0, m_buf: 0x08260000, m_len: 983040,
> m_actualBytes: 0, m_errcode: 121, BackupFile:
> \\192.168.30. 231\dbbackups\rptser
 ver\Revenues_db_2006
02280100.BAK
>
> I have formateed the destination drive to where backup is taking place but
> still same error.
> the backup file size is 8.5 GB.
> Pls Aedvice.

my daily backup failed one night after I applied one of monthly patches from
MS.  Removing the patch fixed the problem.  I called MS.  At first they
asked me to update the drivers but I did everything before I called them.
Then they blamed the hardware but I threw back I was using a Compaq server
with compatible h/w to run the system per MS.  Later they showed me to
generate a server dump and sent it to MS.
After more than a week with lot of calls, and 3 dumps sent to MS, they said
it was a bug but won't fix it since it just happen to this server with this
controller.

p.s. my server is Compaq DL380, windows 2000, sql 2000 sp4.

"bijupg@hotmail.com" < bijupghotmailcom@dis
cussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:281CE432-4B50-44CE-A299- 19653E1AEF37@microso
ft.com...
> Hi Guys,
> I am facing a problem with sql server 2000 sp3 backup to network.This
> backuP
> is as part of scheduled backup to another server in the same network and
> was
> working fine for the last 3 yrs But Recently the backUP is failing with
> following errors
>
>  BackupMedium::Report
IoError: write failure on backup device
> '\\192.168.30. 231\dbbackups\rptser
 ver\Revenues_db_2006
02280100.BAK'.
> Operating system error 121(The semaphore timeout period has expired.).
>
> Internal I/O request 0x3CF14628: Op: Write, pBuffer: 0x08260000, Size:
> 983040, Position: 12786176, UMS: Internal: 0x0, InternalHigh: 0xF0000,
> Offset: 0xC31A00, OffsetHigh: 0x0, m_buf: 0x08260000, m_len: 983040,
> m_actualBytes: 0, m_errcode: 121, BackupFile:
> \\192.168.30. 231\dbbackups\rptser
 ver\Revenues_db_2006
02280100.BAK
>
> I have formateed the destination drive to where backup is taking place but
> still same error.
> the backup file size is 8.5 GB.
> Pls Aedvice.