MOSS 2007 Ent Patched current. small farm, win 2003 R2 SP2, SQL 2008 cluster...This environment is Kerberos and I strongly suspect this is where my problem is.I created a service account to automate the STSADM backups, however; I get an error when I run the command after a few minutes. "The Farm is unavailable" is rendered from the CMD. I am doing a recoverymethod FULL"stsadm -o backup -directory \\servername\share -url http:\\ip -filename farmbck -backupmethod full -overwrite"With my domain admin account it starts to creates files but fails because I do not have domian admins in db....The account I created has access to DBs but will not intiate.Some form of SPN issue I presume?Thanks,DennisAny ideas would be greatly appreciated I am new to Kerberos with MOSS

In case anyone has the same issue:My problem was my sqlservice account needed access to my unc path I was writing to.I still find it odd that the files were written and failed. It treats the .bak files written on the server you write to as a SQL Backup device

Hi Dennis,Prior to looking at kerberos lets try couple of simple things..Is the up IP Address of your SharePoint Server list in your AAM Settings http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx for the Web Application? Is it also included in your host header for your IIS WebSite which the where the web Application exist?Next try the following stsadm -o backup -url "http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx" -filename farmname1.Quotes around the "url " are important along with quotes around the directory this ensures that stsadm understands the command.... We are going to do a simple backup and back up locally to reduce complexity then go from thereOnce that has worked now lets try the method you were attempting, dont forget the quotes and remeber to use forward // when listing the url stsadm -o backup -url "http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx" -filename farmname -directory "\\Servername\Sharename" -backupmethod -fullCheers,-Ivan Ivan Sanders My LinkedIn Profile, My Blog, @iasanders.