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Backup to IOMega Rev "Failed to Create the Backup Plan"

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I'm using a fresh install of Acronis® Backup &Recovery™ 10 Workstation on Windows XP.  The problem is that, when creating a backup job where the destination is on an IOMega Rev Drive, I get the attached errors when submitting the job.

Any clues?

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also note that if I back up to the c: drive of the computer, I get no errors.  Errors only occur when the target is the Rev Drive.

Hello Paul,

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We have released a new build of Acronis Backup & Recovery 10.0 (build #11133).  Please download and install the latest build and see if the issue remains.

If the issue persists, we need several diagnostic files to troubleshoot the issue.

Please let us know the results.

Thank you.

After applying the new build 11133, the Acronis Managed Machine Service starts and stops over and over and over. I cannot access Acronis to schedule jobs at all at this point. I also not that I have error messages in the application event log detailing that the Acronis Agent User's profile cannot be loaded. I find this interesting because I don't log in as Acronis Agent User, acronis services do. This would be the first time I've ever seen an account created for the purpose of service authentication create and try to load a user profile. Indeed, there's even a directory for the Acronis Agent User under c:\documents and settings.
I opened a case with Acronis support 10/2/09. It's now been escalated to tier 2 on 10/15. It may be several weeks for them to analyze the data I've set them, but I'm confident that they will resolve the problem. I've used their products without any problems on many installations.

Hello all,

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In order to investigate the issue go to the Services (Start -> Run -> services.msc) and try to start there the service manually. Most likely it will error you out with something “logon failure”. After that feel free to double-click on the service in the list and go to the Log On page.

There check the account, from which the service is starting, to be either the administrators account or Acronis agent account.

In case it is an administrator’s one, set there the password – it may not be set. If set, check it to be the right password.

In case there is an Acronis account, please go to User’s (check whether this account is enabled) and add it to the administrators group.

Thank you.

Hello Mathias,

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If I correctly understood you, you are experiencing the difficulties in creating a backup job to Iomega REV drive. 

Please make sure that __acro_subst_user__ account and the account used for running Acronis Managed Machine Service (Acronis Agent User by default) have Log on as a service security right.
- Go to Start -> Control Panel -> Administrative Tools -> Local Security Policy;
- Browse down to Local Policies -> User Rights Assignment -> and find Log on as a service policy;
- Double click on this policy and click on Add User or Group;
- Click Advanced;
- Click on Locations and make sure your local machine is selected as the location to look for the users;
- Click OK, then click Find now and select the users from the list (you can use Ctrl-left-mouse-click to select several users at once):
__acro_subst_user__
Acronis Agent User
or any alternative administrator user which is selected for running Acronis Managed Machine Service, e.g. Administrator
- Click OK several times to finish applying the policy.
If this doesn't help, please obtain the below information and create an e-mail request or contact Live chat service available on this page, under Contact us click on the Start here button and follow the step-by-step guide. 
1. Download the file;
2. Run the downloaded file.
The gathered information will be put in adv_report.zip in the same folder, where the AcronisInfo was saved.
Running AcronisInfo may take up to 5 minutes.
If you prefer to resolve the issue via forum, please attach the file to your next post. 
Thank you.

I contacted Acronis support. After several weeks of back-and-forth troubleshooting the issue was still not resolved. I purchased a Lacie external hard drive and set it up as the target for may backups and everything worked fine.
Acronis should remove any claim of compatibility with IOMega Rev from their web site. Acronis Backup and Recovery 10 does not work with IOMega Rev.