XADM: Year Displayed Incorrectly After Restoring Backup

ID: Q244408

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Exchange Server, version 4.0

SYMPTOMS

If you perform a backup using the Windows NT Backup program (Ntbackup.exe) that is included with Exchange Server 4.0 on a computer running Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.51, and then restore the backup, the backup date that is displayed in the Backup.log file and the Restore Status window may be incorrect. For example, if you perform the backup and restore operations during the year 2000, the year may be displayed as 1900 instead. This problem only occurs with the date that is displayed on the following line:

Backup performed on 02/29/1900 at 12:57 AM

All other dates in the Backup.log file and the Restore Status window are displayed correctly. This problem is not likely to occur before the year 2000.

RESOLUTION

A supported software update that corrects this problem is now available from Microsoft, but it has not been fully regression tested and should be applied only to systems experiencing this specific problem.

To resolve this problem, contact Microsoft Product Support Services to obtain the fix. For a complete list of Microsoft Product Support Services phone numbers and information on support costs, please go to the following address on the World Wide Web:

http://www.microsoft.com/support/supportnet/overview/overview.asp

The English version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later:

Component: Windows NT Backup Program

File name	Version
Ntbackup.exe	4.0.997.0

This hotfix has been posted to the following Internet location as Psp4bkua.exe and Psp4bkui.exe:

ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/bussys/exchange/exchange-public/fixes/eng/Exchg4.0/Post-SP4-BACKUP/

NOTE: You must be running Exchange Server 4.0 Service Pack 5 and Windows NT Server 3.51 Service Pack 5 on the computer on which this software update is applied.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Exchange Server version 4.0.

MORE INFORMATION

For more information about how Microsoft products are affected by year 2000 (Y2K) issues, please see the following Microsoft World Wide Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/year2000/

Additional query words: Y2K

Keywords : kb2000 exc4
Version : winnt:4.0
Platform : winnt
Issue type : kbbug