Our backups (that run using the standard Windows ntbackup utility) are now taking forever - we are having to cancel them in the morning (around 8) when previously they would be finished around 2 or 3 o' clock.

This behaviour seems to be since KAV was installed on the servers, though CPU usage doesn't seem exceptionally high when the backup is running.

I have also set ntbackup.exe as a trusted process to see if that sorts anything but it doesn't

Any ideas anyone?

Hi pdlboy,

please stop real time scanner before you run NTBackup.

Use KAVSHELL RTP /stop

After finishing ntbackup use KAVSHELL RTP / start the real time scanner again.

Helmut

Thanks, I'll give it a go.