Backup SQL Server 2005

Hi,

I created a job to backup my database. Sometimes I get the following error:
The job failed. Unable to determine if the owner (DOMAIN\Administrator) of job Backup.Subplan_1 has server access (reason: Could not obtain information about Windows NT group/user 'DOMAIN\Administrator'<c/> error code 0x54b. [SQLSTATE 42000] (Error 15404))

I already deleted the job and made it again. Same problem. I don't get that error every day. For example: I got it 4 times last month.

Does anybody know what I can do to resolve the error?This appears to be a problem with AD. I would guess the job is not able to authenticate itself, or query information from AD. That said, it REALLY a bad idea to run jobs as Domain Admin. You should use service accounts.

Backup issuesPlease HEELP!

I am trying to run a backup job and it has fail the message I am getting is:

The job failed. Unable to determine if the owner (MAMSI\lwilliams) of job DB Backup Job for DB Maintenance Plan 'DB Maintenance Plan1' has server access (reason: Could not obtain information about Windows NT group/user 'MAMSI\lwilliams'. [SQLSTATE 42000] (Error 8198)).

Is it stating that my user group in windows NT doesn't have the rights to run a backup on this server?

Please help!!!

LystraMy first guess would be that the account used to start the SQL Agent service isn't a domain admin, so the agent can't even see what permissions the MAMSI\lwilliams login has in the domain.

NT security is a tough nut to crack at first, mostly because there are so many levels to it. This makes it robust, but a bugger to figure out at first!

-PatP