Hi All,

We are getting the following warning in the SMSBKUP.LOG file for SCCM 2012 SP1 CU1 Site backup...

Warning: SQL installation root directory is empty.The registry key "SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MSSQLServer\Setup\SQLPath" (populated by ConfigMgr setup) was found empty. SMS_SITE_BACKUP 19/06/2013 09:34:34 5872 (0x16F0)

can anyone explian what might be causing this?  We have our SCCM 2012 primary database on a remote 2012 SQL cl

Has the backup ever worked?

See similar here

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/69a20d09-1ac0-478f-bc30-060fde91f3a2/component-smssitebackup-shows-error-sql-server-could-not-prepare-for-the-backup

Are all the services started on the remote SQL server? (this example had a problem with the Remote Registry serv

Hi Gerry,

My backup is working fine, but I would like to understand why I am getting this error.  The only issue I get with the backup is every few weeks it fails, but if I delete the previous backup and re-run it works again.  I might look at using the afterbackup.bat to move the file to alternative location, where it can then be sent to tape.

I had seen the other post, which is similar.  It looks like this person could not get a backup but solved it by starting the remote registry service, but this is already started on both my SQL servers in the cluster.

It would be good to know why this error is logged.

Yes, I know this is an old post, but Im trying to clean them up. Did you solve this problem, if so what was the solution?

Hi Garth,

Yes managed to resolve this issue by moving to using SQL backups instead of using the inbuilt SCCM 2012 backup task.  Thanks for checking.

Regards

Powershell90

Good morning Garth,

I have encountered the same issue and not finding a solution.  Any help would be greatly appreciated.  Using a separate sql backup does not resolve the issue it is a work around..

Cheers

Ray