Error message SQLstate 42000 error 60004 in Job History, during backup process.
Litespeed cannot find the location of the executables it needs to run the backup locally.
WORKAROUND:
You need to edit the litespeed.ini "installpath" as a workaround to resolve the issue:
example
[litespeed]
temppath = c:\backup
installpath = C:\Program Files\Quest Software\LiteSpeed\SQL Server
logpath = C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Quest Software\LiteSpeed\SQL Server\Logs
[sqllitespeed]
You should find that in most cases the installer puts the install path as
installpath = C:\Program Files\Quest Software\LiteSpeed\
rather than
installpath = C:\Program Files\Quest Software\LiteSpeed\ SQl Server
This causes the "cannot start" errors that are seen within the history log within the Litespeed console.
If you still have issues after doing the above, then please raise a case with support.