ok so I have made some progress this morning. I finally managed to piece together the correct syntax to access the instance.
osql -E -S 3t-auto-6\SQLBES
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but then I am still having the incorrect syntax near '3' error when trying to back up the database with this command
backup database 3TBES to disk = "C:\3TBES.bak"
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C:\Documents and Settings\besadmin>d:
D:\>osql -E -S 3t-auto-6\SQLBES
1> backup database 3TBES to disk ="C:\3TBES.bak"
2> go
Msg 170, Level 15, State 1, Server 3T-AUTO-6\SQLBES, Line 1
Line 1: Incorrect syntax near '3'.
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