Vss Provider on Microsoft Server 2003 R2 x64 not working

February 5, 2016, 8:40 am

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I have an Exchange 2007 running on a windows 2003 x64 standard server and I am having an issue with the VSS provider Microsoft Software Shadow Copy provider not starting. Any help on what I could possibly try and do would help. I have tried re-registering the dll again but not luck on that any possibility on taking on from another server or registry. I tried to do that but maybe i did the wrong steps.

I am getting initialization failed. Error 0x8004230f: The shadow copy provider had an unexpected error while trying to process the specified operation.

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Bare metal restore completed - partitions wrong - Windows 2008 r2

February 8, 2016, 3:47 am

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Hello,

I am testing a bare metal restore for a server that we have, the server runs on a Dell T420 with Perc RAID controller H710. I am testing a BMR on a different server Dell R410 with a RAID controller H600.. I have created the image from the original server and restore through the proper process (boot from windows 2008 r2 server disk \ choose restore \ select image and restore).. everything seems great, the restore completes as it should, goes to reboot, then the server seems to want to boot, but fails. The server then goes into recovery mode, where I break into CMD and start looking around.. What I noticed is that the partitions are wrong. image below..

I am trying to change the OS drive from F to C etc.. with no luck.. anyone have any suggestions?

Thanks to all!

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Backup problem - when using the Windows server backup... on a Windows Server 2012

February 8, 2016, 7:35 am

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want to backuptwovirtual machines

-the virtual machine thatis running WindowsServer 2012 Essentialsget this wrong.The second machinerunning WindowsServer2012Standardworks perfectly...

this is the errorwhenrunning theWindows Server Backup

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Writer Failures
Writer Id: {66841CD4-6DED-4F4B-8F17-FD23F8DDC3DE}
Instance Id: {EE0CF4A8-090A-4257-B51C-BA3C06E4BD67}
Writer Name: Microsoft Hyper-V VSS Writer
Writer State: 8
Failure Result: 800423F4
Application Result: 80004005
Application Message: (null)
   Component: E1E5B767-B8CD-4B22-9934-71C951E69245
   Logical Path: (null)
   Component Result: 800423F4
   Component Message: (null)
       File Spec: C:\VM\Virtual Machines\\E1E5B767-B8CD-4B22-9934-71C951E69245.xml Recursive: 0
       File Spec: C:\converted\\server1.VHDX Recursive: 0
       File Spec: C:\VM\Snapshots\8AB0F196-8249-44FB-91FA-80A0B180F00D.xml Recursive: 0
       File Spec: C:\converted\server1-AutoRecovery.avhdx Recursive: 0
*-----------------------------*

Application backup
Writer Id: {66841CD4-6DED-4F4B-8F17-FD23F8DDC3DE}
   Component: E1E5B767-B8CD-4B22-9934-71C951E69245
   Caption     : Online\Win2012essentials
   Logical Path:
   Error           : 80780175
   Error Message   : Component was skipped from volume shadow copy.

   Detailed Error : 800423F4
   Detailed Error Message : The writer experienced a non-transient error. If the backup process is retried,
the error is likely to reoccur.

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Have anyone had this before?

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What is recovery check box in backup GUI?

February 9, 2016, 2:27 pm

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Hello. In Windows Server 2012r2 backup GUI, under custom -> add items, in the select items window, there is a box that says “recovery”. This machine is a gen2 virtual machine. I have used backup on other 2012r2 servers and I don’t remember seeing it before. I have searched microsoft.com quite a bit and couldn’t find a reference to it. Can anyone explain what it is please? It is not selected when I pick bare metal. Why? Why is it not there in other instances of server backup on other machines? Are there any documents on Microsoft.com that explain this?
Thank you.

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Backup files without locking

February 9, 2016, 5:37 am

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Hi.

I need to backup UPD (User Profile Disk ). When I use robocopy, it locks vhdx file and user logs in with temporary profile.

Does robocopy has some flag that avoid locking files? Maybe somebody knows another tool for this purpose.

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Backup and restore long files names

February 10, 2016, 2:01 am

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I,m Running Windows 2008 R2 64 Bit Domain.

I have large file folder contain lots of folders and sub folders, this folders contain files with long names.

I have Cloud station that allow users check his folders over the web.

On weekly basis i perform copy files from DC to cloud station and during copy some of the folders with long file names can not be moved..

Any idea what will be best way to perform this task?

Best Regards

Sig

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Windows Server 2003 sp1

February 10, 2016, 11:47 am

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I take backup daily

but it happened that while restoring data, some days i can't see

and when i try to restore any backup this error appears

"The backup file could not be found or is not the file that was requested"

sorry for bad english

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Recover your server - Error Code: 0x8007000d

January 30, 2015, 7:52 am

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Hello, I have a WD Sentinel DX4000 12TB unit and it’s recently been locking up.

After talking to WD Help they recommended I ‘Perform a Recovery’.

However every time I get to the last stage I get the error message ‘Error Code: 0x8007000d’

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Recover your server

Could not reset the server to factory default settings

Your server was not reset to the factory default settings. Resolve the issue, and then restart the server recovery process.

Error Code: 0x8007000d

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On the drive its says 'Recovery Started' but no progress number.

This drive has 9 years of my life on it and I am just a bit panicked.

Any help much appreciated,

Thor

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Not showing dates for System State Backup

February 11, 2016, 9:46 am

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Hello ,

I have configured daily System State Backup for my AD servers using Windows Server Backup on network folder

Today i have tried to restored system state backup from another date but its showing only current date in calendar.

Is there any way to restore the backup which was 4 days old.

Akshay Pate

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Transfer data from XP to 8.1

February 12, 2016, 9:54 am

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I am a novice and would like to know the best way to transfer data from my XP to 8.1 (I will then try to upgrade to 10)

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MOVE files with their permissions

February 13, 2016, 5:55 am

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hi -

how i can move (cut) many files from old server with windows server 2012 R2 to a new server to windows 2012 R2 with their security and permissions .

regards,

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running windows server on pc

February 13, 2016, 9:10 am

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can I install and windows server on a second hard drive on my pc with windows vista installed

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System State Fails

January 7, 2016, 8:52 pm

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I have arcserver backup software and it is failing on the system state so I ran a windows backup just for system state and it failed also with only 2 informational events as follows:

=============================event 1=====================================

Event ID 1001 / Source Windows Error Reporting / Log Name: Application

Fault bucket , type 0
Event Name: Windows Server Backup Error
Response: Not available
Cab Id: 0

Problem signature:
P1: 2
P2: 1
P3: 0x80780102
P4: 0x8078001d
P5: 0x00000000
P6: 0x8078001d
P7: 0x80780064
P8: 0x00000000
P9:
P10:

Attached files:

These files may be available here:
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\ReportQueue\NonCritical_2_eb4095c0d039d80764d38dbbea8fdad2a78b745_00000000_2e4eb9ec <SEE FILE CONTENTS BELOW>

Analysis symbol:
Rechecking for solution: 0
Report Id: ade020c0-b5be-11e5-813a-fc15b421aaed
Report Status: 4100
Hashed bucket:

=================================event 2===============================

Event ID: 517 / Source: Backup / Log Name: Application

The backup operation that started at '‎2016‎-‎01‎-‎08T04:16:22.016281500Z' has failed with following error code '0x80780102' (The system writer is not found in the backup.). Please review the event details for a solution, and then rerun the backup operation once the issue is resolved.

XML DATA

-<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">

-<System>

<ProviderName="Microsoft-Windows-Backup" Guid="{1DB28F2E-8F80-4027-8C5A-A11F7F10F62D}" />

<ExecutionProcessID="10204" ThreadID="30388" />

<Channel>Application</Channel>

<Computer>mmvsvr01.smarttlaw.net</Computer>

<SecurityUserID="S-1-5-18" />

</System>

-<EventData>

</EventData>

</Event>

============================= FILE CONTENTS=========================

Version=1
EventType=Windows Server Backup Error
EventTime=130967002280258673
Consent=1
ReportIdentifier=ade020c0-b5be-11e5-813a-fc15b421aaed
Response.type=4
Sig[0].Name=Backup Target Type
Sig[0].Value=2
Sig[1].Name=Operation Type
Sig[1].Value=1
Sig[2].Name=Overall hr
Sig[2].Value=0x80780102
Sig[3].Name=Overall Detailed hr
Sig[3].Value=0x8078001d
Sig[4].Name=BMR hr
Sig[4].Value=0x00000000
Sig[5].Name=SSB hr
Sig[5].Value=0x8078001d
Sig[6].Name=Volume Backup hr
Sig[6].Value=0x80780064
Sig[7].Name=Application Backup hr
Sig[7].Value=0x00000000
DynamicSig[1].Name=OS Version
DynamicSig[1].Value=6.3.9600.2.0.0.272.7
DynamicSig[2].Name=Locale ID
DynamicSig[2].Value=1033
FriendlyEventName=Windows Server Backup Error
ConsentKey=Windows Server Backup Error
AppName=Microsoft® Block Level Backup Engine Service EXE
AppPath=C:\Windows\System32\wbengine.exe
ReportDescription=Windows Server Backup Error Report
ApplicationIdentity=00000000000000000000000000000000

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Server Backup Failure (Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials)

August 23, 2015, 3:41 am

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This seems to be a problem that has come up before in these forums - I have been through several threads and none of the suggestions have helped fix server backup.

I am trying to perform a System State and C: backup (for Bare Metal Recovery) - backup is to a local drive (so not a NAS or a Network Share). Server Backup used to work but stopped sometime around the time I switched the backup drive (which was running out of space).

Backup fails both from the scheduled Server Essentials Dashboard and also manually using wbadmin. For example:

wbadmin start backup -backuptarget:P: -include:c: -allcritical -vssfull -quiet > "c:\Temp\Server Backup.log"

Gives the following output:

wbadmin 1.0 - Backup command-line tool
(C) Copyright 2013 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

Retrieving volume information...
This will back up System Reserved (350.00 MB),System(C:) to P:.
The backup operation to P: is starting.
Creating a shadow copy of the volumes specified for backup...
Creating a shadow copy of the volumes specified for backup...
Creating a shadow copy of the volumes specified for backup...
Creating a shadow copy of the volumes specified for backup...
Creating a shadow copy of the volumes specified for backup...
Creating a shadow copy of the volumes specified for backup...
Creating a shadow copy of the volumes specified for backup...
Creating a shadow copy of the volumes specified for backup...
Creating a shadow copy of the volumes specified for backup...
Creating a shadow copy of the volumes specified for backup...
Creating a shadow copy of the volumes specified for backup...
Windows Server Backup is updating the existing backup to remove files that have
been deleted from your server since the last backup.
This might take a few minutes.
Windows Server Backup is updating the existing backup to remove files that have
been deleted from your server since the last backup.
This might take a few minutes.
Windows Server Backup is updating the existing backup to remove files that have
been deleted from your server since the last backup.
This might take a few minutes.
Windows Server Backup is updating the existing backup to remove files that have
been deleted from your server since the last backup.
This might take a few minutes.
The backup of volume System Reserved (350.00 MB) could not be completed. Error: The specified backup disk cannot be found.

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The Backup Error log file has the following:

Backup of volume \\?\Volume{c05750d2-1c50-11e3-80b1-806e6f6e6963}\ has failed. The specified backup disk cannot be found.

I think underlying this is a VSS problem but I can't spot anything amiss using vssadmin. (vssadmin list writers shows 'No Errors' against each entry).

Looking at the Event Log, there are no entries shown against VSS (as Source) under Backup (as Source), the following error is shown:

The backup operation that started at '‎2015‎-‎08‎-‎23T00:30:21.834712600Z' has failed with following error code '0x807800C5' (There was a failure in preparing the backup image of one of the volumes in the backup set.). Please review the event details for a solution, and then rerun the backup operation once the issue is resolved.

I'm stumped - I've spent 3 or 4 days trying to crack this and am no further forward. Any help or suggestions would be really appreciated.

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Volsnap error during Server Backup: Event ID: 27 - Shadow copies were aborted during detection because a critical control file could not be opened.

February 24, 2015, 6:07 am

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I have been running backups on a Windows 2012 R2 Server (Dell PowerEdge T420) for a few months with no problems. We backup to a rotation of 3 RDX 1TB Cartridges but found out that Windows Backup does not support removable RDX media. To get around this problem, we use BackupAssist which still uses Windows Server Backup in the background to complete the backups.

BackupAssist uses a single .vhd container file on the RDX and it is mounted asdrive G:

Again, this worked for a few months with no problems.

Then I ran Windows Update and about 30 updates were applied to the server. Since then we cannot seem to keep multiple backups on the RDX Cartridge. Before the Windows Updates, I was able to keep previous backups, sometimes as many as 98 copies. We are backing up about 30GB of data each night.

Now, since the Windows Updates, I cannot get past 2 or 3 perhaps, and then lose all backup copies and end up with a completed backup, but only 1 backup copy and no previous backups.

We see in the error log the following error, which I believe is the cause of the problem. Backups run at 8pm nightly.

I have 3 sites setup the same. 2 of the sites had all the Windows Updates applied and then started having this problem. The above error was never seen until the Windows Updates. The third site has not had any Windows Updates applied, and we currently have 42 previous backups on the loaded RDX Cartridge.

I have been working with BackupAssist support, but they state that it is simply Windows Server Backup that runs the back end and it is probably a Windows Server issue. I have been fighting this for 2 months now.

Just wondering if anyone has any idea on the above error.

Thanks in advance to any that can shed some light on this problem.

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Multiple USB Seagate Fast BUP will not eject after a backup has completed

January 15, 2016, 4:02 pm

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Hey everyone!

I have a customer that started having an issue about a month ago. Their running 2012 R2 with a hyper-v cluster. Their backups would fail until a server reboot was performed. We have narrowed it down to the drive not being ejected properly. But it's not just one drive. We have 15 of them and all of them have the same issue.

I have read tons of forums about ejecting safely to off-lining the drive (which is a big no no) to changing the hardware policy. None of which have worked.

Basically we found out that as soon as we hit the eject option from the tray the system just sits there. All of the sudden the below processes show up:

Then we get the error:

No matter how many times we try we cannot eject the drive. If we just unplug it we get thousands of these:

The system failed to flush data to the transaction log. Corruption may occur in VolumeId: E:, DeviceName: \Device\HarddiskVolume7.
(A device which does not exist was specified.)

Once that happens then we have to force reboot the system and can't migrate and of the hyper-v cluster roles away ending up in a entire system crash.

We have learned though! After each backup is complete we drain the cluster roles from the server and reboot it. We can then eject the drive safely.

So... Anyone got any ideas? Maybe a recent microsoft patch?

Please let me know. Thanks!

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System Sate Backup Restoration

February 15, 2016, 3:39 am

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Hi,

I am using Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard, on IBM x3650.

One of the hard drive and RAID5 got crashed due to which we have freshly configured the RAID5 andchange that hard disk so in that case, can I restore the system state backup once 1 hard disk got changed and RAID5 got reconfigured?

Request you please reply as soon as possible.

Regards, Sudhanshu.

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Windows Server 2012 VSS error "The system writer is missing"

April 28, 2013, 9:07 pm

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Hello All,

I have a HP server that I have just installed Server 2012 standard, SQL Server 2012 and Sharepoint 2013.

When I try to take bare metal backup I get the error: "The system writer is missing", I have tried the backup as the local admin and domain admin.

The backup will only work if I decide to back up C:, once I select "Bare Metal" or "System State" the backup fails.

I have tried this solution: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc734021.aspx but have not had any luck yet.

When I run the command "vssadmin list writers" I can not see "System Writer" listed.

How can I add/turn on the System Writer?

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Two backups at the same time win 2008 r2

February 17, 2016, 11:22 pm

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Hello.

I use system backup windows 2008 r2. This systems allows you to backup to two discs at the same time as i think. I set it up to make it to an internal disk and to usb external disk (volumen not dedicated), but always does to one of them and shows me that there is ready a backup in progress and therefore not performed i the other.

What happen?

Thanks.

use system backup windows 2008. This system allows you to back up to two discs at a time as I think. I set it up to make it to an internal disk to another usb disk (such as volume , not as dedicated disk ), but it always does to one of them and shows me that there is already a backup in progress and therefore not performed in the other.

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