Hi everyone,

Since I cannot find any useful information in Technet, I decided to post my questions here:

1. I use wbadmin to daily backup the system partition, using VSS Full Backup. As far as I concerned, each backup item would take approximately the same amount of space as the data it backed up. As you can see, the data need to be backed up is about 220GB, and it's been backed up 18 times. But the total space18 backups take is only about 460GB. If this is Incremental backup, there's no doubt. But hey, this is Full Backup, isn't it? Can anyone explain this to me, please?

2. When the backup destination for the upper job is about to full, I've met 2 cases:

- The destination is full, and the server (which is a VM) will be freezed. The only way to make the VM running again is to remove the destination disk. In this case, we have a little down time, but at least we still have our backups.

- All the backups are wiped away, making space for the new one. We have no backups other than the latest one. I thought that wbadmin would just delete the oldest one to make space, not ALL my backups like that. But it DID, seriously :(

When I search for more info on Technet, there's nothing much: "If you are backing up to a hard disk or volume you can specify a deletion policy to determine whether backups should be deleted only when necessary to make space for additional backups or if they should be deleted after a certain number of backups have passed."

I can see that there's an option in the Shell that could do the trick: "wbadmin enable backup -allowDeleteOldBackups", but I'm not so sure that it will delete all the previous backups or not.

Any idea would be highly appreciated. Thank you!

Hi,

I set up an NTBackup scheduled task. But the problem is that the job doesn't run when the user isn't logged on. Even when I try to execute only NtBackup with a scheduled task, it doesn't start when I'm not logged on with the user specified.

I urgently need a solution for this problem and it's no option to leave the user logged in.

Hi  All,

We are currently using GFI free backup software to take file server data ( File server data only ) we are planning to  configure RAID on file server HDDs by adding more HDDs. at the moment we don't have RAID configured on our server. we have a single domain. what we are planning to do is take a backup of all file server data ( currently resides on two hard disks ) and add more hard disks and configured RAID on them by adding extra HDDs. this will change partitions and we need to format original disks. their will be only one disk after RAID configuration. After that we can restore data from backup disks. my worrying is we are taking GFI backups ( GFI free backups ). Once we restore data do I need to assign folder and file permissions again one be one. I didn't have a look to GFI backup. ( Backup process is done by other person ) and  I don't know for sure whether they have that feature. for system I will take  windows system image and restore it. so we can restore the OS without issue.  and we have installed DFS ( distributed File System service on the file server ) with new arrangement we may need to reconfigure the DFS folder path also because we mapped data on two physical disks to DFS am I correct  ? please advice

thanks

Ranmal

U.L Ranmal

First time posting so not sure of protocol. Running server 2011 for 18 months no problems. within the course of 2 weeks added 3 new computers to my home network of 7 and can not get them to back up. Error code 514 ClientVssProblem, System.String[]Event Xml: The existing 7 are backing up just fine it is only the new 3. Reinstalled server link software with no change. Here is the event log info for one of the laptops. I would be grateful for any help. Thanks

Log Name:      WSSG

Source:        Windows Server

Date:          9/8/2013 7:15:04 AM

Event ID:      514

Task Category: Backup

Level:         Error

Keywords:      Classic

User:          N/A

Computer:      WIDE8

Description:

Backup job 121 on SCREENHENGE2 did not succeed.  Reason: ClientVssProblem, System.String[]

Event Xml:

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

  <System>

    <Provider Name="Windows Server" />

    <EventID Qualifiers="53247">514</EventID>

    <Level>2</Level>

    <Task>2</Task>

    <Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>

    <TimeCreated SystemTime="2013-09-08T11:15:04.000000000Z" />

    <EventRecordID>236</EventRecordID>

    <Channel>WSSG</Channel>

    <Computer>WIDE8</Computer>

    <Security />

  </System>

  <EventData>

    <Data>121</Data>

    <Data>SCREENHENGE2</Data>

    <Data>ClientVssProblem, System.String[]</Data>

  </EventData>

</Event>

=====================================================================================

Log Name:      Application

Source:        VSS

Date:          9/8/2013 5:04:46 AM

Event ID:      8194

Task Category: None

Level:         Error

Keywords:      Classic

User:          N/A

Computer:      WIDE8

Description:

Volume Shadow Copy Service error: Unexpected error querying for the IVssWriterCallback interface. hr = 0x80070005, Access is denied.

. This is often caused by incorrect security settings in either the writer or requestor process.

Operation:

   Gathering Writer Data

Context:

   Writer Class Id: {e8132975-6f93-4464-a53e-1050253ae220}

   Writer Name: System Writer

   Writer Instance ID: {fceadc45-2e1a-48fa-b542-e2064fe38ec0}

Event Xml:

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

  <System>

    <Provider Name="VSS" />

    <EventID Qualifiers="0">8194</EventID>

    <Level>2</Level>

    <Task>0</Task>

    <Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>

    <TimeCreated SystemTime="2013-09-08T09:04:46.000000000Z" />

    <EventRecordID>7182</EventRecordID>

    <Channel>Application</Channel>

    <Computer>WIDE8</Computer>

    <Security />

  </System>

  <EventData>

    <Data>0x80070005, Access is denied.

</Data>

    <Data>

Operation:

   Gathering Writer Data

Context:

Does anybody knows on how to fix " The trust relationship between this workstation and the primary domain failed " it appears on the client side using windows server 2008 r2.

i tried to access using administrator account but i cannot logged in. what should i do next pls.

Ram

Any backup that includes system state is failing. We are using Backup Exec 2012 but during troubleshooting are now just trying to backup the system state using Windows Server Backup and consistently get this error. I also get the error running from CLI but there are no logs created. Windows SBS 2011 SP1 64 bit 24GB RAM. Currently backing up to a data partition but originally using an RD1000 (which was replaced during troubleshooting). Here is the error from the Windows Server Backup event log:

Please let me know if you need any more information. Thanks in advance. 

H,

I'm try to create a windows backup to backup current system to other network share folder but it fail when i run below this command

WBADMIN START BACKUP -backupTarget:\\server01\backup\monday: -include:E:-noVerify >> C:\mydailybackupLog.txt

Here is the error message get from backup log when run the wbadmin command.

The specified file name in the file spec is invalid.
wbadmin 1.0 - Backup command-line tool
(C) Copyright 2004 Microsoft Corp.

Retrieving volume information...
This will back up volume New Volume(E:) to \\server01\backup\monday:.
Do you want to start the backup operation?
[Y] Yes [N] No Y

ERROR - The specified backup location could not be found or is not a
supported backup storage location.

Any help will be appreciated.

since windows has changed I've several problems with my pc and I tried to restore but even that didn't work, it really sucks since I work with vista 

Anything I try to do anything that uses VSS on this server I get one of these in the event log:

The shadow copies of volume C: were aborted because of a failed free space computation.

The shadow copies of volume E: were aborted because of a failed free space computation.

The shadow copies of volume \\?\Volume{0133a9b8-7573-11e2-be56-806e6f6e6963} were aborted because of a failed free space computation.

I get that when trying to enable shadow copies, doing a backup of anything with Windows Server Backup or a 3rd party backup product.  All the vss writers are stable.

All help is appreciated,

Matt

In the last few days the server backup has been failing. I rotate two external drives and it happens on both.

The error is: "The volume shadow copy operation failed with error 0x800423F4. View the event log for more information."

I have checked the event log and there are numerous entries relating to SQL instances, but how I am supposed to correct them I do not know.

Please advise!

Andrew

 Does Window's center ever call people to tell them they are showing virus coming through on their server? I had a person call (of course with an accent) that stated that I had virus hitting the windows center and he had to remote in to remove them from my system. He did have me go to the event viewer and I have tons of errors showing, but how can I trust this person is actually from windows?? I wouldn't let him remote in, and I tried to run a malware program which did find 3 issues and they are removed, however, how do I remove these errors this guy from "windows" is talking about?? And would it really be windows calling??

Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1
HP ProLiant DL360 G8

This server has just been built.  The backup fails after running a few seconds.  Please see below for more details.  The backup error logs have no entries.

- System
  - Provider
   [ Name]  Microsoft-Windows-Backup
   [ Guid]  {1DB28F2E-8F80-4027-8C5A-A11F7F10F62D}

   EventID 517

   Version 0

   Level 2

   Task 0

   Opcode 0

   Keywords 0x8000000000000000

  - TimeCreated
   [ SystemTime]  2013-09-06T18:19:38.254067400Z

   EventRecordID 17754

   Correlation

  - Execution
   [ ProcessID]  6556
   [ ThreadID]  8008

   Channel Application

   Computer Server01.contoso.com

    - Security
   [ UserID]  S-1-5-18

- EventData
   
  BackupTime 2013-09-06T18:19:20.760067400Z
  ErrorCode 2155347997
  ErrorMessage %%2155347997

Following error from the operation backup event log.

- System
  - Provider
   [ Name]  Microsoft-Windows-Backup
   [ Guid]  {1DB28F2E-8F80-4027-8C5A-A11F7F10F62D}

   EventID 5

   Version 2

   Level 2

   Task 0

   Opcode 0

   Keywords 0x4000000000000000

  - TimeCreated
   [ SystemTime]  2013-09-06T18:19:38.254067400Z

   EventRecordID 66

   Correlation

  - Execution
   [ ProcessID]  6556
   [ ThreadID]  8008

   Channel Microsoft-Windows-Backup

   Computer Server01.contoso.com

    - Security
   [ UserID]  S-1-5-18

- EventData
   
  BackupTemplateID {0A007A38-9EE0-4DF7-BACF-295542478159}
  HRESULT 2155347997
  BackupState 12
  BackupTarget \\Server02\share$\Server01

  NumOfVolumes 2
  BackupTime 2013-09-06T18:19:20.760067400Z
  HRESULT2 2155347997
  VolumesInfo <VolumeInfo><VolumeInfoItem Name="C:" OriginalAccessPath="C:" State="7" HResult="-2139619299" DetailedHResult="0" PreviousState="15" IsCritical="1" IsIncremental="0" BlockLevel="0" HasFiles="0" HasSystemState="1" IsCompacted="0" IsPruned="0" IsRecreateVhd="0" FullBackupReason="2" DataTransferred="0" NumUnreadableBytes="0" TotalSize="0" TotalNoOfFiles="0" Flags="1574" BackupTypeDetermined="1" SSBTotalNoOfFiles="0" SSBTotalSizeOnDisk="0" /><VolumeInfoItem Name="E:" OriginalAccessPath="E:" State="15" HResult="-2139619228" DetailedHResult="0" PreviousState="0" IsCritical="1" IsIncremental="0" BlockLevel="0" HasFiles="0" HasSystemState="1" IsCompacted="0" IsPruned="0" IsRecreateVhd="0" FullBackupReason="2" DataTransferred="0" NumUnreadableBytes="0" TotalSize="0" TotalNoOfFiles="0" Flags="548" BackupTypeDetermined="1" SSBTotalNoOfFiles="0" SSBTotalSizeOnDisk="0" /></VolumeInfo>
  DetailedHRESULT 2147942402
  SourceSnapStartTime 2013-09-06T18:19:20.728067400Z
  SourceSnapEndTime 2013-09-06T18:19:30.806067400Z
  PrepareBackupStartTime <TimesList><Time Time="1601-01-01T00:00:00.000Z" /><Time Time="1601-01-01T00:00:00.000Z" /></TimesList>
  PrepareBackupEndTime <TimesList><Time Time="1601-01-01T00:00:00.000Z" /><Time Time="1601-01-01T00:00:00.000Z" /></TimesList>
  BackupWriteStartTime <TimesList><Time Time="1601-01-01T00:00:00.000Z" /><Time Time="1601-01-01T00:00:00.000Z" /></TimesList>
  BackupWriteEndTime <TimesList><Time Time="1601-01-01T00:00:00.000Z" /><Time Time="1601-01-01T00:00:00.000Z" /></TimesList>
  TargetSnapStartTime 1601-01-01T00:00:00.000000000Z
  TargetSnapEndTime 1601-01-01T00:00:00.000000000Z
  DVDFormatStartTime <TimesList></TimesList>
  DVDFormatEndTime <TimesList></TimesList>
  MediaVerifyStartTime <TimesList></TimesList>
  MediaVerifyEndTime <TimesList></TimesList>
  BackupPreviousState 8
  ComponentStatus <ComponentStatus></ComponentStatus>
  SSBEnumerateStartTime 2013-09-06T18:19:32.908067400Z
  SSBEnumerateEndTime 2013-09-06T18:19:36.784067400Z
  SSBVhdCreationStartTime 1601-01-01T00:00:00.000000000Z
  SSBVhdCreationEndTime 1601-01-01T00:00:00.000000000Z
  SSBBackupStartTime 1601-01-01T00:00:00.000000000Z
  SSBBackupEndTime 1601-01-01T00:00:00.000000000Z
  SystemStateBackup <SystemState IsPresent="1" HResult="-2139619299" DetailedHResult="-2147024894" />
  BMR false
  VssFullBackup false
  UserInputBMR false
  UserInputSSB true
  BackupSuccessLogPath C:\Windows\Logs\WindowsServerBackup\Backup-06-09-2013_20-19-20.log
  BackupFailureLogPath C:\Windows\Logs\WindowsServerBackup\Backup_Error-06-09-2013_20-19-20.log
  EnumerateBackupStartTime <TimesList><Time Time="1601-01-01T00:00:00.000Z" /><Time Time="1601-01-01T00:00:00.000Z" /></TimesList>
  EnumerateBackupEndTime <TimesList><Time Time="1601-01-01T00:00:00.000Z" /><Time Time="1601-01-01T00:00:00.000Z" /></TimesList>
  PruneBackupStartTime <TimesList><Time Time="1601-01-01T00:00:00.000Z" /><Time Time="1601-01-01T00:00:00.000Z" /></TimesList>
  PruneBackupEndTime <TimesList><Time Time="1601-01-01T00:00:00.000Z" /><Time Time="1601-01-01T00:00:00.000Z" /></TimesList>

Hi, wonder if someone can help me. I have a 2008 R2 server, virtual machine, which runs a backup everyday around 16:30 to a remote share. Shortly after the backup starts the following error is presented in Event Viewer:

Log Name:      System
Source:        vhdmp
Date:          09/09/2013 16:40:04
Event ID:      129
Task Category: None
Level:         Warning
Keywords:      Classic
User:          N/A
Computer:      DFS-SHL-FP-01.shl.lan
Description:
The description for Event ID 129 from source vhdmp cannot be found. Either the component that raises this event is not installed on your local computer or the installation is corrupted. You can install or repair the component on the local computer.

If the event originated on another computer, the display information had to be saved with the event.

The following information was included with the event:

\Device\RaidPort1

Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
  <System>
    <Provider Name="vhdmp" />
    <EventID Qualifiers="32772">129</EventID>
    <Level>3</Level>
    <Task>0</Task>
    <Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>
    <TimeCreated SystemTime="2013-09-09T15:40:04.863465600Z" />
    <EventRecordID>39654</EventRecordID>
    <Channel>System</Channel>
    <Computer>DFS-SHL-FP-01.shl.lan</Computer>
    <Security />
  </System>
  <EventData>
    <Data>\Device\RaidPort1</Data>
    <Binary>0F001800010000000000000081000480040000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000200810004800000000000000000</Binary>
  </EventData>
</Event>

This has been happening ever since the server has been set up. The backups complete successfully.

Any ideas?

I'm trying to recreate a backup schedule after numerous errors.  The drive is an external USB drive that worked fine until it was almost full, then the backups started failing.  It's not mission critical so I reformatted the external USB drive (which was working on this system using Windows Server Backups - so I doubt it's the drive) and tried to recreate the scheduled backups.  Using the wizard, it adds 2 drives automatically - theC: and D: drive.  All I want is the C: drive which is the system drive.  The D: drive contains only data (no system) which is already backed up over the network...

I'll try and update thread with image once I'm verified...  :/

How do I deselect the D: drive from my backups?  It worked for about a year only backing up theC: drive and I have no idea what changed...

Trying to sort out backup issues.  Our agency recently installed six new Dell PowerEdge T110 II servers running Windows Server 2012 Standard.  Each is at a different physical location, but sites are connected via VPN to our network.  We also purchased several Western Digital 3TB My Book Essentials external hard drives with one connected to each server via usb (these are usb 3.0 capable, but the servers don't have 3.0 ports).  We have set up Windows Server Backup to do a daily backup to these drives which initially works on all of them.  We have the data being backed up on our network using another solution as well.

The backup jobs are identical on each machine [Bare metal recovery, System State, System Reserved, Local Disk (C:), and Data (E:)].  Also included is the advanced VSS Full Backup option.  I started remotely connecting to these machines from the main office each morning after backups ran to be certain that they backups completed (which they did initially).  All was OK, then one randomly failed & continued to fail because the drive was unavailable.  Windows Event Viewer shows"Windows Backup cannot find any of the backup storage locations" and the drive does not show in Disk Management.

I then drive across town to the location and have to disconnect power & usb to the drive, wait a little bit, then reconnect and it will come up and be recognized again and work for a few days.  This has happened to all of them but not at the same time.

I've remoted to each server and made sure the USB hubs in device manager have the box unchecked that allows the OS to turn off the device to save power as I thought that might be the problem.  That didn't help.

My next step is to go to the locations and try to run firmware updates on the drives, but I haven't found any documentation as to whether this is really a fix for what is happening. WD tells me those drives might work, but that Windows Server 2012 is not supported. We are a non-profit and cannot afford to replace all of these drives so I hope I can get them working and that the backups are restorable.

Has anybody seen this issue and know what the fix is? This is driving me nuts.  Please help.  Thank you.

Hi ,

Im unable to find windows server backup tool .I have installed the windows backup feature from server manager for 2012 standard server. But after installing I dont know how to find the backup tool. It was so direct in previous versions.Tried searching everywhere.Please help.

Thanks in advance

Reshmi

I've got a Dell PET110 that came to me with 2 500GB drives as separate drives, rather then in a RAID 1, like I requested. Unfortunately, I did not realize this until after I had set it up & figured I could just run a backup, create my RAID & restore from that backup, but keep getting the error message shown in pics included. I'm using an external USB drive for backup & have tried not plugging it in until I'm asked to locate backup, as I've read booting with USB drive attached can cause problems. The process does see my backup, but once I try to start the restore process, it craps out! I am able to restore the backup to the drives with no problem if I set them back as two separate drives. I'd also like to point out that I am not backing up anything from the 2nd drive, as I thought it might be confused trying to restore from 2 drives to one. Also, there is plenty of free space on new drives. I had thought about shrinking the original drive before backing up, so it would appear I was going from a smaller drive to a larger one, but ran out of time & just put everything back as it was. Dell has been no help on this, unless I'd like to pay for a higher support plan. Any suggestions?

Thanks!

Hi,

I have a domain with 2 Domain Controllers, DC1 and DC2 that run windows server 2008 R2.

DC1 holds Schema master, Domain naming master, PDC, RID and DC2 holds Infrastructure master. DC1 is GC also.

I take a backup from DC1 include C volume, System State and Bare Metal (Volume D not included).

I have a new server with a clean hard disk. I boot this server from Windows Server 2008 R2 DVD and in first step I select repair option to recover this server from the windows image backup. But if I recover this image on the new server (with different hardware configuration) it will go to the blue screen and restart very fast.

Is my backup policy true?

How can I recover the backup.