We have upgraded a customer to Server 2012 R2.  We are trying to perform a backup but every single thing we have tried has failed with the following :

Backup of volume \\?\Volume{739fbb28-4d00-11e3-80b3-806e6f6e6963}\ has failed. Incorrect function.

We are backing up the F: drive to a NAS drive attached to the network.  The setup of the network is as follows: 1 Server2012R2; 4 workstations, NAS and Watchguard firewall.  Any ideas would be greatly appreciated!

I'm having an issue backing up. The system writer is not available and I've tried all the previous solutions such as (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2009272) as well as others on here, setting the permissions etc. but the system writer never appears under 'vssadmin list writers'

It seems this issue has been around for many years on previous version. Is there a solution? I've spent days on this so far.

Many thanks,

Geoff 

When running server backup on windows 2008 R2 get the following error message.

event id 5634 unable to create vss snapshot the directory is invalid

Can anyone offer a solution? Have had the kit verified and tested by Dell and trolled the forums and knowledge sites but not much luck.

Thanks

I'm getting this error when I try to check a backup stored on a NAS.  When I attempt to recover from it, I pick "A backup stored on another location" then "Remote shared folder". 

I put in the path: \\192.168.16.17\public\server\2014-01-24

And what I get is the above error message: "The specified path is not a remote shared folder"

The path clearly is a remote shared folder. If I paste it into explorer it opens fine, and I can copy/delete files from it.  What gives?

We have Windows 2012 Server hosting 2 VMs - Domain Controller & RDS.  We have been doing Windows Server Backup incremental and have an ongoing issue with scheduled backups each night.  The backup shows completed with warnings and generates 2 log files.

The first log files shows:  

Backup of volume \\?\Volume{5d46f853-5db2-11e2-93e7-806e6f6e6963}\ succeeded.

Backup of volume C: succeeded.

Backup of volume F: succeeded.

Application backup
Writer Id: {66841CD4-6DED-4F4B-8F17-FD23F8DDC3DE}
   Component: ACBCD71E-A8CA-4672-B951-52C1BE8444BE
   Caption     : Backup Using Child Partition Snapshot\FMLRDS1
   Logical Path: 


Writer Id: {66841CD4-6DED-4F4B-8F17-FD23F8DDC3DE}
   Component: Host Component
   Caption     : Host Component
   Logical Path: 

The 2nd log file more often than not shows:  

Backup of volume E: has failed. Backup failed as shadow copy on source volume got deleted. This might caused by high write activity on the volume. Please retry the backup. If the issue persists consider increasing shadow copy storage using 'VSSADMIN Resize ShadowStorage' command.

Error in backup of E:\ during enumerate: Error [0x80070003] The system cannot find the path specified.
Application backup
Writer Id: {66841CD4-6DED-4F4B-8F17-FD23F8DDC3DE}
   Component: 2B4A9541-C88B-442E-9A7A-6D8A27342C11
   Caption     : Backup Using Child Partition Snapshot\FMLDC1
   Logical Path: 
   Error           : 8078010D
   Error Message   : Enumeration of the files failed.

   Detailed Error  : 80070003
   Detailed Error Message : (null)

We had been getting a successful backup once or twice a week which showed completed (with no mentioned of warnings) but now it regularly shows completed with warnings as noted above.  

We did a manual full backup of the DC to a different external drive a few days ago and that completed without warnings and the backup shows:  E: Completed 63.38 Full - VSS Copy Backup Successful, 8/27/13 3:35 PM - 4:43 PM. Data Transferred 63.38

On a side note, we can view the logs in the windows/logs/windowsserverbackup directory but when we attempt to view the details of a log file through the Local Backup Console for any log which shows completed with errors, we get a "MMC has detected an error in the snapin and will unload and then it shows Object referenced not set to instance of an object."  The manual backup noted above that was successful is able to be viewed through the Local Backup Console without this error.  

Any idea as to why this is failing during the scheduled backups?  This hosts a database that we need to have regular successful backups.

Hi people!

I'm using arcserve backup 16.5 to backup my cluster 2012 (datacenter) (2 servers). Physical and virtual machines (15 vm's).
Now after a while the vss starting to show me some errors and my backup is failing on only both hyperv physical hosts on C drive.
After much investigating with the support of arcserve they say that they cant do much about this problem and the support redirected me to Microsoft. After much calling and putting me on hold and telling me that they will call me back I'm still sitting here getting old and gray. So hope there is someone out there to help me out with this one.

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ARCSERVE ERROR: E12502 2014-02-16 13:41:19 The volume shadow service provider has reported a bad state for the operation.

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What I have done so far (without any luck):

vssadmin list writers are all stable and no errors.
vssadmin list providers are all Microsoft
Cleaned up shadow copies
Installed all updates (server 2012 and arcserve)
No antivirus installed (removed trendmicro)
Changed the setting on C: to maximum size: no limit on shadow copies
Rebooted system many times
There is enough space on the disks

Beste Regards, Stephan

We are using a simple backup script to put all of our data onto an external drive bay connected via USB 3 each night. All our script does it this:

wbadmin start backup -backupTarget:E: -include:BACKUP_FOLDERS -quiet

The problem is that the backup will either finish around 6am or not until 1pm or so. It runs a full backup as we rotate the drives out but the issue is not drive specific. Some days the backup will finish nice and early at 6am-ish. Other days it will take until about 1pm or so. It's copying the same amount of data each time. What could I look at to see what is causing the 7 hour variance in backup times?

Thanks!

Hi people!

I'm using arcserve backup 16.5 to backup my cluster 2012 (datacenter) (2 servers). Physical and virtual machines (15 vm's).
Now after a while the vss starting to show me some errors and my backup is failing on only both hyperv physical hosts on C drive.
After much investigating with the support of arcserve they say that they cant do much about this problem and the support redirected me to Microsoft. After much calling and putting me on hold and telling me that they will call me back I'm still sitting here getting old and gray. So hope there is someone out there to help me out with this one.

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ARCSERVE ERROR: E12502 2014-02-16 13:41:19 The volume shadow service provider has reported a bad state for the operation.

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What I have done so far (without any luck):

vssadmin list writers are all stable and no errors.
vssadmin list providers are all Microsoft
Cleaned up shadow copies
Installed all updates (server 2012 and arcserve)
No antivirus installed (removed trendmicro)
Changed the setting on C: to maximum size: no limit on shadow copies
Rebooted system many times
There is enough space on the disks

Beste Regards, Stephan

hi,

I'm testing a bare metal restore of a Windows 2008 R2 domain controller using just builtin Windows Backup. The server is a VMWare virtual machine with the following configuration:

C: Os

D: NTDS

E: Logs

F: Sysvol

Once I restore the server, which goes flawless, I reboot and after startup I get a blue screen saying that the server cannot find the AD files.

Using F8, I startup in DSRM. Diskmanagement in DSRM shows me that all disks but the C: drive are offline. Once I set the disks online and reboot the DC starts up just fine. I am able to fix it but it leaves me puzzled.

 I checked the disk signatures with mountvol and they are exactly the same as the original. A co-worker mentioned he saw this with other 2008+ servers too. Couldn't find anything related online ? I even made a new backup and restores it to a new VM so it can be reproduced.Anyone know why these disks are offline after a bare metal restore ?

Anyone ?

Thanx,

Thorwald

Thorwald van Elburg

Hi,
I have a Windows server 2012 where I configured Windows server backup. The following items are to be backed up (full server backup):

• system state
• C: (60GB with about 30GB data)
• D: (3TB with about 1,5GB dedplucated data)
• system-reserved (about 300MB)

The backup target is an iscsi target with 3TB. 
The backup jobs runs fine and uses about 1,4TB on the iscsi target.
But only one version/copy (checked with `wbadmin get versions`) is kept. 
Does anyone have an idea why it only keeps one copy? I already tried to recreate the schedule, remove the backup and start from scratch, but I always end up with just one copy.

Cheers,
Nicki

I have a server with an Asus mother board running 2008 on two SAS drives in RAID 1 via a PIKE 1068E card on the motherboard in the specific slot.  The PIKE card is failing and seems to be killing any new SAS drives I have installed in the seconday slot. I am trying to instal a new PIKE 2008 card.  I have backed up the entire server using the backup snap in module to an external USB hard drive.  The backup drive is 500gb, and the backup image is about 326gb.   The RAID image itself is 558gb.  The first time I tried to restore using the MS protocol, I got the following message: 

System image restore failed. The disk set as active in BIOS is too small to recover the original system disk. Replace the disk with a larger one and retry the operation (0x80042407)"

I then shrunk the C: image to 556gb, reformatted the backup drive, and backup up the new image.  I am still am running into the same problem.  Is there something else I have to do?

When trying to Backup (and/or Create a System image) onto my Network  w/Windows 7 Professional, after entering my username and password, I get the following pop up message: "The specified network location cannot be used. Verify the path points to a correct network location and that the supplied credentials can be used for write access to the folder." Details further show " The specified service does not exist as an installed service (0x80070424)"

I have no problems dragging and dropping anything across my network or accessing any part w/Explorer. Originally I had no password set up at all, but set one up just to try and satisfy the Backup setup windows. I've also turned off all Firewall protection and Anti-virus software. Still no luck. Am on a Home network/Home group, not a  Domain.

I've successfully done this in the past with no problems. I don't know what changed - obviously something did.

I've searched the web for answers, but so far have not found any - this is my first post specifically asking for help.

Is it even worth the trouble if I can create an image onto disks or an external hard drive directly connected via USB. Win7 Professional is supposed to Backup to the Network and that is what I would really like to do. Rem: PC - Personal Computer.

Any help would be appreciated - thanks in advance.

Mike M.

Hi all,

Background of problematic server - Server 2008 R2 SP1 running as a Hyper-V host. Runs 1x guest. Backing up full server using Windows backup to a 2TB SATA harddisk. Backup used to work until an ISCSI connection is disconnected in the guest. BackupWORKS if guest is turned off

Background of guest server - Server 2008 R2 SP1. DC and Exchange 2010 installed. It's backup target used to be a NAS via ISCSI. Now it is backing up to an attached VHD file

Error on host

In event viewer > Windows Log > Application :

Event 521, Backup-

The backup operation that started at '‎2014‎-‎02‎-‎23T10:00:15.400000000Z' has failed because the Volume Shadow Copy Service operation to create a shadow copy of the volumes being backed up failed with following error code '2155348129'. Please review the event details for a solution, and then rerun the backup operation once the issue is resolved.

In event viewer > Applications and Services logs > Microsoft > Windows > Hyper-V-VMMS :

Event 10112, Hyper-V-VMMS-

The number of volumes reverted does not match the number of volumes in the snapshot set for virtual machine 'GUEST-OS' (Virtual machine ID 30437CA0-AD79-4ADD-81A7-F52D3EA9C5BB).

After a failed backup, "VSSadmin list writers" shows the below:

Writer name: 'Microsoft Hyper-V VSS Writer'
   Writer Id: {66841cd4-6ded-4f4b-8f17-fd23f8ddc3de}
   Writer Instance Id: {7ef38770-bb0c-4ad3-8628-6e2c2a6a5873}
   State: [5] Waiting for completion
   Last error: Unexpected error

Have tried applying the hotFix KB975354 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/975354/en-us) only to be told that it isn't applicable to my system.

I can also confirm that the ISCSI connection is definitely dropped in guest. Also, I've disabled the service "Microsoft ISCSI initiator Service" in guest.

Would appreciate if anyone let me know what else to be looking out for.

Cheers,

Chriso

When booting with the Server 2008 R2 DVD in the machine, I select the repair option. When prompted, I then select Restore your computer using a system image that you created earlier. Image selected is for volume with two partitions, C & E. Error message is as follows: The system image restore failed. Error details: Windows did not find any disk which it can use for recreating volumes present in backup. Offline disks, cluster shared disks or disks explicitly excluded by the user will not be used by Windows. Ensure that disks are online and no disks are excluded by mistake(0x80042414)

There is an option to load drivers, but the only drives listed there are boot(X:) and MyBook(C:), the portable drive that the backup files are on. This is an HP Proliant ML310 Gen8 box. HP says it's a Microsoft problem, of course. Don't know how it can restore to a disk it can't see...

I am looking for a way for windows server 2003,2008 r2, and 2012 r2. to email backup reports. i need to know is there any software or programs that I can use to email me backup log or if passed or failed without having to check the everyone one with like logmein.  Thanks

Greetings,

Kindly I need your assistant for., How to restore the domain controller in this case, I have 1 Domain Controller and i take a backup by the windows tool and I facing a hardwarefailure so I need to restore the backup to the new hardware. i need the steps for how to do this i see more pages but i didn't find the steps. anyone can help me.

I have the exact same issue as here:

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/windowsbackup/thread/cd02fdfd-a641-4a76-ba22-5c45fe16c845

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6001]

Copyright (c) 2006 Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.

C:\>wbadmin start systemstatebackup -backuptarget:D:

wbadmin 1.0 - Backup command-line tool

(C) Copyright 2004 Microsoft Corp.

Starting System State Backup [5/12/2011 1:28 PM]

Retrieving volume information...

This would backup the system state from volume(s) Local Disk(C:),New Volume(D:)

to D:.

Do you want to start the backup operation?

[Y] Yes [N] No y

Creating the shadow copy of volumes requested for backup.

Creating the shadow copy of volumes requested for backup.

Creating the shadow copy of volumes requested for backup.

Creating the shadow copy of volumes requested for backup.

Creating the shadow copy of volumes requested for backup.

Identifying system state files to backup (This may take a few minutes)...

Found (2523) files

Summary of backup:

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Backup of system state failed [5/12/2011 1:29 PM]

Log of files successfully backed up

'C:\Windows\Logs\WindowsServerBackup\SystemStateBackup 12-05-2011 13-28-35.log'

Log of files for which backup failed

'C:\Windows\Logs\WindowsServerBackup\SystemStateBackup_Error 12-05-2011 13-28-35

.log'

Enumeration of the files failed.

Access is denied.

From the log:

Error in backup of C:\documents and settings\all users\ during read: Error [0x80070005] Access is denied. 

In the linked post, Sandeep explains what the problem is, but not how to fix it.  Thank you in advance for any input you might have!

-Rock