Good day, The best way to monitor windows backup is obviously to go and look if it ran. But I'm wondering what other people out there do in terms of automatic notification if backup failed. I know you can have an email notification sent to you if a certain
event viewer ID occurs. But there are quite a few different IDs related to backup failed. I administrate a few small client servers and currently I check backup every few days. It would be really helpful if I could put some form of automatic monitoring in
place that helps me keep an eye on it. Any suggestions?
Monitoring - best practise?
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shadow copy component backup failure due to EFI partition
Hi folks
on 2 different i hav shadow copy component backup failure both of them have same configuration,: MS windows 2008 R2 SP1 ver 6.1 build 7601, both physical server.
backup application which i using is symantec netbackup.
bcdedit output from server1
bcdedit /enum
Windows Boot Manager
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identifier {bootmgr}
device partition=\Device\HarddiskVolume1
path \EFI\Microsoft\Boot\bootmgfw.efi
description Windows Boot Manager
locale en-US
inherit {globalsettings}
default {current}
resumeobject {6433896e-3e6b-11e0-9e3f-e41f13d6455a}
displayorder {current}
toolsdisplayorder {memdiag}
timeout 30
Windows Boot Loader
-------------------
identifier {current}
device partition=C:
path \Windows\system32\winload.efi
description Windows Server 2008 R2
locale en-US
inherit {bootloadersettings}
recoverysequence {64338970-3e6b-11e0-9e3f-e41f13d6455a}
recoveryenabled Yes
osdevice partition=C:
systemroot \Windows
resumeobject {6433896e-3e6b-11e0-9e3f-e41f13d6455a}
nx OptOut
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output from server2
bcdedit/enum
Windows Boot Manager
--------------------
identifier {bootmgr}
device partition=\Device\HarddiskVolume1
description Windows Boot Manager
locale en-US
inherit {globalsettings}
default {current}
resumeobject {4d265bb4-7954-11e2-8637-6cae8b27a84d}
displayorder {current}
toolsdisplayorder {memdiag}
timeout 30
Windows Boot Loader
-------------------
identifier {current}
device partition=C:
path \Windows\system32\winload.exe
description Windows Server 2008 R2
locale en-US
inherit {bootloadersettings}
recoverysequence {4d265bb6-7954-11e2-8637-6cae8b27a84d}
recoveryenabled Yes
osdevice partition=C:
systemroot \Windows
resumeobject {4d265bb4-7954-11e2-8637-6cae8b27a84d}
nx OptOut
if u keenly look and compare output then 1 line is missing from output of server2 :
path \EFI\Microsoft\Boot\bootmgfw.efi
question is why bootmgfw.efi path is missing from output of server2
why there is difference in Windows Boot Manager configuration ?
please help me understand this. please explain in simple terms.
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Event error 13 vmicvss Windows Server 2012 unable to perform online backup because scoped snapshots enabled
First W2K12 install, so, learning. W2K12 running in guest W2K8R2 Hyper-V. See error below. Been occuring since install, several events recorded within same 15 minute period each day, before and after joined to domain. Bing/Google searches and Event ID turned up no info. Quesrions:
- Why are online backups not enabled by default? (what if this were an Exchange or AD machine, for example)
- Where can I read up on scoped snapshots (again, searching yielded no info)
- In what scenarios should I leave scoped snapshots disabled? In what scenarios should I enable?
incidentally, this particular vm will be for SQL 2012 Enterprise. Followed immediately by a SharePoint 2013 vm also running W2K12.
Log Name: Application
Source: vmicvss
Date: 12/10/2012 11:45:02 AM
Event ID: 13
Task Category: None
Level: Error
Keywords: Classic
User: N/A
Computer: <Name Removed>
Description:
Windows cannot perform an online backup of this system because scoped snapshots are enabled. To resolve this, disable scoped snapshots by creating the following registry value on this computer:
PATH: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\SystemRestore\
DWORD: ScopeSnapshots
Value: 0
Incorrectly editing the registry may severely damage your system. Before making changes to the registry, you should back up any valued data on the computer.
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
<Provider Name="vmicvss" />
<EventID Qualifiers="49154">13</EventID>
<Level>2</Level>
<Task>0</Task>
<Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2012-12-10T16:45:02.000000000Z" />
<EventRecordID>442</EventRecordID>
<Channel>Application</Channel>
<Computer><name removed></Computer>
<Security />
</System>
<EventData>
</EventData>
</Event>
Thanks,
Joan
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Windows Server 2012 - Windows Server Backup (WSB) Antivirus Exclusions for Symantec (SYMEFA.DB) (Again)
This is a problem which appears to have resurfaced after reportedly being fixed in Symantec. The Symantec support person asked that I post a question in Technet to see if we can get a quicker answer:
Error in deletion of [C:\System Volume Information\EfaData\SYMEFA.DB] while pruning the target VHD: Error [0x80070020] The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process.
Application backup
Writer Id: {66841CD4-6DED-4F4B-8F17-FD23F8DDC3DE}
Component: 1F883BB7-A6AA-4130-AB7D-0849DBBE2D8C
Caption : Backup Using Saved State\VM-Test
Logical Path:
*-----------------------------*
I've installed Windows Server 2012 Standard on the host, and am backing up a W2K12 Virtual Machine. I have deleted the previous scheduled backup and then recreated a new backup with just one virtual machine. If I delete the W:\WindowsImageBackup sub-folder (I renamed the "live" sub-folder temporarily) the VM is backed up OK the first time. If I try to back up a second time, I get the pruning error.
I have added the following exclusions:
VM locations:
C:\VHDs\*
T:\*
U:\*
V:\*
VM Extensions:
vfd
vhd
vhdx
WSB drive:
W:\*
DPM 2012 exclusions:
C:\Program Files\System Center 2012\DPM\DPM\bin\DPMRA.exe
C:\Program Files\System Center 2012\DPM\DPM\Temp\MTA\*
C:\Program Files\System Center 2012\DPM\DPM\XSD\*
C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\csc.exe
The DPM Services were disabled and stopped.
AntiVirus: Symantec Endpoint Protection Small Business Edition Version 12.1.2100.2093
(12.1-RU2-MP1) This version was supposed to have a fix for all this.
Symantec re-installed this with me with only the "Virus and Spyware Protection" components included and double checked the exclusions list.
Disabling Symantec is not enough - it has to be uninstalled in order for the backup to work again.
The test virtual machine was stopped at the time of the backup and has one fixed size VHDx.
The Symantec Support person was hoping someone from Microsoft might be able to advise if there were any other exclusions that could be considered.
Strangely, this has been working fine for the past couple of weeks. It started acting up once I attempted backing up a VM with BitLocker encrypted VHDx's. (Not this test VM). Don't know if this was just a coincidence or if there is any connection. I have also been using Virtual Floppies, Differencing Disks, and Snapshots on other VMs.
When watching Resource Monitor, during the backup, it looks like ALL the virtual machine VHDs are opened and at least partially read, even though they are not running and not included in the backup.
Any suggestions would be helpful.
Thanks,
Bob.
Error in deletion of [C:\System Volume Information\EfaData\SYMEFA.DB] while pruning the target VHD: Error [0x80070020] The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process.
Application backup
Writer Id: {66841CD4-6DED-4F4B-8F17-FD23F8DDC3DE}
Component: 1F883BB7-A6AA-4130-AB7D-0849DBBE2D8C
Caption : Backup Using Saved State\VM-Test
Logical Path:
*-----------------------------*
I've installed Windows Server 2012 Standard on the host, and am backing up a W2K12 Virtual Machine. I have deleted the previous scheduled backup and then recreated a new backup with just one virtual machine. If I delete the W:\WindowsImageBackup sub-folder (I renamed the "live" sub-folder temporarily) the VM is backed up OK the first time. If I try to back up a second time, I get the pruning error.
I have added the following exclusions:
VM locations:
C:\VHDs\*
T:\*
U:\*
V:\*
VM Extensions:
vfd
vhd
vhdx
WSB drive:
W:\*
DPM 2012 exclusions:
C:\Program Files\System Center 2012\DPM\DPM\bin\DPMRA.exe
C:\Program Files\System Center 2012\DPM\DPM\Temp\MTA\*
C:\Program Files\System Center 2012\DPM\DPM\XSD\*
C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\csc.exe
The DPM Services were disabled and stopped.
AntiVirus: Symantec Endpoint Protection Small Business Edition Version 12.1.2100.2093
(12.1-RU2-MP1) This version was supposed to have a fix for all this.
Symantec re-installed this with me with only the "Virus and Spyware Protection" components included and double checked the exclusions list.
Disabling Symantec is not enough - it has to be uninstalled in order for the backup to work again.
The test virtual machine was stopped at the time of the backup and has one fixed size VHDx.
The Symantec Support person was hoping someone from Microsoft might be able to advise if there were any other exclusions that could be considered.
Strangely, this has been working fine for the past couple of weeks. It started acting up once I attempted backing up a VM with BitLocker encrypted VHDx's. (Not this test VM). Don't know if this was just a coincidence or if there is any connection. I have also been using Virtual Floppies, Differencing Disks, and Snapshots on other VMs.
When watching Resource Monitor, during the backup, it looks like ALL the virtual machine VHDs are opened and at least partially read, even though they are not running and not included in the backup.
Any suggestions would be helpful.
Thanks,
Bob.
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Windows Server 2012 - code '0x80780102' (The system writer is not found in the backup.)
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
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Error [0x80070020] - symefa.db - Server 2012 backup fail
I've got a Server 2012 Standard OS with failing backups (WSB.)
SEP 12.1.2 MP1 is installed. E:\* is defined as an exception to all scans in SEP. All VSS writers show 'no error.'
Here is the specific error within WSB: Error in deletion of [E:\System Volume Information\EfaData\SYMEFA.DB] while pruning the target VHD: Error [0x80070020] The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process.
This issue started after two weeks of successful backups, while running SEP 12.1.2. After upgrading to SEP 12.1.2 MP1, I rebooted the server, then stopped and re-created scheduled backups, formatting the destination disk. Manually running the scheduled scan from task scheduler worked once, but the scheduled backup failed that same night... same error.
I have an existing case open with Symantec... I just wanted to post this for other people, as this thread doesn't seem to provide a fix.
-ciao
ricardo
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Why are Hyper-V Snapshots in Windows Server 2012 not restored in Hyper-V Manager?
- Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V Host.
- W2K12 VM with two drive VHDx files, one Snapshot -> four files altogether.
- Standard WSB backup overnight.
- Delete the VM and Restore.
- WSB Restore restores all four files, but says "The selected virtual machine has no snapshots".
- The VM's Settings are pointing the IDE and SCSI files to the snapshot files.
- The VM boots Ok and the snapshot file content is there.
Is this normal?
Shouldn't restoring the VM also restore the snapshot info to the manager (I've tried restoring Host Component, etc.)?
Is there some way to add the ability to see the snapshots in the manager?
I assume we can manually merge the files via the manager or discard the snapshots via editing the VM settings.
Thanks,
Bob.
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2008 R2 - Fresh install - ASR writer fails on backup
I have set up a few new Server 2008 R2 machines with Hyper V role recently and every time I run a backup that includes System State, the backup will fail and the ASR Writer will show a state of 7 - Failed.
This happens with Windows Backup or Backup Exec 2012. Symantec says it is a Microsoft issue. Microsoft says it is a Symantec issue. I don't care who the issue is with, I want clean backups!
I don't see anything in the logs.
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Windows Server 2012 Backup Not Doing Incremental
I'm running Windows Server 2012, with my "C" drive on a small, 60 GB SSD and a large, 3 TB drive as my "D" drive, with two VMs on "D" (only one VM runs, the other's turned off all the time). In the past I've had no problem using Windows Server Backup to do an initial Full backup of all drives, with scheduled daily incremental backups, to another 3 TB HDD. However, recently I formatted the backup 3 TB drive and started over (dumb thing to do). After the initial, full backup (System Reserved, Bare Metal Recovery, C, D, Hyper-V, Virtual Machines), all subsequent backups do System Reserved and Local C as incremental, but the large "D" drive, 3 TB HDD (with about 2 TB of data on it) is always done as Full, and it takes six hours. It used to do "D" as incremental and would take a few minutes, depending on how much data changed that day.
I have tried configuring Performance Settings to Fast, which is supposed to backup changes only, yet each night a full backup of "D" is made. I've also tried configuring Performance Settings as Custom, and forcing each drive to be Incremental in the drop-down box next to each drive, but it makes no difference: "D" is always a full backup. The time taken isn't the biggest problem -- the biggest problem is that I have no backup history. A file deleted yesterday is gone for good without incremental backups.
Does anyone have any idea why Windows Server Backup will not backup my 3 TB "D" drive (with 2 TB of data) incrementally? I used to be able to hold over a dozen backup copies before, now all I get is yesterday's data.
Mike B.
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How to make a Server clone.
Dear All,
Greetings, I have to know the process by which I can make all the configuration of one server copied and pasted to another server. I mean to say that I have to make a clone of SERVER 1 in the SERVER 2. Now explaining more, in Server 1, I am using Windows 2012 and also hyper-v is configured and virtual machines are also installed. Again, In server 2, I have to use all the features ans same operating systems and all application per system of hyper-v of server 1 and also in server 2 I have windows 2012 installed as base machine. I can say here that i have to make a clone of SERVER 1 in the SERVER 2. So, please help me if there is any such process of give me a link where i can study it.
BR:-
S Saurabh
S Saurabh
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System Restore Point on windows 2008 R2
Is it possible to enable System Restore on Windows 2008 R2, if so what are the steps to enable it ?
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System State Backup does not work. "system writer is not found in the backup". "vssadmin list writers" does not list the system writer
This same error has been appearing in forums for about 5 years now! Resolutions vary from altering permissions on folders as described in this article:- http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2009272 and theres even a solution which involves performing an in-place upgrade like this:-
I have nothing wrong with the permissions under c:\windows\winsxs
The cryptsvc stops and starts successfully but the system writer still does not appear in the list from vssadmin list writers.
This means I can not backup the system state. "wbadmin start systemstatebackup -backuptarget:d: also fails.
Since the problem is not fixed by the permissions changes and service restarts, the only other option appears to be an in-place upgrade.
Since I have WindowsServer-2012 fully patched and the problem appears to have been successfully ported over theres nothing to upgrade to.
How do I get out of this situation?
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Windows SErver 2012 backup - overwrite behavior
Good morning, all!
I have a Windows 2012 server that has Windows backup running. I've configured an external USB drive for the backup target. I can get six to eight backups on the drive, depending on the day.
According to the information I can find, Windows backup is supposed to delete the oldest backups to make room for the new backup. However, what I've noticed is that Windows backup will fill the disk, then deleteall the backups on the external disk and start over. For example, on Monday I start with an empty disk and make one backup. Tuesday through Friday full backups occur as expected. Then, Saturday night, all the copies disappear and the backup starts over. Right now I see 6 copies that I can restore from. By the end of the week, I'll be back to one or two copies and start the cycle again.
I haven't found any place to modify this behavior. It would seem that overwriting the oldest copy, just enough to make room for the current backup, would be the default behavior. Is this normal for backup, or is there another place to look?
Thanks!
Gregg
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System State Failure using Windows Server Backup - error code '2155347997'
Good Day,
We have a SQL Failover Cluster environment with 2 x Win2k8 R2 SP1 servers. We cannot perform a successfulsystem state backup via the Windows Backup Application. The system was patched with updates and worked fine for about a week until this issue had started, so I don't think it is attributed to the updates?
The job starts and completes 1.73mb before it fails.
Log Name: Application
Source: Microsoft-Windows-Backup
Date: 5/21/2013 4:27:00 PM
Event ID: 517
Task Category: None
Level: Error
Keywords:
User: SYSTEM
Computer: ServerName.domain.local
Description:
The backup operation that started at '2013-05-21T14:26:36.039544600Z' has failed with following error code '2155347997' (The operation ended before completion.). Please review the event details for a solution, and then rerun the backup operation once the
issue is resolved.
I have verified :
1. vssadmin writers are in a stable state
2. vssadmin shadowstorage allocation is fine
3. disk capacity is fine
4. Hotfix http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2182466/en-us identifies exact symptoms, however this is already included in SP1
5. Server has been rebooted
6. Rectified the imagepaths using the script below to identify services with invalid paths
6a. However, I am unclear if these imagepaths are anything to be concerned with, as they startup on a
cluster storage resource ( SAN drives ). They also do not get fixed unless I point to a C: drive location
PS C:\!!Software!!> .\GetInvalidImagePathsV2.ps1
Following are the service(s) found to be reporting invalid paths.
Service Name : QuestLauncher3566
Service Caption : QAM Launcher 3566
Registry key : HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\QuestLauncher3566\ImagePath
Value : "K:\Program Files\Quest Software\pa_agent\3566\agents\bin\quest_launcher.exe" 3566 "+K:\Program Fi
les\Quest Software\pa_agent\3566\agents"
Reason : The service path contains invalid characters. Characters < > : " | ? cannot be used in a file path
.
Service Name : QuestLauncher3567
Service Caption : QAM Launcher 3567
Registry key : HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\QuestLauncher3567\ImagePath
Value : "P:\Program Files\Quest Software\pa_agent\3567\agents\bin\quest_launcher.exe" 3567 "+P:\Program Fi
les\Quest Software\pa_agent\3567\agents"
Reason : The service path contains invalid characters. Characters < > : " | ? cannot be used in a file path
.
Service Name : QuestLauncher3568
Service Caption : QAM Launcher 3568
Registry key : HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\QuestLauncher3568\ImagePath
Value : "I:\Program Files\Quest Software\pa_agent\3568\agents\bin\quest_launcher.exe" 3568 "+I:\Program Fi
les\Quest Software\pa_agent\3568\agents"
Reason : The service path contains a reparse point. Paths containing a reparse point are not supported.
Service Name : QuestLauncher3569
Service Caption : QAM Launcher 3569
Registry key : HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\QuestLauncher3569\ImagePath
Value : "J:\Program Files\Quest Software\pa_agent\3569\agents\bin\quest_launcher.exe" 3569 "+J:\Program Fi
les\Quest Software\pa_agent\3569\agents"
Reason : The service path contains a reparse point. Paths containing a reparse point are not supported.
Does anyone have any other suggestions as there are no specific fixes for Windows 2008 R2 SP1?
Thank you,
Navs M
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Simple way to backup Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard
Hi,
How do I backup the content on my Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard?
I have the dedicated Windows server with GoDaddy.
I am not very advanced with technology or servers, so can someone give me simple steps on how to backup the content
on my server?
Thank you in advance for your help
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How to backup the ProgramData\Microsoft\Crypto\RSA\MachineKeys directories and files
Using an Axcient appliance to backup Windows 2008 server. The axcient appliance will not back up the ProgramData/Microsoft/Crypto/RSA/MachineKeys directories and files due to permission denied error messages. First of all do these files really need to be backed up? Gather from the reading that some of the files are important but not always all of them. Also gathered from the reading that improperly changing permissions on the files can render some of the files invalid which could cause issues for the users that really own them. In examing the file permissions the owner of the file cannot be displayed. How can one determine who owns the directory/file? Also caught some hints in some of the newsgroups and discussion threads that changing permissions is not enough to allow backups of the MachineKeys and Registry Hacks may be required.
Am looking for a simple checklist, in laymen's terms, of steps to follow to get the Axcient appliance to back up these directories and files.
Thank You.
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Backup failed with error code 0x80780179
When trying to backup Windows Server 2012 using built-in Windows Server Backup tool I get the following error:
The backup operation that started at 'XXX....' has failed with following error code '0x80780179' (An error occured while writing to the backup target.). Please review the event details for a solution, and then rerun the backup operation once the issue is resolved.
The event details I looked at doesn't provide any help other than the ErrorMessage=%%2155348345
I searched everywhere but the solution eludes me.
Can someone please help me resolve this?
Thanks
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Backup Help
After reading through countless posts, I'm still confused as ever on which option to use "VSS Full Backup" or "VSS Copy Backup", so I will just tell you my setup and what I want to be able to do, and you can tell me which is right. I'd like a nightly incremental backup. Everynight, it should just backup files/folders that I've specified that have been edited/changed and create a new .vhd file. Will doing it this way effect my ability to restore?
Also, if I wanted to create an image of the machine, is this doable from the windows server back up utility? Then if the server crashes, I can restore it (with a disk?) and then restore my data using the most recent backup that I'm trying to setup at the moment.
This is my plan, because one of my servers actually did crash this weekend, and it was a pain to get it up and running again. I create a system snapshot (can windows server backup do this?) and save to an external 4TB drive. If it crashes, I load up disk, plug in 4TB drive and recover that snapshot. Once it loads up, I can go to the windows server backup utility and select "recover", i can then point it to the network location that I'm sending all these nightly incremental too, and it will restore all the files/folders.
Is this correct and possible?
Thanks
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Windows server 2008 r2 export event logs
Hi to all,
I have a question about backing up event viewer logs. My boss wants to backup event logs every couple of weeks. I know I can export logs, but we have about 20 servers, and this job can be very dificult, regarding the number of servers. Second, I can not run ANY script due to security policy on the domain. Can anyone tell me is there any kind of software that can help me manage logs easier? Because this is taking too much time from me. Thank you all in advance!
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Windows Server 2012 Backup and Exchange 2010 SP3
Hi,
Is it possible to backup and Exchange Server 2010 SP3 (a 2 nodes DAG) using Windows Server 2012 backup feature.
If yes, does this operation truncate Exchange logs?
Many Thanks,
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