Hello.  We have a Windows Server 2012 R2 server that is having an issue completing backups successfully.  If we were to reboot the server, we will get one successful backup but then all subsequent backups will be Completed with warnings until the server is rebooted. 

The server is Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard running Hyper-V.  The vhd and vhdx files backup with out issue but when trying to backup the virtual servers online, we get the backup failed to complete.

The full error is Completed with warnings.  Backup succeeded but some components backed up were inconsistent in the snapshot.  The application this component belongs to may not function properly after this backup is used for recovery. 

Environment: Windows 2012 R2

Hi,

Perhaps someone can explain this for me . . .

I am performing a BareMetal backup to a local volume on the server.

I have a scheduled Bi-Weekly BareMetal backup. One hour before the backup, I run a maintenance task to keepVersion:2 so that only 2 versions of the BareMetal backup are kept.

The next BareMetal backup which is run is successful. I open a PS session, runwbadmin get versions and it shows 3 BareMetal backups performed. 2 weeks later, the next maintenance scheduled task is run, it removes the oldest BareMetal backup and displays 2 BareMetal versions (wbadmin get versions). When I open Explorer, under WindowsImageBackup\<Servername>, it still shows the BareMetal backup version which was deleted. I.E. runningwbadmin get versions shows 2 versions of the BM backup, but 3 versions exist in Explorer.

As this continues, the BM's are deleted when running wbadmin get versions but the files are not being removed.

If this continues without my checking it, I will eventually run out of disk space.

Why aren't the files for the BM backup being deleted when my maintenance task (wbadmin DELETE BACKUP -keepversions:2) runs?

Help!

David

Environment:

Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials running in VirtualBox in a Windows 7 host. Networking is configured and works fine.

Background:

My only backup needs are to copy the contents of two folders to a NAS folder every day at 2 AM.

I configured a backup schedule in Windows Server Backup (wbadmin) to a network location which is hosted as a Samba share on a Synology NAS.

For authentication, I created a backup user which has the same username and password as a user on the Samba share, with permission to read and write the backup folder. I added this user to the Backup Operators group.

Problem:

When I try to run the Backup Once operation to test my backup, I get the following error message:

"Windows Backup cannot read the backup destination."

What I've tried:

I verified that the location is directly accessible in Windows by copying and pasting the address from the Windows Server Backup destination into explorer. Providing the backup user credentials opened the location and creating/reading files worked fine.

Adding the backup user to the Administrators group did not have an effect.

Update 2014-02-18

I checked the backup destination and was surprised to find that the scheduled backup actually completes successfully.However, Backup Once always results in the above error message. So the problem is confined to the "Backup Once" operation.

Good Afternoon,

I need some help with Windows Server Backup (wbadmin) for Server 2019 Essentials. The setup is a VM Domain Controller hosted using Hyper-V Core. I can carry out a file backup but when I try and carry out a bare-metal or critical It keeps failing. I've tried backing up to attached disk/volume added through the Hypervisor (D:) on the VM, and a share on a NAS, but without success.

Below are screenshots and the related logs, any help would be much appreciated!

Log Name:     Application
Source:       SRMSVC
Date:         02/07/2019 08:07:12
Event ID:     8228
Task Category: None
Level:       Error
Keywords:     Classic
User:         N/A
Computer:     DC-01.giarti.local
Description:
File Server Resource Manager was unable to access the following file or volume: '\\?\Volume{b5dd8a31-0f5d-4997-923d-36641d2310aa}\'. This file or volume might be locked by another application right now, or you might need to give Local System access to it.
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">;
  <System>
    <Provider Name="SRMSVC" />
    <EventID Qualifiers="32772">8228</EventID>
    <Level>2</Level>
    <Task>0</Task>
    <Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>
    <TimeCreated SystemTime="2019-07-02T07:07:12.059045100Z" />
    <EventRecordID>2335</EventRecordID>
    <Channel>Application</Channel>
    <Computer>DC-01.giarti.local</Computer>
    <Security />
  </System>
  <EventData>
    <Data>\\?\Volume{b5dd8a31-0f5d-4997-923d-36641d2310aa}\</Data>
    <Data>
    </Data>
    <Binary>2D20436F64653A2053524D564F4C4D4330303030303730392D2043616C6C3A2053524D564F4C4D4330303030303636392D205049443A202030303030313933322D205449443A202030303030343338302D20434D443A2020433A5C57696E646F77735C73797374656D33325C737663686F73742E657865202D6B2073726D737663732020202020202D20557365723A204E616D653A204E5420415554484F524954595C53595354454D2C205349443A532D312D352D313820</Binary>
  </EventData>
</Event>

LOG 2 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Log Name:     ApplicationSource:       SRMSVCDate:         02/07/2019 08:07:22Event ID:     8228Task Category: NoneLevel:       ErrorKeywords:     ClassicUser:        N/AComputer:     DC-01.giarti.localDescription:File Server Resource Manager was unable to access the following file or volume: '\\?\Volume{b5dd8a31-0f5d-4997-923d-36641d2310aa}\'. This file or volume might be locked by another application right now, or you might need to give Local System access to it.Event Xml:<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">; <System>    <Provider Name="SRMSVC" />    <EventID Qualifiers="32772">8228</EventID>    <Level>2</Level>    <Task>0</Task>    <Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>   <TimeCreated SystemTime="2019-07-02T07:07:22.068463100Z" />    <EventRecordID>2336</EventRecordID>    <Channel>Application</Channel>    <Computer>DC-01.giarti.local</Computer>   <Security />  </System>  <EventData>    <Data>\\?\Volume{b5dd8a31-0f5d-4997-923d-36641d2310aa}\</Data>    <Data>    </Data>    <Binary>2D20436F64653A2053524D564F4C4D4330303030303730392D2043616C6C3A2053524D564F4C4D4330303030303636392D205049443A202030303030313933322D205449443A202030303030343338302D20434D443A2020433A5C57696E646F77735C73797374656D33325C737663686F73742E657865202D6B2073726D737663732020202020202D20557365723A204E616D653A204E5420415554484F524954595C53595354454D2C205349443A532D312D352D313820</Binary> </EventData></Event>

LOG 3 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Log Name:     ApplicationSource:       Microsoft-Windows-BackupDate:         02/07/2019 08:09:28Event ID:     517Task Category: NoneLevel:       ErrorKeywords:     User:        SYSTEMComputer:     DC-01.giarti.localDescription:The backup operation that started at '?2019?-?07?-?02T07:06:39.187177100Z' 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.Event Xml:<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">; <System>    <Provider Name="Microsoft-Windows-Backup" Guid="{1db28f2e-8f80-4027-8c5a-a11f7f10f62d}" />    <EventID>517</EventID>    <Version>1</Version>    <Level>2</Level>   <Task>0</Task>    <Opcode>0</Opcode>    <Keywords>0x8000000000000000</Keywords>    <TimeCreated SystemTime="2019-07-02T07:09:28.676698300Z" />    <EventRecordID>2338</EventRecordID>   <Correlation />    <Execution ProcessID="928" ThreadID="6036" />    <Channel>Application</Channel>    <Computer>DC-01.giarti.local</Computer>    <Security UserID="S-1-5-18" />  </System>  <EventData>    <Data Name="BackupTime">2019-07-02T07:06:39.187177100Z</Data>    <Data Name="ErrorCode">0x807800c5</Data>   <Data Name="ErrorMessage">%%2155348165</Data>  </EventData></Event>

LOG 4 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Log Name:     Application
Source:       Windows Error Reporting
Date:         02/07/2019 08:09:29
Event ID:     1001
Task Category: None
Level:       Information
Keywords:     Classic
User:         N/A
Computer:     DC-01.giarti.local
Description:
Fault bucket , type 0
Event Name: Windows Server Backup Error
Response: Not available
Cab Id: 0

Problem signature:
P1: 2
P2: 1
P3: 0x807800c5
P4: 0x8078004f
P5: 0x8078004f
P6: 0x807800c5
P7: 0x8078004f
P8: 0x00000000
P9: 
P10: 

Attached files:
\\?\C:\Windows\Logs\WindowsServerBackup\WBEngine.0.etl
\\?\C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WER45B9.tmp.WERInternalMetadata.xml
\\?\C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WER45BA.tmp.xml
\\?\C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WER45F0.tmp.csv
\\?\C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WER4600.tmp.txt

These files may be available here:
\\?\C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\ReportQueue\NonCritical_2_e04152167631ad9e20a4a311fe7db0675c623bcd_00000000_cab_361d462e

Analysis symbol: 
Rechecking for solution: 0
Report Id: ec04aca7-08d8-4990-9c41-15e4c08fde75
Report Status: 100
Hashed bucket: 
Cab Guid: 0
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">;
  <System>
    <Provider Name="Windows Error Reporting" />
    <EventID Qualifiers="0">1001</EventID>
    <Level>4</Level>
    <Task>0</Task>
    <Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>
    <TimeCreated SystemTime="2019-07-02T07:09:29.041017000Z" />
    <EventRecordID>2337</EventRecordID>
    <Channel>Application</Channel>
    <Computer>DC-01.giarti.local</Computer>
    <Security />
  </System>
  <EventData>
    <Data>
    </Data>
    <Data>0</Data>
    <Data>Windows Server Backup Error</Data>
    <Data>Not available</Data>
    <Data>0</Data>
    <Data>2</Data>
    <Data>1</Data>
    <Data>0x807800c5</Data>
    <Data>0x8078004f</Data>
    <Data>0x8078004f</Data>
    <Data>0x807800c5</Data>
    <Data>0x8078004f</Data>
    <Data>0x00000000</Data>
    <Data>
    </Data>
    <Data>
    </Data>
    <Data>
\\?\C:\Windows\Logs\WindowsServerBackup\WBEngine.0.etl
\\?\C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WER45B9.tmp.WERInternalMetadata.xml
\\?\C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WER45BA.tmp.xml
\\?\C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WER45F0.tmp.csv
\\?\C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WER4600.tmp.txt</Data>
    <Data>\\?\C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\ReportQueue\NonCritical_2_e04152167631ad9e20a4a311fe7db0675c623bcd_00000000_cab_361d462e</Data>
    <Data>
    </Data>
    <Data>0</Data>
    <Data>ec04aca7-08d8-4990-9c41-15e4c08fde75</Data>
    <Data>100</Data>
    <Data>
    </Data>
    <Data>0</Data>
  </EventData>
</Event>

LOG 5 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Log Name:     ApplicationSource:       Windows Error ReportingDate:         02/07/2019 08:09:30Event ID:     1001Task Category: NoneLevel:       InformationKeywords:     ClassicUser:        N/AComputer:     DC-01.giarti.localDescription:Fault bucket -928769751, type 5Event Name: Windows Server Backup ErrorResponse: Not availableCab Id: 0

Problem signature:P1: 2P2: 1P3: 0x807800c5P4: 0x8078004fP5: 0x8078004fP6: 0x807800c5P7: 0x8078004fP8: 0x00000000P9: P10: 

Attached files:\\?\C:\Windows\Logs\WindowsServerBackup\WBEngine.0.etl\\?\C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WER45B9.tmp.WERInternalMetadata.xml\\?\C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WER45BA.tmp.xml\\?\C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WER45F0.tmp.csv\\?\C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WER4600.tmp.txt

These files may be available here:\\?\C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\ReportArchive\NonCritical_2_e04152167631ad9e20a4a311fe7db0675c623bcd_00000000_15c14c97

Analysis symbol: Rechecking for solution: 0Report Id: ec04aca7-08d8-4990-9c41-15e4c08fde75Report Status: 268435552Hashed bucket: 86d2a47cc89240d00ecca7b7db014b3fCab Guid: 0Event Xml:<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">; <System>    <Provider Name="Windows Error Reporting" />    <EventID Qualifiers="0">1001</EventID>    <Level>4</Level>    <Task>0</Task>   <Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>    <TimeCreated SystemTime="2019-07-02T07:09:30.484650400Z" />    <EventRecordID>2339</EventRecordID>    <Channel>Application</Channel>   <Computer>DC-01.giarti.local</Computer>    <Security />  </System>  <EventData>    <Data>-928769751</Data>    <Data>5</Data>    <Data>Windows Server Backup Error</Data>    <Data>Not available</Data>    <Data>0</Data>    <Data>2</Data>    <Data>1</Data>    <Data>0x807800c5</Data>   <Data>0x8078004f</Data>    <Data>0x8078004f</Data>    <Data>0x807800c5</Data>    <Data>0x8078004f</Data>    <Data>0x00000000</Data>    <Data>   </Data>    <Data>    </Data>    <Data>\\?\C:\Windows\Logs\WindowsServerBackup\WBEngine.0.etl\\?\C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WER45B9.tmp.WERInternalMetadata.xml\\?\C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WER45BA.tmp.xml\\?\C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WER45F0.tmp.csv\\?\C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WER4600.tmp.txt</Data>   <Data>\\?\C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\ReportArchive\NonCritical_2_e04152167631ad9e20a4a311fe7db0675c623bcd_00000000_15c14c97</Data>    <Data>    </Data>    <Data>0</Data>   <Data>ec04aca7-08d8-4990-9c41-15e4c08fde75</Data>    <Data>268435552</Data>    <Data>86d2a47cc89240d00ecca7b7db014b3f</Data>    <Data>0</Data>  </EventData></Event>

In Windows Server 2012 R2 , I had a set of recovery points inside of the Windows Server Backup application.

There is about a week's worth of backup.

After changing the backup schedule of the backup and the Windows Server Backup runs, all previous backups disappear from my recovery points.

What can I do to see all the original recovery points ?

Thanks.

Domain Controller Backup is failing. VSS writers are waiting for completion.

Backup is done by Networker tool on Physical Servers.

Xcopy is blocked in infra and on DC too.

C:\ drive backup is failing and System State backup also fails.

All other Drives backup are completed except C:\

System:Event ID 1 

Disaster recovery backup of the critical volumes failed.

System Event ID 8220

Output of VSSADMIN LIST WRITERS

vssadmin 1.1 - Volume Shadow Copy Service administrative command-line tool
(C) Copyright 2001-2013 Microsoft Corp.

Writer name: 'Task Scheduler Writer'
   Writer Id: {d61d61c8-d73a-4eee-8cdd-f6f9786b7124}
   Writer Instance Id: {1bddd48e-5052-49db-9b07-b96f96727e6b}
   State: [1] Stable
   Last error: No error

Writer name: 'VSS Metadata Store Writer'
   Writer Id: {75dfb225-e2e4-4d39-9ac9-ffaff65ddf06}
   Writer Instance Id: {088e7a7d-09a8-4cc6-a609-ad90e75ddc93}
   State: [1] Stable
   Last error: No error

Writer name: 'Performance Counters Writer'
   Writer Id: {0bada1de-01a9-4625-8278-69e735f39dd2}
   Writer Instance Id: {f0086dda-9efc-47c5-8eb6-a944c3d09381}
   State: [1] Stable
   Last error: No error

Writer name: 'System Writer'
   Writer Id: {e8132975-6f93-4464-a53e-1050253ae220}
   Writer Instance Id: {62be2954-ee27-42b5-9cb0-5197a49cc544}
   State: [5] Waiting for completion
   Last error: No error

Writer name: 'Shadow Copy Optimization Writer'
   Writer Id: {4dc3bdd4-ab48-4d07-adb0-3bee2926fd7f}
   Writer Instance Id: {334e03db-923b-4641-b9b8-3ab24ccad80a}
   State: [5] Waiting for completion
   Last error: No error

Writer name: 'ASR Writer'
   Writer Id: {be000cbe-11fe-4426-9c58-531aa6355fc4}
   Writer Instance Id: {85357157-1c4c-495a-a210-6f8ea797d514}
   State: [1] Stable
   Last error: No error

Writer name: 'NPS VSS Writer'
   Writer Id: {35e81631-13e1-48db-97fc-d5bc721bb18a}
   Writer Instance Id: {d55449d9-de26-4efa-87e4-c1e2046cad6c}
   State: [5] Waiting for completion
   Last error: No error

Writer name: 'BITS Writer'
   Writer Id: {4969d978-be47-48b0-b100-f328f07ac1e0}
   Writer Instance Id: {0d1b06ed-1b5e-4c1d-945e-bc7aa9d2c77f}
   State: [1] Stable
   Last error: No error

Writer name: 'WMI Writer'
   Writer Id: {a6ad56c2-b509-4e6c-bb19-49d8f43532f0}
   Writer Instance Id: {a0bfb87e-3526-4dca-88f6-119a60a78de5}
   State: [5] Waiting for completion
   Last error: No error

Writer name: 'Registry Writer'
   Writer Id: {afbab4a2-367d-4d15-a586-71dbb18f8485}
   Writer Instance Id: {1ab0cd91-540f-4c75-9890-a19a198d825d}
   State: [5] Waiting for completion
   Last error: No error

Writer name: 'DFS Replication service writer'
   Writer Id: {2707761b-2324-473d-88eb-eb007a359533}
   Writer Instance Id: {2bb557e6-6dd6-4ef3-b443-662db0b87af3}
   State: [5] Waiting for completion
   Last error: No error

Writer name: 'COM+ REGDB Writer'
   Writer Id: {542da469-d3e1-473c-9f4f-7847f01fc64f}
   Writer Instance Id: {dcf2947d-8237-45f5-bfa4-8464a5dbb46d}
   State: [5] Waiting for completion
   Last error: No error

Writer name: 'NTDS'
   Writer Id: {b2014c9e-8711-4c5c-a5a9-3cf384484757}
   Writer Instance Id: {660dd751-00d9-483b-b5be-b4ad9784e722}
   State: [5] Waiting for completion
   Last error: No error

Output of Vssadmin list providers

vssadmin 1.1 - Volume Shadow Copy Service administrative command-line tool
(C) Copyright 2001-2013 Microsoft Corp.

Provider name: 'Microsoft File Share Shadow Copy provider'
   Provider type: Fileshare
   Provider Id: {89300202-3cec-4981-9171-19f59559e0f2}
   Version: 1.0.0.1

Provider name: 'Microsoft Software Shadow Copy provider 1.0'
   Provider type: System
   Provider Id: {b5946137-7b9f-4925-af80-51abd60b20d5}
   Version: 1.0.0.7

Running Windows Backup on a Windows Server 2012 to a Network share

I think the backup is completing & is listed in ALL Backups but I see the message

"Event Log is inaccessible. Only messages for currently running operations will be displayed."

Any ideas how to fix the issue?

Hi Everyone,

I have two question for Windows Server 2019 Backup Features.

1. Do I need to install this features before using it or its already installed together with the OS.

2. What if the OS is corrupt or damage and need to be reinstalled, the previous backup can be use or restore the files?

Thank you

I know how to add a backup destination using wbadmin.  But how do we do the inverse to remove redundant targets.

If I issue the command

WBADMIN ENABLE BACKUP -removetarget

i need the disk id to be able to remove target drives registered with Windows Server Backup (WSB).

How do I get the Disk ID for drives that say have failed and been disposed of that WSB has registered with it

WBADMIN GET DISKS

only tells us the drives that are physically connected to the server at the time.

Why: I have a client site that is quite harsh on their external drives used for backup.  It has a large number of drives registered as destinations and I'd lke to cull them.  Becuase it is easy to use one of the disk editing tools to write the disk id and hence impersonate a backup drive, I'd like to remove any that are no longer alive.

I have done a search of the registry for a know DISK ID but none returned assuming they are either stored encrypted or stored elsewhere.

Hi Everyone,

I have two question for Windows Server 2019 Backup Features.

1. Do I need to install this features before using it or its already installed together with the OS.

2. What if the OS is corrupt or damage and need to be reinstalled, the previous backup can be use or restore the files?

Thank you

When taking a production checkpoint in Hyper-V it looks like it completes, but if I pull up vssadmin it shows the VSS writers as timed out. However Hyper-V looks like it completed the production checkpoint. I need to understand why VSS is timing out on 4-5 VMs but not others. 

Here is a screenshot:

Hello,

We encounter an issue when we launch altaro backup on hyperv cluster host :

The backup operation for the cluster configuration data has been canceled due to an abort request

Alert description: The backup operation for the cluster configuration data has been canceled. The cluster Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) writer received an abort request.

Please find our server configuration :

three hyper-v cluster nodes "Windows 2012 R2"

iSCSI netapp storage.

There are no netapp plugin on hyperv host and VMs

please find below our VSS writers with error logs :

Vssadmin list writers

Nom du rédacteur : 'Cluster Database'

   ID du rédacteur : {41e12264-35d8-479b-8e5c-9b23d1dad37e}

   ID de l'instance du rédacteur : {4fdfd680-0a5a-451a-8bc9-c0cb42520da2}

   État : [9] Échec

   Dernière erreur :  Délai dépassé "in english : time-out"

Nom du rédacteur : 'Cluster Shared Volume VSS Writer'

   ID du rédacteur : {1072ae1c-e5a7-4ea1-9e4a-6f7964656570}

   ID de l'instance du rédacteur : {e97a0e90-b497-4489-9986-b82e0feabc55}

   État : [8] Échec

   Dernière erreur : Délai dépassé "in english : time-out"

System:
Error 1455
The operation to back up the cluster configuration data has been cancelled. The cluster's VSS service recorder received a stop request.

applying: 
Error 8229
A VSS recorder rejected an event with the error 0x0000000, The operation succeeded.
. Changes made by the recorder to the recorder components during the processing of the event will not be accessible to the applicant. Check the event log for associated events from the app hosting the VSS recorder. 

Operation:
   PrepareForSnapshot Event

Context:
   Execution context: Writer
   Editor's Class ID: '1072ae1c-e5a7-4ea1-9e4a-6f7964656570'
   Editor's Name: Cluster Shared Volume VSS Writer
   Editor's Instance ID: 'e97a0e90-b497-4489-9986-b82e0feabc55'
   Control Line: C:-Windows-Cluster-clussvc.exe -s
   Process ID: 3720

*************

A VSS recorder rejected an event with the error 0x0000000, The operation succeeded.
. Changes made by the recorder to the recorder components during the processing of the event will not be accessible to the applicant. Check the event log for associated events from the app hosting the VSS recorder. 

Operation:
   Freeze Event

Context:
   Execution context: Writer
   Editor's Class ID: '41e12264-35d8-479b-8e5c-9b23d1dad37e'
   Editor's Name: Cluster Database
   Editor's Instance ID: '4fdfd680-0a5a-451a-8bc9-c0cb42520da2'
   Control Line: C:-Windows-Cluster-clussvc.exe -s
   Process ID: 3720

***************

A VSS recorder rejected an event with error 0x800423f2, The recorder time expired between freeze and Thaw events.
. Changes made by the recorder to the recorder components during the processing of the event will not be accessible to the applicant. Check the event log for associated events from the app hosting the VSS recorder. 

Operation:
   BackupShutdown Event

Context:
   Execution context: Writer
   Editor's Class ID: '1072ae1c-e5a7-4ea1-9e4a-6f7964656570'
   Editor's Name: Cluster Shared Volume VSS Writer
   Editor's Instance ID: 'e97a0e90-b497-4489-9986-b82e0feabc55'
   Control Line: C:-Windows-Cluster-clussvc.exe -s
   Process ID: 3720

Any idea?

Thanks,

Franck

I'm not sure what the proper description for the issue is so I used 'available'.

I chose this particular forum because it is backup related - albeit for a Carbonite installed backup routine.  CB said the issue is purely local (ie not CB's responsibility).  CB does expect to see the DFSR writer listed when running VSSAdmin list writers.

W2012R2.  the DFS Rep services shows Automatic and Running in Services.msc

The server roles DFS Namespaces and Replication are installed.

In a elevated CP: Vssadmin List Writers does not show DFS at all.

I've re-reged all of (supposedly) the required DLL in win\system32.  Made no difference.

Most hits in a search of the issue reference issues where it shows failed in VSSAdmin.  But this _missing_ from vssadmin.

Is there some sort of VSSADmin.msc that will allow/force the _enabling_ or  _availability_ of a writer?

barring that, anybody have any other ideas of why the service "runs" but manages to hide?

Tanks everyone

Windows 2019  

Is it possible to make a backup copy of a volume larger than 16TB? 

There was a question on this 8 years ago but it was never satisfactorily answered.

A customer wants an employee to be able to swap out the external (USB) Windows Backup drive, instead of requiring a senior person with Administrator privileges (e.g., the boss doesn’t want to stay late every Friday to do the swap; but doesn’t want to give Administrator privileges to junior users). 

It would be very dangerous to have the person just yank the drive out without first logging in and Eject Media. Even when you do the Eject Media, the server takes a long time of machinations to finally say it is safe to remove.

I would expect that putting that person’s User account into the Backup Operators group would give them the ability to Eject Media, but it seems that it doesn’t. Isn’t the most likely routine action of a Backup Operator to swap external drives?

The policy setting “Devices: Allowed to format and eject removable media” would seem to be the problem, solved by changing the setting to allow Interactive Users. But that doesn’t seem to be the solution. 

Their server is 2012 Server Essentials R2, although I expect the same solution as regular Server (unfortunately. The advantage of Essentials is that you should not have to dig into the bowels of Server where any change can easily have unintended consequences).

Is there a good way to solve this issue?  Thanks.

Peter

I'm trying to write a script that searches and deletes files in a particular folder:

So the folder is Tracing, but I need the script to search ALL theTracing folders for all users (\\server\e$\XenProfiles7\%username%) then delete only all of the contents of the Tracing folders.

Any pointers would be greatly appreciated

Simon

Hi , I have created a AWS VM named E2c , and in server manager enabled windows server backup.

Now  I go to window server backup tool and started to take backup of the full server in a remote shared location.

My firewall is turned off and network and file sharing is on.

but when I started to take backup,it created winserverbackup folder on the shared location but backup failed with the error below given : 

Good day,

I am running a Windows Server 2016 Datacenter 2 nodes hyper-converged cluster. I am using Storage Spaces Direct to create a Cluster Shared Volume (1 TB virtual hard drive). In order to be accessible on both nodes, it creates a volume path on the C: Drive where my OS is installed.

OS: 120 GB SSD

CSV: 1 TB

The issue: When I backup my C: Drive (by using Windows Backup or any other backup solution), it runs fine. However, when I am trying to restore C: Drive, it says I don't have sufficient space to restore the image and I need at least 1 TB drive (the 1 TB CSV is seen as "part" of C: Drive).

The question: I know my setup can't use a drive letter, but is there a way to "hide" the CSV when performing OS backups?

Thank you!