About two weeks ago my backup stopped working on my Hyper-V host using Windows Server backup. The backup Windows show no backups, and the logs just state that the backup engine stopped. If I try to run a manual backup it fails with the message below.
Log Name: ApplicationSource: Microsoft-Windows-Backup
Date: 11/23/2016 2:14:58 PM
Event ID: 517
Task Category: None
Level: Error
Keywords:
User: SYSTEM
Computer: HV01.mydomain.com
Description:
The backup operation that started at '2016-11-23T19:14:40.963061600Z' 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.
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="2016-11-23T19:14:58.586401600Z" />
<EventRecordID>1230</EventRecordID>
<Correlation />
<Execution ProcessID="3904" ThreadID="5192" />
<Channel>Application</Channel>
<Computer></Computer>
<Security UserID="S-1-5-18" />
</System>
<EventData>
<Data Name="BackupTime">2016-11-23T19:14:40.963061600Z</Data>
<Data Name="ErrorCode">0x80780102</Data>
<Data Name="ErrorMessage">%%2155348226</Data>
</EventData>
</Event>