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abarnard
Level 4
14 years ago

AOFO Shadow Copy Components Failure

Hello, We are using Symantec Backup Exec 11d on Windows Server 2003 R2 platform. Our backup keeps failing everyday with the same error "AOFO: Initialization failure on" "\\servername\Shadow?...
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  • srshimpi's avatar
    srshimpi
    14 years ago
    This issue occurs because the VSS system files are not properly registere

    To resolve this issue, follow these steps:
    1. Click Start, click Run, type cmd, and then click OK.
    2. Type the following commands at a command prompt. Press ENTER after you type each command.
      • cd /d %windir%\system32
      • Net stop vss
      • Net stop swprv
      • regsvr32 ole32.dll
      • regsvr32 oleaut32.dll
      • regsvr32 vss_ps.dll
      • vssvc /register
      • regsvr32 /i swprv.dll
      • regsvr32 /i eventcls.dll
      • regsvr32 es.dll
      • regsvr32 stdprov.dll
      • regsvr32 vssui.dll
      • regsvr32 msxml.dll
      • regsvr32 msxml3.dll
      • regsvr32 msxml4.dll
      Note The last command may not run successfully.
    3. Perform a backup operation to verify that the issue is resolved.
abarnard's avatar
abarnard
Level 4
14 years ago

Installed the VSS rollup patch above, and did a reboot. Double checked that both Volume Shadow Copy and MS Shadow Copy were set to manual.

Backup still failed, with the same error.

Another other ideas?

Thanks again for your help!