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lnino1982
Level 4
10 years ago

Backup Exchange 2007 fails with Writer Status

He guys, at the moment the exchange backup fails with the message Error on querying the writer status. When I use the command "vssadmin list writers" I see that the Microsoft Exchange Writer sh...
2012
Backing Up
Backup and Recovery
Backup Exec
Windows Server (2003-2008)
  • VJware's avatar
    VJware
    10 years ago

    Do ensure Advanced Open File option is not enabled for the exchange backup and the exchange backup schedule should not coincide with tasks such as exchange maintenance.

    Review the event viewer on the exchange server for any specific VSS errors as well.

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VJware
Level 6
10 years ago

These services are to be set manual and are invoked when the snapshot is called.

Would recommend to examine the event viewer on the exchange server for the duration of the backup & i am sure you would find errors/warnings especially related to VSS. These should help us find out why the backup is failing.