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davidpike
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13 years ago

Error E000FED1 - Final error: 0xe000fed1 - A failure occurred querying the Writer status.

Full error as below:

 

Backup- Exchange2007.peacehospice.org.uk
V-79-57344-65233 - AOFO: Initialization failure on: "\\Exchange2007.peacehospice.org.uk\Microsoft Information Store\First Storage Group". Advanced Open File Option used: Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS).

Snapshot provider error (0xE000FED1): A failure occurred querying the Writer status.

Check the Windows Event Viewer for details.

Writer Name: Exchange Server, Writer ID: {76FE1AC4-15F7-4BCD-987E-8E1ACB462FB7}, Last error: The VSS Writer failed, but the operation can be retried (0x800423f3), State: Waiting for backup complete notification (5).

V-79-57344-65233 - AOFO: Initialization failure on: "\\Exchange2007.peacehospice.org.uk\Microsoft Information Store\Second Storage Group". Advanced Open File Option used: Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS).

Snapshot provider error (0xE000FED1): A failure occurred querying the Writer status.

Check the Windows Event Viewer for details.

Writer Name: Exchange Server, Writer ID: {76FE1AC4-15F7-4BCD-987E-8E1ACB462FB7}, Last error: The VSS Writer failed, but the operation can be retried (0x800423f3), State: Waiting for backup complete notification (5).

It's running Exchange 2007 on a Windows Server 2008 Enterprise. I have it set up to only backup from active copy (as I understand there's a problem with passive copy). It's using Advanced Open File Copy set to use the System snapshot provider.

When I look at the event viewer logs there's quite a few errors on both VSS and MSExchangeIS. Since there's quite a few errors I don't know which one is the root cause of the problem. Here's a list of the errors in chronological order.

 

Log Name:      Application

Source:        VSS

Date:          23/05/2012 13:04:08

Event ID:      8193

Task Category: None

Level:         Error

Keywords:      Classic

User:          N/A

Computer:      Exchange2007.peacehospice.org.uk

Description:

Volume Shadow Copy Service error: Unexpected error calling routine ConvertStringSidToSid.  hr = 0x80070539. 


Operation:

   OnIdentify event

   Gathering Writer Data


Context:

   Execution Context: Shadow Copy Optimization Writer

   Writer Class Id: {4dc3bdd4-ab48-4d07-adb0-3bee2926fd7f}

   Writer Name: Shadow Copy Optimization Writer

   Writer Instance ID: {17d3dd3a-2e09-49ca-ba28-d9c0194bbd50}


Log Name:      Application

Source:        MSExchangeIS

Date:          23/05/2012 13:04:15

Event ID:      9840

Task Category: General

Level:         Error

Keywords:      Classic

User:          N/A

Computer:      Exchange2007.peacehospice.org.uk

Description:

An attempt to prepare the storage group 'First Storage Group' for backup failed because the storage group is already in the process of being backed up. The error code is 1293. (Note that if a backup was recently aborted, then it may take several minutes for the system to detect the aborted backup and initiate backup cleanup procedures, so this message may be generated if an attempt was made to backup a storage group before a previous backup attempt had fully terminated.)


Log Name:      Application

Source:        ESE

Date:          23/05/2012 13:04:15

Event ID:      2007

Task Category: ShadowCopy

Level:         Error

Keywords:      Classic

User:          N/A

Computer:      Exchange2007.peacehospice.org.uk

Description:

Information Store (3620) Shadow copy instance 56 aborted.


Log Name:      Application

Source:        MSExchangeIS

Date:          23/05/2012 13:04:15

Event ID:      9609

Task Category: Exchange VSS Writer

Level:         Error

Keywords:      Classic

User:          N/A

Computer:      Exchange2007.peacehospice.org.uk

Description:

Exchange VSS Writer (instance 24649fd2-a0a8-447d-8c83-19e677f2146a:56) failed with error code 1293 when preparing for Snapshot.


Log Name:      Application

Source:        MSExchangeIS

Date:          23/05/2012 13:04:20

Event ID:      9702

Task Category: Exchange VSS Writer

Level:         Error

Keywords:      Classic

User:          N/A

Computer:      Exchange2007.peacehospice.org.uk

Description:

Exchange VSS Writer (instance 24649fd2-a0a8-447d-8c83-19e677f2146a:56) failed with error code 1295 when processing the post-snapshot event.


Log Name:      Application

Source:        VSS

Date:          23/05/2012 13:04:21

Event ID:      8193

Task Category: None

Level:         Error

Keywords:      Classic

User:          N/A

Computer:      Exchange2007.peacehospice.org.uk

Description:

Volume Shadow Copy Service error: Unexpected error calling routine ConvertStringSidToSid.  hr = 0x80070539. 


Operation:

   OnIdentify event

   Gathering Writer Data


Context:

   Execution Context: Shadow Copy Optimization Writer

   Writer Class Id: {4dc3bdd4-ab48-4d07-adb0-3bee2926fd7f}

   Writer Name: Shadow Copy Optimization Writer

   Writer Instance ID: {17d3dd3a-2e09-49ca-ba28-d9c0194bbd50}


Log Name:      Application

Source:        MSExchangeIS

Date:          23/05/2012 13:04:21

Event ID:      9617

Task Category: Exchange VSS Writer

Level:         Error

Keywords:      Classic

User:          N/A

Computer:      Exchange2007.peacehospice.org.uk

Description:

Exchange VSS Writer (instance 24649fd2-a0a8-447d-8c83-19e677f2146a:56) failed with error code 1295 when processing the backup completion event.

What's the problem? What can I do to fix it?

Thanks,

David.

 

  • Thanks for the response.

    Without AOFO turned on it still fails with the same error and same errors in event viewer.

    Thanks,
    David.

  • Hi,

    Seems like both options involve restarting the server. I looked at the writers and they're all stable however one did have a "retriable error". I'll look into arranging a time for a restart and see if that resolves the problem.

    Thanks,
    David.

  • Just adding to the reboot, pls ensure the exchange maintenance does not conflict with the backup.

  • Well it seemed like it randomly started working. One scheduled backup worked before the restart and the rest have worked since. Guess that's done the trick, thanks.

  • I have the same problem with Backup Exec 11D and I will try a reboot to see if that fixes it.

    Thanks