OFO: Initialization failure on: "Shadow?Copy?Components
We are currently running Backup Exec 9.1 on a Windows 2003 server SP1
Whenever we run the backup on a certain server, the job fails with the following error:
OFO: Initialization failure on: "\\server_name\Shadow?Copy?Components". Advanced Open File Option used: Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS).
OFO: Snapshot error (0xfffffed1): A failure occurred querying the Writer status.
When i run the VSSADMIN LIST WRITERS command on the following server we recieve the following results:
Microsoft Windows
(C) Copyright 1985-2003 Microsoft Corp.
C:\Documents and Settings\neilc>vssadmin list writers
vssadmin 1.1 - Volume Shadow Copy Service administrative command-line tool
(C) Copyright 2001 Microsoft Corp.
Writer name: 'System Writer'
Writer Id: {e8132975-6f93-4464-a53e-1050253ae220}
Writer Instance Id: {0f294039-000d-4176-9192-fb4804d85544}
State: Waiting for completion
Last error: No error
Writer name: 'MSDEWriter'
Writer Id: {f8544ac1-0611-4fa5-b04b-f7ee00b03277}
Writer Instance Id: {b04d4d47-0906-4d4b-a8a7-54defe867736}
State: Stable
Last error: No error
Writer name: 'IIS Metabase Writer'
Writer Id: {59b1f0cf-90ef-465f-9609-6ca8b2938366}
Writer Instance Id: {cb29809d-71b3-4d63-a897-8e5f89e7b0b2}
State: Waiting for completion
Last error: No error
Writer name: 'Registry Writer'
Writer Id: {afbab4a2-367d-4d15-a586-71dbb18f8485}
Writer Instance Id: {613628d9-c116-4161-8dea-da675efa1777}
State: Stable
Last error: No error
Writer name: 'WMI Writer'
Writer Id: {a6ad56c2-b509-4e6c-bb19-49d8f43532f0}
Writer Instance Id: {eae95034-9e06-4cc4-93f1-fc8f3ad85a23}
State: Waiting for completion
Last error: No error
Writer name: 'BITS Writer'
Writer Id: {4969d978-be47-48b0-b100-f328f07ac1e0}
Writer Instance Id: {dfd543d3-98d4-44b7-996a-6f482aaf9c6b}
State: Waiting for completion
Last error: No error
Writer name: 'COM+ REGDB Writer'
Writer Id: {542da469-d3e1-473c-9f4f-7847f01fc64f}
Writer Instance Id: {d0d497b7-89b8-4e92-85c9-7499715bbe84}
State: Stable
Last error: No error
Writer name: 'Event Log Writer'
Writer Id: {eee8c692-67ed-4250-8d86-390603070d00}
Writer Instance Id: {85338fb7-b618-4d00-b195-8455f246e381}
State: Stable
Last error: No error
Allthough there are no errors some are showing WAITING FOR COMPLETION
On the server in question both the MICROSOFT SOFTWARE SHADOW COPY PROVIDER and the VOLUME SHADOW COPY service are both running ok.
I have already referred to Veritas articles 261993 and 265927 without any success so any other ideas would be appreciated.
Whenever we run the backup on a certain server, the job fails with the following error:
OFO: Initialization failure on: "\\server_name\Shadow?Copy?Components". Advanced Open File Option used: Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS).
OFO: Snapshot error (0xfffffed1): A failure occurred querying the Writer status.
When i run the VSSADMIN LIST WRITERS command on the following server we recieve the following results:
Microsoft Windows
(C) Copyright 1985-2003 Microsoft Corp.
C:\Documents and Settings\neilc>vssadmin list writers
vssadmin 1.1 - Volume Shadow Copy Service administrative command-line tool
(C) Copyright 2001 Microsoft Corp.
Writer name: 'System Writer'
Writer Id: {e8132975-6f93-4464-a53e-1050253ae220}
Writer Instance Id: {0f294039-000d-4176-9192-fb4804d85544}
State: Waiting for completion
Last error: No error
Writer name: 'MSDEWriter'
Writer Id: {f8544ac1-0611-4fa5-b04b-f7ee00b03277}
Writer Instance Id: {b04d4d47-0906-4d4b-a8a7-54defe867736}
State: Stable
Last error: No error
Writer name: 'IIS Metabase Writer'
Writer Id: {59b1f0cf-90ef-465f-9609-6ca8b2938366}
Writer Instance Id: {cb29809d-71b3-4d63-a897-8e5f89e7b0b2}
State: Waiting for completion
Last error: No error
Writer name: 'Registry Writer'
Writer Id: {afbab4a2-367d-4d15-a586-71dbb18f8485}
Writer Instance Id: {613628d9-c116-4161-8dea-da675efa1777}
State: Stable
Last error: No error
Writer name: 'WMI Writer'
Writer Id: {a6ad56c2-b509-4e6c-bb19-49d8f43532f0}
Writer Instance Id: {eae95034-9e06-4cc4-93f1-fc8f3ad85a23}
State: Waiting for completion
Last error: No error
Writer name: 'BITS Writer'
Writer Id: {4969d978-be47-48b0-b100-f328f07ac1e0}
Writer Instance Id: {dfd543d3-98d4-44b7-996a-6f482aaf9c6b}
State: Waiting for completion
Last error: No error
Writer name: 'COM+ REGDB Writer'
Writer Id: {542da469-d3e1-473c-9f4f-7847f01fc64f}
Writer Instance Id: {d0d497b7-89b8-4e92-85c9-7499715bbe84}
State: Stable
Last error: No error
Writer name: 'Event Log Writer'
Writer Id: {eee8c692-67ed-4250-8d86-390603070d00}
Writer Instance Id: {85338fb7-b618-4d00-b195-8455f246e381}
State: Stable
Last error: No error
Allthough there are no errors some are showing WAITING FOR COMPLETION
On the server in question both the MICROSOFT SOFTWARE SHADOW COPY PROVIDER and the VOLUME SHADOW COPY service are both running ok.
I have already referred to Veritas articles 261993 and 265927 without any success so any other ideas would be appreciated.
