RCPAQAP
12 years agoLevel 3
System State failing to backup
I have set up a backup job with Backup Exec 2012, and it keeps failing on the system state backup.
- Snapshot Technology: Initialization failure on: "\\HAEM02\System?State". Snapshot technology u...
- 12 years ago
Hi. Thank you for collecting all of the diagnostic information. When able, as a diagnostic test, please set the snapshot differential areas for the system, boot, and other data volumes by following steps 15 to 18 below (note, the S: system volume should be set to the C: boot volume). Then execute the backup job that is failing with "Unexpected provider error" and report the outcome. Thank you.
(15) C:\>VSSADMIN ADD SHADOWSTORAGE /FOR=C: /ON=C: /MaxSize=UNBOUNDED
(16) C:\>VSSADMIN ADD SHADOWSTORAGE /FOR=S: /ON=C: /MaxSize=UNBOUNDED
(17) C:\>VSSADMIN ADD SHADOWSTORAGE /FOR=I: /ON=I: /MaxSize=UNBOUNDED
(18) C:\>VSSADMIN ADD SHADOWSTORAGE /FOR=E: /ON=E: /MaxSize=UNBOUNDED