ERR - Unable to backup System State or Shadow Copy
- 11 years ago
Hi guys!
Thanks for the info!
I manually specified a VSS provider on the client machine by this command:
w2koption.exe -backup -snapshotprovidertype 1
then I ran a backup on the Master server and It backed up successfully!
Cause:
When backing up a windows 2003, the VSS provider must be a Microsoft Software Shadowss Copy by default
If you have more than one provider registered on a Windows Server 2003-based computer. the Microsoft Software Shadow Copy Provider (a.k.a. the System Provider) will likely not be used by default and that causes an error
Solution:
In the NetBackup version 7.1 and higher client , there is a w2koption command to force NetBackup to use a manually specified provider.
The 'w2koption' command located in the ....netbackup\bin\ directory provides functionality to force the NBU Client to use a particular provider type.
w2koption -backup -snapshotprovidertype <0, 1, 2, 3>
0 (Let Microsoft Windows decide which provider to use)
1 (Selects System VSS provider)
2 (Selects Software VSS provider)
3 (Selects Hardware VSS provider)Example to configure NBU to use the System Provider:
w2koption -backup -snapshotprovidertype 1See the link below for TECHNOTE:
http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=TECH158127