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yobole's avatar
yobole
Level 6
10 years ago

Error : 69: invalid filelist specification

we seem to be getting this message suddenly on our backups .

 

 ERR - Unable to backup System State or Shadow Copy. Please check the state of VSS and associated Writers.ERR - Unable to backup System State or Shadow Copy. Please check the state of VSS and associated Writers.INF - Estimate:-1 -1

Error : 69: invalid filelist specification  

 

We have the policy set to backup all local drives and exclue Shadow Copy Components:\* and System State:\*

 

All the data disks backup succesfully ok

 

Any ideas how to get rid of the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7.6
Backup and Recovery
NetBackup
Windows Server (2003-2008)
  • yobole's avatar
    yobole
    10 years ago

    Looks like a reboot of the server solved the issue

     

    Thanks for all your help guys

  • Marianne's avatar
    Marianne
    Level 6
    10 years ago

    Please check the state of VSS and associated Writers

    Have you done so? 

    What do these commands show? 
    vssadmin list writers
    and 
    vssadmin list providers

    See :
    How to verify Windows Open File Backup operation using VSSADMIN and BPFIS before contacting Symantec Technical Support
    http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH47808 

    Please also tell us which OS on the client and NBU version and patch level.

  • yobole's avatar
    yobole
    Level 6
    10 years ago

    Yes i have checked state of VSS and associated Writers and all is fine also looked at

    https://support.symantec.com/en_US/article.TECH206217.html

    the bigest data volume is 500GB

  • sdo's avatar
    sdo
    Moderator
    10 years ago

    Error 69 on all backups?  Or just the backups from one policy?  If just one policy, check the "Policy type" in the backup policy front screen/header, is the "Policy type" still "MS-Windows" ?

  • yobole's avatar
    yobole
    Level 6
    10 years ago

    vssadmin list writers shows a bunch of writers all stable and No error on last error

    vssadmin list providers shows Microsoft software shadow copy provider 1.0 version 1.0.0.7

     

    The error is for just one server in a policy all other servers in the policy are fine .

     

    I have sheduled a reboot fo the server tonight before the daily backup is run

     

    The server is running windows 2008 R2 and on NBU 7.6.0.4

  • yobole's avatar
    yobole
    Level 6
    10 years ago

    Looks like a reboot of the server solved the issue

     

    Thanks for all your help guys