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AOFO failure when backing up Shadow Copy and System State server 2008

awatson_cddft
Level 3
Hi ,

I am getting the following error when trying to backup the Shadow Copy Components and the System State on a 2008 server:

- AOFO: Initialization failure on: "\\Servername.domainname\Shadow?Copy?Components". Advanced Open File Option used: Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS).
V-79-10000-11226 - VSS Snapshot error. The Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) snapshot provider selected ret...

- AOFO: Initialization failure on: "\\Servername.domainname\System?State". Advanced Open File Option used: Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS).
V-79-10000-11226 - VSS Snapshot error. The Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) snapshot provider selected ret...


This is also a CPS server, although I am not trying to backup the CPS partitions on it through this job. all it does is backup the system partition, shadow copy and system state.

Should I be trying to backup these, or is it clashing with CPS? the backup is running outside of the time the CPS schedule is running

Many Thanks
3 REPLIES 3

awatson_cddft
Level 3

Hi,

In addition to this, the Backup to tape job that captures the resources in the Continuous protection server (the 2008 server in the previous post) has also failed with the error: A failure occurred accessing the SnapShot handle

Backup- Servername.domainname
- AOFO: Initialization failure on: "\\Servername.domainname\Cont?Prot?Srv?Device\Backup2_Data1\Clie...


I am guessing this must be related.

Any help with be very much appreciated

Hemant_Jain
Level 6
Employee Accredited Certified
This should not be because of clash with CPS. What is the result of "vssadmin list writers" command on the target server?

Thanks

awatson_cddft
Level 3

Hi. vssadmin list writers results below:

Writer name: 'System Writer'
   Writer Id: {e8132975-6f93-4464-a53e-1050253ae220}
   Writer Instance Id: {a98b7950-58b3-4ad4-8bfa-d38f16c65d62}
   State: [1] Stable
   Last error: No error

Writer name: 'Continuous Protection Server'
   Writer Id: {61b54550-7a4d-480b-80b1-e00ac0a3570a}
   Writer Instance Id: {43d0cd22-2fd3-400d-a106-f8236394e901}
   State: [1] Stable
   Last error: No error

Writer name: 'ASR Writer'
   Writer Id: {be000cbe-11fe-4426-9c58-531aa6355fc4}
   Writer Instance Id: {b52933b7-81bb-4cf0-9af4-6eeb7788a733}
   State: [1] Stable
   Last error: No error

Writer name: 'SqlServerWriter'
   Writer Id: {a65faa63-5ea8-4ebc-9dbd-a0c4db26912a}
   Writer Instance Id: {bae20f74-2b4d-48a5-afaf-99183284be8d}
   State: [1] Stable
   Last error: No error

Writer name: 'Shadow Copy Optimization Writer'
   Writer Id: {4dc3bdd4-ab48-4d07-adb0-3bee2926fd7f}
   Writer Instance Id: {15b655fb-c67c-45d0-865a-d74139d10ef5}
   State: [1] Stable
   Last error: No error

Writer name: 'Registry Writer'
   Writer Id: {afbab4a2-367d-4d15-a586-71dbb18f8485}
   Writer Instance Id: {f19ae375-49e3-4de2-86b0-3b5bda86af57}
   State: [1] Stable
   Last error: No error

Writer name: 'Continuous Protection Server'
   Writer Id: {e5ed80d5-5108-4f7b-ae18-a8d45fa9ec2d}
   Writer Instance Id: {7b1c572b-fac8-4174-a169-291a099a3985}
   State: [1] Stable
   Last error: No error

Writer name: 'COM+ REGDB Writer'
   Writer Id: {542da469-d3e1-473c-9f4f-7847f01fc64f}
   Writer Instance Id: {df963e5f-7efc-4316-9ec0-250d0c302715}
   State: [1] Stable
   Last error: No error

Writer name: 'Continuous Protection Server'
   Writer Id: {0ef82224-e554-4498-9e7a-0ada776bae02}
   Writer Instance Id: {76464c73-913b-49d1-b7fb-6b2619bafa23}
   State: [1] Stable
   Last error: No error

Writer name: 'BITS Writer'
   Writer Id: {4969d978-be47-48b0-b100-f328f07ac1e0}
   Writer Instance Id: {4091b510-b297-41c2-92c4-f9cca29604ef}
   State: [1] Stable
   Last error: No error

Writer name: 'WMI Writer'
   Writer Id: {a6ad56c2-b509-4e6c-bb19-49d8f43532f0}
   Writer Instance Id: {3f2ea5a2-e057-4ff9-a415-09a9c3cc64fd}
   State: [1] Stable


Thanks