BE 2010 R3 - Exchange 2007 GRT Backup Failing - e000037b

[Linda_Lounsbury]

My Exchange 2007 GRT backup is continually failing with the error message e000037b - Using the job settings, Backup Exec attemted to backup the passive copy of the Exchange database.  However, the passive copy was not available after the Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) snapshot was performed. Try to run the job again.  I have set up Backup Exec to retry the job two more times if it encounters that error.  Sometimes, on the second or third try the job will succeed.  I am at a loss as to what is going wrong and how to fix it.  My environment is:

Backup Exec version 2010 R3 - all updates applied

Windows Server 2003 - current service pack

Exchange 2007 sp3

I am hoping someone can give me some suggestions on how to fix this.

I appreciate the input.

Linda

[CraigV]

Hi Linda,

Check the TN below:

http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&pmv=print&impressions=&viewlocale=&id=TECH61607

Looks like it is an MS problem!

Thanks!

[Linda_Lounsbury]

Thanks, CraigV.  I have seen that TN and I do have LCR running.  I am going to try the option to backup from the Active copy and see that goes.  Also, do you know how to tell where VSS creates its shadow copy?  One of the suggestions on the TN is to make sure there is enough free disk space on the Exchange server for the snapshot to complete.  I have three drives on that server and one does not have enough free space, but the other two do.  Is there someplace to set/see which drive is used for the vss copy?

I appreciate your help.

Linda

[CraigV]

...I suspect it gets created in the System Volume Information folder on the server being backed up.

Thanks!

[Linda_Lounsbury]

Also, I have ES2007 SP3 update 10, which is supposed to include the MS fix for this problem...Guess it is still not fixed!

[Linda_Lounsbury]

Do you have any idea where the System Volume Information folder is?

[Colin_Weaver]

When I personnally tested the MS release intended to fix it (as it happens with Exchange 2007 in an LCR setup) I found the MS update did not solve the issue, hence we do not believe it has ever been fixed and it almost certainly will not be now with Exchange 2013 release making 2007 two full versions out of date.

As such we do suggest that your best option is backup the active copy ONLY

(NOTE: I have edited this  so that later readers won't read the wrong info, because of the edit, Linda's comment and my reply below may not make sense)

[Linda_Lounsbury]

Colin,

I believe that the TN says to backup the ACTIVE copy as in Workaround 2: "If Exchange 2007 backup source is LCR or CCR:" is specified as "Backup from the active copy only (job fails if not available)".  Am I missinterpreting the TN?  The job fails regularly when I try to backup the Passive copy.  I will be trying to backup the Active copy tonight.  Additionally, my Exchange backups were running fine, until I switched to GRT backups.

Thanks,

Linda

[CraigV]

Hi Linda,

Check below:

http://www.tek-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=1099811

Thanks!

[Linda_Lounsbury]

Just an update to this post.  My Exchange 2007 GRT backup ran successfully last night using MS VSS.  The only thing I changed was to backup from active copy.  I will check back here to see how reliable this method is.

Thanks to everyone for their responses.

Linda

[Colin_Weaver · Accepted solution]

Oops sorry typing mistake best option is as the article says - back up from active copy ONLY

sorry for confusion ;)

[Linda_Lounsbury]

So far, so good.  My Exchange 2007 GRT backups have been running without incident since I changed to backing up the Active copy of the IS.  Thanks, Colin, for your post.

Linda