The Backup Exec 15 running on Windows Server 2008R2 cannot backup itself. Jobs always fail.
Job Completion Status:
Job ended: Monday, March 14, 2016 at 12:40:20 PM
Completed status: Failed
Final error: 0x8004230c - 0x8004230c (2147754764)
Final error category: Other Errors For additional information regarding this error refer to link V-79-32772-8972
Errors:
Backup
- Snapshot Technology: Initialization failure on: "System?State". Snapshot technology used: Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS).
V-79-10000-11223 - VSS Snapshot error. The Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) snapshot technology that you selected cannot snap this volume. Some reasons for this could be:
- The snapshot provider that you selected does not support the volume that you are trying to snap. Try selecting the default snapshot provider, and then run the job again.
-A disk with a size greater than 63 terabytes or a 4K sector disk may exist on your computer. These types of disks can cause VSS to stop unexpectedly when it creates snapshot
Exceptions:
Click an exception below to locate it in the job log
Backup- SERVERNAME
- Snapshot Technology: Initialization failure on: "C:". Snapshot technology used: Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS).
V-79-10000-11223 - VSS Snapshot error. The Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) snapshot technology that you selected cannot snap this volume. Some reasons for this could be:
- The snapshot provider that you selected does not support the volume that you are trying to snap. Try selecting the default snapshot provider, and then run the job again.
-A disk with a size greater than 63 terabytes or a 4K sector disk may exist on your computer. These types of disks can cause VSS to stop unexpectedly when it creates snapshot
Backup- \\SERVERNAME\C:
Unable to open the item \\SERVERNAME\C:\System Volume Information\Syscache.hve - skipped.
Unable to open the item \\SERVERNAME\C:\System Volume Information\Syscache.hve.LOG1 - skipped.
Unable to open the item \\SERVERNAME\C:\System Volume Information\Syscache.hve.LOG2 - skipped.
Unable to open the item \\SERVERNAME\C:\Windows\ServiceProfiles\LocalService\AppData\Local\lastalive0.dat - skipped.
Unable to open the item \\SERVERNAME\C:\Windows\ServiceProfiles\LocalService\AppData\Local\lastalive1.dat - skipped.
Unable to open the item \\SERVERNAME\C:\Windows\System32\config\RegBack\DEFAULT - skipped.
Unable to open the item \\SERVERNAME\C:\Windows\System32\config\RegBack\SAM - skipped.
Unable to open the item \\SERVERNAME\C:\Windows\System32\config\RegBack\SECURITY - skipped.
Unable to open the item \\SERVERNAME\C:\Windows\System32\config\RegBack\SOFTWARE - skipped.
Unable to open the item \\SERVERNAME\C:\Windows\System32\config\RegBack\SYSTEM - skipped.
The Simplified disaster recovery is needed, so putting the files to exclusions is not an option.
The C: drive of that server is 1 TB big, and not 4K:
C:\Users>fsutil fsinfo ntfsinfo c:
Number Sectors : 0x000000007ff5b7de
Total Clusters : 0x000000000ffeb6fb
Free Clusters : 0x000000000ea38d11
Total Reserved : 0x0000000000000040
Bytes Per Sector : 512
Bytes Per Cluster : 4096
Bytes Per FileRecord Segment : 1024
Clusters Per FileRecord Segment : 0
