Backup Fails during verify stage

[ckelley]

Just started have this issue, nothing in the netwokr changed. One of the drives on my SQL server does not pass the backup verification. I get the following message.

Backup- PTISQL 
V-79-57344-65233 - AOFO: Initialization failure on: "\\PTISQL\Shadow?Copy?Components". Advanced Open...

Snapshot provider error (0xE000FED1): A failure occurred querying the Writer status.

Check the Windows Event Viewer for details.

Writer Name: Event Logs, Writer ID: {EEE8C692-67ED-4250-8D86-390603070D00}, Last error: The VSS Writ...

[Dev_T]

Hello,

It is not recomended to Backup databases with AOFO. Uncheck AOFO in the Backup job and run the backup.

It is always recomended to Backup Exchange OR SQL databases in a seperate jobs without AOFO and for rest of the data we can use AOFO


If SQL is installed on Windows Server 2003, please install the VSS rollup patch http://support.microsoft.com/kb/940349 (REBOOT REQUIRED)

Hope this helps...

[ckelley]

Thanks for the info. I have checked the backup jobs and AOFO is not being used. I also installed the hotfix posted and I am still getting the same error as I posted above. Sorry my resonse has been delayed, been busy.