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VSS Writer failed in exchange 2010 while taking backup using symantic

Kumar_S
Level 3
Certified

No errors found  in Excahnge VSS writter Writer ID: {76FE1AC4-15F7-4BCD-987E-8E1ACB462FB7},

Server Windows 2008 R2 ,Exchange 2010Sp1

Server Windows 2008 R2 Backup exec 2010 R2

ie, We have rebooted the server to get it workand then the backup job runs

Any Patch for this.... issuee

Ref Link

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/exchange2010/thread/12ef20f9-b9e2-4a49-8d6d-09b6bb6...

Completed status: Failed
Final error: 0xe0001904 - A failure occurred querying the Writer status.  Writer Name: Exchange Server, Writer ID: {76FE1AC4-15F7-4BCD-987E-8E1ACB462FB7}, Last error: The VSS Writer failed, but the operation can be retried (0x800423f3), State: Failed during prepare snapshot operation (8).
Final error category: Security Error

I need the solution for this.
 

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AmolB
Moderator
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Employee Accredited Certified

Refer to the below articles.

http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH125176

http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH142144 ( This article is for Exchange 2007 but you may try the solution 

for Exchange 2010 too)