ntuser locked after complete back-up...

[Smashing]

Hi,

After a succesful back-up of an Windows 2003 Std Terminal Server, the NTUSER.dat files for all user profiles in the c:\documents and settings subfolders are locked and are only accessible after a reboot of this server.

Excluding these files does not result in a solution.

When i do not back-up this server the problem disappears, but that is off course not an option....

Can this have anything to do with the VSS Writer or has anyone seen this behaviour before?

[Jared_S_]

Hi Smashing -

You can try running the VSSADMIN LIST WRITERS command from the command prompt to see if they are stable.

I suggest you go into the Job Properties of the job your experiencing this issue with.

- Click on the Job Setup tab

- Right click the job that you are having the issue with and click properties

- Click on the "Advanced" option

- Change the setting "Open file backup when Advanced Open File Option is not used" to "Never" instead of the default "With a Lock"

- Re-run the backup job to test.

I hope this helps!

- Jared

[Rob_Hulleman]

Hi Jared,

Thanx for the reply,

VSSADMIN LIST WRITERS returned no errors and changing the "Open file backup when Advanced Open File Option is not used" settings to "Never" didn't do the the trick.

Any other idea?

Thanx in regard,

Rob