ContributionsMost RecentMost LikesSolutionsA failure occured querying the writer status Dear all, I am having the following situation: I have one Symantec Backup Management server then i take backups of different servers. I am using backup exec 2012 and windows server 2003 On the management server which runs the backup exec server utility i get the following error: Error category : Resource ErrorsError : e000fed1 - A failure occurred querying the Writer status. This error comes up on the Shadow?Copy?Components part. If i do a vss admin list writers the wmi writer fails(on the "client agent" server): Writer name: 'WMI Writer' Writer Id: {a6ad56c2-b509-4e6c-bb19-49d8f43532f0} Writer Instance Id: {4723e94a-3eb2-4024-9c3f-36e072b15714} State: [9] Failed Last error: Retryable error I already restarted the server and already tried reregistering the dll's. Then no error shows up but the first time i do a backup again the error occurs again. Thanks in advance for any help. WKR Grim Re: Job rate only 163mb/min The problem was fixed after changing the tape slot. Sorry for the late reply. Now with a new tape drive slot evrything is working fine. Re: Job rate only 163mb/min Stopping the services worked. I did the test and the was no problem detected. No AV scanning the BE services. Re: Job rate only 163mb/min I am using Quantum LTO 3 tapes installed xTalk management console and tried to run the software. But it can't find any devices. Re: Job rate only 163mb/min It is a backup to tape and version is 12.5 and i have the latest version. I will try the other steps mentioned above. Job rate only 163mb/min Dear, Since a while ago my backup are only running at +- 160 MB /min instead of +- 1050 MB /min. I did not changed anuthing about the backup schedule/setup. The backup runs on a backup server which backups multiple VM's. Someone with an idea how to solve this isseu? Thanks in advance! Grim Solved