Update -- since I started disabling the WinMgmt service before backups and re-enabling it after, I have not experienced this problem on any of our servers.I do get a bunch of error messages in the System event log stating that DCOM tried to start Win...
Geoff,So far, no problems! However, it has only been two and a half weeks, and this problem has been known to disappear for a while. Personally, however, I think it's fixed.- Dimitri
Geoff,My experience indicates that it is not possible to exclude the directory. If you are backing up System State, the directory will be backed up regardless of exclusions.
In case anyone is using Backup Exec 9.1 and is thinking of implementing my suggestion from the previous post, read this or your post-job command will not run:http://seer.support.veritas.com/docs/267184.htmBugs within bugs, and if you want them fixed ...
Here's the latest:As mentioned above, stopping the WMI service (winmgmt) in a pre-command and starting it after the job does not work. What ends up happening is that the WMI service is stopped (by the batch file) and re-started (by Backup Exec) righ...