dwanderer
asked on
SBS 2008 VSS Errors during backup - 12289
I manage 2 SBS 2008 servers that are having the same issue. I will post error below. Shadow copies are not running at the time the backup kicks off. The backup runs every 4 hours. What's strange is that the backup appears to run successfully. There are 75+ occurences in the event log every day. I have not had much like finding a solution online.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Volume Shadow Copy Service error: Unexpected error VSS_E_WRITER_STATUS_NOT_AV AILABLE. An older active writer session state is being overwritten by a newer session. The most common cause is that the number of parallel backups has exceeded the maximum supported limit. hr = 0x80042409. Operation: PostSnapshot Event Context: Maximum supported sessions: 64 Completed sessions: 8 Active sessions: 64 Aborted sessions: 0 Writer failed sessions: 0 New snaphot set: {003feb1e-91d0-4951-bce6-f ac2e166f11 4} Old snapshot set: {e42e763f-bec5-4101-9d25-1 3d0bb9efe6 b} Old operation: 1014 Old state: 1 Old failure: 0 Execution Context: Writer Writer Class Id: {c2f52614-5e53-4858-a589-3 8eeb25c618 4} Writer Name: SharePoint Services Writer Writer Instance ID: {ed8955a1-e3a7-4fbb-8035-e 51745b7590 d}
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Volume Shadow Copy Service error: Unexpected error VSS_E_WRITER_STATUS_NOT_AV
ASKER CERTIFIED SOLUTION
membership
This solution is only available to members.
To access this solution, you must be a member of Experts Exchange.
ok have tried all of the above and am still getting the same error, anything else i can check. I am not running a VM or anything else special its a box standard install
The DLL reg is NOT for use on SBS 2008. I ran it and it not only didn't fix my issue but MS Support told me that it's destroys VSS permanently and that it can only be fixed by a server rebuild.. :(
The steps outlined in the Word Doc attached to that thread are identical to those recommended in this Symantec post:
http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=TECH70486
And further offered in a Microsoft forum:
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/windowsbackup/thread/5f9af89a-ce7d-4477-a08f-f98963cd7404
I myself have reregistered DLL's for VSS on a number of SBS 2008 machines without incident.
Jeff
TechSoEasy
http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=TECH70486
And further offered in a Microsoft forum:
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/windowsbackup/thread/5f9af89a-ce7d-4477-a08f-f98963cd7404
I myself have reregistered DLL's for VSS on a number of SBS 2008 machines without incident.
Jeff
TechSoEasy
ASKER