Hello EE Community,
I have been struggling with this one for awhile and read posts here concerning the below error, but no luck. I keep getting the below error on backupexec box when trying to backup exchange 2007 from backupexec remote computer. I have rebooted the exchange server recently, but again, getting writer errors as per below vssadmin list writers command. I checked the recent updates on the exchange server ( 2008 R2 64bit) and do not see anything related to vss writers. When i tried to backup the exchange store using the local exchange 'windows backup tool' it initialized fine and began the backup process. Not sure where to go from here outside of rebooting again, any help appreciated.
V-79-57344-65233 - AOFO: Initialization failure on: "\\server.domain.com\Microsoft Information Store\First Storage Group". Advanced Open File Option used: Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS).
Snapshot provider error (0xE000FED1): A failure occurred querying the Writer status.
The job failed with the following error: A failure occurred querying the Writer status
C:\Windows\system32>vssadmin list writers
vssadmin 1.1 - Volume Shadow Copy Service administrative command-line t
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Waiting for responses.
These may be delayed if a shadow copy is being prepared.
Writer name: 'Task Scheduler Writer'
Writer Id: {d61d61c8-d73a-4eee-8cdd-f6f9786b7124}
Writer Instance Id: {1bddd48e-5052-49db-9b07-b96f96727e6b}
State: [1] Stable
Last error: No error
Writer name: 'VSS Metadata Store Writer'
Writer Id: {75dfb225-e2e4-4d39-9ac9-ffaff65ddf06}
Writer Instance Id: {088e7a7d-09a8-4cc6-a609-ad90e75ddc93}
State: [1] Stable
Last error: No error
Writer name: 'Performance Counters Writer'
Writer Id: {0bada1de-01a9-4625-8278-69e735f39dd2}
Writer Instance Id: {f0086dda-9efc-47c5-8eb6-a944c3d09381}
State: [1] Stable
Last error: No error
Writer name: 'ASR Writer'
Writer Id: {be000cbe-11fe-4426-9c58-531aa6355fc4}
Writer Instance Id: {087f4674-edf2-40e0-bf8e-50f504e0349f}
State: [1] Stable
Last error: No error
Writer name: 'System Writer'
Writer Id: {e8132975-6f93-4464-a53e-1050253ae220}
Writer Instance Id: {9cecae4d-1521-4f87-b9e0-f8e1a2197559}
State: [1] Stable
Last error: No error
Writer name: 'SqlServerWriter'
Writer Id: {a65faa63-5ea8-4ebc-9dbd-a0c4db26912a}
Writer Instance Id: {2d0d6975-6306-4154-b7ce-c0318989bc33}
State: [1] Stable
Last error: No error
Writer name: 'WMI Writer'
Writer Id: {a6ad56c2-b509-4e6c-bb19-49d8f43532f0}
Writer Instance Id: {5c7884f9-71d1-404c-8a1e-6364e4b2e5fc}
State: [1] Stable
Last error: No error
Writer name: 'IIS Metabase Writer'
Writer Id: {59b1f0cf-90ef-465f-9609-6ca8b2938366}
Writer Instance Id: {7bb9c3fd-89bb-4309-9194-74f19664d88e}
State: [1] Stable
Last error: No error
Writer name: 'Shadow Copy Optimization Writer'
Writer Id: {4dc3bdd4-ab48-4d07-adb0-3bee2926fd7f}
Writer Instance Id: {58183843-e0f9-4249-b219-c4210d534ce5}
State: [1] Stable
Last error: No error
Writer name: 'Microsoft Exchange Writer'
Writer Id: {76fe1ac4-15f7-4bcd-987e-8e1acb462fb7}
Writer Instance Id: {750b7dea-8a4e-4a1e-b47a-6813d5c076cc}
State: [8] Failed
Last error: Retryable error
Writer name: 'Registry Writer'
Writer Id: {afbab4a2-367d-4d15-a586-71dbb18f8485}
Writer Instance Id: {4803aced-f492-41b2-9bb9-e35a2b3be461}
State: [1] Stable
Last error: No error
Writer name: 'IIS Config Writer'
Writer Id: {2a40fd15-dfca-4aa8-a654-1f8c654603f6}
Writer Instance Id: {2c75b6d7-59a8-4d59-8402-6d893dadb5ab}
State: [1] Stable
Last error: No error
Writer name: 'COM+ REGDB Writer'
Writer Id: {542da469-d3e1-473c-9f4f-7847f01fc64f}
Writer Instance Id: {e73c855d-f8c5-461b-a2c0-e983042462e3}
State: [1] Stable
Last error: No error
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/975688
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/975921
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/976099
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/977096
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/980082
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/983426
Hope this helps.