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System State Backup Failing to remote Drive

Hi I am having problems doing a system state backup of our DC it fails when i try adn do it via the CMD prompt to a local drive because they are critical volumes.

It fails on the Windows Server Backup snap in with the error incoorect parameter.

I have google some of this and people suggest registry is at fault but i am a bit wary when editing the registry.

Any help or suggestions you can give will be great.

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here is a MS article given below for the same event.
Request you to read the article first and implement it.

Take backup of registry before making any changes.
 


http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc734395%28v=ws.10%29.aspx
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I have followed the tests on that page but am none the wiser here is a screen shot of m,y last attempt and what i also noticed was the rror log was empty too?

Thanks
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Since these are critical volumes and not backed up, it is a good idea NOT to "poke" in to the system.
If you can get your hands on Symantec Ghost or Acronis backup, do of-line sector backup or better yet, clone the drive. This way, you can safely test your solution,
Also, MS backup is very sensitive to file integrity. Try chkdsk /f/r on the volumes.
Ok thanks i will see if i can get a chkdisk sorted for out of hours
I have done this chkdisk but it has not resolved the issue...
Can you provide logfile for the backup failure?
logs can be found in "c:\windows\logs\windowsserverbackup\backup_error*.log"

also do a simple system state backup from GUI of this server, during this check the event log for any VSS error.
The error log is empty to start with and here is the error from the event log

Log Name:      Application
Source:        Microsoft-Windows-Backup
Date:          21/10/2013 15:46:32
Event ID:      517
Task Category: None
Level:         Error
Keywords:      
User:          SYSTEM
Computer:      server.domain.local
Description:
The backup operation that started at '¿2013¿-¿10¿-¿21T14:45:55.131423600Z' has failed with following error code '2155347997' (The operation ended before completion.). Please review the event details for a solution, and then rerun the backup operation once the issue is resolved.
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
  <System>
    <Provider Name="Microsoft-Windows-Backup" Guid="{1DB28F2E-8F80-4027-8C5A-A11F7F10F62D}" />
    <EventID>517</EventID>
    <Version>0</Version>
    <Level>2</Level>
    <Task>0</Task>
    <Opcode>0</Opcode>
    <Keywords>0x8000000000000000</Keywords>
    <TimeCreated SystemTime="2013-10-21T14:46:32.290688900Z" />
    <EventRecordID>39070</EventRecordID>
    <Correlation />
    <Execution ProcessID="6328" ThreadID="2404" />
    <Channel>Application</Channel>
    <Computer>server.ybdom1.local</Computer>
    <Security UserID="S-1-5-18" />
  </System>
  <EventData>
    <Data Name="BackupTime">2013-10-21T14:45:55.131423600Z</Data>
    <Data Name="ErrorCode">2155347997</Data>
    <Data Name="ErrorMessage">%%2155347997</Data>
  </EventData>
</Event>
Can you install below hotfix once on the server :

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2182466
I have tried to install this hotfix and it say this is not applicable to this system and we are running the 2008 r2 64bit i have downloaded that.
Prerequisites

To apply this hotfix, you must be running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2. Additionally, you must have the Windows Server Backup feature installed.
i have all the prerequisites installed
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I reoslved this issue myself by removing an agent for a backup device