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Backup Server 2008

We have been backing up our 2008 server using the built in backup utility in Windows.

All of a sudden we get this "The semaphore period has expired". This goes on for a few days. Googling shows that maybe the drives we are trying to backup are too full. The C drive is 80/231 free (35%), the E drive is 304GB free and the R drive is 171GB free.

Another suggestion is the backup drive is bad. Replacing the drive yields the same results.

Any thoughts?

Kash

never came across that error >>> https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsserver/en-US/82871fff-d115-4b46-b64b-98dc6629e03c/backup-failed-because-of-semaphore-timeout

there is a possible solution using chkdsk there

Sheldon Livingston

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I'd conclude that chkdsk would imply that something went wrong with the new drive... as well as the previous drive.

Seems unlikely but I'll give it a try.

Sheldon Livingston

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I ran a chkdsk... didn't take long at all. Ran chkdsk /F on the drive and it showed no errors.

noxcho

Run the CHKDSK /f on both backup source and target drives. Note, you should check all of C: E: and R: drives.
And make sure you start the CHKDSK using Run As Administrator.

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Sheldon Livingston

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Please delete... appears that there isn't much in the way of help.