SBS2011 network slowed down, backups stopped.

You need to run a SBS BPS and post results.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/2673284/windows-sbs-best-practices-analyzer-bpa

When some patches are applied to the server,some command lines must be run to in order to update things like Sharepoint.

The BPA came up with these warnings.

Authentication settings for the /rpc virtual directory are not default
Last backup attempt failed
No DNS name server records
Outlook Anywhere authentication settings not default
RPC external authentication is not set to the default method
RPC internal authentication is not set to the default method
The built-in Administrators group does not have the right to log on as batch job
The certificate for the Remote Desktop Gateway service seems to be bound incorrectly
The DNS parameter MaxCacheTTL is not set
The HomeMDB attribute is not set to the default value
The source server remains in Active Directory Sites and Services
Use psconfig.exe to upgrade one or more SharePoint databases
Use psconfig.exe to upgrade SharePoint

Have you tried rebooting the server?

Tried rebootting the server twice & the router once.

I logged in remotely with Logmein & ran that psconfig.exec command but it seems to be stuck at
 "Performing configuration  task 5 of 6
Upgrading Sharepoint Products....
0.00%"

Been like that for well over an hour now.

Getting these errors:

8035       Microsoft-SharePoint Products-SharePoint Foundation       Dahoe       22/06/2017 00:00       SBS-SERVER2011.MyDomain.local
Category:      Topology
Message:       

Failed to acquire the lock to upgrade this farm. SharePoint is being upgraded by a different server [SBS-SERVER2011]. SharePoint will try again automatically after one minute.

107       SharePoint 2010 Products Configuration Wizard       N/A       22/06/2017 00:08       SBS-SERVER2011.MyDomain.local
Message:       

Unable to create a Service Connection Point in the current Active Directory domain. Verify that the SharePoint container exists in the current domain and that you have rights to write to it.

Microsoft.SharePoint.SPException: The object LDAP://CN=Microsoft SharePoint Products,CN=System,DC=MyDomain,DC=local doesn't exist in the directory.

   at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPServiceConnectionPoint.Ensure(String serviceBindingInformation)

   at Microsoft.SharePoint.PostSetupConfiguration.UpgradeTask.Run()

I'll try that this evening when everyone has left the office.
They've told me that everything is running a lot faster already afteri ran the incomplete psconfig.exe

Ok so i tried that and got this as a result :

C:\Windows\system32>net start SPTraceV4 & net start SPWriterV4 & net start SPAdm
inV4 & net start SPSearch4 & net start SPTimerV4
The requested service has already been started.

More help is available by typing NET HELPMSG 2182.

The SharePoint 2010 VSS Writer service is starting.
The SharePoint 2010 VSS Writer service could not be started.

The service did not report an error.

More help is available by typing NET HELPMSG 3534.

The SharePoint 2010 Administration service is starting.
The SharePoint 2010 Administration service was started successfully.

The SharePoint Foundation Search V4 service is starting.........................
......................
The SharePoint Foundation Search V4 service was started successfully.

The SharePoint 2010 Timer service is starting.
The SharePoint 2010 Timer service was started successfully.


C:\Windows\system32>#


Still stuck at 0.00%

It eventually failed:
Performing configuration task 5 of 6
Upgrading SharePoint Products...

100.00%
Failed to upgrade SharePoint Products.

An exception of type Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPUpdatedConcurrencyExc
eption was thrown.  Additional exception information: An update conflict has occ
urred, and you must re-try this action. The object SPServer Name=SBS-SERVER2011
was updated by MYDOMAIN\spfarm, in the OWSTIMER (10176) process, on machine SBS-
SERVER2011.  View the tracing log for more information about the conflict.

Total number of configuration settings run: 5
Total number of successful configuration settings: 4
Total number of unsuccessful configuration settings: 1
Successfully stopped the configuration of SharePoint Products.
Configuration of SharePoint Products failed.  Configuration must be performed be
fore you use SharePoint Products.  For further details, see the diagnostic log l
ocated at C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\1
4\LOGS\PSCDiagnostics_6_22_2017_21_57_10_449_1099807215.log and the application
event log.

I've attached the log file.
PSCDiagnostics_6_22_2017_21_57_10_44.log

As for the backup.try this

Save this as a batch file and run from an elevated command prompt.

net stop "System Event Notification Service"
net stop "Background Intelligent Transfer Service"
net stop "COM+ Event System"
net stop "Microsoft Software Shadow Copy Provider"
net stop "Volume Shadow Copy"

cd /d %windir%\system32
net stop Vss
net stop swprv


regsvr32 /s ATL.DLL
regsvr32 /s comsvcs.DLL
regsvr32 /s credui.DLL
regsvr32 /s CRYPTNET.DLL
regsvr32 /s CRYPTUI.DLL
regsvr32 /s dhcpqec.DLL
regsvr32 /s dssenh.DLL
regsvr32 /s eapqec.DLL
regsvr32 /s esscli.DLL
regsvr32 /s FastProx.DLL
regsvr32 /s FirewallAPI.DLL
regsvr32 /s kmsvc.DLL
regsvr32 /s lsmproxy.DLL
regsvr32 /s MSCTF.DLL
regsvr32 /s msi.DLL
regsvr32 /s msxml3.DLL
regsvr32 /s ncprov.DLL
regsvr32 /s ole32.DLL
regsvr32 /s OLEACC.DLL
regsvr32 /s OLEAUT32.DLL
regsvr32 /s PROPSYS.DLL
regsvr32 /s QAgent.DLL
regsvr32 /s qagentrt.DLL
regsvr32 /s QUtil.DLL
regsvr32 /s raschap.DLL
regsvr32 /s RASQEC.DLL
regsvr32 /s rastls.DLL
regsvr32 /s repdrvfs.DLL
regsvr32 /s RPCRT4.DLL
regsvr32 /s rsaenh.DLL
regsvr32 /s SHELL32.DLL
regsvr32 /s shsvcs.DLL
regsvr32 /s /i swprv.DLL
regsvr32 /s tschannel.DLL
regsvr32 /s USERENV.DLL
regsvr32 /s Vss_ps.DLL
regsvr32 /s wbemcons.DLL
regsvr32 /s wbemcore.DLL
regsvr32 /s wbemess.DLL
regsvr32 /s wbemsvc.DLL
regsvr32 /s WINHTTP.DLL
regsvr32 /s WINTRUST.DLL
regsvr32 /s wmiprvsd.DLL
regsvr32 /s wmisvc.DLL
regsvr32 /s wmiutils.DLL
regsvr32 /s wuaueng.DLL

Cd /d %systemroot%\syswow64
regsvr32 /s ole32.dll
regsvr32 /s Vss_ps.dll
regsvr32 /s es.dll
regsvr32 /s stdprov.dll
regsvr32 /s msxml3.dll
regsvr32 /s msxml.dll
regsvr32 /s msxml4.dll


net start "COM+ Event System"

sfc /SCANFILE=%windir%\system32\catsrv.DLL
sfc /SCANFILE=%windir%\system32\catsrvut.DLL
sfc /SCANFILE=%windir%\system32\CLBCatQ.DLL
net start "COM+ Event System"

Thank's for all your help with this btw, eager to get it sorted as i'm heading away for 2 weeks tomorrow so don't want to leave them in trouble.

Here's the result from the batch file:

c:\Backup>net stop "System Event Notification Service"
The following services are dependent on the System Event Notification Service se
rvice.
Stopping the System Event Notification Service service will also stop these serv
ices.

   COM+ System Application

Do you want to continue this operation? (Y/N) [N]: y
The COM+ System Application service is stopping.
The COM+ System Application service was stopped successfully.

The System Event Notification Service service is stopping.
A system error has occurred.

System error 997 has occurred.

Overlapped I/O operation is in progress.

The System Event Notification Service service was stopped successfully.


c:\Backup>net stop "Background Intelligent Transfer Service"
The Background Intelligent Transfer Service service is stopping...
The Background Intelligent Transfer Service service was stopped successfully.


c:\Backup>net stop "COM+ Event System"
The following services are dependent on the COM+ Event System service.
Stopping the COM+ Event System service will also stop these services.

   File Replication Service
   DHCP Server
   DFS Replication

Do you want to continue this operation? (Y/N) [N]: y
The File Replication Service service is stopping..................
The File Replication Service service was stopped successfully.

The DHCP Server service is stopping......
The DHCP Server service was stopped successfully.

.
The DFS Replication service was stopped successfully.

The COM+ Event System service is stopping.
The COM+ Event System service was stopped successfully.


c:\Backup>net stop "Microsoft Software Shadow Copy Provider"
The Microsoft Software Shadow Copy Provider service is stopping.
The Microsoft Software Shadow Copy Provider service was stopped successfully.


c:\Backup>net stop "Volume Shadow Copy"
The Volume Shadow Copy service is stopping.
The Volume Shadow Copy service was stopped successfully.


c:\Backup>cd /d C:\Windows\system32

C:\Windows\System32>net stop Vss
The Volume Shadow Copy service is not started.

More help is available by typing NET HELPMSG 3521.


C:\Windows\System32>net stop swprv
The Microsoft Software Shadow Copy Provider service is not started.

More help is available by typing NET HELPMSG 3521.


C:\Windows\System32>regsvr32 /s ATL.DLL

C:\Windows\System32>regsvr32 /s comsvcs.DLL

C:\Windows\System32>regsvr32 /s credui.DLL

C:\Windows\System32>regsvr32 /s CRYPTNET.DLL

C:\Windows\System32>regsvr32 /s CRYPTUI.DLL

C:\Windows\System32>regsvr32 /s dhcpqec.DLL

C:\Windows\System32>regsvr32 /s dssenh.DLL

C:\Windows\System32>regsvr32 /s eapqec.DLL

C:\Windows\System32>regsvr32 /s esscli.DLL

C:\Windows\System32>regsvr32 /s FastProx.DLL

C:\Windows\System32>regsvr32 /s FirewallAPI.DLL

C:\Windows\System32>regsvr32 /s kmsvc.DLL

C:\Windows\System32>regsvr32 /s lsmproxy.DLL

C:\Windows\System32>regsvr32 /s MSCTF.DLL

C:\Windows\System32>regsvr32 /s msi.DLL

C:\Windows\System32>regsvr32 /s msxml3.DLL

C:\Windows\System32>regsvr32 /s ncprov.DLL

C:\Windows\System32>regsvr32 /s ole32.DLL

C:\Windows\System32>regsvr32 /s OLEACC.DLL

C:\Windows\System32>regsvr32 /s OLEAUT32.DLL

C:\Windows\System32>regsvr32 /s PROPSYS.DLL

C:\Windows\System32>regsvr32 /s QAgent.DLL

C:\Windows\System32>regsvr32 /s qagentrt.DLL

C:\Windows\System32>regsvr32 /s QUtil.DLL

C:\Windows\System32>regsvr32 /s raschap.DLL

C:\Windows\System32>regsvr32 /s RASQEC.DLL

C:\Windows\System32>regsvr32 /s rastls.DLL

C:\Windows\System32>regsvr32 /s repdrvfs.DLL

C:\Windows\System32>regsvr32 /s RPCRT4.DLL

C:\Windows\System32>regsvr32 /s rsaenh.DLL

C:\Windows\System32>regsvr32 /s SHELL32.DLL

C:\Windows\System32>regsvr32 /s shsvcs.DLL

C:\Windows\System32>regsvr32 /s /i swprv.DLL

C:\Windows\System32>regsvr32 /s tschannel.DLL

C:\Windows\System32>regsvr32 /s USERENV.DLL

C:\Windows\System32>regsvr32 /s Vss_ps.DLL

C:\Windows\System32>regsvr32 /s wbemcons.DLL

C:\Windows\System32>regsvr32 /s wbemcore.DLL

C:\Windows\System32>regsvr32 /s wbemess.DLL

C:\Windows\System32>regsvr32 /s wbemsvc.DLL

C:\Windows\System32>regsvr32 /s WINHTTP.DLL

C:\Windows\System32>regsvr32 /s WINTRUST.DLL

C:\Windows\System32>regsvr32 /s wmiprvsd.DLL

C:\Windows\System32>regsvr32 /s wmisvc.DLL

C:\Windows\System32>regsvr32 /s wmiutils.DLL

C:\Windows\System32>regsvr32 /s wuaueng.DLL

C:\Windows\System32>Cd /d C:\Windows\syswow64

C:\Windows\SysWOW64>regsvr32 /s ole32.dll

C:\Windows\SysWOW64>regsvr32 /s Vss_ps.dll

C:\Windows\SysWOW64>regsvr32 /s es.dll

C:\Windows\SysWOW64>regsvr32 /s stdprov.dll

C:\Windows\SysWOW64>regsvr32 /s msxml3.dll

C:\Windows\SysWOW64>regsvr32 /s msxml.dll

C:\Windows\SysWOW64>regsvr32 /s msxml4.dll

C:\Windows\SysWOW64>net start "COM+ Event System"
The requested service has already been started.

More help is available by typing NET HELPMSG 2182.


C:\Windows\SysWOW64>sfc /SCANFILE=C:\Windows\system32\catsrv.DLL

Windows Resource Protection could not start the repair service.

C:\Windows\SysWOW64>sfc /SCANFILE=C:\Windows\system32\catsrvut.DLL

Windows Resource Protection could not start the repair service.

C:\Windows\SysWOW64>sfc /SCANFILE=C:\Windows\system32\CLBCatQ.DLL

Windows Resource Protection could not start the repair service.

C:\Windows\SysWOW64>net start "COM+ Event System"
The requested service has already been started.

More help is available by typing NET HELPMSG 2182.


C:\Windows\SysWOW64>

From an elevated command prompt type this in :

vssadmin list writers

and post results

Here you go:

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601]
Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.

C:\Windows\system32>vssadmin list writers
vssadmin 1.1 - Volume Shadow Copy Service administrative command-line tool
(C) Copyright 2001-2005 Microsoft Corp.

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: {38d41c39-18a3-4bab-b196-6c5a707e177d}
   State: [1] Stable
   Last error: No error

Writer name: 'COM+ REGDB Writer'
   Writer Id: {542da469-d3e1-473c-9f4f-7847f01fc64f}
   Writer Instance Id: {a6e04af6-2ea7-47e4-bd50-3e630fc8f20b}
   State: [1] Stable
   Last error: No error

Writer name: 'Registry Writer'
   Writer Id: {afbab4a2-367d-4d15-a586-71dbb18f8485}
   Writer Instance Id: {fdde8626-2917-44f6-a0b4-75b342ff7e57}
   State: [1] Stable
   Last error: No error

Writer name: 'Shadow Copy Optimization Writer'
   Writer Id: {4dc3bdd4-ab48-4d07-adb0-3bee2926fd7f}
   Writer Instance Id: {434f53b5-9680-42f9-803e-98052b1b60a9}
   State: [1] Stable
   Last error: No error


C:\Windows\system32>

You're missing a bunch.
From my SBS 2011:

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601]
Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.

C:\Users\pgm554>vssadmin list writers
vssadmin 1.1 - Volume Shadow Copy Service administrative command-line tool
(C) Copyright 2001-2005 Microsoft Corp.

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: 'System Writer'
   Writer Id: {e8132975-6f93-4464-a53e-1050253ae220}
   Writer Instance Id: {fccfe117-17db-4281-a552-2aca590202d9}
   State: [1] Stable
   Last error: No error

Writer name: 'SqlServerWriter'
   Writer Id: {a65faa63-5ea8-4ebc-9dbd-a0c4db26912a}
   Writer Instance Id: {180e910d-a8b5-48e3-b969-906a7c4a754f}
   State: [1] Stable
   Last error: No error

Writer name: 'SharePoint Services Writer'
   Writer Id: {da452614-4858-5e53-a512-38aab25c61ad}
   Writer Instance Id: {7ec07415-fd7e-4db1-bde8-b901b95f394f}
   State: [1] Stable
   Last error: No error

Writer name: 'FSRM Writer'
   Writer Id: {12ce4370-5bb7-4c58-a76a-e5d5097e3674}
   Writer Instance Id: {b2bc96f0-e82e-41bc-a100-c8df43cc4d90}
   State: [1] Stable
   Last error: No error

Writer name: 'ASR Writer'
   Writer Id: {be000cbe-11fe-4426-9c58-531aa6355fc4}
   Writer Instance Id: {dd089d96-b81f-4413-a827-cb52cfbd91c8}
   State: [1] Stable
   Last error: No error

Writer name: 'FSCVSSWriter'
   Writer Id: {68124191-7787-401a-8afa-12d9d7ccc6ee}
   Writer Instance Id: {6cda7554-dc23-4cc1-b911-b01b9ac3c7da}
   State: [1] Stable
   Last error: No error

Writer name: 'Microsoft Exchange Writer'
   Writer Id: {76fe1ac4-15f7-4bcd-987e-8e1acb462fb7}
   Writer Instance Id: {a866ddd9-4ca9-464d-9c4d-4abaed86fb5f}
   State: [1] Stable
   Last error: No error

Writer name: 'TS Gateway Writer'
   Writer Id: {368753ec-572e-4fc7-b4b9-ccd9bdc624cb}
   Writer Instance Id: {de2cbc31-85d7-41db-8dc3-afac890665f7}
   State: [1] Stable
   Last error: No error

Writer name: 'SPSearch4 VSS Writer'
   Writer Id: {35500004-0201-0000-0000-000000000000}
   Writer Instance Id: {65c691e2-a743-4d6b-a6eb-a20bd28f98eb}
   State: [1] Stable
   Last error: No error

Writer name: 'NPS VSS Writer'
   Writer Id: {35e81631-13e1-48db-97fc-d5bc721bb18a}
   Writer Instance Id: {70c3cffe-9277-40fb-b683-4ef17f418f39}
   State: [1] Stable
   Last error: No error

Writer name: 'BITS Writer'
   Writer Id: {4969d978-be47-48b0-b100-f328f07ac1e0}
   Writer Instance Id: {490af48c-54a9-4c69-acc9-c021b875b8b7}
   State: [1] Stable
   Last error: No error

Writer name: 'WMI Writer'
   Writer Id: {a6ad56c2-b509-4e6c-bb19-49d8f43532f0}
   Writer Instance Id: {53eded00-9663-460c-985a-d22be610e978}
   State: [1] Stable
   Last error: No error

Writer name: 'IIS Metabase Writer'
   Writer Id: {59b1f0cf-90ef-465f-9609-6ca8b2938366}
   Writer Instance Id: {d0c06517-7f53-407a-91f3-d36c0b154235}
   State: [1] Stable
   Last error: No error

Writer name: 'Certificate Authority'
   Writer Id: {6f5b15b5-da24-4d88-b737-63063e3a1f86}
   Writer Instance Id: {7df30fbf-b06a-4b47-840b-399497b5861a}
   State: [1] Stable
   Last error: No error

Writer name: 'FRS Writer'
   Writer Id: {d76f5a28-3092-4589-ba48-2958fb88ce29}
   Writer Instance Id: {665043fa-695b-43ac-af67-5ffcd1a19d1e}
   State: [1] Stable
   Last error: No error

Writer name: 'MSSearch Service Writer'
   Writer Id: {cd3f2362-8bef-46c7-9181-d62844cdc0b2}
   Writer Instance Id: {a17307ad-04e2-4c6a-85be-3b9492e8bc66}
   State: [1] Stable
   Last error: No error

Writer name: 'IIS Config Writer'
   Writer Id: {2a40fd15-dfca-4aa8-a654-1f8c654603f6}
   Writer Instance Id: {02d1cc77-2f74-4143-b7ce-2668c0cb7e87}
   State: [1] Stable
   Last error: No error

Writer name: 'Registry Writer'
   Writer Id: {afbab4a2-367d-4d15-a586-71dbb18f8485}
   Writer Instance Id: {9b33fb8d-f1f4-4a59-95a0-6d99e34ca170}
   State: [1] Stable
   Last error: No error

Writer name: 'NTDS'
   Writer Id: {b2014c9e-8711-4c5c-a5a9-3cf384484757}
   Writer Instance Id: {b1fa7f7e-c3df-4c49-966a-314518f2d947}
   State: [1] Stable
   Last error: No error

Writer name: 'Shadow Copy Optimization Writer'
   Writer Id: {4dc3bdd4-ab48-4d07-adb0-3bee2926fd7f}
   Writer Instance Id: {0bf8c8e6-06aa-4c5e-b235-4151009693f4}
   State: [1] Stable
   Last error: No error

Writer name: 'COM+ REGDB Writer'
   Writer Id: {542da469-d3e1-473c-9f4f-7847f01fc64f}
   Writer Instance Id: {b21239b3-e8c8-456b-a26e-fe6bff96d6e4}
   State: [1] Stable
   Last error: No error

Writer name: 'Dhcp Jet Writer'
   Writer Id: {be9ac81e-3619-421f-920f-4c6fea9e93ad}
   Writer Instance Id: {b19dd64c-0d89-4e15-925c-cc9b392e3c6f}
   State: [1] Stable
   Last error: No error


C:\Users\pgm554>

Hi there,
just got back from holidays & everything has been ok in that office while i was away. I did have a laptop with me just in case but they said wverything was fine. I was in with them today & one user is having problems but her desktop sounds like a jet engine so i suspect it's either overheating or the fan needs replacing so don't think that's anything to do with it.

So from your last comment you said i'm missing a bunch, how do i go about putting that right?

Never mind ,I just had a similar issue and upon reboot all the writers were there.

So should i reboot the server & run this command again?
"From an elevated command prompt type this in :

vssadmin list writers

and post results "

Yes ,you should see all the writers then.

Hi again, can't believe it was so long ago that this question was started. When i went back to try and finish off the work i was told that it was working fine and they were really busy so to leave it for the moment & they'd get back to me when it was more convenient for them, all against my reccommendations might i add.
Now they seem to be back in the same position with everything slowing down again & when i went in the serverOS  hard drive was 96% full, mostly from Sage backups which i moved to their files drive & rebooted.
After that i ran disk cleanup & sfc /scannow, which came back as no integrity violations.
It's started to pick up a bit as it was painfully slow but they are still experiencing a slow network & their backup is not working,
I ran the the "vssadmin list writers" command from an elevated command prompt & this is the result:

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601]
Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.

C:\Windows\system32>vssadmin list writers
vssadmin 1.1 - Volume Shadow Copy Service administrative command-line tool
(C) Copyright 2001-2005 Microsoft Corp.

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'
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Hi there & thanks for the reply.

They are using Windows Server Backup which actually managed to complete a full backup 2 days ago but is failing most of the time.

I'll have a look at limiting the amount of memory used by Exchange as there's 16Gb installed & it's always running at 97-98%, i was told before that Exchange will use whatever RAM is free but that was fine as it would release it when necessary? They only have around 10 email addresses so surely Exchange can't need to be allocated that amount of memory?

As far as Sharepoint is concerned, not sure  what they could be using it for, their website is hosted externally & the emails are forwarded to Exchange, they don't use OWA or RWW and have no companyweb set up. All they really ue the server for is storing shared files, program backups & program databases. Is there anything i should be looking to find out about. If i disable all sharepoint & SQL services & they actully do need it can i just restart them? Sqlservr.exe is using 30% of the CPU all the time also so could be good if it was stopped.

Ok, so i limited the amount of memory used by Exchange to 4GB and the server has started working a lot faster. I'll ask them to keep an eye on it in the office today to see if the network has speeded up at all.

i stopped SQL Server SBS Monitoring & SQL Server Sharepoint & set them to manual startup.

There is around 20% free on the C Drive, i've moved most of the files onto a second larger drive.

I ran BPA & here are the warnings from the results:

Authentication settings for the /rpc virtual directory are not default.

There are no DNS name server (NS) resource records for the delegated _msdcs forward lookup zone.

The certificate for the Remote Desktop Gateway service seems to be bound incorrectly.

The built-in Administrators group does not have the right to log on as batch job.

The DNS parameter MaxCacheTTL is not set.

The last backup attempt was not completed successfully.

Backup fails because of SQL writer issue.

Windows SBS is in a journal wrap condition.

RPC external authentication is not set to the default method.

RPC internal authentication is not set to the default method.

Use psconfig.exe to upgrade one or more SharePoint databases.

Use psconfig.exe to upgrade SharePoint.

The HomeMDB attribute is not set to the default value.

Outlook Anywhere authentication settings not default.

There seems to be a lot of space being eaten up on this drive so i installed ccleaner & analyzed the drive. There's over 200GB in System- Temporary Files & 1GB in System - Windows Error Reporting.
It would be great to get this space back if possible but i'm not sure how to, don't fancy using ccleaner to delete it. I have run disk cleanup & clicked the system tab but there wasn't much there bar service pack files which i left as they were only 1gb.
They're mostly in C:\Windows|TEMP with some in C:\Users\Me\AppData\Local\Temp

Well after a bit of research & 2 completed backups i went ahead & removed the files from C:\Windows|TEMP &  C:\Users\Me\AppData\Local\Temp. I now have over 60% free on my C drive & the server is flying, it's like i switched to an SSD & doubled the RAM, a huge difference. I'm hoping the network will speed up due to this but still want to go through the warnings from the BPA results if anyone can help me?

No reply in 2 & a half days, will have to scrap this question & try another site, this one isn't much use anymore, not since they brought money into the equation & nobody, welll very few anyway(my apologies to the truely helpful people) replies out of goodness. Time to close the account. :(

Sorry to have been out of touch over the past weekend.  Just FYI, I've been an EE member for about 15 years, and I've never participated in the paid "jobs" that have been added to the EE mix in the past few years.  Some of us adhere to the old-school idea of helping people for the reward of feeling good about helping someone else.  However, we also don't have unlimited time to participate in these activities and, like many others who do this, I do have a full-time job.  I urge you to be a bit more patient, even though this question has been around for quite a while, I think we've gotten somewhere with it at this point.

If you still want to post the results of your BPA I'd be glad to look at it.  Also, in future you can use the Disk Cleanup utility, but oddly (ask Microsoft about this one), on Windows Server 2008R2 you have to go into Server Manager and install the "Desktop Experience" feature to get it onto the menu. This requires a server restart, but it will allow you to clean up the folders you mentioned in addition to cleaning up the Winsxs folder which contains old Windows Update files and can grow very large.

The problem we have as tech support is that M$ will no longer answer questions or address issues under service contracts  or paid tech support for SBS 2011 or server 2008r2.

We have basically been told that if one of their security patches breaks something in the future,tough nougies.

Ok, so firstly i really want to apologise to everyone on this site especially the people helping me at the moment. Not a good idea to go on an ignorant rant & post inconsiderate remarks just because i was being impatient. Afer a long day of listening to people giving out i ended up trying to take it out on others which isn't acceptable so again my apologies.

I'd love some more help with this but i also in my haste opened a new question with the BPA results, it's here: https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/29058637/Slow-SBS-2011-Network.html & has a few people commenting on it, including yourself ( Hypercat).

Should i continue with that one or close it or redirect it to here ?

Hi, Dahoe. I understand about the ranting, and it's good of you to apologize and explain.  We've all had those days!

It looks like you've made a lot of progress on the other question.  I think you should close this one with a comment and reference to the other question, and follow through on that one, since both I and others have been answering you there.  For reference, the new question URL is:

https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/29058637/Slow-SBS-2011-Network.html?anchorAnswerId=42313146#a42313146

Switching this to another question:

https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/29058637/Slow-SBS-2011-Network.html?anchorAnswerId=42313146#a42313146