We had working in Windows 2008 Server Enterprise 64 bits the Windows Server Backup and was working perfect. Then we made the upgrade to Windows 2008 Server Enterprise 64 bits R2 after tht when we want to create a backup it stops giving the error 2155347997. Trying to fix we did this first:

https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/askcore/2010/06/18/reasons-why-the-error-enumeration-of-the-files-failed-may-occur-during-system-state-backup/

We ran the GetInvalidPathsv2.ps1 and only detect instances of  "The service path contains spaces, the whole path needs to be enclosed using double quotes"

We have other server with Windows 2008 Enterprise NOT R2  and gives identical instances but Windows Server Backup works there.

Now what could be happening after the upgrade to Windows Server R2 why not run there? Before the update in Windows NOT R2 works fine just after the upgrade to R2 began the problem. Also we tried these 2 scripts running from a .bat without luck:

Takeown /f %windir%\winsxs\temp\PendingRenames /a icacls %windir%\winsxs\temp\PendingRenames /grant "NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM:(RX)"icacls %windir%\winsxs\temp\PendingRenames /grant "NT Service\trustedinstaller:(F)"icacls %windir%\winsxs\temp\PendingRenames /grant BUILTIN\Users:(RX)Takeown /f %windir%\winsxs\filemaps\* /a icacls %windir%\winsxs\filemaps\*.* /grant "NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM:(RX)"icacls %windir%\winsxs\filemaps\*.* /grant "NT Service\trustedinstaller:(F)"icacls %windir%\winsxs\filemaps\*.* /grant BUILTIN\Users:(RX)net stop cryptsvcnet start cryptsvc

and this other also:

REM  Set ACLs correct for System WriterREM  *************************************Takeown /f %windir%\winsxs\filemaps /aicacls %windir%\winsxs\filemaps  /grant "NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM:(RX)"icacls %windir%\winsxs\filemaps  /grant "NT Service\trustedinstaller:(F)"icacls %windir%\winsxs\filemaps  /grant "BUILTIN\Users:(RX)"icacls %windir%\winsxs\filemaps  /grant "Administratoren:(RX)"Takeown /f %windir%\winsxs\filemaps\* /aicacls %windir%\winsxs\filemaps\*.*  /grant "NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM:(RX)"icacls %windir%\winsxs\filemaps\*.*  /grant "NT Service\trustedinstaller:(F)"icacls %windir%\winsxs\filemaps\*.*  /grant "BUILTIN\Users:(RX)"icacls %windir%\winsxs\filemaps\*.*  /grant "Administrators:(RX)"Takeown /f %windir%\winsxs\temp\PendingRenames /aicacls %windir%\winsxs\temp\PendingRenames  /grant "Administrators:(RX)"icacls %windir%\winsxs\temp\PendingRenames /grant "NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM:(RX)"icacls %windir%\winsxs\temp\PendingRenames /grant "NT Service\trustedinstaller:(F)"icacls %windir%\winsxs\temp\PendingRenames /grant "BUILTIN\Users:(RX)"Takeown /f %windir%\winsxs\temp\PendingRenames\*.* /aicacls %windir%\winsxs\temp\PendingRenames\*.*  /grant "Administrators:(RX)"icacls %windir%\winsxs\temp\PendingRenames\*.* /grant "NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM:(RX)"icacls %windir%\winsxs\temp\PendingRenames\*.* /grant "NT Service\trustedinstaller:(F)"icacls %windir%\winsxs\temp\PendingRenames\*.* /grant "BUILTIN\Users:(RX)"REM  Restart the Cryptographic ServicesREM  **********************************net stop cryptsvc &;& net start cryptsvc

Dear Server Expert,

We have Physical server running windows server 2012 and I actually scheduling it to backup the Hyper V VMs that resides in this server that running windows server 2008 R2. Recently, I found that my backup is always failed with the error. Have checked the shared drive permission, but the issue still persist. I don't have issue last month. the error message is below:

please advise.

thanks

I have a brand new 2008R2 SP1 server (Domain Controller) where I try to make SystemState backup. Backup seems to work fine, but I can not delete oldest.
I'm uncertain if I do have a valid SS backup.

I take backup with this command:

C:\>wbadmin start systemstatebackup -backuptarget:D:
wbadmin 1.0 - Backup command-line tool
(C) Copyright 2004 Microsoft Corp.

Starting to back up the system state [04-08-2011 08:45]...
Retrieving volume information...
This will back up the system state from volume(s) Local Disk(EFI System Partitio
n) (200.00 MB),C-OS(C:) to D:.
Do you want to start the backup operation?
[Y] Yes [N] No y

Creating a shadow copy of the volumes specified for backup...
Creating a shadow copy of the volumes specified for backup...
Windows Server Backup is updating the backup for deleted items.
This might take a few minutes.
Found (96) files.
Found (13207) files.
Found (29482) files.
Found (39566) files.
Found (78588) files.
Found (79088) files.
The search for system state files is complete.
Starting to back up files...
The backup of files reported by 'Task Scheduler Writer' is complete.
The backup of files reported by 'VSS Metadata Store Writer' is complete.
The backup of files reported by 'Performance Counters Writer' is complete.
Overall progress: 1%.
Currently backing up files reported by 'System Writer'...
 - continuing to 100% -

Summary of the backup operation:
------------------

The backup of the system state successfully completed [04-08-2011 08:59].
Log of files successfully backed up:

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If I check the backup with "Get Versions", I get this:

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C:\>wbadmin get versions
wbadmin 1.0 - Backup command-line tool
(C) Copyright 2004 Microsoft Corp.

Backup time: 30-07-2011 21:00
Backup target: Fixed Disk labeled D:
Version identifier: 07/30/2011-19:00
Can recover: Volume(s), File(s), Application(s), System State
Snapshot ID: {6f4f38c8-3d3c-4e9f-87fb-d7cdb9c13c59}
 - several other backups-

Backup time: 04-08-2011 08:45
Backup target: Fixed Disk labeled D:
Version identifier: 08/04/2011-06:45
Can recover: Volume(s), File(s), Application(s), System State
Snapshot ID: {ae749899-447f-4c6d-b2d3-06c2f1816541}

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So far everything seems ok.
But when I try to delete the oldest backup, things look weired:

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C:\wbadmin delete systemstatebackup -deleteOldest
wbadmin 1.0 - Backup command-line tool
(C) Copyright 2004 Microsoft Corp.

Enumerating system state backups...
ERROR - No system state backups were found.
This command can be used to delete backups that only contain the system state.

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If I try with -keepversions, I get same result:

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C:\>wbadmin delete systemstatebackup -keepversions:1
wbadmin 1.0 - Backup command-line tool
(C) Copyright 2004 Microsoft Corp.

Enumerating system state backups...
ERROR - No system state backups were found.
This command can be used to delete backups that only contain the system state.

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So do I have a valid Systemstate backup ?
And can I trust I can use it to recover if needed, since it says "No system state backups were found" ?
And why can't I delete the oldest backup ?

- Duelund

"Volume Shadow Copy Service error: Unexpected error calling routine Unexpected error: dwIndex out of scope 12 1169150512.  hr = 0x8000ffff, Catastrophic failure
. 

Operation:
   OnIdentify event
   Gathering Writer Data

Context:
   Execution Context: Shadow Copy Optimization Writer
   Writer Class Id: {4dc3bdd4-ab48-4d07-adb0-3bee2926fd7f}
   Writer Name: Shadow Copy Optimization Writer
   Writer Instance ID: {eeb9563c-73af-43eb-b18b-c9070c245875}   "

I want to know the cause for this event. I checked the whole event log and couldn't find the reason for this.

I'm pretty sure this problem was caused by a machine had malware on it, but to start with, all workstations and laptops have business antivirus and business malwarebytes subscriptions, and the owner realized today that all files in a shared folder (thousands of files) ended up as 0B in size. It didn't matter what the extensions were. The date stamps on the files are the original ones (going back to 2010 and earlier), but files, regardless of the extensions, are all 0B. I have shadow copies configured for all shares, and locally I maintain images of the servers for 1 week. We've had discussions of upgrading the NAS to retain more history, but the company has been in the process of raising capital, so that project has been put on hold. The owner noticed something strange on his computer Aug 6th, so we presume that is when the data was stripped from the files. I have images of the servers going back to Aug 9th, and we also have off site backups. Unfortunately, the off site backup company cut over to a new system about 1.5 months ago, but they had a problem with this location, and they completely redid the backups on Aug 8th, so they have no history for this company prior to Aug 8th. I discussed with the off site backup company about attempting to recover some iterations of the files earlier than Aug 6th from their old backup system, but they've not been able to produce anything. So, no dice.

I removed a failed backup hard drive about 3 months ago, so I'm going to attempt to resurrect that tomorrow. I'm also running data recovery software on the server's data drive, but the software is showing over 10 hours remaining. In the mean time, can anyone think of something I can try that might help recover the data? I'd like to make some progress tonight, but the chances don't seem very high.

Thanks

Hello,

I am trying to use command for some specifics reasons to back up 4 servers to a network location.  I created a local account on the server that needs to be backed up and on the server that hosts the backup location and gave it admin rights.  But when I run it I get an error saying "The user name or password is invalid".

If I run the same command and replace the credentials with a domain credentials that has admin rights it works.

wbadmin enable backup -addtarget:$backuplocation -schedule:00:30 -include:"c:,d:" -systemState -allCritical -vssFull -quiet -user:computer_name\man_backup -password:Password

Ishan

Hello All,

I have a HP server that I have just installed Server 2012 standard, SQL Server 2012 and Sharepoint 2013.

When I try to take bare metal backup I get the error: "The system writer is missing", I have tried the backup as the local admin and domain admin.

The backup will only work if I decide to back up C:, once I select "Bare Metal" or "System State" the backup fails.

I have tried this solution: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc734021.aspx but have not had any luck yet.

When I run the command "vssadmin list writers" I can not see "System Writer" listed.

How can I add/turn on the System Writer?

I've got a server running Server 2012 R2 Standard with a 21TB volume that I need to backup. Unfortunately it appears that WSB isn't capable of backing up a volume of this size. I've searched and have not been able to find any definite volume limit in the documentation.

Has anyone else run into this?

Thanks,

Dewayne

This may be a question for Windows Backup; however, I feel it relates to the Hyper-V more. I recent migrated over all of our company's servers to virtualized instances running on a single 2012r2 standard host. Using the build-in Windows Server Backup utility, I created a backup-set for all four servers (1 SBS 2011 server and three supporting application servers). At one point later on, I needed to restore the SBS 2011 server from backup after a failed Exchange rollup. I restored the server to an alternate location and all is now running fine.

When I went to review my backup sets after running the Exchange Best Practice analyzer and having it report that there has not been a database backup in weeks. Windows Server Backup reports the newly restored SBS2011 server as being "offline"; however, it is not. It is running as it should and accepting requests as usual. I attempted to delete the backup schedule and recreate the set; however, Server Backup still thinks this server is "offline". This has me a bit worried as now either my Exchange is not recognizing that it is being backed up and transaction logs are not being written back or, worse yet, my virtual server is actually not being backed up at all.

Can anyone assist me with this issue?

Hello ... being quite new to Server 2008 backup, I have questions.  Is it possible to do FULL backups for Monday thru Friday only, excluding Saturday and Sundays?  Can individual backups be named (i.e. MonBackup, TueBackup, WedBackup, etc.)

Thanks so much
Tim

Tim ...

Hello

I have Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Version 6.0 (Build 6002: Service Pack 2) and I am trying to backup the System State. The command I am using is: wbadmin start systemstatebackup -backuptarget:c:\Backup

The output and error I am getting when I hit enter in a command prompt that I am Running As Administrator is:

wbadmin 1.0 - Backup command-line tool
(C) Copyright 2004 Microsoft Corp.

Starting System State Backup [1/5/2012 1:13 PM]
Retrieving volume information...

This would backup the system state from volume(s) Local Disk(C:) to c:\Backup.
Do you want to start the backup operation?
[Y] Yes [N] No y


ERROR - Specified backup location could not be found.

It is my understanding that this command is correct and it should work provided that there is enough room on the drive(which there is). Any ideas as to why it isn't working? Many thanks.

Hi Everyone,

We have a Corporate Server 2012 Datacenter Hyper-V Host with about 10 VM's which use ARCServe and the Microsoft Hyper-V writer.

We aren't getting backups and when I run a vssadmin list writers I get the "waiting for response"

C:\Windows\system32>vssadmin list writers
vssadmin 1.1 - Volume Shadow Copy Service administrative command-line tool
(C) Copyright 2001-2012 Microsoft Corp.
Waiting for responses.
These may be delayed if a shadow copy is being prepared.

I've restarted the volume shadow copy and Microsoft Software shadow copy provider services but it still won't list the vss writers.

Looks like a reboot will only resolve the issue. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

When performing bare metal backup on windows server 2012 r2 machine using WBadmin I receive

A virtual disk support provider for the specified file was not found.   and the backup fails.

The target hdd is a 1TB external USB device. 

I have applied the suggested fix from MedicalS in this forum ie

Please test to change the FsDepends service to "boot" and see the result. If issue persists you could simply change it back:

Find this key:

"HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\FsDepends"

Under the "FsDepends" key, change REG_DWORD value "Start" from "3" to "0"

and rebooted but the problem persists.

Help any advice welcome !!!

Hello All,

Our Environment

Windows 2012 R2 Datacenter Hyperv V 4 node cluster

All VMs are stored on CSV's which are SAN disks from HP SAN

The backup tool is netbackup V 7.6.

One VM which has Windows 7 Service pack 1 OS is failing backups since 2nd August.

No changes on VM prior to backups staring to fail.

All other VM backups are success( Including other Windows 7 VMs)

Error in netbackup

24/08/2016 10:53:11 - Info bpfis(pid=3972) done. status: 4207: Could not fetch snapshot metadata or state files  
snapshot error encountered(156)

I found that below mentioned VSS writers on VM keep failing when the backup is run

Com+ RegDB, WMI, Shadow copy optimization and Windows search writers keep failing

I have done the following troubleshooting to try and resolve the issue , but no resolution so far.

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Application event log of the VM has below errors

Volume Shadow Copy Service error: Error calling a routine on a Shadow Copy Provider {74600e39-7dc5-4567-a03b-f091d6c7b092}. Routine details PreFinalCommitSnapshots({816c0863-8f4e-4ed7-8f24-0689056b30dc}, 1) [hr = 0x800705b4, This operation returned because the timeout period expired.
].

Operation:
   Executing Asynchronous Operation

Context:
   Current State: DoSnapshotSet

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Hyper V VMMS log entry

VSS writers inside virtual machine 'AFFECTED_VM' failed to perform BackupComplete to its shadow copy (VSS snapshot) set: A function call was made when the object was in an incorrect state for that function (0x80042301). (Virtual machine ID D17455D4-5EDB-49D8-85A0-1F9088376048)

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I have the latest VSS traces if anyone wants to take a look, please let me know of any suggestions or anything tha tI can try to make this work.

Thanks in anticipation.

We're trying to capture Windows Backup Event log Errors - but the tool forces us to specify the Event Log in question. In my testing, certain Windows Backup event's go into the 'Application' Log (eg: ID 546) while other's go into the 'Microsoft-Windows-Backup\Operational log' (Eg: ID 19).  How can I find out which Log each EVENT ID records to? 

I have a 2012 Essentials server  that currently backs up 8 machines - both desktops and laptops. I now have a MS Surface Pro 4 with Windows 10 Pro that I want to backup. I am getting the following error: "An error prevented Backup from creating a snapshot of the volumes on this computer". There is room in the System Reserve partition of 550 mb. The backup service is running on the Surface Pro, the Windows Server client computer backup service is also running. Also, the Surface Pro is using UEFI/GPT. (I am already backing up another laptop that is using UEFI/GPT without an issue.)

Any idea of what the issue might be?

Thanks.

Gene

How to check memory leak from poolmon or other MS tools.

Please share some examples. As not getting much output from Poolmon