We're currently running into issues backing up our Windows Server 2012 VMs through the integrated Windows Server Backup utility. Each time the VM attempts to backup to the Shared Network Folder on our QNAP NAS, it generates the following event log on the VM:

Log Name:      Microsoft-Windows-Backup
Source:        Microsoft-Windows-Backup
Date:          2012-12-20 4:02:55 AM
Event ID:      5
Task Category: None
Level:         Error
Keywords:      
User:          SYSTEM
Computer:      TST12.dev.ad
Description:
The backup operation that started at '‎2012‎-‎12‎-‎20T11:00:25.289755100Z' has failed with following error code '0x807800C5' (There was a failure in preparing the backup image of one of the volumes in the backup set.). 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>5</EventID>    <Version>3</Version>    <Level>2</Level>    <Task>0</Task>    <Opcode>0</Opcode>    <Keywords>0x4000000000000000</Keywords>    <TimeCreated SystemTime="2012-12-20T11:02:55.974675700Z" />    <EventRecordID>29</EventRecordID>    <Correlation />    <Execution ProcessID="5312" ThreadID="3776" />    <Channel>Microsoft-Windows-Backup</Channel>    <Computer>TST12.dev.ad</Computer>    <Security UserID="S-1-5-18" />  </System>  <EventData>    <Data Name="BackupTemplateID">{929C5B37-29BF-46B2-B72B-C2819B13EB6D}</Data>    <Data Name="HRESULT">0x807800c5</Data>    <Data Name="DetailedHRESULT">0x8078004f</Data>    <Data Name="ErrorMessage">%%2155348165</Data>    <Data Name="BackupState">12</Data>    <Data Name="BackupTime">2012-12-20T11:00:25.289755100Z</Data>    <Data Name="BackupTarget">\\BMC-NAS1\Backups</Data>    <Data Name="NumOfVolumes">2</Data>    <Data Name="VolumesInfo">&lt;VolumeInfo&gt;&lt;VolumeInfoItem Name="System Reserved" OriginalAccessPath="" State="12" HResult="-2139619249" DetailedHResult="0" PreviousState="9" IsCritical="1" IsIncremental="0" BlockLevel="1" HasFiles="0" HasSystemState="1" IsCompacted="0" IsPruned="0" IsRecreateVhd="0" FullBackupReason="2" DataTransferred="0" NumUnreadableBytes="0" TotalSize="0" TotalNoOfFiles="0" Flags="554" BackupTypeDetermined="1" SSBTotalNoOfFiles="0" SSBTotalSizeOnDisk="0" /&gt;&lt;VolumeInfoItem Name="C:" OriginalAccessPath="C:" State="15" HResult="-2139619228" DetailedHResult="0" PreviousState="0" IsCritical="1" IsIncremental="0" BlockLevel="1" HasFiles="0" HasSystemState="1" IsCompacted="0" IsPruned="0" IsRecreateVhd="0" FullBackupReason="2" DataTransferred="0" NumUnreadableBytes="0" TotalSize="0" TotalNoOfFiles="0" Flags="1576" BackupTypeDetermined="1" SSBTotalNoOfFiles="0" SSBTotalSizeOnDisk="0" /&gt;&lt;/VolumeInfo&gt;</Data>    <Data Name="SourceSnapStartTime">2012-12-20T11:00:25.258548500Z</Data>    <Data Name="SourceSnapEndTime">2012-12-20T11:00:43.682705500Z</Data>    <Data Name="PrepareBackupStartTime">&lt;TimesList&gt;&lt;Time Time="2012-12-20T11:00:53.011Z" /&gt;&lt;Time Time="1601-01-01T00:00:00.000Z" /&gt;&lt;/TimesList&gt;</Data>    <Data Name="PrepareBackupEndTime">&lt;TimesList&gt;&lt;Time Time="2012-12-20T11:00:53.058Z" /&gt;&lt;Time Time="1601-01-01T00:00:00.000Z" /&gt;&lt;/TimesList&gt;</Data>    <Data Name="BackupWriteStartTime">&lt;TimesList&gt;&lt;Time Time="2012-12-20T11:00:53.074Z" /&gt;&lt;Time Time="1601-01-01T00:00:00.000Z" /&gt;&lt;/TimesList&gt;</Data>    <Data Name="BackupWriteEndTime">&lt;TimesList&gt;&lt;Time Time="1601-01-01T00:00:00.000Z" /&gt;&lt;Time Time="1601-01-01T00:00:00.000Z" /&gt;&lt;/TimesList&gt;</Data>    <Data Name="TargetSnapStartTime">1601-01-01T00:00:00.000000000Z</Data>    <Data Name="TargetSnapEndTime">1601-01-01T00:00:00.000000000Z</Data>    <Data Name="DVDFormatStartTime">&lt;TimesList&gt;&lt;/TimesList&gt;</Data>    <Data Name="DVDFormatEndTime">&lt;TimesList&gt;&lt;/TimesList&gt;</Data>    <Data Name="MediaVerifyStartTime">&lt;TimesList&gt;&lt;/TimesList&gt;</Data>    <Data Name="MediaVerifyEndTime">&lt;TimesList&gt;&lt;/TimesList&gt;</Data>    <Data Name="BackupPreviousState">9</Data>    <Data Name="ComponentStatus">&lt;ComponentStatus&gt;&lt;/ComponentStatus&gt;</Data>    <Data Name="ComponentInfo">&lt;ComponentInfo&gt;&lt;/ComponentInfo&gt;</Data>    <Data Name="SSBEnumerateStartTime">1601-01-01T00:00:00.000000000Z</Data>    <Data Name="SSBEnumerateEndTime">1601-01-01T00:00:00.000000000Z</Data>    <Data Name="SSBVhdCreationStartTime">1601-01-01T00:00:00.000000000Z</Data>    <Data Name="SSBVhdCreationEndTime">1601-01-01T00:00:00.000000000Z</Data>    <Data Name="SSBBackupStartTime">1601-01-01T00:00:00.000000000Z</Data>    <Data Name="SSBBackupEndTime">1601-01-01T00:00:00.000000000Z</Data>    <Data Name="SystemStateBackup">&lt;SystemState IsPresent="1" HResult="-2139619131" DetailedHResult="-2139619249" /&gt;</Data>    <Data Name="BMR">&lt;BMR IsPresent="1" HResult="-2139619249" DetailedHResult="0" /&gt;</Data>    <Data Name="VssFullBackup">true</Data>    <Data Name="UserInputBMR">true</Data>    <Data Name="UserInputSSB">true</Data>    <Data Name="BackupSuccessLogPath">C:\Windows\Logs\WindowsServerBackup\Backup-20-12-2012_11-00-25.log</Data>    <Data Name="BackupFailureLogPath">C:\Windows\Logs\WindowsServerBackup\Backup_Error-20-12-2012_11-00-25.log</Data>    <Data Name="EnumerateBackupStartTime">&lt;TimesList&gt;&lt;Time Time="1601-01-01T00:00:00.000Z" /&gt;&lt;Time Time="1601-01-01T00:00:00.000Z" /&gt;&lt;/TimesList&gt;</Data>    <Data Name="EnumerateBackupEndTime">&lt;TimesList&gt;&lt;Time Time="1601-01-01T00:00:00.000Z" /&gt;&lt;Time Time="1601-01-01T00:00:00.000Z" /&gt;&lt;/TimesList&gt;</Data>    <Data Name="PruneBackupStartTime">&lt;TimesList&gt;&lt;Time Time="1601-01-01T00:00:00.000Z" /&gt;&lt;Time Time="1601-01-01T00:00:00.000Z" /&gt;&lt;/TimesList&gt;</Data>    <Data Name="PruneBackupEndTime">&lt;TimesList&gt;&lt;Time Time="1601-01-01T00:00:00.000Z" /&gt;&lt;Time Time="1601-01-01T00:00:00.000Z" /&gt;&lt;/TimesList&gt;</Data>    <Data Name="BackupFlags">0x8</Data>    <Data Name="ComponentInfoSummary">&lt;ComponentInfoSummary ComponentInfoArrayPresent="1" TotalComponents="0" SucceededComponents="0" /&gt;</Data>  </EventData></Event>

All our VMs running Windows Server 2008 R2 backup successfully to this network location using the same network and service credentials. This issue appears to only be happening on our VMs running Windows Server 2012. 

I am running windows server 2012 as a Domain controller and wanting to trim the backups as the disk is getting full.

I would like to know if running "Wbadmin delete backup -deleteoldest" deletes BOTH backup and systemstate of combined backups?

I run a daily backup job of the main drive and system state and I seem to have the impression I needed to delete both the backup and systemstate elements separately?

The issue is that when I run the delete process for the system state it states that "ERROR - No system state backups were found."

I have read that you need to run the two seperate deleations if your running the backup and system state elements seperatly which I am not.

Can you clarify this for me?

Secondly, Do the backups automatically trim themselves when the drive gets full?

Many thanks

Don

good morning to all,

here is what i am trying to accomplish: I have one server (server1) that i would like to backup on another server (server2). i am already running a windows server backup and excluded some folders because of the 2tb size limit, so i want to backup those excluded files onto another server. this is what i am typing in:

wbadmin start backup -backupTarget:e: -include:\\server1\sharedfiles\photos

this should backup server1 to server 2 e drive. i see retrieving volume information... ERROR-the file "\\server1\sharedfiles\photos" is invalid

i have tried 'before the\\ and after photos, i have tried to enter the volume name of server 1 as

wbadmin start backup -backupTarget:e: -include:\\server1\Volume{b9e7a2d0-0000-0000-0000-000000000000}sharedfiles\photos

i still get the the specified file name in the file spec is invalid

any ideas?

Server 2012R2
Hypervisor with several running VM's
Up2Date 3/18/15

Till sunday wbadmin was running as expected. Backup on monday night results suddenly in 0x807800C5. No changes were made to the system.

I restored a file succesfull from the disk to verify that the disk and the image is ok.

I run wbadmin from a script with:

wbadmin.exe start backup -quiet -backupTarget:f:\ -vssFull -allCritical -hyperv:Seescb-DOM,Seescb-EXCHG,Seescb-W7,TEST-XP

Output is:

2015-03-18 23:02:17 INF > wbadmin 1.0 - Backup command-line tool
2015-03-18 23:02:17 INF > (C) Copyright 2013 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
2015-03-18 23:02:17 INF >
2015-03-18 23:02:17 INF > Retrieving volume information...
2015-03-18 23:02:17 INF > Any virtual machines included in the backup will be temporarily placed into a
2015-03-18 23:02:17 INF > saved state when the backup runs.
2015-03-18 23:02:17 INF > This will back up (EFI System Partition),(C:),(\\?\Volume{eec85b55-8110-453a-836c-0653e048467d}\), HyperV\Seescb-DOM, HyperV\Seescb-EXCHG, HyperV\Seescb-W7, HyperV\TEST-XP, HyperV\IPFire to f:\.
2015-03-18 23:02:17 INF > The backup operation to F: is starting.
2015-03-18 23:02:17 INF > Creating a shadow copy of the volumes specified for backup...
2015-03-18 23:02:17 INF > Creating a shadow copy of the volumes specified for backup...
2015-03-18 23:02:17 INF > Creating a shadow copy of the volumes specified for backup...
2015-03-18 23:02:17 INF > Creating a shadow copy of the volumes specified for backup...
2015-03-18 23:02:17 INF > Creating a shadow copy of the volumes specified for backup...
2015-03-18 23:02:17 INF > Creating a shadow copy of the volumes specified for backup...
2015-03-18 23:02:17 INF > Creating a shadow copy of the volumes specified for backup...
2015-03-18 23:02:17 INF > Creating a shadow copy of the volumes specified for backup...
2015-03-18 23:02:17 INF > Creating a shadow copy of the volumes specified for backup...
2015-03-18 23:02:17 INF > Creating a shadow copy of the volumes specified for backup...
2015-03-18 23:02:17 INF > Creating a shadow copy of the volumes specified for backup...
2015-03-18 23:02:17 INF > Creating a shadow copy of the volumes specified for backup...
2015-03-18 23:02:17 INF > Creating a shadow copy of the volumes specified for backup...
2015-03-18 23:02:17 INF > Creating a shadow copy of the volumes specified for backup...
2015-03-18 23:02:17 INF > Windows Server Backup is updating the existing backup to remove files that have
2015-03-18 23:02:17 INF > been deleted from your server since the last backup.
2015-03-18 23:02:17 INF > This might take a few minutes.
2015-03-18 23:02:17 INF > Creating a backup of volume (EFI System Partition) (100.00 MB), copied (0%).
2015-03-18 23:02:17 INF > Summary of the backup operation:
2015-03-18 23:02:17 INF > ------------------
2015-03-18 23:02:17 INF >
2015-03-18 23:02:17 INF > The backup operation stopped before completing.
2015-03-18 23:02:17 INF > The backup operation stopped before completing.
2015-03-18 23:02:17 INF > Detailed error: The specified backup disk cannot be found.
2015-03-18 23:02:17 INF > Log of files successfully backed up:
2015-03-18 23:02:17 INF > C:\Windows\Logs\WindowsServerBackup\Backup-18-03-2015_21-59-34.log
2015-03-18 23:02:17 INF >
2015-03-18 23:02:17 INF > Log of files for which backup failed:
2015-03-18 23:02:17 INF > C:\Windows\Logs\WindowsServerBackup\Backup_Error-18-03-2015_21-59-34.log
2015-03-18 23:02:17 INF >
2015-03-18 23:02:17 INF > There was a failure in preparing the backup image of one of the volumes in the backup set.
2015-03-18 23:02:17 INF > The specified backup disk cannot be found.

EventLog:

The backup operation that started at '?2015?-?03?-?17T19:00:18.874927500Z' has failed with following error code '0x807800C5' (There was a failure in preparing the backup image of one of the volumes in the backup set.). Please review the event details for a solution, and then rerun the backup operation once the issue is resolved.

Logfile wbadmin:

Backup of volume \\?\GLOBALROOT\Device\HarddiskVolume2\ has failed. The specified backup disk cannot be found.

Hi,

I have installed the Windows Server Backup feature several times in Windows Server 2012, but the "Windows Server Backup UI" is missing under the "Administrative Tools" and under the \System32\wbadmin.msc .

Any ideas how to re-create or workaround this problem ?

I really appreciate your help !

With kind regards,

Cengiz Kuskaya

Dear All 

good Day 

we issue From windows server standard R2 2008

black screen with mouse pointer  when logging into windows server 2008 r2  

the user profile service failed the logon windows

i tested several command from Dos And safe mode ; Not solved The issue

i have a original copy with serial windows server standrd 2012 can i upgrade from windows server 2008 to windows server 2012 

i have image  backup before 2 years can i restore without remove any new  files and  configuration role

please help

Hi,

I only have a short question:

Does Server 2008 R2 or older support LTO 7?

I got an IBM Streamer but can't find driver for it.

Thanks for help.

- Have a Hyper-V Host (Server Core) that I want to backup to a locally attached USB Disk.

- Have a 2012 R2 management server where I have installed the Windows Backup feature as well.

Although it's not possible to connect to the remote Hyper-V host from the Windows Backup GUI directly (very strange and I can not understand this), it's possible to launch "Computer Management", connect to the remote Hyper-V host, and then launch the Windows Backup GUI from inside the computer management.

Can successfully configure and monitor the Windows Server Backup jobs this way. However, when I try to recover anything from the Hyper-V Host to an alternate location, absolutely no recovery  destination is accepted. Have tried a path on the management server, as well as on the Hyper-V host, but always getting the following error:

How can I recover anything from the Hyper-V host from the Windows Backup GUI? Recover data directly on the Hyper-V host with wbadmin.exe or any scripts is much too complicated for our service desk employees.

Thank you in advance for any help.

Franz

Environment:

Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials running in VirtualBox in a Windows 7 host. Networking is configured and works fine.

Background:

My only backup needs are to copy the contents of two folders to a NAS folder every day at 2 AM.

I configured a backup schedule in Windows Server Backup (wbadmin) to a network location which is hosted as a Samba share on a Synology NAS.

For authentication, I created a backup user which has the same username and password as a user on the Samba share, with permission to read and write the backup folder. I added this user to the Backup Operators group.

Problem:

When I try to run the Backup Once operation to test my backup, I get the following error message:

"Windows Backup cannot read the backup destination."

What I've tried:

I verified that the location is directly accessible in Windows by copying and pasting the address from the Windows Server Backup destination into explorer. Providing the backup user credentials opened the location and creating/reading files worked fine.

Adding the backup user to the Administrators group did not have an effect.

Update 2014-02-18

I checked the backup destination and was surprised to find that the scheduled backup actually completes successfully.However, Backup Once always results in the above error message. So the problem is confined to the "Backup Once" operation.

I'm testing 2008R2 SP1 Windows Image Backups. Two Servers alpha and omega each have an older backup stored on the other server, in shared folders. In Windows Server Backup - Recovery Wizard - Specify Remote Folder I get to specify the UNC path "to the remote shared folder that contains the backup." Easy, right? I have tried (from \\alpha)

\\omega\WindowsImagebackup    (which is the shared folder)

\\omega\WindowsImagebackup\alpha

\\omega\WindowsImagebackup\alpha\Backup 2011-03-22 133034

These all error with

"The specified remote shared folder does not contain any backup. Provide the path to a remote shared folder that contains backups."

Must be corrupted? But, vice-versa, trying from \\omega and looking at \\alpha i get the same error.

Tell me I'm missing something stupid..  Thanks!

Hi,

We have a networker backup solution in place. Backup fails on one of the windows 2012 server. Event log below. I am not sure how to resolve this issue. Can someone please help?

Log Name:      Application
Source:        VSS
Date:          6/17/2014 5:01:41 PM
Event ID:      8193
Task Category: None
Level:         Error
Keywords:      Classic
User:          N/A
Computer:      ---
Description:
Volume Shadow Copy Service error: Unexpected error calling routine GetVolumeNameForVolumeMountPoint is now failing on the volume, winerror 0x00000005. .  hr = 0x80070005, Access is denied.
.

Operation:
   PrepareForSnapshot Event

Context:
   Execution Context: Writer
   Writer Class Id: {e8132975-6f93-4464-a53e-1050253ae220}
   Writer Name: System Writer
   Writer Instance ID: {13f27935-f32a-4e30-bdb6-d87894cecf12}
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
  <System>
    <Provider Name="VSS" />
    <EventID Qualifiers="0">8193</EventID>
    <Level>2</Level>
    <Task>0</Task>
    <Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>
    <TimeCreated SystemTime="2014-06-17T15:01:41.000000000Z" />
    <EventRecordID>4864</EventRecordID>
    <Channel>Application</Channel>
    <Computer>
    <Security />
  </System>
  <EventData>
    <Data>GetVolumeNameForVolumeMountPoint is now failing on the volume, winerror 0x00000005. </Data>
    <Data>0x80070005, Access is denied.
</Data>
    <Data>

Operation:
   PrepareForSnapshot Event

Context:
   Execution Context: Writer
   Writer Class Id: {e8132975-6f93-4464-a53e-1050253ae220}
   Writer Name: System Writer
   Writer Instance ID: {13f27935-f32a-4e30-bdb6-d87894cecf12}</Data>
    <Binary>2D20436F64653A20565353415049435030303030313131332D2043616C6C3A20565353415049435030303030313035372D205049443A202030303030303434302D205449443A202030303030313539362D20434D443A2020433A5C57696E646F77735C73797374656D33325C737663686F73742E657865202D6B204E6574776F726B53657276696365202020202020202D20557365723A204E616D653A204E5420415554484F524954595C4E4554574F524B20534552564943452C205349443A532D312D352D3230</Binary>
  </EventData>
</Event>

I am using 2012 R2 WSB. All of my backups are within the last 30 days. However, the oldest copy is January 2016. It indicates in on a volume I think no longer exist. When I launch the recovery wizard and go to the backup in question, it says the status is offline.

How can I correct this?

Thank you

Dawit Tesfaye

i want to restore my windows sbs2003 .bkf file to 2012 std server, as per default utility in 2012 server i couldn't find restore of .bkf file.

please let me know how i can restore or is there any utility.

i was taking backups on an external HD.  i copied the files using robocopy to another device and the backups are not recognized.  any ideas why?  i retained the permissions and all files.

Thank you,