Hi
SBS 2011.
When I try to add another drive to backup schedule I get below error;
The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect.
How can I fix this please?
Thanks
Regards
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The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect.
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when working with disk management how do you pin down files so they do not fly thru virtual space & mount?
I am on win 8.1 pro & am working with iso which also keep staying 'open' so I cannot rename them. How do you close an *.vhd file
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Server 2016 DHCP Replication
Hi,
I am looking to replicate the my Server 2012 DHCP, so if the primary machine fails, we can continue with to other DHCP.
Looking for a guide.
Thank you,
Sayeed.
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NTFS vs REFS VSS Max Volume Size
I am aware of the 64TB usability limit for the Volume Shadow Copy Service using NTFS on Windows Server up to 2012R2. My question is:
Has this limit changed at all using Windows Server 2016 volumes formatted with either NTFS or REFS?
Thanks,
Jeff
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2008 backup email notification
Is it possibe to get 2008 backup to send email notifications if the backup is "successful" or has "Failed"? I know it can be done with ntbackup but 2008 backup looks to have a few important features missing.
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System writers 'system writer' do not exist
Hi,
I am not able to see system writer after running VSSadmin list writers
What I have done so far:
Run this
Takeown /f %windir%\winsxs\temp\PendingRenames /aicacls %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 cryptsvc
net start cryptsvc
This is not able to fix the issue
Can somebody suggest solution for this which may not require system reboot
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Windows Image Backup - Recover - "The specified remote shared folder does not contain any backup."
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!
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Event 65535, VSS Keep-alive
Hi, I'm receiving the Event 65535, VSS Keep-alive error in the Windows Server 2008 Application Log. The description of this event is as follow:
"Either the component that raises this event is not installed on your local computer or the installation is corrupted. You can install or repair the component on the local computer", see screenshot below:
I'm trying to run the VSS-aware backup of system state.
Anyone available to assist or point me into the right direction?
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BMB storing licences
Hi I wonder if someone could answer a question regarding BMB/BMR on servers. I have a broken server which is used as the RD Licence Manager with some 25 licences on it. Its broken following a ransomware attack and will not allow any programs
to be installed on it. I have just taken a windows BMB of its current broken state and have connected another server to the same network and set the new server up as the session host and it is looking at the old server for the RD licences and thats working
fine. The reason is the cost of the RD licences which we no longer have the licence details of. My question is if the old server falls over and I restore the BMB done will it restore the 25 RD licences that are on it and allow us to continue using it
as the RD Licence Manager. Many thanks in advance.
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Test internal recovery on 2012 R2 server
Given internal disks:
- 120 GB current system, apps, and data disk
- 1 TB dedicated local backup disk
- 250 GB recovery target in case of the current system disk failure
The 1TB backup disk contains full system backups. Individual files restore works fine. I would like to test a full system recovery onto the cold spare 250 GB disk without taking the current system disk out. When booted from the installation media, though, the system recovery does not list the 250 GB disk as a possible target. Well, it does not give any choice interface for recovery target. How do I make sure that the recovery plan is good? Any option without disconnecting the 120 GB disk?
Thank you!
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System cannot find the path speccified
Hello,
I am doing scheduled backups every night of my Server 2008 R2 SP1. The backups say successful however it always fails on the last drive. So it is successfully backing up the C and D drives as well as the System Reserved, System State, and Bare metal. However when it attempts to back up my E. drive I get the error "The system cannot find the path specified"
Any thoughts?
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Windows 2012 Storage Server on Seagate NAS
Hey all,
I have a Seagate 4TB 4 bay storage server with Windows 2012 Storage Server. Things are working reasonably well, there are some network shares and I am using Windows Backup. Occasionaly, once every two months or so, it appears a backup takes longer than usual i.e 7-10 hours. And it sometimes spills over into the next workday. You can imagine what happens next, anger, calls, "why did we listen to him", etc.
Is there way to set a time limit on the backup?
Perhaps, I can use task scheduler to check if the backup is running at a certain time and shut it down.
Any other ideas? If you need more info, please ask.
Thanks very much.
Sabir Pasha
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Documentation on restarting NPS and IIS Config writers in failed state
We are using DPM 2012 to protect several servers. Periodically (one to two times per week), VSS writers will get in a failed state. Rebooting the server always clears up the issues but it seems to me that there should be a way to restart services or processes to re-initialize the writers. For example, when the SQL Server writer is in a failed state, you simply restart the SQL Server VSS Writer service and the issue is fixed most times. Rebooting production servers two to three times per week just to clear up VSS issues doesn't make sense. The ones I can't figure out how to fix without a reboot are these:
- NPS VSS Writer
- IIS Config Writer (IIS is not currently installed and iisreset doesn't fix it)
All the other writers are pretty easy to figure out, although I'm not sure why "System Writer" is really the Cryptographic service.
Anyone provide some clarification on what service to restart to clear up these VSS writers?
Rob
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System-state Backup from DPM on a Windows Server 2008 Standard fails with error code 2155413760
Hi Folks ,
Windows Server Backup on a Server 2008 Standard , running through DPM. The error code is 2155413760 with event id 546 . The backup fails .
Troubleshooting Steps Performed :
- Tried to do a normal windows server back - No luck
- Checked on the event log , figured out the error code and the bloggers suggest the issue is with the file permisions on the WInSXS folder in Windir
- MS has file permissions reset recommendations : checked on the file permissions and the file permissions are intact .
- List vssadmin list writers does not list the System Writer.
The server is hosted in the remote location and presently running the DC , DHCP and fileserver roles .
Any further troubleshooting steps or assistance will be appreciated.
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0x800423f8 error in vshadow commands
l develop two vss hardware provider. When l register one to vss service and execute "vshadow -p e:", the result is normal. However when l register the other and execute "vshadow -p e:", the command is giving the following error :
Creating the shadow (DoSnapshotSet)...
(Waiting for the asynchronous operation to finish...)
ERROR: during the last asynchronous operation.
- Returned HRESULT = 0x800423f8
- Error text: <Unknown error code>
- Please re-run VSHADOW.EXE with the /tracing option to get more details
In the event viewer, error event 12362 generate when abnormal.
EVENTVIEWER 12362:
A Shadow Copy LUN was not detected in the system and did not arrive.
Operation:
Exposing Disks
Locating shadow-copy LUNs
PostSnapshot Event
Executing Asynchronous Operation
Context:
Execution Context: Provider
Current State: DoSnapshotSet
With vsstrace I found that the snapshot destination disk reported the following error log many times when l failed.
"We find arrived disk \\?\SCSI#Disk&XXXX has no LUN id and is not a snapshot disk arrival."
When l was successful, the snapshot destination disk reported the following log.
"{XXXX} is in state 1 and has LUN id {XXXX} and disk no 2."
My OS is Windows Server 2016 Standard.All my writers are stable and no error.
What is the possible cause of 0x800423f8 error? Any help is appreciated.
Thanks
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-exclude multiple instances of a folder?
I'm looking to have a logoff or shutdown script run wbadmin and back up my user profile folder, and a few folders here and there like my development web server's DocumentRoot. As I do JavaScript development with Node.js/npm and .NET development with NuGet to manage third-party libraries, I would like to not include the "node_modules" or "packages" folders that the package managers put the libraries into, since the code in them is easily retrievable and it'll save time to not back them up.
If I do something like "wbadmin -include:C:\Users\me,C:\xampp\htdocs -exclude:C:\*\node_modules,C:\*\Projects\*\packages", will that result in every node_modules being ignored, as well as any "packages" folder in my Visual Studio projects folders? Or is this not possible?
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How to set up multiple Windows Server backup scenarios - schedule more than one plan?
I've read that it's possible to run multiple scenarios of a backup?
I know that GUI (Windows Server Backup app) will only let you schedule just one backup plan.
I would like to plan something a bit more complex and would like to know how to do it.
I have two 4TB external drives and one Windows 2016 Server with one VM (3 volumes).
I would like to set up daily VSS Full backup for Monday-Friday.
On Saturday I would like to make a copy of Drive1 to Drive2, then set up new VSS full backup of the server on Drive1.
Reason for this is that VSS full backup won't save whole images each day, even if it's full backup (it only writes down differentials).
So I would like to ideally have is two full copies of server once a week and those differentials from Monday to Friday.
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windows server 2008 r2 ( Default Event logs)folder accidently deleted. How to restore ?
Hi All,
In our windows server 2008 r2, Default event log folder(C:\Windows\System32\winevt\Logs) was accidently deleted by one system admin. How to recover the deleted folder. Kindly support
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Volume Shadow Copies - Limited Number of Copies?
I have two servers that seem to be artificially limited on the number of copies:
- Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1
- 6 copies
- 50GB is allocated and plenty of disk space to use that much
- 8GB in use
- Server 2012 R2
- 10 copies
- 100GB is allocated and plenty of disk space to use that much
- 10GB in use
MaxShadowCopies is not configured on either. We do 2 copies a day. Neither seem to have skipped or missed a copy, but appear to just be "truncated" before they reached the disk limit.
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Windows 2008 Server System Writer is Missing
We have recently installed Window 2008 and are receiving the following message:
Cryptographic Services failed while processing the OnIdentity() call in the System Writer Object.
Details:
AddCoreCsiFiles : BeginFileEnumeration() failed.
System Error:
Access is denied.
I have followed all of the posting that are listed and have made sure the necessary rights have been assigned to the c:\windows\registration file but hte "System Writer" will not show when running vssadmin list writers.
Please help.
Thank you.
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