Hi,

Here I have a Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard server, using Netbackup software for the backup, which is a product of Symantec company.

The server roles as file server, problem now is the backup process always failed when processing on an EFI partition.

After consulted with the product vendor, they suggested to ask MS for help..

Here is the log:

- Type: VSS_CT_FILEGROUP [2]

- Is selectable: TRUE

- Is top level: TRUE

- Notify on backup complete: FALSE

- Paths affected by this component:

- \\?\GLOBALROOT\Device\HarddiskVolume2\EFI\Microsoft\Boot<file:///\\%3f\GLOBALROOT\Device\HarddiskVolume2\EFI\Microsoft\Boot>

- Volumes affected by this component:

- \\?\GLOBALROOT\Device\HarddiskVolume2\EFI\Microsoft\Boot<file:///\\%3f\GLOBALROOT\Device\HarddiskVolume2\EFI\Microsoft\Boot> [Does not exist]

Here is the BCD info:

Please let me know if any other information you need to know.

Really thanks for any help.

Regards

John

I have one (Server 2012 R2) guest on Hyper-V in Server 2012 R2 host. System Reserved and C backup completes data transfer and all but Server(Online) fails to complete. 

"Failed to complete 0KB of 0KB"

WSB Error: The component Server2012(Online) was skipped during the snapshot and will not be available for recovery. Error: The writer experienced a transient error. If the backup process is retried, the error may not occur.

Log file: 

Writer Failures
Writer Id: {66841CD4-6DED-4F4B-8F17-FD23F8DDC3DE}
Instance Id: {C1C2F8BB-2ACD-45C8-9B0E-D072A7B58F79}
Writer Name: Microsoft Hyper-V VSS Writer
Writer State: 5
Failure Result: 80042336
Application Result: 80004005
Application Message: (null)
   Component: EBABEA20-1601-4521-855E-A286593543D0
   Logical Path: (null)
   Component Result: 800423F3
   Component Message: 
       File Spec: C:\VHDX\Server2012\Virtual Machines\Server2012\Virtual Machines\\EBABEA20-1601-4521-855E-A286593543D0.xml Recursive: 0
       File Spec: C:\VHDX\\C.vhdx Recursive: 0
       File Spec: C:\VHDX\\data.vhdx Recursive: 0
       File Spec: C:\VHDX\C-AutoRecovery.avhdx Recursive: 0
       File Spec: C:\VHDX\Vorhoff2012\Virtual Machines\Server2012\Snapshots\FAE18FA3-3CE5-4E7A-AE13-691603A0B96A.xml Recursive: 0
       File Spec: C:\VHDX\data-AutoRecovery.avhdx Recursive: 0
*-----------------------------*


Application backup
Writer Id: {66841CD4-6DED-4F4B-8F17-FD23F8DDC3DE}
   Component: EBABEA20-1601-4521-855E-A286593543D0
   Caption     : Online\Server2012
   Logical Path: 
   Error           : 80780175
   Error Message   : Component was skipped from volume shadow copy.

   Detailed Error  : 800423F3
   Detailed Error Message : The writer experienced a transient error.  If the backup process is retried,
the error may not reoccur.

Event Viewer:

Event 10178

Source: Hyper-V-VMMS

The description for Event ID 10178 from source Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-VMMS cannot be found. 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.

If the event originated on another computer, the display information had to be saved with the event.

The following information was included with the event: 

Server2012
EBABEA20-1601-4521-855E-A286593543D0
%%2147943727
0x8007052F

The locale specific resource for the desired message is not present

Event 10172

Source: Hyper-V-VMMS

VSS writers inside virtual machine 'Server2012' failed to perform BackupComplete to its shadow copy (VSS snapshot) set: Catastrophic failure (0x8000FFFF). (Virtual machine ID EBEBBA20-1601-4521-856E-A286493543B0)

Event 16010

Source: Hyper-V-VMMS

The operation failed.

VSSADMIN LIST WRITERS shows all "State: [1] Stable Last error: No error" besides:

Writer name: 'Microsoft Hyper-V VSS Writer'

   Writer Id: {66841cd4-6ded-4f4b-8f17-fd23f8ddc3de}

   Writer Instance Id: {c1c2f8bb-2acd-45c8-9b0e-d072a7b58f79}

   State: [1] Stable

   Last error: Unexpected error

After running this script: http://www.nullskull.com/q/10115236/issue-with-windows-server-backup.aspx and turning VMMS service off and on, and then restart, backups appear to (or at least WSB says the Server2012(Online)) have completed BUT the data transferred says 0KB of 0KB! Then, the next backups say "failed" or "completed with warnings".

The question is: HOW DO I GET WSB TO WORK? 

Thanks in advance, everyone! I appreciate all replies very much.

I want to take backup but my device is shutting down again and again. 

Also, Can I host and move my website to microsoft's cloud service? 

My blog website is vashishthakapoor.com. I will move other sites to microsoft only because this service is very fast

im using Server 2012 R2 .....due to some reason i restored WINDOWS folder using server backup & Restore utility..after restoring the folder when i restart window and give credentials and then should windows desktops shows but Black screen shown....so now what should i do.. how to fix....i am student and its my first post in this portal ...

Hello All ,

I have CISCO Blade physical server. I have taken baremetal and data drive backup of the server.

While restoring it from the network I am getting this error.
"System image restore failed with error: 0x807800B8"

When I try to do restore from another disk within the same Server, it work fine.

Any help much appreciated.

Thanks

Their storage capacity - up to 256 GB - equals that of many backup tapes (200 GB for example).

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(This would probably be beyond most budgets:

http://www.cfgear.com/what-is-the-biggest-usb-flash-drive/ )

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With USB 3.0, backup and restore could be very rapid.

Why can't we use them as a target for Windows Server Backup operations?

Unless something has changed (and maybe it has), we are limited to:

1. External hard drive (with nothing else on if we want to run scheduled backups to that drive).

2. Network target (shared folder on another server somewhere else).

3. DVD (given that maximum capacity is just under 10GB, this option is next to useless).

Please mark as helpful if you find my contribution useful or as an answer if it does answer your question. That will encourage me - and others - to take time out to help you.

I am backing up about 260GB of data to a 1TB disk. 

For 2 weeks Backup has been reporting a error " there is not enough space" at the end of the backup proces.

This 1TB disk is completly empty. I also tried to send a backup over the network to QNAP but there is the some error.

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Hi,

A backup job has been setup on Windows Server 2012 (Platform: Win32NT; ServicePack: ; Version: 6.2.9200.0; VersionString : Microsoft Windows NT 6.2.9200.0) via Windows Backup Software UI (Local Backup 1.0).

It is appearing as a scheduled task "\Microsoft\Windows\Backup\Microsoft-Windows-WindowsBackup" belonging to user 'nt authority\system' in task scheduler.

The problem is that the Backup job never start despite the scheduled task running and completing successfully (when run automatically or manually)!

Would you be able to explain why and assist in resolving that issue?

Here is what we know:

When the backup is run manually via the Windows Backup Software UI, it works fine.

When the backup is run via command line (as set in schedule task) in a cmd command prompt (as local/domain 'administrator' or as 'nt authority\system' which is possible by running command prompt via 'PsExec.exe -i -s cmd'), something like "%windir%\System32\wbadmin.exe start backup -templateId:{f11eb3aa-74e7-4ff4-a57b-d8d567ee3f77} -quiet", it works fine.

If you manually run the preset scheduled task while logged in as administrator, the task run and complete successfully but the backup job does not start.

Idem if you schedule task is run automatically at scheduled time.

The schedule task run and complete successfully but the backup job does not start.

It is confirmed by running the following in a command prompt as 'nt authority\system':

schtasks /run /tn "\Microsoft\Windows\Backup\Microsoft-Windows-WindowsBackup"
SUCCESS: Attempted to run the scheduled task "\Microsoft\Windows\Backup\Microsoft-Windows-WindowsBackup".

Despite success result, the Backup job does not start running...

No errors or warning appears anywhere in Event Logs (Microsoft > Windows > Backup or Task Scheduler) nor in the scheduled task History tab. The schedule task complete successfully but no Backup job is run...

If scheduled task automatically set by Windows Backup software is duplicated (copied) and set manually it runs fine as 'administrator' and as 'nt authority\system' (subject that 'nt authority\system' is added to the 'Backup Operators' AD group).

Here is an export of the current pre-set schedule task, is there any settings that need to be changed to make it works?

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-16"?>
<Task version="1.4" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/windows/2004/02/mit/task">
  <RegistrationInfo>
    <Author>MYDOMAIN\SERVER1</Author>
    <SecurityDescriptor>D:AR(A;OICI;GA;;;BA)(A;OICI;GR;;;BO)</SecurityDescriptor>
  </RegistrationInfo>
  <Triggers>
    <CalendarTrigger id="Trigger 1">
      <StartBoundary>2014-07-14T21:00:00</StartBoundary>
      <Enabled>true</Enabled>
      <ScheduleByDay>
        <DaysInterval>1</DaysInterval>
      </ScheduleByDay>
    </CalendarTrigger>
  </Triggers>
  <Principals>
    <Principal id="Author">
      <UserId>S-1-5-18</UserId>
      <RunLevel>HighestAvailable</RunLevel>
    </Principal>
  </Principals>
  <Settings>
    <MultipleInstancesPolicy>Parallel</MultipleInstancesPolicy>
    <DisallowStartIfOnBatteries>true</DisallowStartIfOnBatteries>
    <StopIfGoingOnBatteries>false</StopIfGoingOnBatteries>
    <AllowHardTerminate>true</AllowHardTerminate>
    <StartWhenAvailable>true</StartWhenAvailable>
    <RunOnlyIfNetworkAvailable>false</RunOnlyIfNetworkAvailable>
    <IdleSettings>
      <StopOnIdleEnd>false</StopOnIdleEnd>
      <RestartOnIdle>false</RestartOnIdle>
    </IdleSettings>
    <AllowStartOnDemand>true</AllowStartOnDemand>
    <Enabled>true</Enabled>
    <Hidden>false</Hidden>
    <RunOnlyIfIdle>false</RunOnlyIfIdle>
    <DisallowStartOnRemoteAppSession>false</DisallowStartOnRemoteAppSession>
    <UseUnifiedSchedulingEngine>false</UseUnifiedSchedulingEngine>
    <WakeToRun>false</WakeToRun>
    <ExecutionTimeLimit>P3D</ExecutionTimeLimit>
    <Priority>7</Priority>
  </Settings>
  <Actions Context="Author">
    <Exec>
      <Command>%windir%\System32\wbadmin.exe</Command>
      <Arguments>start backup -templateId:{f11eb3aa-74e7-4ff4-a57b-d8d567ee3f77} -quiet</Arguments>
    </Exec>
  </Actions>
</Task>

Thank you in advance for your feedback.

Hello,

  I have just read that you can restore Windows 2008 to a different hardware, like Windows 7.

  I was wondering: Is there the need of third-party software anymore?. I mean, you just backup the whole system in a network share or a san volume or elsewhere (outside the 2008 box), and that is that, no Acronis anymore.

  Am I missing something?. To me, it looks so great.

Thanks in advance!

Luis Olías Técnico/Admon Sistemas . Sevilla (España - Spain)

Can someone confirm that it is reasonable to expect that when I use a 3rd party backup solution that I should be able to recover;

1. File & Folder permissions, either to original or alternate location? (To a system that is a member of the domain where the permissions are from)
2. File & Folder metadata, eg create date and modified dates.

I have tested with the built-in Windows backup and this is working and I do know from a few years ago my previous backup solution would as well.

Am I wrong to expect in this example, say you are retiring an old file server and want ot migrate all exist data to a new file server. You should be able to backup/restore an exact copy of that data along with all custom permissions and file time stamps to a new server?

Another example would be in a disaster recovery, where you have to restore all your data to a new file server.

Your comments and clarifications are appreciated.

Stunpals - Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties.

Hi all;

I'm using windows server backup to backup data on windows server 2012 R2, and was working fine until recently.

For a backup destination I tried  external usb brand new 1 TB disk, and a built-in SCSI disk as well.

Both source and destination are GPT formatted. The Process fails with the error 0x8004245F regardless if it is manually started or scheduled.  

Any idea?  Thanks in advance.

I have a server with a 1TB SSD as the OS disk and a 1TB HDD as a data drive. I am using WBAdmin to backup the two drives to an external USB 4TB HDD. The command I am using is WBAdmin Start Backup -BackupTarget:F: -AllCritical -SystemState -Include:D: -Quiet and to restore to a new set of disks I am using the install disk and restore from an image.

My issus is that when I do a restore to a new set of disks the D: drive is restored to the SSD and the C: drive is restored to the HDD which is opposite of what I want and had from the backup. What determines which drive is restored to which? They are in an Intel 2600WT chassis and each drive is on a separate SATA controller. I put the new drives into the same slots the backed up drives were in.

I'm trying to solve a backup problem which started with Veritas Backup Exec failing to back up directories on a remote server. The BE error simply said that the directories could not be found yet I could browse to them in BE and Windows Explorer.

I then tried a full VSS backup in Windows Server Backup on the target server (2008 R2) and this also failed but there was no error in the WSB console, just the failed status. Looking in the Event Viewer I found two entries for the backup:

Binary data:

In Words

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0008: 30303030 30343935 6143202D 203A6C6C
0010: 43455542 434C4D58 30303030 39333835
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0020: 4954202D 20203A44 31303030 34343230
0028: 4D43202D 20203A44 5C3A4322 646E6957
0030: 5C73776F 74737973 32336D65 6562775C
0038: 6E69676E 78652E65 20202265 20202020
0040: 7355202D 203A7265 656D614E 544E203A
0048: 54554120 49524F48 535C5954 45545359
0050: 53202C4D 533A4449 352D312D 2038312D

In Bytes

0000: 2D 20 43 6F 64 65 3A 20 - Code:
0008: 42 55 45 43 58 4D 4C 43 BUECXMLC
0010: 30 30 30 30 35 39 34 30 00005940
0018: 2D 20 43 61 6C 6C 3A 20 - Call:
0020: 42 55 45 43 58 4D 4C 43 BUECXMLC
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0030: 2D 20 50 49 44 3A 20 20 - PID:
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0040: 2D 20 54 49 44 3A 20 20 - TID:
0048: 30 30 30 31 30 32 34 34 00010244
0050: 2D 20 43 4D 44 3A 20 20 - CMD:
0058: 22 43 3A 5C 57 69 6E 64 "C:\Wind
0060: 6F 77 73 5C 73 79 73 74 ows\syst
0068: 65 6D 33 32 5C 77 62 65 em32\wbe
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0080: 2D 20 55 73 65 72 3A 20 - User:
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00a0: 4D 2C 20 53 49 44 3A 53 M, SID:S
00a8: 2D 31 2D 35 2D 31 38 20 -1-5-18

Hi IT experts,

after successfully configure the GPO for folder redirection for Desktop, My Documents & Download only, since then all the users complaining that windows search option doesn't show the recent opened or available MS office documents.  

Can you pls. suggest how to overcome this problem.

Thanks in advance

MAZ

I performed backup of a volume storing a database on my server using Windows Server Backup (WSB).

Now I have some old shadows that I would like to remove.

To do that, I use the vssadmin command with ShadowID that I'd like to remove:

vssadmin delete shadows /Shadow={9bae879d-979e-4ec0-b252-720de085d2bf}

However, I get the response

Error: Snapshots were found, but they were outside of your allowed context.  Try
 removing them with the backup application which created them.

Well, the application that created these shadows was WSB, and WSB GUI does not have command to delete old shadows.

How can I delete these shadows?

TIA

Les

Hi,

Can anyone recommend Data Backup Software that has the ability to enter a date, and will allow you to browse a directory structure for that date, and allow you to view/recover files which existed at that date?

Can Windows Backup do this?

By this I mean…

the Data Backup Software makes periodic (or real time) backups of all your files and folders within My Documents… to an external hard drive.

And let’s say that you want to recover a file which was deleted at some stage… or even a version of a file that was deleted.

That one can enter any date (in the past since the backup software was running), and search back for the file version that existed on that date… ideally by being able to view a directory structure for that date showing all the files that existed back then.  And recover any file on an individual rather than having to recover a large zipped file of some date.

Ideally so that one could enter the date without specifying what file one is looking for... and just browse the directory structure and files that existed at that date. 

For many of the Data Backup Software application, I often see good descriptions about all the setting one can use to run the backups… but very little description on how to go about searching for deleted files and how to recover a file that one is searching for.

Any suggestions?

Thanks in Advance.

Dave

When doing a bare metal backup of Windows Server 2019 Standard, I get a completed with warnings status. When looking at the "View list of all failed files", I see the following: "Backup of volume\\?\Volume{20912232-1c6d-4233-a28d-16211a55924b}\ has failed. The volume contains system data but is not included in the backup configuration." In Disk Management, the partition shows healthy. This volume is the OEM partition on Disk 0. This error just started after upgrading the server from 2012R2.

JKS