Does Window's center ever call people to tell them they are showing virus coming through on their server? I had a person call (of course with an accent) that stated that I had virus hitting the windows center and he had to remote in to remove them from my system. He did have me go to the event viewer and I have tons of errors showing, but how can I trust this person is actually from windows?? I wouldn't let him remote in, and I tried to run a malware program which did find 3 issues and they are removed, however, how do I remove these errors this guy from "windows" is talking about?? And would it really be windows calling??

Hi,

Last month, My computer Windows XP crashed due to virus attack and hardware/software malware system. But now I am using newest Microsoft Windows 7 OS for creating back files. But I want to retrieve my old backup files from windows XP and restore in windows 7. If anyone has most wonderful and precious solution to resolve this my query so please share with me.

Thanks

Windows Server 2008 R2,

-Hyper-V Roll installed, 4 Guests running.

-Symantec Backup Exec 2010 R3 Installed

Server is patched up to date.

Backups of this server, if System State and Shadow Copy Components are selected, will take 11hours, normally ~1.5 hours without backing up the Guests.  This is due to what I believe are the snapshots taking 2 hours on each volume.  Actual throughput on the backup jobs is normal, except for system state and shadow copy components.

VSSadmin List writers gives 'Waiting for responses.  These may be delayed if a shadow copy is being prepared.' and will return the writers list after 10-20 minutes.  All writers are working and stable.

All other VSSADMIN commands are standard response time (read: instant), VSSadmin list providers, list shadows, etc all work normally

When this issue originally occurred, there was some writers that were [5] waiting for completion.

Stopping starting services, rebooting etc do not resolve the issue.

I tried to reinitialize vss with the DLL reregistering writeups that I found. This did not resolve the issue.

There are alot of 'my vss fails' or has some errors, but no 'just takes a long time, and doesn't timeout' issues out there.

I need a place to continue looking 

Justin Harty Helpdesk Analyst A+, Security + Certified

When I try to run a windows backup, it fails immediately when it tries to create the snapshot... in event viewer it says this:

HI All,

 I'm backing up SQL Database files into a local server and each one got the Folder.

 So i need a script go through these folders and delete backup files older than 7 days?

 I'm using WINSCP command to get the files may be can delete from here?

option batch on

As

Hi guys.

Currently we are ussing a powershell script which runs:

$backuplocation = \\networkshare\EXCHANGE-DB

wbadmin start backup -backupTarget:$backuplocation -include:"D:\ExchangeDB" -vssfull -quiet | Out-FileForce "$backuplog"

With this script we are making BACKUP od EXCHANGE databases.

We want to prepare another powershell script which would backup the hole system one a week, but we would like to know what's the right syntax: We would like to include:
* bare metal recovery
* system state
* system reserved
* Local disk C:

So this would look like wbadmin start backup -backupTarget:$backuplocation2 -include:??????

One more question regarding making Exchange backups on network share.
Is there anyhow possible to achieve incremental backups?

bostjanc

Hi!

I have to reinstall my Domain controller. (Windows server 2008 R2 standard). I just have one domain controler (not 2 as windows recommend).

My 100Mbs partition for boot is in a different HD than the operating system. So I need to reinstall he domain controller to put this boot partition inside the operational system HD. ( I need to do this, is hard to explain why must I do it now.)

Do you know if there is a windows or third party tool to export the users, groups (Whit the SIDs) and OUs of my actual domain controller and before import them to my new instalation of Active directory?

I don´t need to restore Sysvol, scrips, GPOs......

It seem easy but it´s getting really difficult!!!

Thanks so much!!!

Hi,

I am hoping to reuse an existing Dell server to use as my primary backup device. The simple reason is that is has a large capacity and will save me investing in a new storage device. 

I have installed Server 2012 on the server and am curious -

1. Should I just create a share on the large volume and point my backup software to the share. In this case should I team the NICs on the server to spread the load.

OR

2. Should I configure the Server 2012 as an iSCSI target.

If I go with Option 2 I need to configure iSCSI Initiator on each device to be backed up - in some cases this is already configured already e.g. my File Server and Hyper-V host already use iSCSI sessions to connect to my SAN. Will this cause a conflict or can these devices use the same iSCSI ports to connect to various iSCSI targets?

Thanks

Hi,

I set up an NTBackup scheduled task. But the problem is that the job doesn't run when the user isn't logged on. Even when I try to execute only NtBackup with a scheduled task, it doesn't start when I'm not logged on with the user specified.

I urgently need a solution for this problem and it's no option to leave the user logged in.

Anything I try to do anything that uses VSS on this server I get one of these in the event log:

The shadow copies of volume C: were aborted because of a failed free space computation.

The shadow copies of volume E: were aborted because of a failed free space computation.

The shadow copies of volume \\?\Volume{0133a9b8-7573-11e2-be56-806e6f6e6963} were aborted because of a failed free space computation.

I get that when trying to enable shadow copies, doing a backup of anything with Windows Server Backup or a 3rd party backup product.  All the vss writers are stable.

All help is appreciated,

Matt

I am using DPM 2012 SP1, but to keep things simple I ran the built-in windows 2012 system state backup and it fails. I have two 2012 servers with the exact same behavior.

My Environment:
OS=Server 2012
Virtual = Yes
Virtual Environment = Hyper-V 2012 Cluster

Command = wbadmin.exe start systemstatebackup -backuptarget:C:
NOTE: I can run a NTDSUTil AD Snapshot and it works.

System Partition = NTFS
OS Partition = NTFS

Screenshots

Hi everyone,

Since I cannot find any useful information in Technet, I decided to post my questions here:

1. I use wbadmin to daily backup the system partition, using VSS Full Backup. As far as I concerned, each backup item would take approximately the same amount of space as the data it backed up. As you can see, the data need to be backed up is about 220GB, and it's been backed up 18 times. But the total space18 backups take is only about 460GB. If this is Incremental backup, there's no doubt. But hey, this is Full Backup, isn't it? Can anyone explain this to me, please?

2. When the backup destination for the upper job is about to full, I've met 2 cases:

- The destination is full, and the server (which is a VM) will be freezed. The only way to make the VM running again is to remove the destination disk. In this case, we have a little down time, but at least we still have our backups.

- All the backups are wiped away, making space for the new one. We have no backups other than the latest one. I thought that wbadmin would just delete the oldest one to make space, not ALL my backups like that. But it DID, seriously :(

When I search for more info on Technet, there's nothing much: "If you are backing up to a hard disk or volume you can specify a deletion policy to determine whether backups should be deleted only when necessary to make space for additional backups or if they should be deleted after a certain number of backups have passed."

I can see that there's an option in the Shell that could do the trick: "wbadmin enable backup -allowDeleteOldBackups", but I'm not so sure that it will delete all the previous backups or not.

Any idea would be highly appreciated. Thank you!

H,

I'm try to create a windows backup to backup current system to other network share folder but it fail when i run below this command

WBADMIN START BACKUP -backupTarget:\\server01\backup\monday: -include:E:-noVerify >> C:\mydailybackupLog.txt

Here is the error message get from backup log when run the wbadmin command.

The specified file name in the file spec is invalid.
wbadmin 1.0 - Backup command-line tool
(C) Copyright 2004 Microsoft Corp.

Retrieving volume information...
This will back up volume New Volume(E:) to \\server01\backup\monday:.
Do you want to start the backup operation?
[Y] Yes [N] No Y

ERROR - The specified backup location could not be found or is not a
supported backup storage location.

Any help will be appreciated.

I have a Windows Home Server 2011 and the client suddenly couldn't start the Windows Server Computer Launchpad. The launchpad.log says:

[7684] 130908.075548.1152: General: Initializing...C:\Program Files\Windows Server\Bin\Launchpad.exe
[7684] 130908.075548.2714: General: Color branding started
[7684] 130908.075548.2714: General: Processing Microsoft default SKU branding colors XML
[7684] 130908.075548.2871: General: Validating branding colors XML:
<?xml version="1.0"?>

<!-- Vail color scheme -->

<DashboardTheme xmlns="http://www.microsoft.com/HSBS/Dashboard/Branding/2010">

  <!-- Hex color values overwriting default SKU theme colors -->

  <TabstripColor1 HexValue="FFD9EA9C"/>
  <TabstripColor2 HexValue="FF52A22E"/>
  <TabstripColor3 HexValue="00D9EA9C"/>
  <TabstripColor4 HexValue="FFFFFFFF"/>
  <FontColor HexValue="FF000000"/>
  <SubtabColor1 HexValue="FFB1C7A2"/>
  <SubtabColor2 HexValue="FFF7FBE6"/>
  <SubtabColor3 HexValue="FFCEE5A9"/>
  <ListViewColor HexValue="FFFFFFFF"/>
  <DashboardClientColor1 HexValue="FFC2DB67"/>
  <DashboardClientColor2 HexValue="FF8CC65C"/>
  <DashboardClientColor3 HexValue="FF094208"/>
  <LaunchpadColor1 HexValue="FF7FC15A"/>
  <ClientFontColor1 HexValue="FFFFFFFF"/>
  <ClientFontColor2 HexValue="FF000000"/>
  <ClientGlyphColor HexValue="FFFFFFFF"/>

</DashboardTheme >
[9716] 130908.075548.2871: ProviderFramework: Information: [0] : Register to listen to ProviderRegistryConnectionMgmt connected event.
[9716] 130908.075548.2871: ProviderFramework: Information: [0] : ProviderRegistryProxy: Beginning connection attempt.
[7684] 130908.075548.2871: General: Branding colors XML parsing started
[7684] 130908.075548.3027: General: Branding colors XML parsing ended
[7684] 130908.075548.3027: General: Looking for OEM branding colors XML
[7684] 130908.075548.3027: General: No OEM informations available
[7684] 130908.075548.3027: General: Color branding complete
[9716] 130908.075548.3027: ProviderFramework: Information: [0] : ProviderRegistryProxy: Creating proxy for AutoReconnecter.
[9716] 130908.075548.3183: ProviderFramework: Information: [0] : ConnectionMgmt: _CreateChannel address generated = [net.tcp://sokrates:6602//Microsoft.WindowsServerSolutions.Common.ProviderFramework.IProviderRegistry]
[9716] 130908.075548.3183: ProviderFramework: Information: [0] : GetDuplexChannelFactory()
[9716] 130908.075548.3183: ProviderFramework: Information: [0] : Contract: [Microsoft.WindowsServerSolutions.Common.ProviderFramework.IProviderRegistry]
[9716] 130908.075548.3183: ProviderFramework: Information: [0] : Address: [net.tcp://sokrates:6602//Microsoft.WindowsServerSolutions.Common.ProviderFramework.IProviderRegistry]
[9716] 130908.075548.3183: ProviderFramework: Information: [0] : Binding: []
[9716] 130908.075548.3183: ProviderFramework: Information: [0] : Identifier: []
[9716] 130908.075548.3183: ProviderFramework: Information: [0] : ProviderEndpointBehavior.AllowedConnectionType: [AllowRemoteAccess]
[9716] 130908.075548.3183: ProviderFramework: Information: [0] : ProviderEndpointBehavior.EndpointCredentialType: [None]
[9716] 130908.075548.3183: ProviderFramework: Information: [0] : RequiredImpersonationLevel: [Identification]
[9716] 130908.075548.3652: PfBinding: Information: [0] : Adding service dns identity [SOKRATES] in proxy endpoint.
[9716] 130908.075548.3652: ProviderFramework: Information: [0] : factory impersonation level is: [Identification]
[9716] 130908.075548.4121: ProviderFramework: Information: [0] : ConnectAsync was NOT able to synchronously connect to the provider registry.
[9716] 130908.075548.4121: ServerDiscoveryObjectModel:Backend: Connect: Calling Connector.Connect()
[9716] 130908.075548.4121: ProviderFramework: Information: [0] : (current thread: 0x25f4): PfSynchronizationContext not needed.
[9716] 130908.075548.4121: ProviderFramework: Information: [0] : ProviderConnector: Querying for provider info: Microsoft.WindowsServerSolutions.Networking.ServerDiscovery.IServerPresenceProvider, False,
[9044] 130908.075548.4433: ProviderFramework: Information: [0] : _OnConnected called.
[9044] 130908.075548.4433: ProviderFramework: Information: [0] : _CoreConnected is called.
[7684] 130908.075548.4589: General: Restoring window location settings
[7684] 130908.075548.4589: General: Location string: 48|48|280|400|Normal|188|248|{X=0,Y=0,Width=1920,Height=1200}{X=0,Y=0,Width=1920,Height=1166}True
[7684] 130908.075548.4589: General: Window location settings restored successfully
[10168] 130908.075548.4589: ClientSetup: NetGetJoinInformation (server = [], ...)
[7868] 130908.075548.4902: ProviderFramework: Information: [0] : ProviderConnector: received ProviderInfo Microsoft.WindowsServerSolutions.Networking.ServerDiscovery.IServerPresenceProvider net.tcp://127.0.0.1:65532/Microsoft.WindowsServerSolutions.ServerPresenceProvider/Microsoft.WindowsServerSolutions.Networking.ServerDiscovery.IServerPresenceProvider
[7868] 130908.075548.4902: ProviderFramework: Information: [0] : ProviderConnector: Beginning connection attempt for Microsoft.WindowsServerSolutions.Networking.ServerDiscovery.IServerPresenceProvider
[10168] 130908.075548.4902: ProviderFramework: Information: [0] : (current thread: 0x27b8): PfSynchronizationContext not needed.
[10168] 130908.075548.4902: ProviderFramework: Information: [0] : (current thread: 0x27b8): PfSynchronizationContext not needed.
[9044] 130908.075548.4902: ProviderFramework: Information: [0] : (current thread: 0x2354): PfSynchronizationContext not needed.
[9044] 130908.075548.4902: ProviderFramework: Information: [0] : (current thread: 0x2354): PfSynchronizationContext not needed.
[7868] 130908.075548.4902: ProviderFramework: Information: [0] : CreateWithCallback: Microsoft.WindowsServerSolutions.Networking.ServerDiscovery.IServerPresenceProvider
[7868] 130908.075548.4902: ProviderFramework: Information: [0] : GetDuplexChannelFactory()
[7868] 130908.075548.4902: ProviderFramework: Information: [0] : Contract: [Microsoft.WindowsServerSolutions.Networking.ServerDiscovery.IServerPresenceProvider]
[7868] 130908.075548.4902: ProviderFramework: Information: [0] : Address: [net.tcp://127.0.0.1:65532/Microsoft.WindowsServerSolutions.ServerPresenceProvider/Microsoft.WindowsServerSolutions.Networking.ServerDiscovery.IServerPresenceProvider]
[7868] 130908.075548.4902: ProviderFramework: Information: [0] : Binding: [net.tcp]
[7868] 130908.075548.4902: ProviderFramework: Information: [0] : Identifier: [Microsoft.WindowsServerSolutions.ServerPresenceProvider]
[7868] 130908.075548.4902: ProviderFramework: Information: [0] : ProviderEndpointBehavior.AllowedConnectionType: [AllowLocalAccessOnly]
[7868] 130908.075548.4902: ProviderFramework: Information: [0] : ProviderEndpointBehavior.EndpointCredentialType: [User]
[7868] 130908.075548.4902: ProviderFramework: Information: [0] : RequiredImpersonationLevel: [Identification]
[7868] 130908.075548.5058: ProviderFramework: Information: [0] : factory impersonation level is: [Identification]
[4040] 130908.075548.5058: ProviderFramework: Information: [0] : (current thread: 0xfc8): PfSynchronizationContext not needed.
[4040] 130908.075548.5058: ProviderFramework: Information: [0] : ProviderConnector: Querying for provider info: Microsoft.WindowsServerSolutions.Users.IUserInfoProvider, True,
[7868] 130908.075548.5058: ProviderFramework: Information: [0] : ProviderConnector: received ProviderInfo Microsoft.WindowsServerSolutions.Users.IUserInfoProvider net.tcp://travelbug2:6602/Microsoft.WindowsServerSolutions.wssg_user_info/Microsoft.WindowsServerSolutions.Users.IUserInfoProvider
[7868] 130908.075548.5058: ProviderFramework: Information: [0] : ProviderConnector: Beginning connection attempt for Microsoft.WindowsServerSolutions.Users.IUserInfoProvider
[7868] 130908.075548.5058: ProviderFramework: Information: [0] : CreateWithCallback: Microsoft.WindowsServerSolutions.Users.IUserInfoProvider
[7868] 130908.075548.5058: ProviderFramework: Information: [0] : GetDuplexChannelFactory()
[7868] 130908.075548.5058: ProviderFramework: Information: [0] : Contract: [Microsoft.WindowsServerSolutions.Users.IUserInfoProvider]
[7868] 130908.075548.5058: ProviderFramework: Information: [0] : Address: [net.tcp://travelbug2:6602/Microsoft.WindowsServerSolutions.wssg_user_info/Microsoft.WindowsServerSolutions.Users.IUserInfoProvider]
[7868] 130908.075548.5058: ProviderFramework: Information: [0] : Binding: [net.tcp]
[7868] 130908.075548.5058: ProviderFramework: Information: [0] : Identifier: [Microsoft.WindowsServerSolutions.wssg_user_info]
[7868] 130908.075548.5058: ProviderFramework: Information: [0] : ProviderEndpointBehavior.AllowedConnectionType: [AllowRemoteAccess]
[7868] 130908.075548.5058: ProviderFramework: Information: [0] : ProviderEndpointBehavior.EndpointCredentialType: [User]
[7868] 130908.075548.5058: ProviderFramework: Information: [0] : RequiredImpersonationLevel: [Identification]
[7868] 130908.075548.5058: ProviderFramework: Information: [0] : factory impersonation level is: [Identification]
[5400] 130908.075548.5058: ProviderFramework: Information: [0] : ProviderConnector: Received connection
[5400] 130908.075548.5058: ProviderFramework: Information: [0] : ProviderConnector: Successfully connected for Microsoft.WindowsServerSolutions.Networking.ServerDiscovery.IServerPresenceProvider
[7684] 130908.075548.6621: LaunchPad: No file matching the '*.launchpad' file spec located in 'C:\Program Files\Windows Server\Bin\Launchpad'
[7684] 130908.075548.6621: LaunchPad: Loading data from file: C:\Program Files\Windows Server\Bin\Launchpad\LaunchPadContent.dll
[7684] 130908.075548.6933: LaunchPad: Finished loading data from file: C:\Program Files\Windows Server\Bin\Launchpad\LaunchPadContent.dll
[7684] 130908.075548.6933: LaunchPad: Loading data from file: C:\Program Files\Windows Server\Bin\Launchpad\en\LaunchPadContent.resources.dll
[7684] 130908.075548.6933: LaunchPad: Skipping satellite dll: 'C:\Program Files\Windows Server\Bin\Launchpad\en\LaunchPadContent.resources.dll'
[7684] 130908.075548.6933: LaunchPad: Loading data from file: C:\Program Files\Windows Server\Bin\Launchpad\sv\LaunchPadContent.resources.dll
[7684] 130908.075548.6933: LaunchPad: Skipping satellite dll: 'C:\Program Files\Windows Server\Bin\Launchpad\sv\LaunchPadContent.resources.dll'
[7684] 130908.075548.6933: LaunchPad: Scanning for empty categories...
[7684] 130908.075548.6933: LaunchPad: Removing empty category: name='_Tillägg' id='Microsoft.Launchpad.AddinCategory'
[7684] 130908.075548.6933: LaunchPad: Data loaded. Categories: 0; Tasks: 4
[7868] 130908.075549.5517: ProviderFramework: Information: [0] : ProviderConnector: Received connection
[7868] 130908.075549.5517: ProviderFramework: Information: [0] : ProviderConnector: Successfully connected for Microsoft.WindowsServerSolutions.Users.IUserInfoProvider
[7868] 130908.075549.5546: IDENTITY: Connection made
[7684] 130908.075550.6542: LaunchPad: No file matching the '*.launchpad' file spec located in 'C:\Program Files\Windows Server\Bin\Launchpad'
[7684] 130908.075550.6542: LaunchPad: Loading data from file: C:\Program Files\Windows Server\Bin\Launchpad\LaunchPadContent.dll
[7684] 130908.075550.6562: LaunchPad: Finished loading data from file: C:\Program Files\Windows Server\Bin\Launchpad\LaunchPadContent.dll
[7684] 130908.075550.6562: LaunchPad: Loading data from file: C:\Program Files\Windows Server\Bin\Launchpad\en\LaunchPadContent.resources.dll
[7684] 130908.075550.6562: LaunchPad: Skipping satellite dll: 'C:\Program Files\Windows Server\Bin\Launchpad\en\LaunchPadContent.resources.dll'
[7684] 130908.075550.6562: LaunchPad: Loading data from file: C:\Program Files\Windows Server\Bin\Launchpad\sv\LaunchPadContent.resources.dll
[7684] 130908.075550.6562: LaunchPad: Skipping satellite dll: 'C:\Program Files\Windows Server\Bin\Launchpad\sv\LaunchPadContent.resources.dll'
[7684] 130908.075550.6562: LaunchPad: Scanning for empty categories...
[7684] 130908.075550.6562: LaunchPad: Removing empty category: name='_Tillägg' id='Microsoft.Launchpad.AddinCategory'
[7684] 130908.075550.6562: LaunchPad: Data loaded. Categories: 0; Tasks: 4
[7684] 130908.075550.6650: LaunchPad: !!!!FATAL: Launchpad shutting down due to unhandled exception: Åtgärden orsakade ett ogiltigt tillstånd.
[7684] 130908.075550.6738: Exception:
---------------------------------------
An exception of type 'Type: System.InvalidOperationException, mscorlib, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089' has occurred.
Timestamp: 09/08/2013 07:55:50
Message: Åtgärden orsakade ett ogiltigt tillstånd.
Stack:    vid System.Windows.Media.Imaging.BitmapDecoder.SetupDecoderFromUriOrStream(Uri uri, Stream stream, BitmapCacheOption cacheOption, Guid& clsId, Boolean& isOriginalWritable, Stream& uriStream, UnmanagedMemoryStream& unmanagedMemoryStream, SafeFileHandle& safeFilehandle)
    vid System.Windows.Media.Imaging.BitmapDecoder.CreateFromUriOrStream(Uri baseUri, Uri uri, Stream stream, BitmapCreateOptions createOptions, BitmapCacheOption cacheOption, RequestCachePolicy uriCachePolicy, Boolean insertInDecoderCache)
    vid Microsoft.WindowsServerSolutions.Common.ImageConversionHelper.GetBitmapSource(Image bitmapImage)
    vid Microsoft.WindowsServerSolutions.LaunchPad.MainWindow.InitializeOemReplaceableResources()
    vid Microsoft.WindowsServerSolutions.LaunchPad.MainWindow.RealInitialization()
    vid Microsoft.WindowsServerSolutions.LaunchPad.MainWindow.<LoadingScreenTimerCallback>b__4()
    vid System.Windows.Threading.ExceptionWrapper.InternalRealCall(Delegate callback, Object args, Int32 numArgs)
    vid MS.Internal.Threading.ExceptionFilterHelper.TryCatchWhen(Object source, Delegate method, Object args, Int32 numArgs, Delegate catchHandler)
    vid System.Windows.Threading.DispatcherOperation.InvokeImpl()
    vid System.Threading.ExecutionContext.RunInternal(ExecutionContext executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state, Boolean preserveSyncCtx)
    vid System.Threading.ExecutionContext.Run(ExecutionContext executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state, Boolean preserveSyncCtx)
    vid System.Threading.ExecutionContext.Run(ExecutionContext executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state)
    vid System.Windows.Threading.DispatcherOperation.Invoke()
    vid System.Windows.Threading.Dispatcher.ProcessQueue()
    vid System.Windows.Threading.Dispatcher.WndProcHook(IntPtr hwnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wParam, IntPtr lParam, Boolean& handled)
    vid MS.Win32.HwndWrapper.WndProc(IntPtr hwnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wParam, IntPtr lParam, Boolean& handled)
    vid MS.Win32.HwndSubclass.DispatcherCallbackOperation(Object o)
    vid System.Windows.Threading.ExceptionWrapper.InternalRealCall(Delegate callback, Object args, Int32 numArgs)
    vid MS.Internal.Threading.ExceptionFilterHelper.TryCatchWhen(Object source, Delegate method, Object args, Int32 numArgs, Delegate catchHandler)
    vid System.Windows.Threading.Dispatcher.LegacyInvokeImpl(DispatcherPriority priority, TimeSpan timeout, Delegate method, Object args, Int32 numArgs)
    vid MS.Win32.HwndSubclass.SubclassWndProc(IntPtr hwnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wParam, IntPtr lParam)
    vid MS.Win32.UnsafeNativeMethods.DispatchMessage(MSG& msg)
    vid System.Windows.Threading.Dispatcher.PushFrameImpl(DispatcherFrame frame)
    vid System.Windows.Application.RunInternal(Window window)
    vid System.Windows.Application.Run()
    vid Microsoft.WindowsServerSolutions.LaunchPad.App.Main()
---------------------------------------
An exception of type 'Type: System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException, mscorlib, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089' has occurred.
Timestamp: 09/08/2013 07:55:50
Message: Undantag från HRESULT: 0x88982F04
Stack: No stack trace is available.

Have tried to uninstall the client software but the same result

Hi  All,

We are currently using GFI free backup software to take file server data ( File server data only ) we are planning to  configure RAID on file server HDDs by adding more HDDs. at the moment we don't have RAID configured on our server. we have a single domain. what we are planning to do is take a backup of all file server data ( currently resides on two hard disks ) and add more hard disks and configured RAID on them by adding extra HDDs. this will change partitions and we need to format original disks. their will be only one disk after RAID configuration. After that we can restore data from backup disks. my worrying is we are taking GFI backups ( GFI free backups ). Once we restore data do I need to assign folder and file permissions again one be one. I didn't have a look to GFI backup. ( Backup process is done by other person ) and  I don't know for sure whether they have that feature. for system I will take  windows system image and restore it. so we can restore the OS without issue.  and we have installed DFS ( distributed File System service on the file server ) with new arrangement we may need to reconfigure the DFS folder path also because we mapped data on two physical disks to DFS am I correct  ? please advice

thanks

Ranmal

U.L Ranmal

First time posting so not sure of protocol. Running server 2011 for 18 months no problems. within the course of 2 weeks added 3 new computers to my home network of 7 and can not get them to back up. Error code 514 ClientVssProblem, System.String[]Event Xml: The existing 7 are backing up just fine it is only the new 3. Reinstalled server link software with no change. Here is the event log info for one of the laptops. I would be grateful for any help. Thanks

Log Name:      WSSG

Source:        Windows Server

Date:          9/8/2013 7:15:04 AM

Event ID:      514

Task Category: Backup

Level:         Error

Keywords:      Classic

User:          N/A

Computer:      WIDE8

Description:

Backup job 121 on SCREENHENGE2 did not succeed.  Reason: ClientVssProblem, System.String[]

Event Xml:

<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">

  <System>

    <Provider Name="Windows Server" />

    <EventID Qualifiers="53247">514</EventID>

    <Level>2</Level>

    <Task>2</Task>

    <Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>

    <TimeCreated SystemTime="2013-09-08T11:15:04.000000000Z" />

    <EventRecordID>236</EventRecordID>

    <Channel>WSSG</Channel>

    <Computer>WIDE8</Computer>

    <Security />

  </System>

  <EventData>

    <Data>121</Data>

    <Data>SCREENHENGE2</Data>

    <Data>ClientVssProblem, System.String[]</Data>

  </EventData>

</Event>

=====================================================================================

Log Name:      Application

Source:        VSS

Date:          9/8/2013 5:04:46 AM

Event ID:      8194

Task Category: None

Level:         Error

Keywords:      Classic

User:          N/A

Computer:      WIDE8

Description:

Volume Shadow Copy Service error: Unexpected error querying for the IVssWriterCallback interface. hr = 0x80070005, Access is denied.

. This is often caused by incorrect security settings in either the writer or requestor process.

Operation:

   Gathering Writer Data

Context:

   Writer Class Id: {e8132975-6f93-4464-a53e-1050253ae220}

   Writer Name: System Writer

   Writer Instance ID: {fceadc45-2e1a-48fa-b542-e2064fe38ec0}

Event Xml:

<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">

  <System>

    <Provider Name="VSS" />

    <EventID Qualifiers="0">8194</EventID>

    <Level>2</Level>

    <Task>0</Task>

    <Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>

    <TimeCreated SystemTime="2013-09-08T09:04:46.000000000Z" />

    <EventRecordID>7182</EventRecordID>

    <Channel>Application</Channel>

    <Computer>WIDE8</Computer>

    <Security />

  </System>

  <EventData>

    <Data>0x80070005, Access is denied.

</Data>

    <Data>

Operation:

   Gathering Writer Data

Context:

Hello all,

I would like to separate data flow on my NIC interfaces. One only for public use....where all data flows through, and one only for the backup, which will be used by windows backup only. Two interfaces, two seperate network. IS that possible to control that?

Hello,

I would like to configure out Windows Server 2008 R2 servers for automatic updates (C disk, system state, two folders on D disk). I can do this with Backup Schedule option but this option enables me to create only one backup task, but I need more than one backup task on the same server. Is there any way to overcome this issue? If nothing else, I believe I can do this with wbadmin, but is there any GUI way like it was in NT Backup? If wbadmin is the only way, can you please give me an example how to run wbadmin so that it will backup system state, including bare metal backup, C partition and boot partition and Folders FolderA and FolderB on D partition.

Also, should I use -vssFull switch in wbadmin or not?

One more question about Windows SharePoint 3.0 backup. What is the best (and free) way to backup full WSS database, sites configuration, files - to create a full WSS backup?

Thank you!

Best wishes,
Marko

Any backup that includes system state is failing. We are using Backup Exec 2012 but during troubleshooting are now just trying to backup the system state using Windows Server Backup and consistently get this error. I also get the error running from CLI but there are no logs created. Windows SBS 2011 SP1 64 bit 24GB RAM. Currently backing up to a data partition but originally using an RD1000 (which was replaced during troubleshooting). Here is the error from the Windows Server Backup event log:

Please let me know if you need any more information. Thanks in advance.