When trying to create system state backup on 3 new Win2k8 R2 servers DPM reports the generic "DPM failed to create the system state backup, verify WSB is installed and enough free disk space" verified both.
Event viewer on machine has event: "The backup operation that started at '2010-11-12T12:53:30.308552000Z' has failed with following error code '2155347997' (The operation ended before completion.). Please review the event details for a solution, and then rerun the backup operation once the issue is resolved."
Backup Log has this error: "Error in backup of C:\windows\\systemroot\ during enumerate: Error [0x8007007b] The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect."
When trying to run wbadmin from command prompt: C:\Windows\system32>wbadmin start systemstatebackup -backupTarget:c:
wbadmin 1.0 - Backup command-line tool
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Starting to back up the system state [11/12/2010 7:55 AM]...
Retrieving volume information...
This will back up the system state from volume(s) System Reserved (101.94 MB),Lo
cal Disk(C:) to c:.
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...
Please wait while system state files to back up are identified.
This might take several minutes...
Summary of the backup operation:
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The backup of the system state failed [11/12/2010 7:55 AM].
Log of files successfully backed up:
C:\Windows\Logs\WindowsServerBackup\Backup-12-11-2010_07-55-23.log
Log of files for which backup failed:
C:\Windows\Logs\WindowsServerBackup\Backup_Error-12-11-2010_07-55-23.log
The operation ended before completion.
The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect.
From what I am reading I believe it is trying to backup the "System Reserved" volume that is for VMWare - I am assuming because it is marked as "System" - how can I tell DPM to consider C: as the "System" even though disk managment doesn't?
