I'm having the following problem. Our backups are failing with the following error:
In the backup logs, I find:
Error in backup of D:\ during write: Error [0x800700a1] The specified path is invalid. Error in backup of D:\Perforce\ during write: Error [0x800700a1] The specified path is invalid. Error in backup of D:\Perforce\Database\ during write: Error [0x800700a1] The specified path is invalid. Error in backup of D:\Perforce\Database\p4s.exe during write: Error [0x800700a1] The specified path is invalid.
In the event viewer, I find:
The backup operation that started at '?2010?-?05?-?24T21:51:56.331072200Z' 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.
And on the command line, wbadmin returns:
... Found (41) files. The backup operation stopped before completing. Summary of the backup operation: ------------------ The backup operation stopped before completing. Detailed error: Element not found. The backup of the system state failed [5/24/2010 5:23 PM]. Log of files successfully backed up: C:\Windows\Logs\WindowsServerBackup\Backup-24-05-2010_14-51-56.log Log of files for which backup failed: C:\Windows\Logs\WindowsServerBackup\Backup_Error-24-05-2010_14-51-56.log The operation ended before completion. Element not found. ERROR(-3): Backup failed!
This is very frustrating. The more I use Windows built-in backup the more fragile it seems to be. The D drive is a local drive and the path is valid. Running check disk finds no problems. The drive is mostly empty. I tried with and without the anti-virus software, same problem. There are no other server errors to indicate a problem with the drive or the path. I ran vssadmin list writers, and none of them returned any errors. Why would the backup return an invalid path error, for a path that is valid? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks much,
James.