RE: NTBackup, VSS & Shadow Copy Problem

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There is more to the solution than meets the eye

Check your scheduled Jobs,
they must reference a bks file in the form "@c:\pathname\filename.bks"
If your job is in the form
C:\WINDOWS\system32\ntbackup.exe backup systemstate /n "Monday... you need
to change it to
C:\WINDOWS\system32\ntbackup.exe backup "@c:\pathname\filename.bks" /n "Monday

When you apply the changes, you will probably need to add the job password
again.

Next
Use NTBACKUP to load that bks selection file, and in the selections, as well
as SYSTEM State ticked, a file on the same drive as your ADLOGs must be
ticked, optionally tick a dummy file on all drives. If you were not using a
selections file before, you need to save thse selections and go back to step
1 above to reference this file - note the "@" is ESSENTIAL, or you will just
backup the bks file.

Next
Test run your sheduled Job

I note that the Job type should be normal or copy e.g." /m normal" in the
scheduled job command line, otherwise if the file is not changed since the
last archive the attribute will not be set and this MAY cause the file to be
ignored and the System state to fail as well as no shadow was created- I am
not sure.


"Mike" wrote:

> We have a nightly job that runs NTBackup to dump the system state to a file,
> which we then include in our full nightly backups. Suddenly one of our PDCs
> have stopped backing up, we end up with a 2K file and the messages below in
> the Event Log and the NTBackup log.
>
> This did not happen before we installed SP1 this week. Both servers are
> running W2K3 + SP1, but only one is having this problem, however the one
> having the problem also has SQL Server installed, but I was not aware that
> it was even included in the shadow copy as we do our own daily dumps of
> those database anyways.
>
> Does anyone have any advice on what to look for here? I really need to get
> this nightly backup working again.
>
> Thanks,
> Michael
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Event Type: Error
> Event Source: VSS
> Event Category: None
> Event ID: 6005
> Date: 4/7/2005
> Time: 8:41:45 AM
> User: N/A
> Computer: PSBSRV2
> Description:
> Sqllib error: Database %1 is stored on multiple volumes, only some of which
> are being shadowed.
>
> For more information, see Help and Support Center at
> http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
> Data:
> 0000: 2d 20 43 6f 64 65 3a 20 - Code:
> 0008: 53 51 4c 53 4e 41 50 43 SQLSNAPC
> 0010: 30 30 30 30 30 33 39 39 00000399
> 0018: 2d 20 43 61 6c 6c 3a 20 - Call:
> 0020: 53 51 4c 53 4e 41 50 43 SQLSNAPC
> 0028: 30 30 30 30 30 33 30 37 00000307
> 0030: 2d 20 50 49 44 3a 20 20 - PID:
> 0038: 30 30 30 30 35 39 38 38 00005988
> 0040: 2d 20 54 49 44 3a 20 20 - TID:
> 0048: 30 30 30 30 35 30 34 34 00005044
> 0050: 2d 20 43 4d 44 3a 20 20 - CMD:
> 0058: 43 3a 5c 57 49 4e 44 4f C:\WINDO
> 0060: 57 53 5c 53 79 73 74 65 WS\Syste
> 0068: 6d 33 32 5c 76 73 73 76 m32\vssv
> 0070: 63 2e 65 78 65 20 20 20 c.exe
> 0078: 2d 20 55 73 65 72 3a 20 - User:
> 0080: 4e 54 20 41 55 54 48 4f NT AUTHO
> 0088: 52 49 54 59 5c 53 59 53 RITY\SYS
> 0090: 54 45 4d 20 20 20 20 20 TEM
> 0098: 2d 20 53 69 64 3a 20 20 - Sid:
> 00a0: 53 2d 31 2d 35 2d 31 38 S-1-5-18
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> Backup Status
> Operation: Backup
> Active backup destination: File
> Media name: "ADSRV2.bkf created 4/7/2005 at 8:41 AM"
>
> Volume shadow copy creation: Attempt 1.
> "MSDEWriter" has reported an error 0x800423f0. This is part of System State.
> The backup cannot continue.
>
> Error returned while creating the volume shadow copy:800423f0
> Aborting Backup.
>
> ----------------------
>
> The operation did not successfully complete.
>
> ----------------------
>
>
>
.

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