Backups for Exchange 2007 on Windows 2003 SP2 server:

[Guest jprstokato]

Backups for Exchange 2007 on Windows 2003 SP2 server:

Both with Symantec and NTbackups, both the Volume Shadow Copy Service and MS

Shadow Copy Provider stop after completing a 'successful' backup - without

any errors recorded in the event logs.

VSS previously ran continuously on the server (i.e. continued to run after a

backup had finished).

I take it the point youre making ins that VSS stops after a backup and then

restarts..

It now stops after the backup finishes...and does not restart.

Unless MS designed VSS to be restarted after each backup (i.e. daily),

(which I suspect they didn't), I see this as a problem..

Previous versions are not currenlty used in our organisation..

 

Researched this but cant find anything specific to VSS stopping

'unexpectedy' like this.

Where to start on this problem?

Mant thanks

[Guest jprstokato]

Re: Backups for Exchange 2007 on Windows 2003 SP2 server:

 

Thanks Ace for the reply,

The server is a physical IBM XSeries 3850, and no not a clone :/

I did root this out from somwhere as the nearest 'related' post...

However it is SBS, two years old, and refers to Shadow copies for Shared

folders..which are note used by us.

I'm rather loathe to go poking around with DLLs on a production sever too..!

 

http://forums.techarena.in/small-business-server/608575.htm

 

I would add also that this problem is occuring on another of our Exchange

2007 servers in another site.

 

Thanks.

 

 

"Ace Fekay [MVP Direcrtory Services]" wrote:

>

> "jprstokato" <jprstokato@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> news:0C4217ED-4350-4533-9CC9-55E9540F23E8@microsoft.com...

> > Backups for Exchange 2007 on Windows 2003 SP2 server:

> > Both with Symantec and NTbackups, both the Volume Shadow Copy Service and

> > MS

> > Shadow Copy Provider stop after completing a 'successful' backup - without

> > any errors recorded in the event logs.

> > VSS previously ran continuously on the server (i.e. continued to run after

> > a

> > backup had finished).

> > I take it the point youre making ins that VSS stops after a backup and

> > then

> > restarts..

> > It now stops after the backup finishes...and does not restart.

> > Unless MS designed VSS to be restarted after each backup (i.e. daily),

> > (which I suspect they didn't), I see this as a problem..

> > Previous versions are not currenlty used in our organisation..

> >

> > Researched this but cant find anything specific to VSS stopping

> > 'unexpectedy' like this.

> > Where to start on this problem?

> > Mant thanks

>

> The only time I've ever heard of this occuring is if this machine was cloned

> (Ghost, etc) without using Sysprep. Was this machine an imaged clone?

>

> --

> Regards,

> Ace

>

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> MVP Microsoft MVP - Directory Services

> Microsoft Certified Trainer

>

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