Guest richlich Posted October 30, 2008 Posted October 30, 2008 Windows Server 2003 x64 with latest patches and SP. VSS service will not start. Gives "file not found" in System log. ImagePath in registry is correct and vssvc.exe is in the path (%SystemRoot%\system32) shown in the registry. Running vssadmin list writers doesn't show any writers. Please help as this is affecting our ability to back up or Exchange 2007 mailstores and the System State on this server. Many thanks!
Guest Thee Chicago Wolf Posted October 30, 2008 Posted October 30, 2008 Re: VSS Fails / vssadmin list writers shows no writers >Windows Server 2003 x64 with latest patches and SP. > >VSS service will not start. Gives "file not found" in System log. ImagePath >in registry is correct and vssvc.exe is in the path (%SystemRoot%\system32) >shown in the registry. > >Running vssadmin list writers doesn't show any writers. > >Please help as this is affecting our ability to back up or Exchange 2007 >mailstores and the System State on this server. > >Many thanks! Do you have the VSS roll-up installed already? http://support.microsoft.com/kb/940349 - Thee Chicago Wolf
Guest richlich Posted October 30, 2008 Posted October 30, 2008 Re: VSS Fails / vssadmin list writers shows no writers Don't know. Checking. (New here.) I'm betting that unless it was in WSUS, it probably hasn't been applied. "Thee Chicago Wolf" wrote: > >Windows Server 2003 x64 with latest patches and SP. > > > >VSS service will not start. Gives "file not found" in System log. ImagePath > >in registry is correct and vssvc.exe is in the path (%SystemRoot%\system32) > >shown in the registry. > > > >Running vssadmin list writers doesn't show any writers. > > > >Please help as this is affecting our ability to back up or Exchange 2007 > >mailstores and the System State on this server. > > > >Many thanks! > > Do you have the VSS roll-up installed already? > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/940349 > > - Thee Chicago Wolf >
Guest Thee Chicago Wolf Posted October 30, 2008 Posted October 30, 2008 Re: VSS Fails / vssadmin list writers shows no writers >Don't know. Checking. (New here.) I'm betting that unless it was in WSUS, it >probably hasn't been applied. I guarantee it was not. - Thee Chicago Wolf
Guest richlich Posted October 30, 2008 Posted October 30, 2008 Re: VSS Fails / vssadmin list writers shows no writers That's what I had guessed. Well, I downloaded the roll-up and told my boss about it. He's supposed to get this fixed before our month-end backups this weekend. We'll see what happens in the next day or two. I'll be back, probably on Monday, with and update. "Thee Chicago Wolf" wrote: > >Don't know. Checking. (New here.) I'm betting that unless it was in WSUS, it > >probably hasn't been applied. > > I guarantee it was not. > > - Thee Chicago Wolf >
Guest Thee Chicago Wolf Posted October 30, 2008 Posted October 30, 2008 Re: VSS Fails / vssadmin list writers shows no writers >That's what I had guessed. Well, I downloaded the roll-up and told my boss >about it. He's supposed to get this fixed before our month-end backups this >weekend. We'll see what happens in the next day or two. I'll be back, >probably on Monday, with and update. Great, let me know how it goes. By the way, the only other post-VSS rollup hotfixes are the following. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/943669 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/940252 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/935460 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956000 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/887013 If the VSS roll-up doesn't help, grab and apply the others as well. It won't hurt anything and may rule out VSS as causing you the headache. - Thee Chicago Wolf
Guest richlich Posted October 31, 2008 Posted October 31, 2008 Re: VSS Fails / vssadmin list writers shows no writers Many thanks for the additional information! "Thee Chicago Wolf" wrote: > >That's what I had guessed. Well, I downloaded the roll-up and told my boss > >about it. He's supposed to get this fixed before our month-end backups this > >weekend. We'll see what happens in the next day or two. I'll be back, > >probably on Monday, with and update. > > Great, let me know how it goes. By the way, the only other post-VSS > rollup hotfixes are the following. > > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/943669 > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/940252 > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/935460 > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956000 > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/887013 > > If the VSS roll-up doesn't help, grab and apply the others as well. It > won't hurt anything and may rule out VSS as causing you the headache. > > - Thee Chicago Wolf >
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