Guest Kim Seng Posted November 20, 2007 Posted November 20, 2007 Hi, I have a Windows 2003 running clustering. It has a VSS writer issue. It is unable to backup system state, below is the error message from Backup exec V-79-57344-34110 - AOFO: Initialization failure on: "\\XXXX.XXX.XXX.XXX\System?State". Advanced Open File Option used: Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS). Snapshot provider error (0xE000FED1): A failure occurred querying the Writer status. Check the Windows Event Viewer for details. Writer Name: Cluster Quorum, Writer ID: {41E12264-35D8-479B-8E5C-9B23D1DAD37E}, Last error: The VSS Writer failed. The operation cannot be retried (0x800423f4), State: Failed during prepare snapshot operation (8). I have tried to run NTbackup but is also having issue. Volume shadow copy creation: Attempt 1. "Cluster Service Writer" has reported an error 0x800423f4. This is part of System State. The backup cannot continue. Error returned while creating the volume shadow copy:800423f4 Aborting Backup. The server is running on Windows 2003 Enterprise edition and it is patched to SP2. Do advise.
Guest Edwin vMierlo [MVP] Posted November 20, 2007 Posted November 20, 2007 Re: VSS writer issue Why are you trying to backup a cluster quorum ? "Kim Seng" <oks1977@gmail.com.(do-not-spam)> wrote in message news:C9F44F00-276A-4C65-8BEF-6CB52F4F389B@microsoft.com... > Hi, > > I have a Windows 2003 running clustering. It has a VSS writer issue. It is > unable to backup system state, below is the error message from Backup exec > > V-79-57344-34110 - AOFO: Initialization failure on: > "\\XXXX.XXX.XXX.XXX\System?State". Advanced Open File Option used: Microsoft > Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS). > Snapshot provider error (0xE000FED1): A failure occurred querying the Writer > status. > > Check the Windows Event Viewer for details. > > Writer Name: Cluster Quorum, Writer ID: > {41E12264-35D8-479B-8E5C-9B23D1DAD37E}, Last error: The VSS Writer failed. > The operation cannot be retried (0x800423f4), State: Failed during prepare > snapshot operation (8). > > I have tried to run NTbackup but is also having issue. > > Volume shadow copy creation: Attempt 1. > "Cluster Service Writer" has reported an error 0x800423f4. This is part of > System State. The backup cannot continue. > > Error returned while creating the volume shadow copy:800423f4 > Aborting Backup. > > The server is running on Windows 2003 Enterprise edition and it is patched > to SP2. > > Do advise.
Guest Kim Seng Posted November 21, 2007 Posted November 21, 2007 Re: VSS writer issue Hi Edwin, I'm trying to do a system state backup and thus it includes all the VSS writers details. Ay advise. "Edwin vMierlo [MVP]" wrote: > Why are you trying to backup a cluster quorum ? > > > > "Kim Seng" <oks1977@gmail.com.(do-not-spam)> wrote in message > news:C9F44F00-276A-4C65-8BEF-6CB52F4F389B@microsoft.com... > > Hi, > > > > I have a Windows 2003 running clustering. It has a VSS writer issue. It is > > unable to backup system state, below is the error message from Backup exec > > > > V-79-57344-34110 - AOFO: Initialization failure on: > > "\\XXXX.XXX.XXX.XXX\System?State". Advanced Open File Option used: > Microsoft > > Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS). > > Snapshot provider error (0xE000FED1): A failure occurred querying the > Writer > > status. > > > > Check the Windows Event Viewer for details. > > > > Writer Name: Cluster Quorum, Writer ID: > > {41E12264-35D8-479B-8E5C-9B23D1DAD37E}, Last error: The VSS Writer failed. > > The operation cannot be retried (0x800423f4), State: Failed during prepare > > snapshot operation (8). > > > > I have tried to run NTbackup but is also having issue. > > > > Volume shadow copy creation: Attempt 1. > > "Cluster Service Writer" has reported an error 0x800423f4. This is part of > > System State. The backup cannot continue. > > > > Error returned while creating the volume shadow copy:800423f4 > > Aborting Backup. > > > > The server is running on Windows 2003 Enterprise edition and it is patched > > to SP2. > > > > Do advise. > > >
Guest Nado Posted November 21, 2007 Posted November 21, 2007 Re: VSS writer issue On both Cluster Servers Windows 2003 SP2 cannot backup System State: Event viewer has only: End Operation: Warnings or errors were encountered. Consult the backup report for more details. backup.log: "Cluster Service Writer" has reported an error 0x800423f4. This is part of System State. The backup cannot continue. Command "vssadmin list writer" return error: Writer name: 'Cluster Service Writer' Writer Id: {41e12264-35d8-479b-8e5c-9b23d1dad37e} Writer Instance Id: {f2f99318-0cb7-4745-986d-162482a18166} State: [8] Failed Last error: Retryable error Could anyone help? -- Nado ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Nado's Profile: http://forums.techarena.in/member.php?userid=35527 View this thread: http://forums.techarena.in/showthread.php?t=856243 http://forums.techarena.in
Guest Edwin vMierlo [MVP] Posted November 21, 2007 Posted November 21, 2007 Re: VSS writer issue what happens if you exclude the Quorum disk ? "Kim Seng" <oks1977@gmail.com.(do-not-spam)> wrote in message news:9745E021-4AC5-4B3F-A5A1-D467D1E291EF@microsoft.com... > Hi Edwin, > > I'm trying to do a system state backup and thus it includes all the VSS > writers details. > > Ay advise. > > "Edwin vMierlo [MVP]" wrote: > > > Why are you trying to backup a cluster quorum ? > > > > > > > > "Kim Seng" <oks1977@gmail.com.(do-not-spam)> wrote in message > > news:C9F44F00-276A-4C65-8BEF-6CB52F4F389B@microsoft.com... > > > Hi, > > > > > > I have a Windows 2003 running clustering. It has a VSS writer issue. It is > > > unable to backup system state, below is the error message from Backup exec > > > > > > V-79-57344-34110 - AOFO: Initialization failure on: > > > "\\XXXX.XXX.XXX.XXX\System?State". Advanced Open File Option used: > > Microsoft > > > Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS). > > > Snapshot provider error (0xE000FED1): A failure occurred querying the > > Writer > > > status. > > > > > > Check the Windows Event Viewer for details. > > > > > > Writer Name: Cluster Quorum, Writer ID: > > > {41E12264-35D8-479B-8E5C-9B23D1DAD37E}, Last error: The VSS Writer failed. > > > The operation cannot be retried (0x800423f4), State: Failed during prepare > > > snapshot operation (8). > > > > > > I have tried to run NTbackup but is also having issue. > > > > > > Volume shadow copy creation: Attempt 1. > > > "Cluster Service Writer" has reported an error 0x800423f4. This is part of > > > System State. The backup cannot continue. > > > > > > Error returned while creating the volume shadow copy:800423f4 > > > Aborting Backup. > > > > > > The server is running on Windows 2003 Enterprise edition and it is patched > > > to SP2. > > > > > > Do advise. > > > > > >
Guest Kim Seng Posted November 21, 2007 Posted November 21, 2007 Re: VSS writer issue This is part of system state backup and it cannot be excluded. "Edwin vMierlo [MVP]" wrote: > what happens if you exclude the Quorum disk ? > > "Kim Seng" <oks1977@gmail.com.(do-not-spam)> wrote in message > news:9745E021-4AC5-4B3F-A5A1-D467D1E291EF@microsoft.com... > > Hi Edwin, > > > > I'm trying to do a system state backup and thus it includes all the VSS > > writers details. > > > > Ay advise. > > > > "Edwin vMierlo [MVP]" wrote: > > > > > Why are you trying to backup a cluster quorum ? > > > > > > > > > > > > "Kim Seng" <oks1977@gmail.com.(do-not-spam)> wrote in message > > > news:C9F44F00-276A-4C65-8BEF-6CB52F4F389B@microsoft.com... > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > I have a Windows 2003 running clustering. It has a VSS writer issue. > It is > > > > unable to backup system state, below is the error message from Backup > exec > > > > > > > > V-79-57344-34110 - AOFO: Initialization failure on: > > > > "\\XXXX.XXX.XXX.XXX\System?State". Advanced Open File Option used: > > > Microsoft > > > > Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS). > > > > Snapshot provider error (0xE000FED1): A failure occurred querying the > > > Writer > > > > status. > > > > > > > > Check the Windows Event Viewer for details. > > > > > > > > Writer Name: Cluster Quorum, Writer ID: > > > > {41E12264-35D8-479B-8E5C-9B23D1DAD37E}, Last error: The VSS Writer > failed. > > > > The operation cannot be retried (0x800423f4), State: Failed during > prepare > > > > snapshot operation (8). > > > > > > > > I have tried to run NTbackup but is also having issue. > > > > > > > > Volume shadow copy creation: Attempt 1. > > > > "Cluster Service Writer" has reported an error 0x800423f4. This is > part of > > > > System State. The backup cannot continue. > > > > > > > > Error returned while creating the volume shadow copy:800423f4 > > > > Aborting Backup. > > > > > > > > The server is running on Windows 2003 Enterprise edition and it is > patched > > > > to SP2. > > > > > > > > Do advise. > > > > > > > > > > > >
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