VSS not working correctly on 2003?

[Guest Jerome]

Hi,

 

I've enabled the Volume Shadow Copy Service on my Windows 2003 servers

and I've scheduled them to make copies every day but they don't do them!?

 

If I click on previous versions I only get the first day I've installed

the VSS as an option to restore from (and yes, this file has changed a

few times over the last days!). On the other hand if I MANUALLY click

'create now' in the Shadow Copies panel on my server then it makes a

shadow copy and this is also reflected in the 'previous versions' on my

client PCs.

 

Any ideas why it's not making the copies according to the schedule??

 

Any help is appreciated, thanks a lot!

 

Jerome

[Guest hubertsvk]

RE: VSS not working correctly on 2003?

 

i have same problem after installing WSS 3.0

command wssadmin list writers return nothing

 

Martin Hubka

 

"Jerome" wrote:

> Hi,

>

> I've enabled the Volume Shadow Copy Service on my Windows 2003 servers

> and I've scheduled them to make copies every day but they don't do them!?

>

> If I click on previous versions I only get the first day I've installed

> the VSS as an option to restore from (and yes, this file has changed a

> few times over the last days!). On the other hand if I MANUALLY click

> 'create now' in the Shadow Copies panel on my server then it makes a

> shadow copy and this is also reflected in the 'previous versions' on my

> client PCs.

>

> Any ideas why it's not making the copies according to the schedule??

>

> Any help is appreciated, thanks a lot!

>

> Jerome

>

[Guest JCace]

RE: VSS not working correctly on 2003?

 

I've had a similar issue before and we resolved it by resolving an issue with

task scheduler.

 

VSS creates a scheduled task to run at 07:00 and 12:00 by default. Check

that these are running.

 

Hope this helps.

 

"Jerome" wrote:

> Hi,

>

> I've enabled the Volume Shadow Copy Service on my Windows 2003 servers

> and I've scheduled them to make copies every day but they don't do them!?

>

> If I click on previous versions I only get the first day I've installed

> the VSS as an option to restore from (and yes, this file has changed a

> few times over the last days!). On the other hand if I MANUALLY click

> 'create now' in the Shadow Copies panel on my server then it makes a

> shadow copy and this is also reflected in the 'previous versions' on my

> client PCs.

>

> Any ideas why it's not making the copies according to the schedule??

>

> Any help is appreciated, thanks a lot!

>

> Jerome

>

[Guest Thee Chicago Wolf]

Re: VSS not working correctly on 2003?

 

>I've enabled the Volume Shadow Copy Service on my Windows 2003 servers

>and I've scheduled them to make copies every day but they don't do them!?

>

>If I click on previous versions I only get the first day I've installed

>the VSS as an option to restore from (and yes, this file has changed a

>few times over the last days!). On the other hand if I MANUALLY click

>'create now' in the Shadow Copies panel on my server then it makes a

>shadow copy and this is also reflected in the 'previous versions' on my

>client PCs.

>

>Any ideas why it's not making the copies according to the schedule??

>

>Any help is appreciated, thanks a lot!

 

Might not be of total use but perhaps ensure you've got the roll-up

installed: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/940349 You'll at least be

up to date patch wise.

 

- Thee Chicago Wolf

[Guest hubertsvk]

Re: VSS not working correctly on 2003?

 

its bad, i have still error :(

 

"Thee Chicago Wolf" wrote:

> >I've enabled the Volume Shadow Copy Service on my Windows 2003 servers

> >and I've scheduled them to make copies every day but they don't do them!?

> >

> >If I click on previous versions I only get the first day I've installed

> >the VSS as an option to restore from (and yes, this file has changed a

> >few times over the last days!). On the other hand if I MANUALLY click

> >'create now' in the Shadow Copies panel on my server then it makes a

> >shadow copy and this is also reflected in the 'previous versions' on my

> >client PCs.

> >

> >Any ideas why it's not making the copies according to the schedule??

> >

> >Any help is appreciated, thanks a lot!

>

> Might not be of total use but perhaps ensure you've got the roll-up

> installed: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/940349 You'll at least be

> up to date patch wise.

>

> - Thee Chicago Wolf

>

[Guest Thee Chicago Wolf]

Re: VSS not working correctly on 2003?

 

>its bad, i have still error :(

 

How about Event Viewer, no useful information or error logs to

possibly troubleshoot?

 

- Thee Chicago Wolf

[Guest Thee Chicago Wolf]

Re: VSS not working correctly on 2003?

 

>its bad, i have still error :(

 

Sadly, I have not seen anymore KB articles or hotfix patches since the

VSS roll-up.

 

- Thee Chicago Wolf

[Guest Jerome]

Re: VSS not working correctly on 2003?

 

They're not running automatically ...

 

JCace wrote:

> I've had a similar issue before and we resolved it by resolving an issue with

> task scheduler.

>

> VSS creates a scheduled task to run at 07:00 and 12:00 by default. Check

> that these are running.

>

> Hope this helps.

>

> "Jerome" wrote:

>

>> Hi,

>>

>> I've enabled the Volume Shadow Copy Service on my Windows 2003 servers

>> and I've scheduled them to make copies every day but they don't do them!?

>>

>> If I click on previous versions I only get the first day I've installed

>> the VSS as an option to restore from (and yes, this file has changed a

>> few times over the last days!). On the other hand if I MANUALLY click

>> 'create now' in the Shadow Copies panel on my server then it makes a

>> shadow copy and this is also reflected in the 'previous versions' on my

>> client PCs.

>>

>> Any ideas why it's not making the copies according to the schedule??

>>

>> Any help is appreciated, thanks a lot!

>>

>> Jerome

>>

[Guest Jerome]

Re: VSS not working correctly on 2003?

 

Hm, I gonna try this too then ...

 

Thee Chicago Wolf wrote:

>> I've enabled the Volume Shadow Copy Service on my Windows 2003 servers

>> and I've scheduled them to make copies every day but they don't do them!?

>>

>> If I click on previous versions I only get the first day I've installed

>> the VSS as an option to restore from (and yes, this file has changed a

>> few times over the last days!). On the other hand if I MANUALLY click

>> 'create now' in the Shadow Copies panel on my server then it makes a

>> shadow copy and this is also reflected in the 'previous versions' on my

>> client PCs.

>>

>> Any ideas why it's not making the copies according to the schedule??

>>

>> Any help is appreciated, thanks a lot!

>

> Might not be of total use but perhaps ensure you've got the roll-up

> installed: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/940349 You'll at least be

> up to date patch wise.

>

> - Thee Chicago Wolf

[Guest Jerome]

Re: VSS not working correctly on 2003?

 

Oh, the scheduler couldn't start the task ... weird error but this will

help me to track the problem down!

 

JCace wrote:

> I've had a similar issue before and we resolved it by resolving an issue with

> task scheduler.

>

> VSS creates a scheduled task to run at 07:00 and 12:00 by default. Check

> that these are running.

>

> Hope this helps.

>

> "Jerome" wrote:

>

>> Hi,

>>

>> I've enabled the Volume Shadow Copy Service on my Windows 2003 servers

>> and I've scheduled them to make copies every day but they don't do them!?

>>

>> If I click on previous versions I only get the first day I've installed

>> the VSS as an option to restore from (and yes, this file has changed a

>> few times over the last days!). On the other hand if I MANUALLY click

>> 'create now' in the Shadow Copies panel on my server then it makes a

>> shadow copy and this is also reflected in the 'previous versions' on my

>> client PCs.

>>

>> Any ideas why it's not making the copies according to the schedule??

>>

>> Any help is appreciated, thanks a lot!

>>

>> Jerome

>>

[Guest Thee Chicago Wolf]

Re: VSS not working correctly on 2003?

 

>Hm, I gonna try this too then ...

>

>Thee Chicago Wolf wrote:

>>> I've enabled the Volume Shadow Copy Service on my Windows 2003 servers

>>> and I've scheduled them to make copies every day but they don't do them!?

>>>

>>> If I click on previous versions I only get the first day I've installed

>>> the VSS as an option to restore from (and yes, this file has changed a

>>> few times over the last days!). On the other hand if I MANUALLY click

>>> 'create now' in the Shadow Copies panel on my server then it makes a

>>> shadow copy and this is also reflected in the 'previous versions' on my

>>> client PCs.

>>>

>>> Any ideas why it's not making the copies according to the schedule??

>>>

>>> Any help is appreciated, thanks a lot!

>>

>> Might not be of total use but perhaps ensure you've got the roll-up

>> installed: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/940349 You'll at least be

>> up to date patch wise.

>>

>> - Thee Chicago Wolf

 

Let the group know if it had any positive impact.

 

- Thee Chicago Wolf