NTBackup fails, Insufficient memory available

[Guest Kenact]

I've got a Windows Server 2003 sp2 DC, patched completely up to date. Over

the past few months I've been having an intermittant problem with it failing

with the message "Insufficient memory available". It writes an 8017 message

into the Event Log.

 

The server only has 512mb, but the only function it servers is backup, and

typically the is over 150mb available.

 

I've checked out kb828402. I have a later version of NTBackup, so the hotfix

won't install. NTBackup version 5.2.3790.3959, which includes the hooks for

backing up Exchange.

 

I've also tried the jsiinc.com tip to deallocate the tape. The job still

fails every three or four days.

 

Any ideas?

[Guest LeonidasKlein]

RE: NTBackup fails, Insufficient memory available

 

Have you tried KB940349? I was holding a similar problem, an out of memory on

shadow copy.

 

Please let us know the results

 

"Kenact" wrote:

> I've got a Windows Server 2003 sp2 DC, patched completely up to date. Over

> the past few months I've been having an intermittant problem with it failing

> with the message "Insufficient memory available". It writes an 8017 message

> into the Event Log.

>

> The server only has 512mb, but the only function it servers is backup, and

> typically the is over 150mb available.

>

> I've checked out kb828402. I have a later version of NTBackup, so the hotfix

> won't install. NTBackup version 5.2.3790.3959, which includes the hooks for

> backing up Exchange.

>

> I've also tried the jsiinc.com tip to deallocate the tape. The job still

> fails every three or four days.

>

> Any ideas?

[Guest Kenact]

RE: NTBackup fails, Insufficient memory available

 

Thanks for your reply but my problem seems to be related to the tape

deallocate not the VSS.

 

I have set up a scheduled job that deallocates the tape 6 times before I

attempt my backup. Since doing that I haven't had any failures from my

backup.

 

I wish someone at Microsoft would look into this. There are several things

wrong here.

 

First the Out Of Memory error is erroneous.

Second there shouldn't be a need to deallocate the tape.

Third I shouldn't have to run a tape deallocate multiple times to deallocate

the tape.

 

Ken

 

"LeonidasKlein" wrote:

> Have you tried KB940349? I was holding a similar problem, an out of memory on

> shadow copy.

>

> Please let us know the results

>

> "Kenact" wrote:

>

> > I've got a Windows Server 2003 sp2 DC, patched completely up to date. Over

> > the past few months I've been having an intermittant problem with it failing

> > with the message "Insufficient memory available". It writes an 8017 message

> > into the Event Log.

> >

> > The server only has 512mb, but the only function it servers is backup, and

> > typically the is over 150mb available.

> >

> > I've checked out kb828402. I have a later version of NTBackup, so the hotfix

> > won't install. NTBackup version 5.2.3790.3959, which includes the hooks for

> > backing up Exchange.

> >

> > I've also tried the jsiinc.com tip to deallocate the tape. The job still

> > fails every three or four days.

> >

> > Any ideas?