Guest AParker83 Posted June 6, 2008 Posted June 6, 2008 Hello, We are having problems with our Shadow Copy service running as scheduled. Shadow Copy is configured to run every morning at 3am. The "Next Run Time" column indicates that it is scheduled, but when that time passes, the copy does not appear, and the "Next Run Time" increments to the next day. This problem started happening after we ran low on disk space on our OS partition. Shadow Copy actually quit running because of the lack of disk space. That has since been corrected, but this problem has popped up since. We've tried disabling Shadow Copies, then reenabling, and that does not help either. We're really at a loss here. Any suggestions?
Guest Pegasus \(MVP\) Posted June 6, 2008 Posted June 6, 2008 Re: Shadow Copy not executing as scheduled "AParker83" <AParker83@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:1754DDA6-ECD0-4B16-AD67-6FE41BA03E45@microsoft.com... > Hello, > > We are having problems with our Shadow Copy service running as scheduled. > Shadow Copy is configured to run every morning at 3am. The "Next Run > Time" > column indicates that it is scheduled, but when that time passes, the copy > does not appear, and the "Next Run Time" increments to the next day. > > This problem started happening after we ran low on disk space on our OS > partition. Shadow Copy actually quit running because of the lack of disk > space. That has since been corrected, but this problem has popped up > since. > > We've tried disabling Shadow Copies, then reenabling, and that does not > help > either. We're really at a loss here. > > Any suggestions? Try this batch file: @echo off echo Job started on %date% at %time% >> c:\shadow.log YourCommand.exe 1>> c:\shadow.log 2>>&1 echo Job ended on %date% at %time% >> c:\shadow.log Now examine c:\shadow.log to see what's going on. You should also examine the log file generated by the Task Scheduler. About running out of space on your OS partition: If you run a robust show then you MUST check the amount of free space of every server partition on a weekly basis. You might, for example, automate the job by getting a scheduled task to send you a brief summary by EMail.
Guest AParker83 Posted June 10, 2008 Posted June 10, 2008 Re: Shadow Copy not executing as scheduled "Pegasus (MVP)" wrote: > Try this batch file: > @echo off > echo Job started on %date% at %time% >> c:\shadow.log > YourCommand.exe 1>> c:\shadow.log 2>>&1 > echo Job ended on %date% at %time% >> c:\shadow.log > > Now examine c:\shadow.log to see what's going on. You > should also examine the log file generated by the Task Scheduler. > > About running out of space on your OS partition: If you run > a robust show then you MUST check the amount of free > space of every server partition on a weekly basis. You might, > for example, automate the job by getting a scheduled task to > send you a brief summary by EMail. > Perhaps I'm being dense here, but what needs to go at "YourCommand.exe"? Using this obviously errors out, as that's obviously not a valid command. The log files says: Job started on Tue 06/10/2008 at 8:49:40.24 'YourCommand.exe' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. Job ended on Tue 06/10/2008 at 8:49:40.30 Not only am I missing something here with the appropriate command, but it appears as if it's picking up on the last manual ShadowCopy we ran. Since we haven't been able to get them to run via the Scheduler, we've been running them twice a day manually.
Guest Pegasus \(MVP\) Posted June 10, 2008 Posted June 10, 2008 Re: Shadow Copy not executing as scheduled What is the command you currently use for your shawow copy process? "AParker83" <AParker83@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:86433462-8C73-4327-91B0-AF2F33A8DA6B@microsoft.com... > "Pegasus (MVP)" wrote: > >> Try this batch file: >> @echo off >> echo Job started on %date% at %time% >> c:\shadow.log >> YourCommand.exe 1>> c:\shadow.log 2>>&1 >> echo Job ended on %date% at %time% >> c:\shadow.log >> >> Now examine c:\shadow.log to see what's going on. You >> should also examine the log file generated by the Task Scheduler. >> >> About running out of space on your OS partition: If you run >> a robust show then you MUST check the amount of free >> space of every server partition on a weekly basis. You might, >> for example, automate the job by getting a scheduled task to >> send you a brief summary by EMail. >> > Perhaps I'm being dense here, but what needs to go at "YourCommand.exe"? > Using this obviously errors out, as that's obviously not a valid command. > The log files says: > > Job started on Tue 06/10/2008 at 8:49:40.24 > 'YourCommand.exe' is not recognized as an internal or external command, > operable program or batch file. > Job ended on Tue 06/10/2008 at 8:49:40.30 > > Not only am I missing something here with the appropriate command, but it > appears as if it's picking up on the last manual ShadowCopy we ran. Since > we > haven't been able to get them to run via the Scheduler, we've been running > them twice a day manually.
Guest AParker83 Posted June 10, 2008 Posted June 10, 2008 Re: Shadow Copy not executing as scheduled "Pegasus (MVP)" wrote: > What is the command you currently use for your shawow copy process? > Excuse my ignorance, but I honestly have no idea. We've always just setup our Shadow Copies through the GUI. I'm not being much help, I know. :)
Guest Pegasus \(MVP\) Posted June 10, 2008 Posted June 10, 2008 Re: Shadow Copy not executing as scheduled "AParker83" <AParker83@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:72FBE2EF-09EF-402D-AB57-6E7622C3D227@microsoft.com... > "Pegasus (MVP)" wrote: > >> What is the command you currently use for your shawow copy process? >> > > Excuse my ignorance, but I honestly have no idea. We've always just setup > our Shadow Copies through the GUI. I'm not being much help, I know. :) How do you invoke the GUI? Through a shortcut? What lies behind the shortcut?
Guest AParker83 Posted June 10, 2008 Posted June 10, 2008 Re: Shadow Copy not executing as scheduled > How do you invoke the GUI? Through a shortcut? What > lies behind the shortcut? > > Right-click My Computer --> Manage. Richt click Shared Folders --> All Task -->Configure Shadow Copies. It is from this GUI that we have been configuring our scheduling (via the "Settings" button --> "Scheduling" button) and executing the shadow copies manually for the time being.
Guest Pegasus \(MVP\) Posted June 10, 2008 Posted June 10, 2008 Re: Shadow Copy not executing as scheduled "AParker83" <AParker83@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:EE61DB55-915B-4F0D-9274-F02A3CA1BF49@microsoft.com... >> How do you invoke the GUI? Through a shortcut? What >> lies behind the shortcut? >> >> Right-click My Computer --> Manage. Richt click Shared Folders --> All >> Task -->Configure Shadow Copies. > > It is from this GUI that we have been configuring our scheduling (via the > "Settings" button --> "Scheduling" button) and executing the shadow copies > manually for the time being. If you scheduled the shadow copy process to execute just once some time in the future then you could examine its command line in the Task Scheduler via the Control Panel. It would be something like this: C:\WINDOWS\system32\vssadmin.exe Create Shadow /AutoRetry=5 /For=\\?\Volume{86bc41ae-8a0b-11d8-a1ee-806e6f6e6963}\ This is the command line you've been looking for all along. Put it into the batch file I suggested right at the start, then do this: - Run the batch file manually and watch what happens. - Use the Task Scheduler to schedule the batch file, then examine the logs I mentioned in my first reply. If this does not get you anywhere then I recommend you get professional help. Saving money by having the backup process managed by untrained staff is a very expensive option.
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