I'm trying to backup my system state on my Windows Server 2008 R2 domain controller via a command line batch file.

I have created a dedicated service account and configured this within Task Manager. Whenever I click on 'Apply' I get the following error

'An error has occurred for task Backup. Error message: The following error was reported: 2147943712'

I did a bing search and found an article which suggests to change registry key HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\LSA DisableDomainCreds to 0.

PROBLEM:

Once I've set this registry I can configure a service account and the backup is performed successfully however it keeps changing back to 1.

What else am I missing/need to do?

Hi all,

could someone explain to me how robocopy "walks" through a directory tree?

It is not alphabetically, or from big to small. Looking at the ressource monitor ist seems that robocopy processes the directories randomly.

How could i calculate how long it will need to finish?

I start Robocopy with these parameters on a Server 2008 R2:

Source Dest /MT:16 /MIR /NP /COPYALL /W:1 /R:1 /LOG:Logfile

At startup the logfile contains only the header (in older versions of robocopy the logfile was written directly).

only after robocopy finished the logfile is written and the files listed are in alphabetically order.

Hi Gurus,

on the following technet link Microsoft mentions that a System State Backup does not have an incremental support. An this article applies to 2008 R2 too.

Applies To: Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2
Backing Up Active Directory Domain Services
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc816584.aspx
Feature  System state backup
Has incremental backup support No*

Below, a Microsoft employee on technet blogs mentions that 2008 R2 system state backups are incremental.

http://blogs.technet.com/b/filecab/archive/2009/06/22/backup-version-and-space-management-in-windows-server-backup.aspx
New in Windows Server 2008 R2 system state backups are incremental and use VSS shadow copies for creating different versions of the backup.

I would really appreciate if a an MSFT can tell me which one is correct.

With kind regards,

Cengiz Kuskaya

Hello everyone

I have been having continual issue with IIS, WMI and System writers on Windows Server2008 R2

Using Symantec BE, jobs keep failing and the writer status's keep reverting to timeouts state after/during a jobs running.

Doing a restart on the server brings all the states to stable, but then when the job runs and fails, the writers are timed-out.

I can't seem to find any solution to this issue on server2008 besides the good old restart, which isn't cutting it anymore.

Anyway to update/reinstall system writers?

Any solution/tips are appreciated!

Writer name: 'Task Scheduler Writer'
   Writer Id: {d61d61c8-d73a-4eee-8cdd-f6f9786b7124}
   Writer Instance Id: {1bddd48e-5052-49db-9b07-b96f96727e6b}
   State: [1] Stable
   Last error: No error

Writer name: 'VSS Metadata Store Writer'
   Writer Id: {75dfb225-e2e4-4d39-9ac9-ffaff65ddf06}
   Writer Instance Id: {088e7a7d-09a8-4cc6-a609-ad90e75ddc93}
   State: [1] Stable
   Last error: No error

Writer name: 'Performance Counters Writer'
   Writer Id: {0bada1de-01a9-4625-8278-69e735f39dd2}
   Writer Instance Id: {f0086dda-9efc-47c5-8eb6-a944c3d09381}
   State: [1] Stable
   Last error: No error

Writer name: 'System Writer'
   Writer Id: {e8132975-6f93-4464-a53e-1050253ae220}
   Writer Instance Id: {fcbf184f-1e94-4a36-8091-edfe015d1fe4}
   State: [9] Failed
   Last error: Timed out

Writer name: 'Shadow Copy Optimization Writer'
   Writer Id: {4dc3bdd4-ab48-4d07-adb0-3bee2926fd7f}
   Writer Instance Id: {2501958d-028c-45a2-856b-4b29900e8857}
   State: [1] Stable
   Last error: No error

Writer name: 'ASR Writer'
   Writer Id: {be000cbe-11fe-4426-9c58-531aa6355fc4}
   Writer Instance Id: {4def43fe-5338-4e59-b145-041535251577}
   State: [1] Stable
   Last error: No error

Writer name: 'Registry Writer'
   Writer Id: {afbab4a2-367d-4d15-a586-71dbb18f8485}
   Writer Instance Id: {bb5d49bc-8368-46cf-9c98-4be19c800925}
   State: [1] Stable
   Last error: No error

Writer name: 'COM+ REGDB Writer'
   Writer Id: {542da469-d3e1-473c-9f4f-7847f01fc64f}
   Writer Instance Id: {a5802642-22eb-434a-b906-0cc6cdb383fe}
   State: [1] Stable
   Last error: No error

Writer name: 'IIS Config Writer'
   Writer Id: {2a40fd15-dfca-4aa8-a654-1f8c654603f6}
   Writer Instance Id: {8001258e-65af-4fd1-8269-ae03d4db44ac}
   State: [9] Failed
   Last error: Timed out

Writer name: 'WMI Writer'
   Writer Id: {a6ad56c2-b509-4e6c-bb19-49d8f43532f0}
   Writer Instance Id: {fbcae7e1-2575-4a12-a657-59242e480b8e}
   State: [9] Failed
   Last error: Timed out

EVENT VIEWER LOG

Log Name:      Application
Source:        VSS
Date:          07/11/2013 7:09:04 PM
Event ID:      8224
Task Category: None
Level:         Information
Keywords:      Classic
User:          N/A
Computer:      !!!!!!!!
Description:
The VSS service is shutting down due to idle timeout.
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
  <System>
    <Provider Name="VSS" />
    <EventID Qualifiers="0">8224</EventID>
    <Level>4</Level>
    <Task>0</Task>
    <Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>
    <TimeCreated SystemTime="2013-07-11T23:09:04.000000000Z" />
    <EventRecordID>13213</EventRecordID>
    <Channel>Application</Channel>
    <Computer>!!!!!.com</Computer>
    <Security />
  </System>
  <EventData>
    <Data>
    </Data>
    <Binary>2D20436F64653A2020434F525356434330303030303737332D2043616C6C3A2020434F525356434330303030303735352D205049443A202030303030343330342D205449443A202030303030323335322D20434D443A2020433A5C57696E646F77735C73797374656D33325C76737376632E6578652020202D20557365723A204E616D653A204E5420415554484F524954595C53595354454D2C205349443A532D312D352D313820</Binary>
  </EventData>
</Event>

hello;

env. win 2008 R2 ent. (file/print server)

long story short, i had a server crash on me, and rebuild from backups.  all is running nice and smooth.

only issue is backups, backup will not run.  i get all kind of errors

when starting backup i get:

Log Name:      Application
Source:        VSS
Date:          7/11/2013 3:49:42 PM
Event ID:      8193
Task Category: None
Level:         Error
Keywords:      Classic
User:          N/A
Computer:      fs1.mydomain.com
Description:
Volume Shadow Copy Service error: Unexpected error calling routine IVssAsrWriterBackup::GetDiskComponents.  hr = 0x80070057, The parameter is incorrect.
.

Operation:
   OnIdentify event
   Gathering Writer Data

Context:
   Execution Context: ASR Writer
   Writer Class Id: {be000cbe-11fe-4426-9c58-531aa6355fc4}
   Writer Name: ASR Writer
   Writer Instance ID: {3d499740-cd3e-46be-aee9-c6207509a6ad}
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
  <System>
    <Provider Name="VSS" />
    <EventID Qualifiers="0">8193</EventID>
    <Level>2</Level>
    <Task>0</Task>
    <Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>
    <TimeCreated SystemTime="2013-07-11T21:49:42.000000000Z" />
    <EventRecordID>763296</EventRecordID>
    <Channel>Application</Channel>
    <Computer>fs1.mydomain.com</Computer>
    <Security />
  </System>
  <EventData>
    <Data>IVssAsrWriterBackup::GetDiskComponents</Data>
    <Data>0x80070057, The parameter is incorrect.
</Data>
    <Data>

Operation:
   OnIdentify event
   Gathering Writer Data

Context:
   Execution Context: ASR Writer
   Writer Class Id: {be000cbe-11fe-4426-9c58-531aa6355fc4}
   Writer Name: ASR Writer
   Writer Instance ID: {3d499740-cd3e-46be-aee9-c6207509a6ad}</Data>
    <Binary>2D20436F64653A20575254415352574330303030303234332D2043616C6C3A20575254415352574330303030303138332D205049443A202030303030323135362D205449443A202030303030333032302D20434D443A2020433A5C57696E646F77735C73797374656D33325C76737376632E6578652020202D20557365723A204E616D653A204E5420415554484F524954595C53595354454D2C205349443A532D312D352D313820</Binary>
  </EventData>
</Event>

followed by:

Log Name:      Application
Source:        VSS
Date:          7/11/2013 3:52:59 PM
Event ID:      12290
Task Category: None
Level:         Warning
Keywords:      Classic
User:          N/A
Computer:      fs1.mydomain.com
Description:
Volume Shadow Copy Service warning: ASR writer Error 0x80070057.  hr = 0x00000000, The operation completed successfully.
.

Operation:
   PrepareForBackup event

Context:
   Execution Context: ASR Writer
   Execution Context: Writer
   Writer Class Id: {be000cbe-11fe-4426-9c58-531aa6355fc4}
   Writer Name: ASR Writer
   Writer Instance ID: {87e71ebd-5054-40ff-a94d-8d1490434d96}

Error-specific details:
   ASR Writer: The parameter is incorrect. (0x80070057)
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
  <System>
    <Provider Name="VSS" />
    <EventID Qualifiers="0">12290</EventID>
    <Level>3</Level>
    <Task>0</Task>
    <Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>
    <TimeCreated SystemTime="2013-07-11T21:52:59.000000000Z" />
    <EventRecordID>763303</EventRecordID>
    <Channel>Application</Channel>
    <Computer>fs1.mydomain.com</Computer>
    <Security />
  </System>
  <EventData>
    <Data>ASR writer Error 0x80070057</Data>
    <Data>0x00000000, The operation completed successfully.
</Data>
    <Data>

Operation:
   PrepareForBackup event

Context:
   Execution Context: ASR Writer
   Execution Context: Writer
   Writer Class Id: {be000cbe-11fe-4426-9c58-531aa6355fc4}
   Writer Name: ASR Writer
   Writer Instance ID: {87e71ebd-5054-40ff-a94d-8d1490434d96}

Error-specific details:
   ASR Writer: The parameter is incorrect. (0x80070057)</Data>
    <Binary>2D20436F64653A20575254415352574330303030303530372D2043616C6C3A20575254415352574330303030303632372D205049443A202030303030373132342D205449443A202030303030383130342D20434D443A2020433A5C57696E646F77735C73797374656D33325C76737376632E6578652020202D20557365723A204E616D653A204E5420415554484F524954595C53595354454D2C205349443A532D312D352D313820</Binary>
  </EventData>
</Event>

Log Name:      Application
Source:        SPP
Date:          7/11/2013 3:53:00 PM
Event ID:      16387
Task Category: None
Level:         Error
Keywords:      Classic
User:          N/A
Computer:      fs1.mydomain.com
Description:
Shadow copy creation failed because of error reported by ASR Writer.  More info: The parameter is incorrect. (0x80070057).
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
  <System>
    <Provider Name="SPP" />
    <EventID Qualifiers="0">16387</EventID>
    <Level>2</Level>
    <Task>0</Task>
    <Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>
    <TimeCreated SystemTime="2013-07-11T21:53:00.000000000Z" />
    <EventRecordID>763304</EventRecordID>
    <Channel>Application</Channel>
    <Computer>fs1.mydomain.com</Computer>
    <Security />
  </System>
  <EventData>
    <Data>ASR Writer</Data>
    <Data>The parameter is incorrect. (0x80070057)</Data>
    <Binary>01000000C70F0000B60F00000000000042BEB7C511CAC619E59C92030000000000000000</Binary>
  </EventData>
</Event>

and finally

i have uninstalled and reinstalled server backup.

i have been all over these forums as well as google with no luck..

anyone has ideas???

We use win2008R2 as Vmware guest OS.

In case that we can not boot win2008R2 , which target should we select using windows server backup at least ?  

Hello,

              Im trying to perform system state backup for one of the server its unable to run. Last week we have performed the system state backup without any issue.

Operating System:2008

OS Version: R2 Small Business Server 2011 x64 Edition Build 7600

RAM-32 GB

Following event ID is reported in the logs;

Log Name:      Application

Source:        Microsoft-Windows-Backup

Date:          7/2/2013 2:25:35 PM

Event ID:      754

Task Category: None

Level:         Information

Keywords:     

User:          SYSTEM

Computer:      ABC

The Block Level Backup Engine service has stopped.

When we try to restart the Block Level Backup Engine service we get error as “Windows could not start the Block Level Backup Engine Service on Local Computer.

Error 0x800700b7: Cannot create a file when that file already exists.”

I have already restarted Virtual disk and Volume shadow copy service, but no luck.

Any help in resolving this issue will be much appreciated.

Thank you.

Keshava

 Hi, I really want to backup FULL every day via batch file wbadmin and i already set Optimize Backup Performance to Full backup but it still backed up incremental, why ? what more I need in batch 

This is my bacth file 

wbadmin start backup -backupTarget:\\192.168.0.7\TEST1 -include:c:,d: -allCritical -noVerify -user:Administrator -password:passw0rd -noinheritAcl -vssFull -quiet

Hi,

I have an issue where whenever I run Windows Server backup I am seeing errors regarding disks. This has only recently started and I can't figure out why. I backup to remote share on another PC.

The errors I am seeing are:

Log Name:      System
Source:        Disk
Date:          16/07/2013 8:38:15 PM
Event ID:      15
Task Category: None
Level:         Error
Keywords:      Classic
User:          N/A
Computer:      Server.domain.local
Description:
The device, \Device\Harddisk1\DR11, is not ready for access yet.

Log Name:      System
Source:        Ntfs
Date:          16/07/2013 8:38:15 PM
Event ID:      57
Task Category: (2)
Level:         Warning
Keywords:      Classic
User:          N/A
Computer:      Server.domain.local
Description:
The system failed to flush data to the transaction log. Corruption may occur.

Log Name:      System
Source:        Ntfs
Date:          16/07/2013 8:38:15 PM
Event ID:      137
Task Category: (2)
Level:         Error
Keywords:      Classic
User:          N/A
Computer:      Server.domain.local
Description:
The default transaction resource manager on volume \\?\Volume{656b7c59-eaae-11e2-ae1c-d8d385ebaace} encountered a non-retryable error and could not start.  The data contains the error code.

Thanks

If I stop the backup and recreate it it works fine for one night then I start to see these errors. Anybody know what would cause this? I can access the remote share just fine from the server so I doubt that's the issue.

Hi buddies.

Maybe you know how to solve this problem I'm getting. I have a backup policy in my server, that makes a full image. I'm able to restore that image (using the windows cd) if it's located in an USB HDD, but if I try to load the image trough a network share, the quoted error message appears...

Any idea? I've tried in different servers, locations, sharing permisions...

Thx!

Hi,

I currently regularly backup my server using WSB on an external hard drive connected via USB.  Once a week, I would like to send the contents of the external hard drive to an offsite storage.  To do this, can I simply copy the contents of the external hard drive, i.e.: WindowsImageBackup folder, to the offsite storage?  In the event of a disaster that destroys the original external hard drive and the server, can I simply copy the WindowsImageBackup folder from the offsite storage onto a replacement external hard-drive and then run a restore?  I'm open to any better or alternate suggestions as well.

Thanks!

-sul.

I am trying to create a system image of my desktop HD (Dell Inspiron 530 Core 2 Duo - 500 GB hard drive) with the Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex Desk USB 3.0 external hard drive (3TB).  During the process I get the error:

One of the backup files could not be created (0x0878002A)

Additional Information:
The request could not be performed because of an I/O device error. (0x8007045D).

I have tried chkdsk and other solutions I have sought online to no avail.  Please help!  I just got this big external HD to create a system image backup!

Thanks!

This is a new installation and configuring the backup for the first time. We have two local volumes C and E and a Hyper-V guest located on E. We are trying to backup everything every night and by default windows offers to backup it all including system state, hyperv, and the volumes.

After configuring the backup completes on System state and C: just fine and then moves to E:. Before it even displays a total drive size it calls an error and fails the backup with 'The mounted backup volume is inaccessible." The error in event log is 0x807800C5 which in all my searches of forums seems to be related to others doing backups to network drives. I'm using the dedicated local drive option and have added the drives as valid backup destinations.

Upon further looking if I examine C:\Windows\Logs\WindowsServerBackup\Backup_error-xxxxx.log I find the following:

Backup of volume E: has failed. The mounted backup volume is inaccessible. Please retry the operation.

Application backup
Writer Id: {66841CD4-6DED-4F4B-8F17-FD23F8DDC3DE}
   Component: 5C9E0993-9FC4-494E-B6E7-28C7A2C22597
   Caption     : Backup Using Child Partition Snapshot\SERVERF-APPS-HV
   Logical Path:

Writer Id: {66841CD4-6DED-4F4B-8F17-FD23F8DDC3DE}
   Component: Host Component
   Caption     : Host Component
   Logical Path:

*-----------------------------*

E: has roughly 5.4TB free space and is using approximately 0.5TB total. My backup drives are empty 3TB drives.

I had Shadow Copy enabled for drive E so I tried changing the size limits to No Limit and when that didn't help I disabled Shadow Copy entirely on E:.

I'm at a loss of where to go next. It's difficult for me to make many changes because I have 6 backup destinations setup for the server and the infurating problem with needing to have all the destinations plugged in before you can successfully make changes to the backup settings is making it real difficult to try many things. I am remote to this server and had to make some serious changes to get the 6 drives all connected to begin with. (Yes, I read and tried all the command line suggestions which used to work on 2008 R2 just fine and now don't in 2012.)

Jeremy Regehr

Hi,

I have setup a Server 2012 perfectly and wish to create another server using the exact same hardware, so I have bought another Windows Server licence.  My question is, can I do a Windows Server Backup bare metal then restore that onto the new server hardware and then change the product key using slmgr so that the new server uses the freshly-purchased product key?  

Then do I have to re-activate the new server?  

Will I get any problems having them on the same network, once I have changed the computer name and IP address, is there a GUID in the computer somewhere that will cause me issues?

Is this legal to do like this?

Many thanks.