I am trying to set up a daily full backup of my VM, however when i click finish I get the following error...
Windows Server Backup - "Parameter is Incorrect"
What parameter is incorrect?
FYI - I am trying to backup to a network share if that has anything to do with it?
Also this is a fresh install of WS2012 running on VM. Is there anything else that needs to be enabled to get this working?
Hello,
I currently use Windows Server Backup to create a full server backup. I was wondering if it is possible to recover only the operating system if a windows update fails?
This server is also a domain controller. Can it cause any problems in Active Directory, DNS, ...?
Hi guys, I'm working on the usual DPM errors this week (replica is inconsistent). I got one server, which is a hyper-v server, which hosts about 20 VM's. In DPM I get this error:
The replica of Microsoft Hyper-V \Backup Using Child Partition Snapshot\vm child on vm host.domain.local is inconsistent with the protected data source. All protection activities for data source will fail until the replica is synchronized with consistency check. You can recover data from existing recovery points, but new recovery points cannot be created until the replica is consistent.
For SharePoint farm, recovery points will continue getting created with the databases that are consistent. To backup inconsistent databases, run a consistency check on the farm. (ID 3106)
On the child VM, which is running 2008r2, I get these errors:
Log Name: Application
Source: VSS
Date: 8/21/2013 1:52:07 PM
Event ID: 12344
Task Category: None
Level: Error
Keywords: Classic
User: N/A
Computer: child vm.domain.local
Description:
Volume Shadow Copy Error: An error 0x00000000c000014d was encountered while Registry Writer was preparing the registry for a shadow copy. Check the Application and System event logs for any related errors.
Operation:
OnFreeze event
Freeze Event
Context:
Execution Context: Registry Writer
Execution Context: Writer
Writer Class Id: {afbab4a2-367d-4d15-a586-71dbb18f8485}
Writer Name: Registry Writer
Writer Instance ID: {61189d5b-362b-40e3-ba48-319c74d36b29}
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
<Provider Name="VSS" />
<EventID Qualifiers="0">12344</EventID>
<Level>2</Level>
<Task>0</Task>
<Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2013-08-21T11:52:07.000000000Z" />
<EventRecordID>1435837</EventRecordID>
<Channel>Application</Channel>
<Computer>child vm.domain.local</Computer>
<Security />
</System>
<EventData>
<Data>0x00000000c000014d</Data>
<Data>
Operation:
OnFreeze event
Freeze Event
Context:
Execution Context: Registry Writer
Execution Context: Writer
Writer Class Id: {afbab4a2-367d-4d15-a586-71dbb18f8485}
Writer Name: Registry Writer
Writer Instance ID: {61189d5b-362b-40e3-ba48-319c74d36b29}</Data>
<Binary>2D20436F64653A20575254524547524330303030303337392D2043616C6C3A20575254524547524330303030303335342D205049443A202030303030353130302D205449443A202030303030343136342D20434D443A2020433A5C77696E646F77735C73797374656D33325C76737376632E6578652020202D20557365723A204E616D653A204E5420415554484F524954595C53595354454D2C205349443A532D312D352D313820</Binary>
</EventData>
</Event>
Log Name: Application
Source: VSS
Date: 8/21/2013 1:52:07 PM
Event ID: 8229
Task Category: None
Level: Warning
Keywords: Classic
User: N/A
Computer: child vm.domain.local
Description:
A VSS writer has rejected an event with error 0x800423f4, The writer experienced a non-transient error. If the backup process is retried,
the error is likely to reoccur.
. Changes that the writer made to the writer components while handling the event will not be available to the requester. Check the event log for related events from the application hosting the VSS writer.
Operation:
Freeze Event
Context:
Execution Context: Writer
Writer Class Id: {afbab4a2-367d-4d15-a586-71dbb18f8485}
Writer Name: Registry Writer
Writer Instance ID: {61189d5b-362b-40e3-ba48-319c74d36b29}
Command Line: C:\windows\system32\vssvc.exe
Process ID: 5100
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
<Provider Name="VSS" />
<EventID Qualifiers="0">8229</EventID>
<Level>3</Level>
<Task>0</Task>
<Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2013-08-21T11:52:07.000000000Z" />
<EventRecordID>1435838</EventRecordID>
<Channel>Application</Channel>
<Computer>child vm.domain.local</Computer>
<Security />
</System>
<EventData>
<Data>0x800423f4, The writer experienced a non-transient error. If the backup process is retried,
the error is likely to reoccur.
</Data>
<Data>
Operation:
Freeze Event
Context:
Execution Context: Writer
Writer Class Id: {afbab4a2-367d-4d15-a586-71dbb18f8485}
Writer Name: Registry Writer
Writer Instance ID: {61189d5b-362b-40e3-ba48-319c74d36b29}
Command Line: C:\windows\system32\vssvc.exe
Process ID: 5100</Data>
<Binary>2D20436F64653A20575254575254494330303030353239392D2043616C6C3A20575254575254494330303030333034322D205049443A202030303030353130302D205449443A202030303030343136342D20434D443A2020433A5C77696E646F77735C73797374656D33325C76737376632E6578652020202D20557365723A204E616D653A204E5420415554484F524954595C53595354454D2C205349443A532D312D352D313820</Binary>
</EventData>
</Event>
Also, on the child VM, when I list the vss writers, the Registry Writer is often in a failed state. I checked the integration services version on the child VM which is up to date, restarted the child VM, but it did not solve the problem. I cannot get any useful results regarding these two EventID's, can anyone point me to the right direction to solve this?
Need some help with a server 2008 backup issue
we are using 5 usb drives, one per day and this worked fine until a few weeks ago then one of the disk is not being recognised.
I've re-added the usb drive using wbadmin which formatted and named this as [SRV-01 2013_08_21 16:22 DISK_06] but it's not showing in the Windows Server Backup console under destination usage.
Can someone help with this issue?
Regards,
Phil
Hi,
I've been told to transfer some files from an old server back up onto a Windows 7 computer.
Is there anyway I can get these files off of the back up drive? Because the said Windows Server has been reformatted, now I'm left with a external hard drive which has files on it but can't be accessed through Windows 7.
Any insight would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Hi there!
The idea is to backup exchange databases. Areca backup open source software (http://www.areca-backup.org/) is unfortunatelly not an option because it can not handle opened/locked files, soo we came up with another idea:
Firstly backup the exchange databases with Windows Server backup tool which uses Volume shadow copy and then with ARECA backup what Windows server backup tool did.
Questions:
-Do you think the idea is good? Would you recommend sth else?
-I have question regarding doing backups with Windows Server Backup tool. In our desired backup scenario, where would
1stly backup exchange databases with WSB and then Areca should we use under VSS SETTINGS in WSB: Vss copy backup, right?
-Another thing which concerns me is when u choose on WSB to backup to a shared network folder you recieve an warning:
When yo use a remote shared folder as the storage destination for scheduled backups, each backup will erase he previous backup, and only the latest backup will be available.
Ok, can someone clarify the meaning of this message? If I understood right in this case you are only able doing FULL BACKUPs the hole time if the message is saying
that everytime backup will be deleted, right?
with best regards,
bostjanc
I have Server 2008 R2 SP1. I'm trying to use Windows Server Backup to backup to a 3TB WD Essentials USB 3.0 external drive. I previously used a 2TB Buffalo USB 3.0 disk with no problems.
I have two 3TB disks and have tried to backup on two different Server 2008 R2 with the same result. This happens with a scheduled backup or if I use the backup once option. (I'm using the GUI in Server Manager).
The error is: The backup operation that started at '2011-04-11T09:30:04.466027000Z' has failed with following error code '2155348010'
I have read that there is a 2TB volume limit when backing up but the volumes and total data size I'm backing up is less than 2TB. I couldn't find any info saying the the backup media (external drive) had a limit of 2TB?
Thanks
Hi All,
Our company has a server which has windows server 2012 installed. The server now has three internal drives. The OS in installed in c drive.
I plan to backup c drive realtime or through scheduled task to a local hard disk. If the c drive stops working (I mean hardware problem), I can simply plug in the hard drive which has backup files and the server can start working as a charm.
I found there is already a backup tool in server 2012 but am not sure if it can meet my demand.
Is there any suggestion?
Thanks all in advance!
Hello, i have a Win2008 R2 server that wont restore from WindowsBackup, heres what i did
1. created a full backup of c,d,e include BMR and system state (everything except the backup drive itself (1tb WD USB)
2. plug drive into another spare identical server to restore to
3. start backup > recover > another computer > choose the drive i just backup up to > next > error "the backup location does not contain any backup. specify another location
and thats it, the backup completed ok and the files are all there on the disk (vhd) yet the error message remains
tried plugginto another computer and create a network share, then access it via \\ but same errors as above, backup not found, backup settings are all default
Hi Everyone,
We have had an issue with our DFSR environment, which essentially wiped some data and caused data to reappear on our spoke servers (which shouldn't have happened). I have logged a case with MS and am currently working on this, however, while I am in the process of resolving the issues with DFSR, I would like to ensure that I could potentially "backup" the Volume Shadow Copies/Previous Verisions, of the data that currently exist on some of our spoke servers...
Is what I am requesting/thinking even remotely possible?
My thought process was somehow the VSC snapshot could be mounted, and a robocopy job ran to another location to get a copy of the data.
The reasons for this is that I need to ensure I can still recover data for a certain period of time until I have the DFSR Replication Groups back in sync.
I am running Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 ( a mix of standard and enterprise editions).
Any help or guidance on this would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in Advance!
Simon
Dear all,
I have a System which is based on an I7 processor with 8GB RAM and 500 GB SATA disk size.
I have install on this system a Windows Server 2008 R2 64, then make a backup using Windows Server Backup
Then I rety to restore this generated backup on an other PC which is :
- I5 CPU
- 8GB Ram
- SATA HD 500 GB
The restore opertion works ok but the problem is that windows does not start and the PC keeps on rebooting.
Both PC are DELL machine and have nothing special in architecture exept CPU type.
Any reason why the restore operation fails to Windows ?
Thnaks for idea.
regards
serge
Your knowledge is enhanced by that of others.
I have two Windows 2012 standard servers setup with Windows Backup Server. Both are virtual machines with an extra drive attached for backups. From each server I do a nightly backup to it's local hard drive. If I give that drive a drive letter and share
it for access to the other 2012 server and try to restore using the UNC it only shows one backup available. When I restore locally it shows all of the backup sets.
How can I restore from a different server and have all of the backup sets available?
I have installed SQl Server 2008 R2 Express onto a Windows Server 2008 R2 server. The SQL Server VSS Writer is also installed.
Do you need to register the SQL Server VSS Writer with Windows Server Backup in order to backup data, or is this done automatically?
Hi!
I have just one 2008 R2 Standard domain controller in my enterprise (Just one, not two)
I ned to configure a hardware RAID 1 in the domain controller and I will lost all the information of my domain controller.
I don´t have another fisical server to install server 2008 , and replicate the Active directory with the actual Domain controller so I have to find a way to save the Active directory information, configure the RAID, and restore my server.I tryed doing a system state backup of my domain controller and tryed to restore it in a virtual machine but it didn´t work.
(With wbadmin command)
Must I do a full server backup of the DC or there is any way to backup just the system state of my Active directory and restore it in my new instalation of windows server 2008 as a domain controller?
Thanks!
I am trying to create a snapshot on my lun from a storage array on windows 2008 R2. From a diskshadow create command on windows 2008 runs the luns are intermittently disappearing from the host.
Can someone help resolving this issue
I would like to take windows server backup of win2008R2 server and restore it as win2012 Hyper-V guest.
1
Is it possible ?
2
How large the size of windows server backup and is it possible to estimate file site in advance ?
HI All,
I'm backing up SQL Database files into a local server and each one got the Folder.
So i need a script go through these folders and delete backup files older than 7 days?
I'm using WINSCP command to get the files may be can delete from here?
option batch on
As
Hi!
I have to reinstall my Domain controller. (Windows server 2008 R2 standard). I just have one domain controler (not 2 as windows recommend).
My 100Mbs partition for boot is in a different HD than the operating system. So I need to reinstall he domain controller to put this boot partition inside the operational system HD. ( I need to do this, is hard to explain why must I do it now.)
Do you know if there is a windows or third party tool to export the users, groups (Whit the SIDs) and OUs of my actual domain controller and before import them to my new instalation of Active directory?
I don´t need to restore Sysvol, scrips, GPOs......
It seem easy but it´s getting really difficult!!!
Thanks so much!!!