Hello-
Running Windows Home Server 2011, recently had an operating disk failure, restored successfully, everything is working OK except when I do a full metal backup of the server I get a failed backup and the string of error logs as below. I can do scheduled backups of the server folders containing data so long as I do not include the C drive in any way. Prior to running the backup I have performed vssadmin list writers and all is functioning normally. After running backup I get the below output. I have tried to run all of the suggested fixes, none seem to have any impact on solving this issue. After running the backup and failing, it seems impossible to get the vss writers to go back to normal until a re-boot. Any help would be greatly appreciated as this is driving me nuts.
Thanks in advance.
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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: 'Registry Writer'
Writer Id: {afbab4a2-367d-4d15-a586-71dbb18f8485}
Writer Instance Id: {b6beeb7e-946f-4bee-89c8-5185a0e72618}
State: [7] Failed
Last error: Timed out
Writer name: 'ASR Writer'
Writer Id: {be000cbe-11fe-4426-9c58-531aa6355fc4}
Writer Instance Id: {e7dd9d15-8fca-4261-a33a-195497870abb}
State: [7] Failed
Last error: Non-retryable error
Writer name: 'Shadow Copy Optimization Writer'
Writer Id: {4dc3bdd4-ab48-4d07-adb0-3bee2926fd7f}
Writer Instance Id: {15db65fb-2058-45fe-b17d-6279f185e1f3}
State: [7] Failed
Last error: Timed out
Writer name: 'COM+ REGDB Writer'
Writer Id: {542da469-d3e1-473c-9f4f-7847f01fc64f}
Writer Instance Id: {1344c3d7-7cca-46af-907e-ce52d34c48b2}
State: [7] Failed
Last error: Timed out
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From the Event Log After hitting the Backup start.
Error 1:
Volume Shadow Copy Service error: Unexpected error calling routine IVssAsrWriterBackup::GetDiskComponents. hr = 0x80070057, The parameter is incorrect.
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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: {e7dd9d15-8fca-4261-a33a-195497870abb}
Error 2:
Volume Shadow Copy Service error: Unexpected error calling routine IVssAsrWriterBackup::GetDiskComponents. hr = 0x80070057, The parameter is incorrect.
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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: {e7dd9d15-8fca-4261-a33a-195497870abb}
Error 3:
Volume Shadow Copy Service error: Unexpected error calling routine Check OnIdentifyError. hr = 0x80070057, The parameter is incorrect.
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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: {e7dd9d15-8fca-4261-a33a-195497870abb}
Error-specific details:
ASR Writer: The parameter is incorrect. (0x80070057)
Warning 4:
Volume Shadow Copy Service warning: ASR writer Error 0x80070057. hr = 0x00000000, The operation completed successfully.
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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: {e7dd9d15-8fca-4261-a33a-195497870abb}
Error-specific details:
ASR Writer: The parameter is incorrect. (0x80070057)
Error 5:
Shadow copy creation failed because of error reported by ASR Writer. More info: The parameter is incorrect. (0x80070057).
Error 6:
The backup operation that started at '2015-02-18T03:58:10.515000000Z' has failed because the Volume Shadow Copy Service operation to create a shadow copy of the volumes being backed up failed with following error code '2155348129'. Please review the event details for a solution, and then rerun the backup operation once the issue is resolved.