System state backup fails using ntbackup
Event Viewer details
Event Type: Error
Event Source: ESENT
Event Category: Logging/Recovery
Event ID: 215
Date: 10/2/2012
Time: 16:22:08
User: N/A
Computer: EXCHANGE
Description:
certsrv.exe (1760) The backup has been stopped because it was halted by the client or the connection with the client failed.
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Event Type: Error
Event Source: vmwriter
Event Category: None
Event ID: 109
Date: 10/2/2012
Time: 16:22:18
User: N/A
Computer: EXCHANGE
Description:
The description for Event ID ( 109 ) in Source ( vmwriter ) cannot be found. The local computer may not have the necessary registry information or message DLL files to display messages from a remote computer. You may be able to use the /AUXSOURCE= flag to retrieve
this description; see Help and Support for details. The following information is part of the event: VmVssWriter: stopping backup due to external request.
I can perform backups of the exchange data store with no issues, attempting just system state results in this.
October 2nd, 2012 4:59pm
Check the below KB articles.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927654
I would have ask here.
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/winserverfiles/threads
Thanks
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October 2nd, 2012 5:51pm
Hello,
Thank you for your post.
According to the following KB article, the Event 215 can be safely ignored. You should verify that the backup did complete and you can teswt restoring a file.
Event ID 215 is logged after you use the NTBackup utility to perform a system state backup on a computer that is running Windows Server 2003
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927654/en-us
If you have any concerns on the above, please feel free to post back and I am happy to answer any of your questions.
TechNet
October 3rd, 2012 3:09am
Hello,
Thank you for your post.
According to the following KB article, the Event 215 can be safely ignored. You should verify that the backup did complete and you can teswt restoring a file.
Event ID 215 is logged after you use the NTBackup utility to perform a system state backup on a computer that is running Windows Server 2003
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927654/en-us
If you have any concerns on the above, please feel free to post back and I am happy to answer any of your questions.
TechNet
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October 3rd, 2012 3:19am
I'll attempt this again, it hangs on the status, "Waiting to retry shadow copy..."
October 4th, 2012 2:56pm
It successfully completed, thanks for your help guys.
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October 4th, 2012 3:13pm