Volume Shadow Copy & Server 2003

mtroxmtrox Minnesota
edited November 2006 in Science & Tech
Small office, Dell server with that awful &%$!@*#ing Yosemite backup software. It's gotten to the point that I just disable that mess and use ntbackup. Once you get the command line down, you can do a lot with it.

But...this time it refuses to run. It finds the media, then craps out starting volume shadow copy. The error in the backup log says,

"Error returned while creating the volume shadow copy:8004230f"

Turns out this is a very common problem in Server 03. I spent almost and hour and a half on the phone with Micrsoft just to get the hotfix....no help.

Anyone had this?

Comments

  • ShortyShorty Manchester, UK Icrontian
    edited November 2006
    Check the VSS writer status using VSSADMIN.

    From a command prompt :

    vssadmin list writers

    You can also use vssadmin to check the status of the writers:

    http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/vssadmin.mspx?mfr=true

    The last time I saw major VSS errors, I had to reboot the server to reset the VSS service. A simple stop and start of the Volume Copy Shadow does not fix VSS problems :(
  • mtroxmtrox Minnesota
    edited November 2006
    Shorty,

    Appreciate the effort. Thought I'd get back in there before I respond to you...but I just didn't have time to fool with that Cisco VPN this weekend ("fool with" means its always kind of cranky on both my computers).

    I saw a KB article that had me use vssadmin at a prompt immediately after the failed shadow copy. I could see all the writers, and nothing looked wrong, though I may not know what I'm looking for.

    I've spent some time Googling this one. I'll VPN in and get back here when I know more.
  • ShortyShorty Manchester, UK Icrontian
    edited November 2006
    I can probably make suggestions with the Cisco VPN if you have problems ;D

    Been there too :(
  • mtroxmtrox Minnesota
    edited November 2006
    Shorty wrote:
    I can probably make suggestions with the Cisco VPN if you have problems ;D

    Been there too :(

    Would love the help. It's a PIX...but this company's IT dept in Chicago does the PIX. I'd be stepping on toes if I got into that. I'm sure it's something in the way it's been set up. I'm on a PC, and one of my users is on a MAC using the MAC version of the VPN...and both of us connect the first time, it appears to disconnect...then when you connect the second time...you suddenly find yourself connected...or something like that. I haven't played with it for a while.
  • mtroxmtrox Minnesota
    edited November 2006
    I outsmarted it Shorty. I've had Yosemite on a couple other Dells and not had this problem, but it runs an Open File Manger Service that screws MS VSS. The executable is C:\Program Files\Yosemite Technologies\OFM\NT\I386\OFMVssProv.exe. Just go to services and disable that, and suddenly VSS is happy. So is ntbackup. So am I. Going to bed now.
  • ShortyShorty Manchester, UK Icrontian
    edited November 2006
    Ahhh... I should have thought of that! Veritas has a similar option that does the same thing. Doh!... open file option...

    Glad you got to the bottom of it :D
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