Environment
Hyper-v Virtual Server
Server 08 R2
Exchange 2010
I am trying to backup my exchange server with built in windows Backup, Bare Bones with full VSS.
The exchange server has 512 GB total used space. I am sending the backup to my Storage server that has over 3tb of free space.
It is failing each time. these are the errors I am getting.
Log Name: Application
Source: MSExchangeIS
Date: 4/30/2013 10:40:08 AM
Event ID: 9857
Task Category: Exchange VSS Writer
Level: Warning
Keywords: Classic
User: N/A
Computer:
Description:
Exchange VSS Writer (instance b53f11c3-834c-4f90-b586-3302d767e9ac) has detected an orphaned backup instance (ec9e35db-d4e4-4894-927e-5e9bf4737293). This means that the instance successfully completed the OnPrepareBackup phase, but was abandoned after that (without any further calls into the Exchange VSS Writer). The instance has been reclaimed.
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Log Name: Application
Source: Microsoft-Windows-Backup
Date: 4/30/2013 10:40:09 AM
Event ID: 521
Task Category: None
Level: Error
Keywords:
User: SYSTEM
Computer:
Description:
The backup operation that started at '2013-04-30T14:40:05.429000000Z' 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 '2155348249'. Please review the event details for a solution, and then rerun the backup operation once the issue is resolved.
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I ran vssadmin list writes, and it produced the following.
C:\Users\administrator.HPTC>vssadmin list writers
vssadmin 1.1 - Volume Shadow Copy Service administrative command-line to
(C) Copyright 2001-2005 Microsoft Corp.
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: {a536121c-37dd-4674-8a8d-79f39470cb7c}
State: [7] Failed
Last error: Timed out
Writer name: 'ASR Writer'
Writer Id: {be000cbe-11fe-4426-9c58-531aa6355fc4}
Writer Instance Id: {df5ec46a-0f9c-4264-adc1-8e2256842ed7}
State: [1] Stable
Last error: No error
Writer name: 'IIS Config Writer'
Writer Id: {2a40fd15-dfca-4aa8-a654-1f8c654603f6}
Writer Instance Id: {b1137b76-8e72-407f-b791-64d9eae182bb}
State: [7] Failed
Last error: Timed out
Writer name: 'Shadow Copy Optimization Writer'
Writer Id: {4dc3bdd4-ab48-4d07-adb0-3bee2926fd7f}
Writer Instance Id: {437499eb-f95d-415d-9801-310ba43ece87}
State: [1] Stable
Last error: No error
Writer name: 'Microsoft Exchange Writer'
Writer Id: {76fe1ac4-15f7-4bcd-987e-8e1acb462fb7}
Writer Instance Id: {0074888d-5679-494b-8c87-83c2658335de}
State: [7] Failed
Last error: Timed out
Writer name: 'WMI Writer'
Writer Id: {a6ad56c2-b509-4e6c-bb19-49d8f43532f0}
Writer Instance Id: {23661f94-b5cf-4763-a88a-0ff08c8885b8}
State: [7] Failed
Last error: Timed out
Writer name: 'IIS Metabase Writer'
Writer Id: {59b1f0cf-90ef-465f-9609-6ca8b2938366}
Writer Instance Id: {3b0cc292-aba0-4f97-a2d2-daf68a7b046d}
State: [7] Failed
Last error: Timed out
Writer name: 'COM+ REGDB Writer'
Writer Id: {542da469-d3e1-473c-9f4f-7847f01fc64f}
Writer Instance Id: {af323a0c-b9b7-4812-846c-96be11d4fb32}
State: [1] Stable
Last error: No error
Writer name: 'Registry Writer'
Writer Id: {afbab4a2-367d-4d15-a586-71dbb18f8485}
Writer Instance Id: {6f622da8-9cd4-436d-992a-69f07c080e1f}
State: [1] Stable
Last error: No error
Writer name: 'BITS Writer'
Writer Id: {4969d978-be47-48b0-b100-f328f07ac1e0}
Writer Instance Id: {fa2c77ac-e26c-4ee6-a265-5212f1a4a455}
State: [1] Stable
Last error: No error
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Can anyone point me in the right direction on has to trouble shoot this? I have read that there has been an issue with SQL but I do not have SQL installed and I double checked the services to make sure there were none. I did not set this server up and the person that did is no longer in the company. I do not have a backup of this server at this time.