Installing backup exec using the command line silent mode. You can use this as a diagnostic to know when you have successfully removed the inaccessible f. Local drive backups work ok within backup exec, just not system state, a failure occurred accessing the writer metadata. Failed backup job with backup exec 12 and aofo server fault. Im hoping you guys will be able to straighten me out, im about ready to format the server and start over.
System state backup failure troubleshooting for error v7957344. System state backup of local or remote server fails with error final error. Windows system state backup fails if any mounted volumes capacity is greater than 63,000,000,000,000 bytes 57. I uninstalled the backup software and reinstalled it applying all updates. Files seem to backup okay, but system state backups fail every time in a matter of seconds. For windows server 2008, run wbadmin from the command prompt. If you try to restore a system state backup that is too old, the computer account password that is stored in the backup will no longer match the password that is.
Best practices for system state backups with backup exec. It is possible to restore the system state to an alternative location. System state backup with backup exec repeatedly fails with. Select the system state to back up shown in figure 2 decide whether youre backing up to a local or remote volume. Explore five common veritas backup exec error codes, which range from. How to take system state backup in windows server 2012 r2. Vss fails with backupexec, works with shadow copy and. Vssadmin list writers shows all vss services in a stable state wbadmin systemstatebackup works fine. Navigate to hklm\software\symantec\backup exec for windows\backup. Backup of a windows server 2003 system state with backup exec fails with final error. Select original location, and select perform an authoritative restore of active directory files, as shown in figure 8. When backing up the system state the job always gets an error.
Find out the below services and rightclick each option to make it. System state backups may intermittently fail with error. When i run the resource credentials test, it passes. Navigate to hklm\ software \symantec\backup exec for windows\backup exec\engine\simplified system protection. Ensure that the selected resource exists and is online, and then try again. Back up jobs of resources other than the system state of the affected server finish successfully. Back up system state and bare metal microsoft docs. Use a different set of ports for whichever application is using the ports in conflict with backup exec. Jun 23, 2010 on the select recovery type screen, select system state to recover the system state information, and click next. For detailed information on port usage with backup exec. Recently the backup job started failing on backing up the system state with the following error.
Backup exec 2010 error e00084af during system state backup. System state backup fails with error 0xa000fec9 a failure occurred. Top 4 fixes to the system writer is not found in the backup. See if a standard windows backup can succesfully backup system state. Veritas system recovery and veritas backup exec are two families of. Weve created a active directory service account called backupexec and.
Here is a snippet of the backup errors i was receiving. If you close the wizard before the backup process finishes, the wizard continues to run in the background. We dont use truecrypt on any of the drives, and no other backup software is used i saw those suggestions in my searches. Symantecs backup exec is a popular data backup program for. May 15, 2018 professor robert mcmillen shows you how to backup the system state in backup exec 20. System state fails to backup since server os upgrade. Among the multiple backups run on this server is a nightly system state backup. The full backups are failing and ive narrowed the issue to the system state. By default dpm and wsb will use the drive with the most available free space, and information about this drive is saved in the psdatasourceconfig. I am backing up a windows 2003 small business server with sp2. If any of the modes which show yes, change the state to no or the ones which.
Hey guys, im having a problem with one windows 2012 r2 client running on vmware, backing up with networker 8. To backup ad which is part of the system state of a dc, the id must be a domain admin. Likewise you cannot choose which components to restore. This issue occurs only if the system state of the affected server is added to the selection list. Windows system state backup fails if any mounted volumes. I have applied all of the latest hotfixs and service pack 1 to my backup exec 2010 r2 media server. How to restore system state backup in windows server 2008 r2. System state backup error in windows server 2008, in. This worked reliably until about a week ago, when the server was shut down and moved temporarily as part of reorganizing our server room.
The attached errorm message is received when viewing the selections list and choosing the system state to be backed up. Backup exec 2010 fails job on system state part of backup. To make a long story short, i recently spent days and days on the phone with symantec tech support to figure out why backup exec failed during system state backups. Our first goal is to create an effective active directory backup policy. Backup exec account that we are using is not part of domain admins group but it is in the administrators group.
The disk where the system state backup is stored should be backed up on a regular basis. I have not yet been able to get a good system state backup. You can also schedule a system state backup by selecting an option of backup schedule. Backup of system state failed with error 0xa000fec9 a failure. I started getting system state backup failures after we had a power outage. I have a new windows 2008 r2 server with backup exec 2010 v r2896 64 bit. System image backup fails on windows 10 error codes. System state backup of domain controller fails with access. Backup exec 2010 r2 fails on system state when backing up.
Hi, server is running window server 2008, backup system state errror below. Windows server backup stores backup versions in volume shadow copies. After long hours of testing and tweaking, my tech found an internal document relating to the issue, calling out a spiceworks registry key as preventing the backups. On backup options console, scheduled backup options is disabled because this option is only available when scheduled backup is configured and the.
If you use this method to exclude the service data from the system state backup scope, you have to back up the service data on the shared volume manually. You will receive a warning noting that all replicated content on the server. Spiceworks conflicts with backup exec system state backups. This is especially handy because user error is a more common cause of data loss.
Back up windows system state to azure azure backup. The metadata is located in the backup exec logs directory. If you assign a drive letter to a shared volume that is excluded from the system state backup scope, you have to manually reenter all the registry keys again by using a new path because the assigned drive letter does not function any longer. On the right pane of the window, right click in the empty space and click on dword value. How to backup the system state in backup exec 20 youtube.
System state backup fails with sophos endpoint and. Backup exec fails to access system state solutions experts. On windows server backup console, click on backup once for starting the backup process. The backup restore application will do this automatically when you start a system state backup. In a windows system state backup operation, the automated system recovery asr writer enumerates all the current volumes on the computer, and the xml parser parses the attributes of. Apr 26, 20 if it is exchange or sql make sure that there isnt any maintanance running during the backups or that there isnt another program competing for the use of the vss writers. This will be backup of backup which ensures availability of backup in case the drive is not available or corrupted.
Rivdog, i had a similar issue and found out if i uncheck ipv6 in the network connection properties, my system state backups ran fine. This issue has been reported for backup exec version 2014, 15 and 16 and the remote servers operating system versions affected by this problem appear to be windows 2012 and windows 2012 r2. Jan 08, 2020 press windows key and r key to open run box. System state backup fails with the error 0xe000fec2 a. System state backup using windows server backup fails with. Navigate to hklm\ software \symantec\ backup exec for windows\ backup exec \engine\simplified system protection. The system state backup operation fails together with the. Originally, i set up the dreaded backup exec at the request of the director and attempted to backup to an external cartridge. The system state backup is the only backup affected all file backups continue to run without problems. We are using backup exec 2015 and backup works fine with sophos turned off as in i need to stop all sophos services but as soon as i allow it to run again the system state fails.
Backups failing due to access problems server fault. How to install the agent for windows in an active directory. System state backup failures with symantec backup exec mike f. The incremental backups are considerably quicker than the full system state backups. If a server fails on say thursday, i would restore from the weekly backup and then restore each daily incremental. Dedupe will certainly help with the disk space consumed for backups especially if all your system states have similar data for example, the same. Also ensure the backup exec software is patched with latest updates. When a system state backup runs, dpm communicates with wsb request a backup of the servers system state. The backup policy would define the backup approach, tool, frequency, backup location and many other important points. Backing up the system state of windows 2012 or r2 fail. Backup exec fails to access system state solutions. V795734434028 backups to deduplication storage fail with error. Solution run ntbackup to backup system state for windows 2003.
System state backup failures with symantec backup exec. How to back up a windows server 2016 domain controller. The install of backup exec 2010 is directly on the sbs 2003 server and it is the system state of that server which is failing to be backed up. Another backup software is running during the backup exec backups and. About errorhandling rules for failed or canceled jobs. This reinitializes the tape system and resets the tape systems state. I have a brand new server running server 2003 with all patches and updates, running backupexec 10d media server 10. This symantec product may contain third party software for which symantec is required to provide. Changes made in active directory or workgroup with regards to the. Backup exec 2012 failure on system state backup vox. Not sure why backup exec doesnt work well if ipv6 is checked and not even being used. When you perform a system state backup using windows server backup on windows server 2008, the backup fails with the following error.
Server 2008 r2 system state backups are consistently. Ive tried adding exclusions to the sysvol and netlogon shares amongst other things and nothing seems to work. System state backup error in windows server 2008, in windows. The server was shutdown nicely with the power backup software. If you assign a drive letter to a shared volume that is excluded from the system state backup scope, you have to manually reenter all the registry keys again by using a new path because the. Guide to veritas backup and recovery products techsoup. If that doesnt work, check the application and system logs in event viewer.
The backup options or selections for this job have changed since the last time it ran. It is recommended that a complete backup of the registry and workstation be made prior to making any registry changes. I have to do this every frickin day but it is the only way that i can get a backup to complete every day. The backup credentials i was using was a domain administrator. The same user credentials are being used for the backup jobs and all but the system state is being backed up successfully. The system state backup would fail with access denied after backing up only a couple hundred mbs.
Adding the user to the backup operators group solved the problem. I have 20 other servers that back up just fine after the upgrade. I really need to get this resolved as it is causing me all sorts of problems because i need successful system state backups. System state backup fails with error 0xa000fec9 a failure. After stopping this, i then have to reschedule the backup the same way that i initially did. System state backup fails with sophos endpoint and unitrends. After that, the server state backups started failing consistently. The same thing happens to the 2nd server but doesnt hang the backup job for as long as the first. Manually uninstall the client from the affected servers then repush from the console 3.
Check the windows event logs for errors that occur during the time that the backup that fails runs. Jan 03, 20 i then also have to stop the scheduled backup on the 2012 server. Backup approach the most common and recommended approach for ad backup is the system state backup of domain controller. Incorrect use of the windows registry editor may prevent the operating system from functioning properly. System state backup fails with snapshot initialization. I have been hounding symantec to get backup exec working with server 2012. Ive created a test backup just to backup the system state and that backup fails. Upgrade to backup exec v12 from v11d and am now getting errors on 2 servers. I have been having the same issue with a client of our that is running backup exec 12.
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