From: Castelfidardo on
I couldn't find any reference to this error message on Microsoft KB yet. Any
help as where to search will be welcome. Thanks.

Mcrosoft(R) Windows(R) Server 2003 Enterprise x64 Edition
Version 5.2.3790 Service Pack 1
It runs Exchange 2007, SQL 2005, Office SharePoint Server 2007

When using ntbackup to backup system state (scheduled job) you cau see this
error messege on ntbackup log

Backup Status
Operation: Backup
Active backup destination: File
Media name: "COMPUTER-SYSTEMSTATE.bkf created 1/31/2007 at 6:30 AM"

Volume shadow copy creation: Attempt 1.
"SPSearch VSS Writer" has reported an error 0x800423f1. This is part of
System State. The volume shadow copy operation can be retried.
Volume shadow copy creation: Attempt 2.
"SPSearch VSS Writer" has reported an error 0x800423f1. This is part of
System State. The volume shadow copy operation can be retried.
Volume shadow copy creation: Attempt 3.
"SPSearch VSS Writer" has reported an error 0x800423f1. This is part of
System State. The volume shadow copy operation can be retried.
Volume shadow copy creation has failed after trying 3 times. The backup
cannot continue.

Error returned while creating the volume shadow copy: 800423f1.
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The operation did not successfully complete.

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Interactive backup fails as well. It keeps retrying and the GUI says
"Waiting to retry shadow copy..."

Castelfidardo.