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From: James B on 27 Nov 2007 12:12
Ok, so I am on a SBS 2003 Server SP2 and this has been an issue since before
SP1 on this server.
When attempting a backup of anything it instantly fails and throws this error:
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Backup Status
Operation: Backup
Active backup destination: File
Media name: "backup6.bkf created 11/27/2007 at 10:46 AM"
Volume shadow copy creation: Attempt 1.
Error returned while creating the volume shadow copy:0x8000ffff.
Error returned while creating the volume shadow copy:Catastrophic failure
Aborting Backup.
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In the event log I get an error VSS 12289
Event Type: Error
Event Source: VSS
Event Category: None
Event ID: 12289
Date: 11/27/2007
Time: 11:07:07 AM
User: N/A
Computer:
Description:
Volume Shadow Copy Service error: Unexpected error
RegOpenKeyExW(HKLM,SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\VSS\Providers,0,KEY_ALL_ACCESS,&ptr). hr = 0x80070002.
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Also if I go a VSSADMIN list writers I get
C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>vssadmin list shadows
vssadmin 1.1 - Volume Shadow Copy Service administrative command-line tool
(C) Copyright 2001 Microsoft Corp.

Error: Unexpected failure: Catastrophic failure

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Also if I look at the properties of any drive and go to the shadow copy tab
I see no options but a message:
0x8000ffff Catastrophic failure

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Any help would be appreciated!
From: Dave Nickason [SBS MVP] on 27 Nov 2007 12:23
Just a quick start here. I think the rollup is cumulative, but if it
doesn't work you could search "shadow copy" at www.microsoft.com/downloads.

Availability of a Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) update rollup package for
Windows Server 2003 to resolve some VSS snapshot issues
http://support.microsoft.com/Default.aspx?kbid=940349

http://eventid.net/display.asp?eventid=12289&eventno=2714&source=VSS&phase=1


"James B" <JamesB(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:FB238696-F545-42D8-98FE-921FAB161268(a)microsoft.com...
> Ok, so I am on a SBS 2003 Server SP2 and this has been an issue since
> before
> SP1 on this server.
> When attempting a backup of anything it instantly fails and throws this
> error:
> --
> Backup Status
> Operation: Backup
> Active backup destination: File
> Media name: "backup6.bkf created 11/27/2007 at 10:46 AM"
> Volume shadow copy creation: Attempt 1.
> Error returned while creating the volume shadow copy:0x8000ffff.
> Error returned while creating the volume shadow copy:Catastrophic failure
> Aborting Backup.
> --
> In the event log I get an error VSS 12289
> Event Type: Error
> Event Source: VSS
> Event Category: None
> Event ID: 12289
> Date: 11/27/2007
> Time: 11:07:07 AM
> User: N/A
> Computer:
> Description:
> Volume Shadow Copy Service error: Unexpected error
> RegOpenKeyExW(HKLM,SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\VSS\Providers,0,KEY_ALL_ACCESS,&ptr).
> hr = 0x80070002.
> --
>
> Also if I go a VSSADMIN list writers I get
> C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>vssadmin list shadows
> vssadmin 1.1 - Volume Shadow Copy Service administrative command-line tool
> (C) Copyright 2001 Microsoft Corp.
>
> Error: Unexpected failure: Catastrophic failure
>
> --
> Also if I look at the properties of any drive and go to the shadow copy
> tab
> I see no options but a message:
> 0x8000ffff Catastrophic failure
>
> --
> Any help would be appreciated!


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