Oddly we ran into something very similar last week.  Check for the existence of 
patch KB940349.  This is a VSS patch that changes the format of the XML that 
VSS uses.  The target OS will need it installed if the source did.

Andy Huebner
-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of 
Tim Brown
Sent: Monday, September 21, 2009 7:12 AM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: [ADSM-L] Server systemstate restore

Error during restore of Windows systemstate
Any ideas what causes this.

We are in the process of restoring a server, the C: drive was restored first
then an attempt was made to restore the system state. We also have copy of the
systemstate produced via NTBACKUP.

09/21/2009 07:59:00 ANS5250E An unexpected error was encountered.
   TSM function name : VssRequestor::initializeForRestore
   TSM function      : InitializeForRestore() from file 
'\\modi\c$\adsm.sys\vss_staging\MODI\10.1.10.8\20090830203047\TSM_Backup.xml' 
returned VSS_E_INVALID_XML_DOCUMENT
   TSM return code   : 4341
   TSM file          : vssreq.cpp (5391)
09/21/2009 07:59:00 ANS5250E An unexpected error was encountered.
   TSM function name : vssInitRestSpec
   TSM function      : InitializeVss() returned '4341'
   TSM return code   : 4341
   TSM file          : vssrest.cpp (723)
09/21/2009 07:59:00 ANS1949E Microsoft volume shadow copy snapshot 
initialization failed.

Tim Brown
Systems Specialist - Project Leader
Central Hudson Gas & Electric
284 South Ave
Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
Email: tbrown AT cenhud DOT com <mailto:tbrown AT cenhud DOT com>
Phone: 845-486-5643
Fax: 845-486-5921
Cell: 845-235-4255


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