Have you tried after disabling VSS in client resource?  (VSS:*=off  for this
client resource definition)


Thanks!
Shyam






On 6/27/08, Voetelink D. <voetelink AT ecn DOT nl> wrote:
>
> Fazil Saiyed wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>> Do you have any firewall, antivirus enabled on this systems, try
>> re-installing Networker client, what happens if you do a verbose backup from
>> the client to the server ?
>>
>
> - No firewall on the system
> - I tried with a disabled antivirus
> - I already re-installed the networker client, I even removed the entire
>  'Legato\nsr' directory.
>
> The output of a verbose backup:
>
> C:\> savefs -l incr -g Grp_2 -vvvvv C:\
> save -s ecnfds.ad.intra -vvvvv -m nrgpad2.nrgnet.intra -l incr -L -t Mon
> Jun 23 00:47:38 GMT+0200 2008 -W78 -g Grp_2 C:\
> -2:save: save: got prototype for E:\dfsroot\
> -2:save: save: got prototype for E:\DFSROOT\
> -2:save: save: got prototype for E:\DFSROOT\
> -2:save: save: got prototype for E:\DFSROOT\
> -2:save: save: got prototype for /
> -2:save: save: got prototype for /
> -2:save: save: got prototype for /
> -2:save: save: got prototype for /
> -2:save: save: got prototype for /
> -2:save: save: got prototype for /
> -2:save: save: got prototype for /
> -2:save: save: got prototype for /
> -2:save: save: got prototype for /
> -2:save: save: got prototype for /
> -2:save: save: got prototype for E:\
> -2:save: save: got prototype for C:\
> -2:save: save: got prototype for D:\
> -2:save: save: got prototype for C:\WINDOWS\
> -2:save: save: got prototype for E:\
> -2:save: save: got prototype for C:\
> -2:save: save: got prototype for C:\WINDOWS\system32\
> -2:save: save: got prototype for C:\WINDOWS\repair\
> -2:save: save: got prototype for C:\WINDOWS\repair\
> -2:save: save: got prototype for C:\Documents and Settings\voetelink-a\
> -2:save: save: got prototype for F:\
> -2:save: save: got prototype for E:\
> -2:save: save: got prototype for C:\
> -2:save: save: got prototype for C:\WINDOWS\Registration\
> -2:save: save: got prototype for F:\
> -2:save: save: got prototype for E:\
> -2:save: save: got prototype for C:\
> -2:save: save: got prototype for F:\System Volume Information\
> -2:save: save: got prototype for E:\System Volume Information\
> -2:save: save: got prototype for C:\System Volume Information\
> -2:save: save: got prototype for C:\WINDOWS\
> -2:save: save: got prototype for F:\
> -2:save: save: got prototype for E:\
> -2:save: save: got prototype for C:\
> -2:save: save: got prototype for F:\System Volume Information\
> -2:save: save: got prototype for E:\System Volume Information\
> -2:save: save: got prototype for C:\System Volume Information\
> -2:save: save: got prototype for F:\System Volume Information\
> -2:save: save: got prototype for E:\System Volume Information\
> -2:save: save: got prototype for C:\System Volume Information\
> -2:save: save: got prototype for F:\System Volume Information\
> -2:save: save: got prototype for E:\System Volume Information\
> -2:save: save: got prototype for C:\System Volume Information\
> -2:save: save: got prototype for C:\WINDOWS\Tasks\
> -2:save: save: got prototype for C:\Documents and
> Settings\voetelink-a\Local Settings\Temp\2\
> -2:save: save: got prototype for C:\WINDOWS\Debug\
> -2:save: save: got prototype for C:\WINDOWS\system32\CatRoot2\
> -2:save: save: got prototype for C:\WINDOWS\system32\MsDtc\
> -2:save: save: got prototype for C:\WINDOWS\system32\MsDtc\Trace\
> -2:save: save: got prototype for C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\DRM\
> -2:save: save: got prototype for C:\Documents and Settings\All
> Users\Application Data\Microsoft\Network\Downloader\
> -2:save: save: got prototype for C:\WINDOWS\system32\dns\backup\
> -2:save: save: got prototype for C:\WINDOWS\system32\dns\
> -2:save: save: got prototype for C:\WINDOWS\ntfrs\jet\
> -2:save: save: got prototype for
> E:\dfsroot\users\DO_NOT_REMOVE_NtFrs_PreInstall_Directory\
> -2:save: save: got prototype for F:\Frs-Staging\
> -2:save: save: got prototype for
> C:\WINDOWS\SYSVOL\domain\DO_NOT_REMOVE_NtFrs_PreInstall_Directory\
> -2:save: save: got prototype for C:\WINDOWS\SYSVOL\staging\domain\
> -2:save: save: got prototype for C:\WINDOWS\NTDS\
> -2:save: save: got prototype for C:\WINDOWS\SoftwareDistribution\
> -2:save: save: got prototype for C:\WINDOWS\repair\
> -2:save: save: got prototype for C:\WINDOWS\repair\
> ERROR: VSS failed to initialize for directives, error=0x800704d0: The
> network location cannot be reached. For information about network
> troubleshooting, see Windows Help.
>
> 7154:save: Unable to set up VSS filesystem directives. Failed to back up
> C:\.save of C:\ failed, exit code 1
> 7188:savefs: save for C:\ exited with 1
>
>
> kind regards,
>
> Dennis
>
>
> "Voetelink D." <voetelink AT ECN DOT NL> Sent by: EMC NetWorker discussion <
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>> 06/27/2008 01:54 AM
>> Please respond to
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>>
>>
>> To
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>> cc
>>
>> Subject
>> [Networker] VSS failed to initialize for directives
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Last week I upgraded our networker server to 7.4sp2, and after that (most
>> of) our clients too.
>>
>> I changed all windows 2003 systems to use the new VSS save sets, but I
>> have 2 systems on which this fails with the following errors:
>>
>> * nrgpad2.nrgnet.intra:C:\ 1 retry attempted
>> * nrgpad2.nrgnet.intra:C:\ ERROR: VSS failed to initialize for directives,
>> error=0x800704d0: The network location cannot be reached. For information
>> about network troubleshooting, see Windows Help.
>> * nrgpad2.nrgnet.intra:C:\
>> * nrgpad2.nrgnet.intra:C:\ 7154:save: Unable to set up VSS filesystem
>> directives. Failed to back up C:\.
>> * nrgpad2.nrgnet.intra:VSS SYSTEM BOOT:\ 1 retry attempted
>> * nrgpad2.nrgnet.intra:VSS SYSTEM BOOT:\ VSS SYSTEM BOOT: ERROR: VSS
>> failed to add comps in pre save, writer=FRS Writer, error=0x800704d0: The
>> network location cannot be reached. For information about network
>> troubleshooting, see Windows Help.
>> * nrgpad2.nrgnet.intra:VSS SYSTEM BOOT:\
>> * nrgpad2.nrgnet.intra:VSS SYSTEM BOOT:\ 39078:save: RPC error: RPC cannot
>> encode arguments
>> * nrgpad2.nrgnet.intra:VSS SYSTEM BOOT:\
>> * nrgpad2.nrgnet.intra:VSS SYSTEM BOOT:\ 7162:save: save of VSS SYSTEM
>> BOOT:\ to ecnfds.ad.intra failed
>>
>> Both systems are w2k3 sp2 domain controllers with DNS and DFS. Other
>> identical systems for another domain run without any problems.
>>
>> The C: drive is a physical disk in the system, so I don't understand what
>> the message
>>
>> I couldn't find anything about these messages anywhere.
>>
>> 'The network location cannot be reached' is about....
>>
>> Anyone got any pointers?
>>
>>
>>
>> Dennis
>>
>>
>>
>
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