Hello Dennis,

The recursion is the result of a mount point.  The code is testing to
see if a mount point can be followed, and is getting back status 1232
(which is merely the "The network location cannot be reached" message
that is presented later).

Is there anything "interesting" on your C: volume in terms of mount
points?  Perhaps a mount point that is no longer valid?

If you increase Debug to 5 we may see the directory name of the mount
point that we are attempting to traverse.

(We're bypassing the support organization -- no guarantees that we will
not come to a dead end.  If nothing else, we will be able to give them
more to go on.)

Thanks again,
_Scott

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From: EMC NetWorker discussion [mailto:NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU] On
Behalf Of Voetelink D.
Sent: Monday, June 30, 2008 12:19 AM
To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Subject: Re: [Networker] VSS failed to initialize for directives

Hello Scott,

> Running the save command with Debug level 3 might yield more info --
> something like this in a command window on the Windows 2003 client:
> 
> save -s ecnfds.ad.intra -vvvvv -m nrgpad2.nrgnet.intra -L -D 3

See below for the output.
I tried googleing for the "error 1232 on CheckRecurse" message but 
couldn't find any useful information....

Dennis

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[...]
VSS .. InitializeForBackup succeeded .. logicalpath DFS  .. logicalpath 
SYSVOL VSS .. Writer MSDEWriter has no components.
  .. logicalpath C:_WINDOWS_system32_wins VSS .. adding C:\ to the 
mountpoint table. .. GUID .. 
\\?\Volume{fd09275a-c892-11d9-95b3-806e6f6e6963}\.
VSS .. adding e:\ to the mountpoint table. .. GUID .. 
\\?\Volume{a8bd9e38-cc22-11d9-95b4-505054503030}\.
VSS .. error 1232 on CheckRecurse..
VSS .. Required volume for writer F, component c  was not added during 
InitializeVolumeTable - 0x800704d0ERROR: VSS failed to initialize for 
directives, error=0x800704d0: The network location cannot be reached. 
For information about network troubleshooting, see Windows Help.

sow_setup_directives: VSS failed to initilize for directives, 
error=0x800704d0
sow_setup_directives: Unable to setup file system directives
7154:save: Unable to set up VSS filesystem directives. Failed to back up

..VSS .. cancelsnap called -- backup state is 2 -- GatheringData -- 
after SOW requesting writer info VSS .. destructing 
NSRSnapper..win32_post_save(): Called


> -----Original Message-----
> From: EMC NetWorker discussion [mailto:NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU]
On
> Behalf Of Voetelink D.
> Sent: Friday, June 27, 2008 8:47 AM
> To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
> Subject: Re: [Networker] VSS failed to initialize for directives
> 
> MIchael Leone wrote:
> 
>> One of the things that EMC Tech Support has me try is to stop NW
> services; 
>> enable Removable Storage Service; try using NTBackup (getting the
> SYSTEM 
>> STATE option), and see if that works. It will invariably work, and NW
> will 
>> then either start to work, or continue on merrily failing. :-) 
> 
> Tried it, the ntbackup indeed succeeded without any problems.
> Alas, the networker backup kept failing... *snif*
> 
> Dennis
> 


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D. Voetelink
UNIX Systems Administrator

Energy research Centre of the Netherlands
Facilities Department - Automation Services

Petten, Netherlands

e-mail : voetelink AT ecn DOT nl
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