I don't think 7.6 is compatible with Windows 2008 R2. Try the NetWorker 7.5.3 
client on those Windows 2008 R2 servers.

On Aug 19, 2010, at 3:36 AM, mcshine wrote:

> morning all,
> 
> I am currently implementing a new NW data zone, with a number of 2008 R2 
> clients, an they have all had various problems. 
> 
> The first was VSS failing with 'not enough storage', this was resolved by 
> ading a drive letter to the system reservce partition. However now I have ~ 
> 90% of my clients failing on the VSS SYSTEM FILESET:\ saveset. I have similar 
> sysmptoms of a large backup size and slow throughput, but obviously the 
> repeat failures are my real concern.
> 
> The error I get is :
> VSS BCD BOOT FILES - ERROR: Could not open dir = 
> \\?\GLOBALROOT\Device\HarddiskVolumeShadowCopy16\boot\
> VSS BCD BOOT FILES - Error saving writer VSS BCD BOOT FILES
> VSS BCD BOOT FILES - ERROR: Aborting backup of saveset VSS SYSTEM FILESET: 
> because of the error with writer VSS BCD BOOT FILES.
> VSS BCD BOOT FILES - Error saving
> 7162:save: save of VSS SYSTEM FILESET:\ to <HOST_NAME
> 
> I am running with 7.6 both on the clients and the NW servers.
> 
> I am starting to chase my tail on this now & not getting anywhere, does 
> anyone have any explanations/suggestions as to why this happens & possible 
> resolution ?
> 
> ANY help will be much appreciated, thx in advance  :)
> 
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