NW 7.5.2, on Win2003 SP2. Clients are Win2008 R2, NW 7.5.2.

I'm seeing some errors when backing up my Win2008 R2 clients. The funny 
thing is, I see the exact same error about the exact same file, on all the 
clients ...

* dctrads001:VSS SYSTEM FILESET:\ System Writer - Get file attributes 
returned error 3 for VSS file 
\\?\GLOBALROOT\Device\HarddiskVolumeShadowCopy24\windows\system32\cba\pds.exe
* dctrads001:VSS SYSTEM FILESET:\ System Writer - Error saving file path 
C:\windows\system32\cba\pds.exe that is associated with Shadow Copy path 
\\?\GLOBALROOT\Device\HarddiskVolumeShadowCopy24\windows\system32\cba\pds.exe. 
The system cannot find the path specified. 
* dctrads001:VSS SYSTEM FILESET:\ 
* dctrads001:VSS SYSTEM FILESET:\ System Writer - ERROR: Failed to save 
FileGroup files, writer = System Writer
* dctrads001:VSS SYSTEM FILESET:\ System Writer - Error saving writer 
System Writer
* dctrads001:VSS SYSTEM FILESET:\ System Writer - ERROR: Aborting backup 
of saveset VSS SYSTEM FILESET: because of the error with writer System 
Writer.
* dctrads001:VSS SYSTEM FILESET:\ System Writer - Error saving
* dctrads001:VSS SYSTEM FILESET:\ /

I've read where this type of error is caused by not having a drive letter 
assigned to the MS reserved partition. Unfortunately none of my servers 
seem to have this special partition. I do *not* see any such partition in 
Disk Management. There is only the 1 partition on the disk. The server was 
created using the HP Smart Start tool. I see the same thing (lack of 
reserved partition) even on my Win2008 R2 VMs, which are also exhibiting 
this error. There is no reserved partition for me to assign a drive letter 
on any of my Win2008 R2 clients.

Any other areas to investigate? I only see this particular error (about 
pds.exe) from my Win2008 R2 clients. I do have the KB940349 VSS Rollup 
Hotfix applied on the server ...

-- 
Michael Leone
Network Administrator, ISM
Philadelphia Housing Authority
2500 Jackson St
Philadelphia, PA 19145
Tel:  215-684-4180
Cell: 215-252-0143
<mailto:michael.leone AT pha.phila DOT gov>

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