Hi Michael,

this is not a NW issue but EMC built a fix that makes Nw ignore those files. I 
can;t rememner the number.
Alternatively you can  create a dummy file (same full path) that will let your 
backups complete.

 
jee


On Monday 27 June 2011 19:38:43 Michael Leone wrote:
> I am seeing this error, on one of my Win 2008 (not R2)  NW 7.5.2 clients:
>
> --- Unsuccessful Save Sets ---
>
> * dctrdev017:VSS SYSTEM FILESET:\ savegrp: suppressed 1 lines of output.
> * dctrdev017:VSS SYSTEM FILESET:\ System Writer - Get file attributes
> returned error 2 for VSS file
> \\?\GLOBALROOT\Device\HarddiskVolumeShadowCopy8\windows\inf\oem26.inf
> * dctrdev017:VSS SYSTEM FILESET:\ System Writer - Error saving file path
> C:\windows\inf\oem26.inf that is associated with Shadow Copy path
> \\?\GLOBALROOT\Device\HarddiskVolumeShadowCopy8\windows\inf\oem26.inf. The
> system cannot find the file specified.
> * dctrdev017:VSS SYSTEM FILESET:\
> * dctrdev017:VSS SYSTEM FILESET:\ System Writer - ERROR: Failed to save
> FileGroup files, writer = System Writer
> * dctrdev017:VSS SYSTEM FILESET:\ System Writer - Error saving writer
> System Writer
> * dctrdev017:VSS SYSTEM FILESET:\ System Writer - ERROR: Aborting backup
> of saveset VSS SYSTEM FILESET: because of the error with writer System
> Writer.
> * dctrdev017:VSS SYSTEM FILESET:\ System Writer - Error saving
> * dctrdev017:VSS SYSTEM FILESET:\ 7162:save: save of VSS SYSTEM FILESET:\
> to admnman004.wrk.ads.pha.phila.gov failed
>
> That file (oem26.inf) doesn't exist anywhere on the client, that I can
> see. And web searches haven't yielded any sort of definitive "Do *this*,
> to resolve or even make this error go away".
>
> I realize it is a bit OT, but has anyone seen a similar issue, and how to
> resolve it?

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