Tom,
The ntfs errors specify that "the file system structure is corrupt and
unusable. Please run the chkdsk utility...." It's never on all of the
volumes, just 1 or 2 on the server. Again, if I use VSP I don't get the
errors.......but I get loads of snapshot errors, thus VSS is my
preference. I'm hoping the VSS and ntfs hot fixes resolve the issue, but
I wanted to see if anyone else had run into this just in case my patches
don't fix it.
Jason Leidy
Con-way Enterprise Services
Windows Server Group
503-450-3958
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Subject: [Veritas-bu] Re: ntfs errors and FlashBackup
What exactly are the errors?
I will say that we use Flashbackup on Windows extensively and
exclusively with VSS, and have had to install several VSS patches-
especially on clustered systems. When it's patched and properly
configured, it works like a champ. We can't survive without it.
Tom Burrell
Leidy, Jason D wrote:
> I recently started using the FlashBackup feature of the Advanced
Client to backup our Windows file servers. I've noticed that on 4 of the
6 servers I see ntfs errors in the event logs right when the backup
starts. If I force the policy to use VSP as opposed to VSS then the
issue goes away, however using VSP creates snapshot errors so I'd rather
use VSS. Here is what I can tell you:
>
> I'm using 5.1 MP6
> This never happened before they were in a FlashBackup policy (we still
> used NetBackup) All 6 servers are about as identical as you can get,
> within reason (OS version, patches, hardware, etc.) The volumes do not
> need to have chkdsk run on them, though we've done it anyway The
> backups are still good on the volumes that are getting the ntfs errors
> (I've successfully restored and read the data)
>
> Anyone run into this? I have a case open with Microsoft and they have
asked me to apply a VSS and ntfs.sys hot fix, which I will do.
>
> Jason Leidy
> Con-way Enterprise Services
> Windows Server Group
> 503-450-3958
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