Hi,

Backing up a system state on a Windows Server 2008 the following error is
logged in dsmerror.log:


> 09/10/2009 11:48:12 ANS1959W Removing previous incomplete group '\System
> State\0\SystemState' Id:0-2316711
> 09/10/2009 11:48:17 VssRequestor::checkWriterStatus:
> VssRequestor::checkWriterStatus() failed with
> hr=VSS_E_WRITERERROR_NONRETRYABLE
> 09/10/2009 11:48:17 ANS5269E The Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Services
> writer 'NTDS' current state (VSS_WS_FAILED_AT_POST_SNAPSHOT) is not valid
> for the current operation or cannot be determined.  The last error reported
> is '800423f4'.
> 09/10/2009 11:48:17 ANS5271E A Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Services writer
> is in an invalid state before snapshot initialization.
> 09/10/2009 11:48:17 ANS5250E An unexpected error was encountered.
>   TSM function name : baHandleSnapshot
>   TSM function      : BaStartSnapshot() failed.
>   TSM return code   : 4353
>   TSM file          : backsnap.cpp (3745)
> 09/10/2009 11:48:17 ANS1327W The snapshot operation for
> 'PROBHSRV04\SystemState\NULL\System State\SystemState' failed with error
> code: 4353.
> 09/10/2009 11:48:17 ANS5283E The operation was unsuccessful
>

 I've never seen this error, anyone know what's wrong?
-- 
abs,

Bruno Oliveira
Beagá - MG
Brasil
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