Go to the URL in my sig (which you should have bookmarked) and try a
search. The VSS_E_INVALID_XML_DOCUMENT is a good place to start. :-)

Best regards,

Andy

Andy Raibeck
IBM Software Group
Tivoli Storage Manager Client Product Development
Level 3 Team Lead
Internal Notes e-mail: Andrew Raibeck/Hartford/IBM@IBMUS
Internet e-mail: storman AT us.ibm DOT com

IBM Tivoli Storage Manager support web page:
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The only dumb question is the one that goes unasked.
The command line is your friend.
"Good enough" is the enemy of excellence.

"ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU> wrote on 09/21/2009
08:12:06 AM:

> [image removed]
>
> Server systemstate restore
>
> Tim Brown
>
> to:
>
> ADSM-L
>
> 09/21/2009 08:11 AM
>
> Sent by:
>
> "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU>
>
> Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager"
>
> Error during restore of Windows systemstate
> Any ideas what causes this.
>
> We are in the process of restoring a server, the C: drive was restored
first
> then an attempt was made to restore the system state. We also have copy
of the
> systemstate produced via NTBACKUP.
>
> 09/21/2009 07:59:00 ANS5250E An unexpected error was encountered.
>    TSM function name : VssRequestor::initializeForRestore
>    TSM function      : InitializeForRestore() from file '\\modi\c$
> \adsm.sys\vss_staging\MODI\10.1.10.8\20090830203047\TSM_Backup.xml'
> returned VSS_E_INVALID_XML_DOCUMENT
>    TSM return code   : 4341
>    TSM file          : vssreq.cpp (5391)
> 09/21/2009 07:59:00 ANS5250E An unexpected error was encountered.
>    TSM function name : vssInitRestSpec
>    TSM function      : InitializeVss() returned '4341'
>    TSM return code   : 4341
>    TSM file          : vssrest.cpp (723)
> 09/21/2009 07:59:00 ANS1949E Microsoft volume shadow copy snapshot
> initialization failed.
>
> Tim Brown
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> Central Hudson Gas & Electric
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> Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
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