Maybe this is a 7.2.x FLAW but I have entered this and the system seems
to LOSE this setting every once in a while. I don't know how or why, I
am (supposedly) the only one changing settings on backup servers and I
have never taken changed this but I have had to reset it several times
over the past year.

//SIGNED//
Eddie Albert, Enterprise Archive Engineer

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Legato NetWorker discussion 
> [mailto:NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU] On Behalf Of Paul Langford
> Sent: Friday, August 18, 2006 12:32 PM
> To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
> Subject: Re: [Networker] VSS: intermittent failure because 
> Legato tries to use VSS
> 
> Turn off the VSS backup.
> 
> 1. Open NetWorker Administrator / nwadmin and connect to your 
> NetWorker Server 2. Edit the client resource that you do not 
> want to use VSS backups for 3. Click the Miscellaneous tab 
> under the client resource and type the following into the 
> "save operation" attribute (without quotes): "VSS:*=off"
> 
> Paul L.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Pascal Rijs [mailto:pascal.rijs AT UNILEVER DOT COM]
> Sent: August 18, 2006 1:47 AM
> To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
> Subject: [Networker] VSS: intermittent failure because Legato 
> tries to use VSS
> 
> 
> Recently we moved from a W2K 7.2.2 Legato server to a Windows 
> 2003 7.2.2 Legato server. In the last month I've seen Legato 
> making a mistake twice for trying to backup via VSS while not 
> configured to do so.
> 
> The clients were configured to backup "ALL" savesets and the 
> savegroup completion report shows the following:
> 
> * hostname.fqdn:VSS SYSTEM BOOT:\ 5 retries attempted
>   hostname.fqdn:VSS SYSTEM BOOT:\: No full backups of this 
> save set were found in the media database; performing a full backup
> * hostname.fqdn:VSS SYSTEM BOOT:\ save: Diagnostic: This 
> client is not licensed for VSS.
> * hostname.fqdn:VSS SYSTEM BOOT:\ save: VSS SYSTEM BOOT:\ is 
> a VSS SYSTEM save set name and is invalid for use with this 
> save operation; VSS is either disabled or a VSS license was 
> not obtained.
> * hostname.fqdn:VSS SYSTEM SERVICES:\ 5 retries attempted
>   hostname.fqdn:VSS SYSTEM SERVICES:\: No full backups of 
> this save set were found in the media database; performing a 
> full backup
> * hostname.fqdn:VSS SYSTEM SERVICES:\ save: Diagnostic: This 
> client is not licensed for VSS.
> * hostname.fqdn:VSS SYSTEM SERVICES:\ save: VSS SYSTEM 
> SERVICES:\ is a VSS SYSTEM save set name and is invalid for 
> use with this save operation; VSS is either disabled or a VSS 
> license was not obtained.
> * hostname.fqdn:VSS USER DATA:\ 5 retries attempted
>   hostname.fqdn:VSS USER DATA:\: No full backups of this save 
> set were found in the media database; performing a full backup
> * hostname.fqdn:VSS USER DATA:\ save: Diagnostic: This client 
> is not licensed for VSS.
> * hostname.fqdn:VSS USER DATA:\ save: VSS USER DATA:\ is a 
> VSS SYSTEM save set name and is invalid for use with this 
> save operation; VSS is either disabled or a VSS license was 
> not obtained.
> * hostname.fqdn:VSS OTHER:\ 5 retries attempted
>   hostname.fqdn:VSS OTHER:\: No full backups of this save set 
> were found in the media database; performing a full backup
> * hostname.fqdn:VSS OTHER:\ save: Diagnostic: This client is 
> not licensed for VSS.
> * hostname.fqdn:VSS OTHER:\ save: VSS OTHER:\ is a VSS SYSTEM 
> save set name and is invalid for use with this save 
> operation; VSS is either disabled or a VSS license was not obtained.
> * hostname.fqdn:VSS SYSTEM FILESET:\ 5 retries attempted
>   hostname.fqdn:VSS SYSTEM FILESET:\: No full backups of this 
> save set were found in the media database; performing a full backup
> * hostname.fqdn:VSS SYSTEM FILESET:\ save: Diagnostic: This 
> client is not licensed for VSS.
> * hostname.fqdn:VSS SYSTEM FILESET:\ save: VSS SYSTEM 
> FILESET:\ is a VSS SYSTEM save set name and is invalid for 
> use with this save operation; VSS is either disabled or a VSS 
> license was not obtained.
> * hostname.fqdn:VSS ASR DISK:\ 5 retries attempted
>   hostname.fqdn:VSS ASR DISK:\: No full backups of this save 
> set were found in the media database; performing a full backup
> * hostname.fqdn:VSS ASR DISK:\ save: Diagnostic: This client 
> is not licensed for VSS.
> * hostname.fqdn:VSS ASR DISK:\ save: VSS ASR DISK:\ is a VSS 
> SYSTEM save set name and is invalid for use with this save 
> operation; VSS is either disabled or a VSS license was not obtained.
> 
> 
> Restarting the same client would be normal again and backup 
> successfully. 
> Has anyone seen the same happening and what did you do to 
> resolve this?
> 
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