VSS is the only available option to backup Windows Server 2008 so there
is no way to turn VSS off. This is an OS limitation, not a NetWorker
one. There is a recent EMC Technical Advisory Notice, esg109074, that
can provide further guidance for disaster recovery of Windows Server
2008.

-----Original Message-----
From: EMC NetWorker discussion [mailto:NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU] On
Behalf Of Magnus Berglund
Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 2009 2:44 AM
To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Subject: Re: [Networker] Failing 2008 Backup

You cant use "VSS:*=off" as an option in save operations for 2008, VSS
is
always used when doing backup with Legato and cant be disabled, we have
numerous problems with backup of Win 2008 and have ongoing communication
with EMC, testing different p releases etc without much luck for far,
currently we using 7.5.1 p7 with a lot of custom settings to fix this
problem.

According to EMC the root cause is the VSS writers in the OS.

According to the info we have got from EMC The NW_7.5.1.7 Cumulative Fix
is
a baseline release for Win2008 Server customers.


On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 10:40 PM, Chester Martin <cmartin AT spp DOT org>
wrote:

> Hello,
>
>
>
> One of my 2008 boxes' backup is failing with the following:
>
>
>
> --- Unsuccessful Save Sets ---
>
>
>
> * 2008Server:VSS SYSTEM FILESET: 1 retry attempted
>
> * 2008Server:VSS SYSTEM SERVICES: 1 retry attempted
>
> * 2008Server:VSS SYSTEM BOOT: 1 retry attempted
>
> * 2008Server:VSS SYSTEM BOOT: VSS SYSTEM BOOT: VSS Writer: ASR Writer
is
> not supported, ignoring it.
>
>
>
>
>
> I've removed the "VSS:*=off" from the save operations, but that had no
> effect.  Has anyone else run into this issue?
>
>
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