I have a Windows 2003 client that seems to be having problems doing a VSS 
ASR: and VSS SYSTEM BOOT: backup.

* admnlts005:VSS SYSTEM BOOT:\ 1 retry attempted
* admnlts005:VSS SYSTEM BOOT:\ AsrCreateStateFile failed - 0x1
* admnlts005:VSS SYSTEM BOOT:\ Failed to create the ASR state files
* admnlts005:VSS SYSTEM BOOT:\ ASR System Files - Error saving writer ASR 
System Files
* admnlts005:VSS SYSTEM BOOT:\ ASR System Files - ERROR: Aborting backup 
of saveset VSS SYSTEM BOOT: because of the error with writer ASR System 
Files.
* admnlts005:VSS SYSTEM BOOT:\ ASR System Files - Error saving
* admnlts005:VSS SYSTEM BOOT:\ 39078:save: RPC error: RPC cannot encode 
arguments
* admnlts005:VSS SYSTEM BOOT:\ 

VSSADMIN LIST WRITERS shows all writers in a stable state. The VSS rollup 
has been applied. No errors show in event log. The EMC error guides say to 
recreate the %systemroot%\repair\nsr directory. I don't have that 
directory - on any client, including ones that this is working on. 
Creating one did nothing to resolve this issue.Permissions on 
%systemroot%\repair are the same as they are on clients that are working.

Plenty of space on both client and server. NTBACKUP was able to backup the 
SYSTEM STATE without issue. Reboot did not clear the issue.

Hints/pointers?

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