We had a customer who installed his application on d: (with windows on c:).
No files missed or excluded from the backup.  His d: drive crashed and he
restored it. Again no files missed or excluded. Everyone expected success.
Sadly his application could not start.

Why?

Part of his .exe files ended up as part of the system state backup (in this
case .exe files where related to defined services). And we found loads of
others doing the same.

So simply excluding system state from backup might be not so smart as
windows seem to be putting more and more stuff into system state even if
its not related directly to windows and os drive.
Op 21 jan. 2015 22:04 schreef "Zoltan Forray" <zforray AT vcu DOT edu>:

> After spending lots of time working with Andy from IBM and getting some
> special tools from him to check our system for needed updates and patches
> and stuff, we have decided to simply forgo system state backups on this
> 2008 server.
>
> Due to the vendors application on this system, we can't upgrade to 2008 r2
> so this is the simplest solution. We have never used system state backups
> to recover a machine anyway so it's simply a waste of space and time.
>
> Zoltan Forray
> TSM Software & Hardware Administrator
> BigBro / Hobbit / Xymon Administrator
> VCU Computer Center
> zforray AT vcu DOT edu - 804-828-4807
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> On Dec 11, 2014 4:57 PM, "Srikanth Kola23" <srkola23 AT in.ibm DOT com> wrote:
>
> > Hi Team,
> >
> > Can you Guys Please forward me the solutions which you have got for
> > different VSS Issues and system state issues  you faced . So that it will
> > be help full  @@Thanks@@
> >
> > Thanks & Regards,
> >
> > Srikanth kola
> > Backup & Recovery
> > IBM India Pvt Ltd, Chennai
> > Mobile: +91 9885473450
> >
> >
> >
> > From:   Zoltan Forray <zforray AT VCU DOT EDU>
> > To:     ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> > Date:   12/12/2014 02:48 AM
> > Subject:        [ADSM-L] Backing up SystemState issues on Windows 2008
> x32
> > SP2 box
> > Sent by:        "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU>
> >
> >
> >
> > The OS owner sent me this.  Any suggestions on how to narrow down /
> > resolve
> > this?  My thought was to have them push for W2K8 R2  but I know there are
> > some applications that have issues with R2.
> >
> > *The PentanaPAWS servers are both having issues with backing up the
> system
> > data.  Restarting the VSS services sometimes fixes the issue but it’s
> > never
> > a finalize solution.  Do you have any insight on what can be done to fix
> > this problem?  I have attached the dsmerror.log.  To temporary fix the
> > issue, I have been restarting the VSS services having issues but it’s
> only
> > a temporary fix.  Upgrading the TSM client to 7.1.1.0 didn’t fix the
> > problem.*
> >
> >
> >
> > *PENTANAPAWS8VM*
> >
> > *12/10/2014 00:51:52 ANS5250E An unexpected error was encountered.*
> >
> > *   TSM function name : BaStartSnapshot*
> >
> > *   TSM function      : failed to start the snapshot*
> >
> > *   TSM return code   : -1*
> >
> > *   TSM file          : ..\..\common\ba\backsnap.cpp (6730)*
> >
> > *12/10/2014 00:51:53 ANS5283E The operation was unsuccessful.*
> >
> > *12/10/2014 00:51:53 ANS1327W The snapshot operation for
> > 'PENTANAPAWS8VM\SystemState\NULL\System State\SystemState' failed with
> > error code: -1.*
> >
> > *12/10/2014 00:51:54 ANS1228E Sending of object
> > 'PENTANAPAWS8VM\SystemState\NULL\System State\SystemState' failed.*
> >
> > *12/10/2014 00:51:54 ANS5283E The operation was unsuccessful.*
> >
> >
> >
> > *12/10/2014 00:52:20 ANS1512E Scheduled event 'ADMINSYSTEMS' failed.
> > Return code = 12.*
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > *PENTANAPAWS8VMDEV*
> >
> > *12/09/2014 14:44:17 ANS2250W  A TSM core file or crash report was found:
> > C:\Program Files\Tivoli\TSM\baclient\dsmcrash.dmp*
> >
> > *12/10/2014 00:35:16 ANS5250E An unexpected error was encountered.*
> >
> > *   TSM function name : BaStartSnapshot*
> >
> > *   TSM function      : failed to start the snapshot*
> >
> > *   TSM return code   : -1*
> >
> > *   TSM file          : ..\..\common\ba\backsnap.cpp (6730)*
> >
> > *12/10/2014 00:35:17 ANS5283E The operation was unsuccessful.*
> >
> > *12/10/2014 00:35:17 ANS1327W The snapshot operation for
> > 'PENTANAPAWS8VMD\SystemState\NULL\System State\SystemState' failed with
> > error code: -1.*
> >
> > *12/10/2014 00:35:18 ANS1228E Sending of object
> > 'PENTANAPAWS8VMD\SystemState\NULL\System State\SystemState' failed.*
> >
> > *12/10/2014 00:35:18 ANS5283E The operation was unsuccessful.*
> >
> >
> >
> > *12/10/2014 00:36:24 ANS1512E Scheduled event 'ADMINSYSTEMS' failed.
> > Return code = 12.*
> >
> > *12/10/2014 23:47:19 ANS5250E An unexpected error was encountered.*
> >
> > *   TSM function name : BaStartSnapshot*
> >
> > *   TSM function      : failed to start the snapshot*
> >
> > *   TSM return code   : -1*
> >
> > *   TSM file          : ..\..\common\ba\backsnap.cpp (6730)*
> >
> > *12/10/2014 23:47:20 ANS5283E The operation was unsuccessful.*
> >
> > *12/10/2014 23:47:20 ANS1327W The snapshot operation for
> > 'PENTANAPAWS8VMD\SystemState\NULL\System State\SystemState' failed with
> > error code: -1.*
> >
> > *12/10/2014 23:47:21 ANS1228E Sending of object
> > 'PENTANAPAWS8VMD\SystemState\NULL\System State\SystemState' failed.*
> >
> > *12/10/2014 23:47:21 ANS5283E The operation was unsuccessful.*
> >
> >
> >
> > *12/10/2014 23:47:56 ANS1512E Scheduled event 'ADMINSYSTEMS' failed.
> > Return code = 12.*
> >
> >
> > --
> > *Zoltan Forray*
> > TSM Software & Hardware Administrator
> > BigBro / Hobbit / Xymon Administrator
> > Virginia Commonwealth University
> > UCC/Office of Technology Services
> > zforray AT vcu DOT edu - 804-828-4807
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> >
> >
> >
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