Hello,
Is there a way to redo the VSS writers, i.e re-install.Have you looked at 
services and processes running on the system that does work vs one that 
does not  for comparison ?
Have you also compared Local security policies ? 
What if you back off SP2-run test backup, if fails back out SP1 and backup 
( You may have to remove the DC from active DC list-perhaps off hrs or 
weekend), re-install SP and repeat the backup test ?
Mean time you could schedule system state backup locally and dump to where 
you can back them up for your DC recovery-if needed.
Thanks



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Francis Swasey wrote:

>>> That looks sort of like what happens when one installs the 32 bit 
>>> NetWorker client on a 64 bit Windows system.
>>
>> 100% sure that it's a 32-bit windows and a 32-bit networker client.
>>
> 
> Ok.  My next guess would be a corrupted entry in the Windows Registry 
> and my team has for one machine spent about a month going back and forth 

> with EMC support to figure out exactly what was corrupted.

But both domain controllers for this domain have the exact same problem. 
Before the upgrade everything was fine.
It would be a strange coincidence that these 2 (and only these 2) 
systems have a corrupt registry?

Dennis

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