A
Andy Adrian
I've got a backup scheduled to run every evening on a Windows Server 2003
using the built-in NTBackup utility. The backup is written to a .bkf file
on the same disk that's being backed up, but in a folder that is not backed
up by NTBackup. The job consistently gets the following error in the backup
log:
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Error returned while creating the volume shadow copy:80042308
Reverting to non-shadow copy backup mode.
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A couple of questions come to mind regarding this:
1) Does the Shadow Copy service create a snapshot of the entire disk, or
only the folders that are being backed up?
2) Is the snapshot created before or after the .bkf file is updated?
3) Would the .bkf file residing on the same disk cause this issue?
And to answer a couple of questions in advance:
There are no other disk intensive processes running during the backup
window.
All publicly available patches are installed.
Also, is there a KB article that describes what the various error codes for
the Volume Shadow Copy service?
Thanks in advance.
Andy Adrian
Consultant
Quilogy, Inc.
using the built-in NTBackup utility. The backup is written to a .bkf file
on the same disk that's being backed up, but in a folder that is not backed
up by NTBackup. The job consistently gets the following error in the backup
log:
------------------------------------------------------------------
Error returned while creating the volume shadow copy:80042308
Reverting to non-shadow copy backup mode.
------------------------------------------------------------------
A couple of questions come to mind regarding this:
1) Does the Shadow Copy service create a snapshot of the entire disk, or
only the folders that are being backed up?
2) Is the snapshot created before or after the .bkf file is updated?
3) Would the .bkf file residing on the same disk cause this issue?
And to answer a couple of questions in advance:
There are no other disk intensive processes running during the backup
window.
All publicly available patches are installed.
Also, is there a KB article that describes what the various error codes for
the Volume Shadow Copy service?
Thanks in advance.
Andy Adrian
Consultant
Quilogy, Inc.