Can anyone help.
I have an SBS 2008 R2 server since july 2011. Worked fine up until recently. Backups worked, restoring also worked fine.
Recently no backups possible.
error code: 0x800423f4, correlated with error code 2155348129 en ..8001
I searched and tried a lot. nothing works.
here what I did sofar
Win 2008 Server - "The backup operation that started at '?2011?-?07?-?01T14:37:18.160000000Z' has failed because the Volume Shadow Copy Service operation to create a shadow copy of the volumes being backed up failed with following error code '2155348129'. Please review the event details for a solution, and then rerun the backup operation once the issue is resolved."
(Log in as Administrator)
RUN CMD
1. CHANGE directory to C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\14\BIN
2. RUN PSConfig.exe -cmd upgrade -inplace b2b -force -cmd applicationcontent -install -cmd installfeatures
3. RESTART IIS - If worked - Done - If Not DO 4
4. RERUN SharePoint Product Config Wizard - DONE
Found this article about this issue that suggested the same PSconfig command.
http://blogs.technet.com/b/sbs/archive/2011/07/06/potential-issues-after-installing-sharepoint-foundation-2010-sp1.aspx
see also
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/forums/en-US/winserverfiles/thread/9cf42e8a-2a33-47c5-a797-269330e9ba1a/
put disk X: backupdisk
rerun Sharepoint configuration wizard
restarted server,
before backup 'vssadmin list writers' with this result
vssadmin 1.1 - Volume Shadow Copy Service administrative command-line tool
(C) Copyright 2001-2005 Microsoft Corp.
Writer name: 'Task Scheduler Writer'
Writer Id: {d61d61c8-d73a-4eee-8cdd-f6f9786b7124}
Writer Instance Id: {1bddd48e-5052-49db-9b07-b96f96727e6b}
State: [1] Stable
Last error: No error
Writer name: 'VSS Metadata Store Writer'
Writer Id: {75dfb225-e2e4-4d39-9ac9-ffaff65ddf06}
Writer Instance Id: {088e7a7d-09a8-4cc6-a609-ad90e75ddc93}
State: [1] Stable
Last error: No error
Writer name: 'Performance Counters Writer'
Writer Id: {0bada1de-01a9-4625-8278-69e735f39dd2}
Writer Instance Id: {f0086dda-9efc-47c5-8eb6-a944c3d09381}
State: [1] Stable
Last error: No error
Writer name: 'FRS Writer'
Writer Id: {d76f5a28-3092-4589-ba48-2958fb88ce29}
Writer Instance Id: {f960eeb9-e807-4d94-a7ec-a3aa9a323715}
State: [1] Stable
Last error: No error
Writer name: 'System Writer'
Writer Id: {e8132975-6f93-4464-a53e-1050253ae220}
Writer Instance Id: {7ef4d46c-1307-4aed-821a-2f79647fdad3}
State: [1] Stable
Last error: No error
Writer name: 'SqlServerWriter'
Writer Id: {a65faa63-5ea8-4ebc-9dbd-a0c4db26912a}
Writer Instance Id: {f2d013af-f599-4577-920b-a735b030c1db}
State: [1] Stable
Last error: No error
Writer name: 'ASR Writer'
Writer Id: {be000cbe-11fe-4426-9c58-531aa6355fc4}
Writer Instance Id: {793e6818-ab8b-4b31-b186-d382372b44d1}
State: [1] Stable
Last error: No error
after backup which generated error A volume Shadow Copy Service Operation Failed Unknown error 0x800423f4.
capacity backupdrive sufficient.
VSSadmin list writers
vssadmin 1.1 - Volume Shadow Copy Service administrative command-line tool
(C) Copyright 2001-2005 Microsoft Corp.
Waiting for responses.
These may be delayed if a shadow copy is being prepared.
Writer name: 'Task Scheduler Writer'
Writer Id: {d61d61c8-d73a-4eee-8cdd-f6f9786b7124}
Writer Instance Id: {1bddd48e-5052-49db-9b07-b96f96727e6b}
State: [1] Stable
Last error: No error
Writer name: 'VSS Metadata Store Writer'
Writer Id: {75dfb225-e2e4-4d39-9ac9-ffaff65ddf06}
Writer Instance Id: {088e7a7d-09a8-4cc6-a609-ad90e75ddc93}
State: [1] Stable
Last error: No error
Writer name: 'Performance Counters Writer'
Writer Id: {0bada1de-01a9-4625-8278-69e735f39dd2}
Writer Instance Id: {f0086dda-9efc-47c5-8eb6-a944c3d09381}
State: [1] Stable
Last error: No error
Writer name: 'System Writer'
Writer Id: {e8132975-6f93-4464-a53e-1050253ae220}
Writer Instance Id: {7ef4d46c-1307-4aed-821a-2f79647fdad3}
State: [5] Waiting for completion
Last error: No error
Writer name: 'SharePoint Services Writer'
Writer Id: {da452614-4858-5e53-a512-38aab25c61ad}
Writer Instance Id: {6dddebca-423c-4630-8870-61a5dd3df70f}
State: [5] Waiting for completion
Last error: No error
Writer name: 'SqlServerWriter'
Writer Id: {a65faa63-5ea8-4ebc-9dbd-a0c4db26912a}
Writer Instance Id: {f2d013af-f599-4577-920b-a735b030c1db}
State: [5] Waiting for completion
Last error: No error
Writer name: 'FRS Writer'
Writer Id: {d76f5a28-3092-4589-ba48-2958fb88ce29}
Writer Instance Id: {f960eeb9-e807-4d94-a7ec-a3aa9a323715}
State: [5] Waiting for completion
Setting service SQL VSS writer off does not do the trick.
I would like full backups again!