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September 2nd, 2008 23:00

Unexpected VSS System Error

Hi,

Backup of a client failed unexpected with the following errors:

* navi.salonit.local:VSS SYSTEM FILESET:\ 1 retry attempted
* navi.salonit.local:VSS SYSTEM FILESET:\ save: VSS SYSTEM FILESET: ERROR:
Failed to initialize backup, error=0x8000ffff: Unexpected VSS system
error. The error code is logged in the event log.
* navi.salonit.local:VSS SYSTEM FILESET:\ save: VSS SYSTEM FILESET: ERROR:
Failed to get writers list for VSS SYSTEM FILESET:
* navi.salonit.local:VSS SYSTEM FILESET:\ save: RPC error: RPC cannot
encode arguments
* navi.salonit.local:VSS SYSTEM FILESET:\ save: save of VSS SYSTEM
FILESET:\ to sa-bck.salonit.local failed
See the file C:\Program Files\Legato\nsr\tmp\sg\Navi\sso.0003ef for
details. This file may be removed after Wed Sep 10 03:00:00 2008.

* navi.salonit.local:VSS OTHER:\ 1 retry attempted
* navi.salonit.local:VSS OTHER:\ save: VSS OTHER: ERROR: Failed to
initialize backup, error=0x80042301: VSS Backup or Restore is not in the
correct state for the operation, or the writer is not in the correct
state.
* navi.salonit.local:VSS OTHER:\ save: VSS OTHER: ERROR: Failed to get
writers list for VSS OTHER:
* navi.salonit.local:VSS OTHER:\ save: RPC error: RPC cannot encode
arguments
* navi.salonit.local:VSS OTHER:\ save: save of VSS OTHER:\ to
sa-bck.salonit.local failed
See the file C:\Program Files\Legato\nsr\tmp\sg\Navi\sso.0003ed for
details. This file may be removed after Wed Sep 10 03:00:00 2008.

* navi.salonit.local:VSS USER DATA:\ 1 retry attempted
* navi.salonit.local:VSS USER DATA:\ save: VSS USER DATA: ERROR: Failed to
initialize backup, error=0x80042301: VSS Backup or Restore is not in the
correct state for the operation, or the writer is not in the correct
state.
* navi.salonit.local:VSS USER DATA:\ save: VSS USER DATA: ERROR: Failed to
get writers list for VSS USER DATA:
* navi.salonit.local:VSS USER DATA:\ save: RPC error: RPC cannot encode
arguments
* navi.salonit.local:VSS USER DATA:\ save: save of VSS USER DATA:\ to
sa-bck.salonit.local failed
See the file C:\Program Files\Legato\nsr\tmp\sg\Navi\sso.0003ee for
details. This file may be removed after Wed Sep 10 03:00:00 2008.

* navi.salonit.local:VSS SYSTEM SERVICES:\ 1 retry attempted
* navi.salonit.local:VSS SYSTEM SERVICES:\ save: VSS SYSTEM SERVICES:
ERROR: Failed to initialize backup, error=0x8000ffff: Unexpected VSS
system error. The error code is logged in the event log.
* navi.salonit.local:VSS SYSTEM SERVICES:\ save: VSS SYSTEM SERVICES:
ERROR: Failed to get writers list for VSS SYSTEM SERVICES:
* navi.salonit.local:VSS SYSTEM SERVICES:\ save: RPC error: RPC cannot
encode arguments
* navi.salonit.local:VSS SYSTEM SERVICES:\ save: save of VSS SYSTEM
SERVICES:\ to sa-bck.salonit.local failed
See the file C:\Program Files\Legato\nsr\tmp\sg\Navi\sso.0003ec for
details. This file may be removed after Wed Sep 10 03:00:00 2008.

* navi.salonit.local:VSS SYSTEM BOOT:\ 1 retry attempted
* navi.salonit.local:VSS SYSTEM BOOT:\ save: VSS SYSTEM BOOT: ERROR:
Failed to initialize backup, error=0x80042301: VSS Backup or Restore is
not in the correct state for the operation, or the writer is not in the
correct state.
* navi.salonit.local:VSS SYSTEM BOOT:\ save: VSS SYSTEM BOOT: ERROR:
Failed to get writers list for VSS SYSTEM BOOT:
* navi.salonit.local:VSS SYSTEM BOOT:\ save: RPC error: RPC cannot encode
arguments
* navi.salonit.local:VSS SYSTEM BOOT:\ save: save of VSS SYSTEM BOOT:\ to
sa-bck.salonit.local failed
See the file C:\Program Files\Legato\nsr\tmp\sg\Navi\sso.0003f2 for
details. This file may be removed after Wed Sep 10 03:00:00 2008.

* navi.salonit.local:I:\ 1 retry attempted
* navi.salonit.local:I:\ save: ERROR: Failed to initialize backup,
error=0x8000ffff: Unexpected VSS system error. The error code is logged in
the event log.
* navi.salonit.local:I:\ save: Unable to set up VSS filesystem directives.
Failed to back up I:\.
See the file C:\Program Files\Legato\nsr\tmp\sg\Navi\sso.0003f1 for
details. This file may be removed after Wed Sep 10 03:00:00 2008.

* navi.salonit.local:H:\ 1 retry attempted
* navi.salonit.local:H:\ save: ERROR: Failed to initialize backup,
error=0x80042301: VSS Backup or Restore is not in the correct state for
the operation, or the writer is not in the correct state.
* navi.salonit.local:H:\ save: Unable to set up VSS filesystem directives.
Failed to back up H:\.
See the file C:\Program Files\Legato\nsr\tmp\sg\Navi\sso.0003f0 for
details. This file may be removed after Wed Sep 10 03:00:00 2008.

* navi.salonit.local:G:\ 1 retry attempted
* navi.salonit.local:G:\ save: ERROR: Failed to initialize backup,
error=0x80042301: VSS Backup or Restore is not in the correct state for
the operation, or the writer is not in the correct state.
* navi.salonit.local:G:\ save: Unable to set up VSS filesystem directives.
Failed to back up G:\.
See the file C:\Program Files\Legato\nsr\tmp\sg\Navi\sso.0003f4 for
details. This file may be removed after Wed Sep 10 03:00:00 2008.

* navi.salonit.local:F:\ 1 retry attempted
* navi.salonit.local:F:\ save: ERROR: Failed to initialize backup,
error=0x8000ffff: Unexpected VSS system error. The error code is logged in
the event log.
* navi.salonit.local:F:\ save: Unable to set up VSS filesystem directives.
Failed to back up F:\.
See the file C:\Program Files\Legato\nsr\tmp\sg\Navi\sso.0003f3 for
details. This file may be removed after Wed Sep 10 03:00:00 2008.

* navi.salonit.local:E:\ 1 retry attempted
* navi.salonit.local:E:\ save: ERROR: Failed to initialize backup,
error=0x8000ffff: Unexpected VSS system error. The error code is logged in
the event log.
* navi.salonit.local:E:\ save: Unable to set up VSS filesystem directives.
Failed to back up E:\.
See the file C:\Program Files\Legato\nsr\tmp\sg\Navi\sso.0003f6 for
details. This file may be removed after Wed Sep 10 03:00:00 2008.

* navi.salonit.local:C:\ 1 retry attempted
* navi.salonit.local:C:\ save: ERROR: Failed to initialize backup,
error=0x80042301: VSS Backup or Restore is not in the correct state for
the operation, or the writer is not in the correct state.
* navi.salonit.local:C:\ save: Unable to set up VSS filesystem directives.
Failed to back up C:\.
See the file C:\Program Files\Legato\nsr\tmp\sg\Navi\sso.0003f5 for
details. This file may be removed after Wed Sep 10 03:00:00 2008.

Best regards,
M*

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September 14th, 2008 12:00

This is VSS error. It says that writer is not in correct state - you may check its status with vssadmin command.

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September 15th, 2008 04:00

check this article, Has been helpful with similar problems.
so it maybe helps you..
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/940032

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