Windows Internal Database and WSUS

Hi Kasper,

Windows Server 2008 R2 has new  features that require some development effort for NetWorker.  We are looking at  early 2010 for protecting R2 client OS, initially on the 7.5 release train,  quickly followed by NW 7.6. Support for server and storage nodes will arrive in  a following quarter.

Hope this helps.

Allan

Sounds like a VSS problem to me. Have you disabled VSS in your client properites?

VSS:*=off

It's all about changes made to the 2008 R2 SYSTEM STATE databases. There are some significant modifications that you will see an answer for shortly from our Product Manager group. I'll make sure this gets propogated over to you Kasper, and the rest of this thread...

ya we also having the same problem in win2008 r2

my networker version 7.5 build 179

VSS ASR DISK:\ 1 retry attempted
VSS ASR DISK:\ 57932:save: Invalid saveset path specification for this OS platform: "VSS ASR DISK:\"
VSS SYSTEM SERVICES:\ savegrp: suppressed 8 lines of output -
check daemon.log for details.
VSS SYSTEM SERVICES:\
VSS SYSTEM SERVICES:\ Windows Internal Database - ERROR: Failed to save FileGroup files, writer = SqlServerWriter
VSS SYSTEM SERVICES:\ Windows Internal Database - Error saving writer Windows Internal Database
VSS SYSTEM SERVICES:\ Windows Internal Database - ERROR: Aborting backup of saveset VSS SYSTEM SERVICES: because of the error with writer Windows Internal Database.
VSS SYSTEM SERVICES:\ Windows Internal Database - Error saving
VSS SYSTEM SERVICES:\ 7162:save: save of VSS SYSTEM SERVICES:\ to maps-dolphin.lc-domain.int failed

hope hear your update soon ...

Hi Steven,

Thanks for your answer, I'm glad to hear that your working on a solution. We desperately need that client, since we was a bit to fast to deploy some windows 2008 R2 VM's and now we must use Windows Backup to have a valid backup.

regards kasper

Hoping for a fully baked and GA'ble code at the the end of Q1.

We'll be sure to let you know if we can get it sooner. We are getting a lot of requests for it so you are not alone!

Hi,

I am using 7.6 on Networker server and 7.5.2 on WSUS Windows 2008 R2 and I am getting still the same error..job is flaged as failed ... as i can see 7.5.2 should fully support Win 2008 R2.. so why it doesn't ??

Rgrds,

jarek

Hi Jarek,

    Yes, Networker 7.5.2 supports Windows 2008 R2. Volume Shadow Copy Service is provided by Microsoft and issues with VSS also could cause the backup to fail. If you still experiencing the issue I would suggest you to raise a case with EMC support so that we can investigate further on this issue.

Arun