PowerProtect Data Manager: Exchange backup failed with Initialization error

Summary: PowerProtect Data Manager: Exchange backup failed with "Initialization error -- Unable to initialize Exchange shell"

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Symptoms

In the Application Agent log or Export Job log, the following error appears:

AppBackupAssets_84e38b59c915368f-09Dec2022_10_30_27_661141-36752.log: [TRACE_ID:84e38b59c915368f;EXEC_ID:84077ce121127a95]145370:msagentsv: 

Initialization error -- Unable to initialize Exchange shell. Required for 

Exchange.
VERBOSE: 
VERBOSE: 2022-12-09T03:30:32.420Z 

AppBackupAssets_84e38b59c915368f-09Dec2022_10_30_27_661141-36752.log: [TRACE_ID:84e38b59c915368f;EXEC_ID:84077ce121127a95]202816:msagentsv: Unable to

 query Exchange for DAG information when checking for a DAG backup. An 

exception occurred.
VERBOSE: 2022-12-09T03:30:32.425Z 

AppBackupAssets_84e38b59c915368f-09Dec2022_10_30_27_661141-36752.log: [TRACE_ID:84e38b59c915368f;EXEC_ID:84077ce121127a95]203192:msagentsv: Exception

 occurred in save program: 'Unable to process command line arguments.' .
VERBOSE: 
VERBOSE: 2022-12-09T03:30:32.426Z 

AppBackupAssets_84e38b59c915368f-09Dec2022_10_30_27_661141-36752.log: [TRACE_ID:84e38b59c915368f;EXEC_ID:84077ce121127a95]102333:msagentsv: Exiting 

with failure.


Open a new Exchange PowerShell and see if it connects to Active Directory properly.

Cause

  1. The configured user account did not have the required privileges (Check the Exchange User Guide).
  2. Other backup software was installed (For example, Avamar client or NetWorker client).
 

Resolution

  1. Configure admin user with the AppAgent Exchange Admin configuration tool if it is not done properly to grant the backup account access permission with the Admin role.
  2. Uninstall the other backup software (for example, Avamar or NetWorker) and reboot the host.

Affected Products

PowerProtect Software
Article Properties
Article Number: 000211377
Article Type: Solution
Last Modified: 07 Oct 2025
Version:  3
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